A colorful, illustrated dictionary of colonial life that covers colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers, shops and shopkeepers, and transportation.
In wordless panoramas a lone traveler approaches the New World from the West in the present day and journeys the width of the country backward through time, departing the east coast as the Santa Maria appears over the horizon.
Mountains of hope in Rochester's African-American history
Nolte, Marilyn S.
An exploration of African-Americans buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York. Includes such notables as the Douglass family, The Sprague family, the Wycoff family and Dr. Charles T. Lunsford.
Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the invention of modern photojournalism
Aronson, Marc
2017
Looks at the life and work of war photographers Robert Capa and Gerta Taro, who were pioneers in the field of photojournalism as they captured images from the Spanish Civil War.
Chronicles the life of photographer Dorothea Lange, discussing childhood battle with polio, introduction to photography, involvement in San Francisco's bohemian artistic world, marriage to Maynard Dixon, images of some of America's most disadvantaged citizens, and other related topics.
A collection of color photographs that celebrate the malls, monuments, sculpture, memorials, federal buildings, nature, parks, and other attractions of Washington, D.C.
Archival photographs and text describe the history, buildings, social life and customs of George Washington's estate known as Mount Vernon in Virginia.