Download or read book Lancaster County Pennsylvania Postcards written by Irwin Richman and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is visually presented through the words of a venerable historian and striking images compiled from old photographs, advertising pieces, and postcards that relate the cultural diversity apparent today in this favorite tourist destination. From all over the world, visitors marvel at the beautiful farms on limestone-based soil that is among the most productive land anywhere. Early settlers found it a Garden of Eden, and to this day the land attracts people concerned with diverse community life and productive industries that support the growing population. Learn about the area's history and traditions, and see everyday life conducted by everyday people of a thriving locale. Religious independence still thrives in the communities of Amish, Mennonite, Quaker, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish settlers from Swiss, Scottish, Irish, French Huguenot, German, and Hispanic origins, and the rural setting complements progressive towns where the future is part of the past.
Download or read book Lancaster County Postcards written by Lancaster County Postcard Club and published by . This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Faces of Lancaster County Postcards written by Bruce M. Waters and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful book of art postcards provides 32 candid views of Amish life in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. See Amish families at work, play, and socializing in their society. The powerful photography speaks for itself and gives you a professional photographer's view of their compelling world. The Old Order Amish settled in Pennsylvania in 1737. For over 250 years they have thrived, doubling their population every 20 years. These Amish Christians worship in their homes every other Sunday. You could not ask for better neighbours. They are always ready and willing to help in times of need. Some Amish are volunteer firemen. As you will see in these postcards, in this technology-filled 21st century, the Amish remain steadfast to their traditions, driving horse drawn carriages, maintaining businesses, farms, and homes without electricity, and farming with mule and horse power. Enjoy--and share--this unusual look into the unique world of Amish life.
Download or read book A Pennsylvania Album written by George Miller and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridges of Lancaster County Postcards written by Bruce M. Waters and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vibrant color photograph postcards show 32 Lancaster county covered bridges, representing every season. GPS coordinates with each bridge make every bridge easy to find using a GPS satellite navigation device. If you prefer, you may also use a local tour map. These bridges are architectural treasures spanning the rivers and streams of Lancaster County, a scenic landscape dotted with pristine Amish farms. These postcards will be treasured by all who enjoy the beauty of rural America and her historic covered bridges.
Download or read book The Postcard written by Beverly Lewis and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Beverly Lewis's story of a weary big-city journalist and a New Order Amish woman whose lives come together over a mysterious postcard.
Download or read book Pennsylvania Dutch Country written by Tom Range Sr. and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, the "plain people," avoid manifestations of modern culture, preferring to live a simple life in accordance with their interpretation of the Bible. The Old Order Amish are considered the most fundamentalist, shunning electric appliances, gasoline-powered vehicles, modern dress, and engaging primarily in agriculture. Since the Pennsylvania Dutch Country is a favored vacation destination, postcard publishers have produced scenes of the everyday life of the plain people since the beginning of the twentieth century. More than two hundred of these postcards are meticulously arranged and described in Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Download or read book Rural Delivery written by Jody Blake and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essay by art historian, Jody Blake, relates this photographic correspondence to technical, social and artistic developments in the history of photography. The essay by material culture historian, Jeannette Lasansky, places the images on the postcards into the local historical context of Union County, Pennsylvania. A foreword by Gary W. Slear establishes the personal framework he has as an avid collector for viewing real photo postcards.
Download or read book Eastern Montgomery County Postcards written by Andrew Mark Herman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montgomery County was incorporated in 1784 from a portion of Philadelphia, County. The county's early settlements and land grants date back to the, founding of Pennsylvania in the 1680s. During the American Revolution,, Valley Forge and the Whitemarsh encampments took place here, making, Montgomery County nationally famous. Philadelphia's influences in art,, culture, and architecture have had a lasting impression in the county., The postcards and descriptive text in Eastern Montgomery County, illustrate the rich historical heritage of the area, dating back from its very, beginning up to the mid-twentieth century.
Download or read book Emma s Postcard Album written by Faith Mitchell and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2022-12-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winner The turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings, mob attacks, and rampant Jim Crow segregation. During these bleak years, Emma Crawford, a young African American woman living in Pennsylvania, corresponded by postcard with friends and family members and collected the cards she received from all over the country. Her album—spanning from 1906 to 1910 and analyzed in Emma's Postcard Album—becomes an entry point into a deeply textured understanding of the nuances and complexities of African American lives and the survival strategies that enabled people “to make a way from no way.” As snippets of lived experience, eye-catching visual images, and reflections of historical moments, the cards in the collection become sources for understanding not only African American life, but also broader American history and culture. In Emma's Postcard Album, Faith Mitchell innovatively places the contents of this postcard collection into specific historic and biographical contexts and provides a new interpretation of postcards as life writings, a much-neglected aspect of scholarship. Through these techniques, a riveting world that is far too little known is revealed, and new insights are gained into the perspectives and experience of African Americans. Capping off these contributions, the text is a visual feast, illustrated with arresting images from the Golden Age of postcards as well as newspaper clippings and other archival material.
Download or read book New Philadelphia in Vintage Postcards written by Erin L. VanFossen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1772, Native Americans granted land in the Tuscarawas Valley to Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, and he established the Christian community of Schoenbrunn Village, which remained until 1777 when members were forced to relocate. Then in late 1804, John Knisely, his family, and other pioneers braved the western frontier and settled on the Tuscarawas River near the Schoenbrunn Village site. On October 23, 1804, John Knisely founded the town of New Philadelphia. He was a great philanthropist, donating land to the city for future public buildings, guaranteeing its selection as the Tuscarawas County Seat. In Schoenbrunn Village, which has been partially excavated and rebuilt as a historic site in New Philadelphia, missionaries lived in harmony with Native Americans, and so it seems fitting that New Philadelphia, through the influence of John Knisely's generosity, has maintained its image as the new "city of brotherly love." Two hundred years later, the city strives to keep Knisely's dream alive with its generous allocation of resources and commitment to those in need.
Download or read book Thirty Two Picture Postcards of Old Berks County Pennsylvania written by Kathy M. Scogna and published by . This book was released on 2001-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pennsylvania Album written by George Miller, II and published by . This book was released on 1979-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Postcards from Bucks County Pennsylvania written by Bucks County Courier Times (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vintage Postcards of Historic Pleasant Mount Wayne County Pennsylvania written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teachers of Lancaster County written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Retired Teachers' Association of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is a group of teachers who stay active in education and their community after retirement. The majority of the teachers in this association attended Millersville University of Pennsylvania and there are many articles pertaining to meetings and reunions at the university. Elizabethtown College, another local school, is mentioned in Book 2. There are programs and articles describing Pennsylvania's Annual Convention of the Retired Teachers' Association. The members took trips Virginia, Maryland and New York. Both scrapbooks describe these trips and contain pamphlets, postcards, correspondence and photographs. The second half of the scrapbooks contains obituaries of deceased members of their association and other teachers in Lancaster County.
