Download or read book Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens written by Jesse C. Sell and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the City of Altoona and Blair County written by James H. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Penn State Altoona written by Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1939, Penn State Altoona began its life as the Altoona Undergraduate Center, owing its genesis to an inspired group of local citizens who built, financed, and nurtured the college through the economic woes of the Great Depression, an enrollment collapse engendered by World War II, and the rise and fall of the region's railroad fortunes. After relocating to the site of an abandoned amusement park in the late 1940s, Penn State Altoona enjoyed a rapid postwar growth spurt that culminated in 1997 with its newly minted charter as a four-year college in the Penn State University system. Using lively period photographs from the school's archives, Penn State Altoona chronicles the school's transformation into a flourishing teaching and research institution of national acclaim.
Download or read book First Frontier written by Julia Plummer Schokker and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book goes beyond the usual descriptions of historic occasions and events to invoke the sights and sounds of the times and the people; how they worked and played, their fads and fashions and how their contributions made a difference in the larger world outside this small town. Conversely, this book shows how world events impacted this town and changed the lives of everyday citizens. This unique perspective draws on the research of past historians and adds a modern sensibiity to engage readers in a delightful story that is sure to surprise and entertain. Both sweeping in its world view and personal in the details, this book covers 150 years of Altoona-- part almanac, part anecdote, it is an enthusiastic love letter to the author's beloved hometown and the home of the Blair County Historical Society headquarters."--Back cover.
Download or read book History of the City of Altoona and Blair County written by James H. Ewing and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Now Showing written by Michael G. Farrow and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains descriptions of opera houses, nickelodeons, silent film and talking film theatres, opening and closing dates, and short biographies of many of the owners. Even the names of organ and piano players at the silent film theatres are noted. In addition to theatres, the book includes dance halls, circus and carnival venues, amusement parks, halls, churches and schools that hosted theatrical performances. Over 550 vintange maps, photographs and theatre advertisements from newspapers, programs and playbills, man in color, illustrate the text.
Download or read book History of the City of Altoona and Blair County Including Sketches of the Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co written by James H. Ewing and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of the City of Altoona and Blair County written by James H. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the City of Altoona and Blair County: Including Sketches of the Shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co A book without a preface is considered incomplete. So is a ship without a figure-head. In either case the affixture is more ornamental than useful A book without a preface is nevertheless a book, and a ship without a figure-head is nevertheless a ship. Notwithstanding this, in conformity to a custom which has existed from time immemorial, and remembering that custom makes law, and that law must be obeyed, we submit the following preliminary remarks: Before commencing the preparation of a history of any particular locality, a city or county for instance, the custom has been to call upon leading citizens, and particularly property owners, for contributions of money to aid the project, the presumption being that the publication cannot fail to result in benefit to the community. No one designing to assume the position of publisher, unless he has more wealth than he knows how, otherwise, to dispose of, or is a literary gentleman of "elegant leisure," fond of seeing his name in print, feels like solely depending upon the income derived from the sale of the book as remuneration for the expenditure of time, money and labor to which he would subject himself; for it must be remembered that the sale of Such a book, with but trifling exceptions, is confined to the immediate locality in which it is published, and, consequently but a limited number is demanded. When contributions have been obtained, unless very liberal, the price of the book is generally fixed at double the amount charged for publications of corresponding size, quality of paper, binding, etc., and thus placed beyond the reach of many of the poorer classes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Railroad City written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of the City of Altoona and Blair County written by James H Ewing and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Download or read book HIST OF THE CITY OF ALTOONA written by James H. Ed Ewing and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A History of Altoona and Its Surrounding Area written by Faye Harding and published by . This book was released on 1987* with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Altoona written by David W. Seidel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pennsylvania Railroad was incorporated in 1846 and immediately began the task of finding an all-rail route to connect Philadelphia with Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Railroad surveyed possible routes and arrived on a valley floor at the base of the Allegheny Mountains in 1849 that was primarily occupied by the David Robeson farm. As people arrived for employment opportunities, the railroad company purchased the Robeson farm, laid out the plan of a town, and named it Altoona. Shops were established, and crafts were needed as locomotive and car design and building evolved, all with increasing population and prosperity. Altoona grew from farmland to 75,000 people in 75 years.
Download or read book Altoona written by Jared Frederick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, Altoona, Pennsylvania, was a bustling industrial hotbed. The town thrived as a gem of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which constructed some 6,000 steam locomotives. However, like so many communities in the wake of World War II, Altoona struggled amidst deindustrialization and cultural shifts. The 1968 end of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a decreasing population, and a dying downtown slowly made the city a shadow of its former self. However, recent developments reveal potential--as is seen in the corporate presence of Norfolk Southern and Sheetz. Additionally, the growth of Penn State Altoona, regional health care systems, and the Altoona Curve baseball club continue to make the city and its environs a unique place within the heart of the Allegheny Mountains.
Download or read book HIST OF THE CITY OF ALTOONA written by James H. Ewing and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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