Download or read book Mount Vernon Revisited written by Dr. Larry H. Spruill and Donna M. Jackson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important gateway suburban community, Mount Vernon was formed around the construction of two commuter rail lines to and from New York City. In the first quarter of the 20th century, its contiguous borders with Greater New York, rapid population growth, automobiles, petroleum, and industrial development set the stage for the encroachment of urban realities on the upwardly mobile founders hopes for a sustained and prosperous suburban lifestyle. Through images that illustrate the power of 20th-century transportation technologies, new energy sources, and dynamic demographic forces on this City of Happy Homes, Mount Vernon Revisited commemorates pivotal milestones of the past 150 years while offering indicators of the city s potential and identity."
Download or read book The Centennial Celebration and Washington Monument at Newburgh N Y written by United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on Newburgh Centennial and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Centennial Celebration and Washington Monument at Newburgh N Y written by United States. Joint Select Committee on Newburgh Centennial and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Centennial Celebrations of the State of New York written by New York (State). Secretary's Office and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight April 19 1875 With Plates written by Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight (CONCORD, Massachusetts). Committee of Arrangements and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of Concord Fight April 19 1875 written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Download or read book Address Delivered on the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of St John s Lodge No 2 written by George M. Randall and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book First in the Homes of His Countrymen written by Lydia Mattice Brandt and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two hundred years, Americans have reproduced George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house more often, and in a greater variety of media, than any of their country’s other historic buildings. In this highly original new book, Lydia Mattice Brandt chronicles America’s obsession with the first president’s iconic home through advertising, prints, paintings, popular literature, and the full-scale replication of its architecture. Even before Washington’s death in 1799, his house was an important symbol for the new nation. His countrymen used it to idealize the past as well as to evoke contemporary--and even divisive--political and social ideals. In the wake of the mid-nineteenth century’s revival craze, Mount Vernon became an obvious choice for architects and patrons looking to reference the past through buildings in residential neighborhoods, at world’s fairs, and along the commercial strip. The singularity of the building’s trademark piazza and its connection to Washington made it immediately recognizable and easy to replicate. As a myriad of Americans imitated the building’s architecture, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association carefully interpreted and preserved its fabric. Purchasing the house in 1859 amid intense scrutiny, the organization safeguarded Washington’s home and ensured its accessibility as the nation’s leading historic house museum. Tension between popular images of Mount Vernon and the organization’s "official" narrative for the house over the past 150 years demonstrates the close and ever-shifting relationship between historic preservation and popular architecture.In existence for roughly as long as the United States itself, Mount Vernon’s image has remained strikingly relevant to many competing conceptions of our country’s historical and architectural identity.
Download or read book In the Hands of a Good Providence written by Mary V. Thompson and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders were or were not evangelical Christians to ask what place religion had in their lives. Thompson follows Washington and his family over several generations, situating her inquiry in the context of new work on the place of religion in colonial and postrevolutionary Virginia and the Chesapeake. --from publisher description.
Download or read book History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration written by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Activities of the Commission and Complete final Report of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission written by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report written by United States. Commission of Fine Arts and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report The Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union written by Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mount Vernon written by Larry H. Spruill and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived in 1850, Mount Vernon is a young city, founded as an alternative to overcrowded New York City living by a group of ambitious middle- and laboring-class citizens. By the beginning of the 20th century, Mount Vernon was known as "the city of happy homes." It became a bedroom community for the region's most prominent upwardly mobile movers and shakers. Its ideal location to the city, elegant spacious homes, tree-lined streets, progressive schools and businesses, and receptivity to diversity spawned decades of sustained growth. Today Mount Vernon has become a critical gateway to New York and Westchester County. The images in Mount Vernon highlight the people and places that shaped the formative and golden years of the community, providing the quintessential look at the most dynamic small city in New York.
Download or read book Grand Themes written by Jochen Wierich and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores history painting in the United States during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, as exemplified by Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851). Includes the work of artists such as Daniel Huntington, Lilly Martin Spencer, and Eastman Johnson"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Narrative and Critical History of America The United States of North America c1887 88 written by Justin Winsor and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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