Images of America

Archival photographs and text describe the history, social life, customs and buildings of Batavia, New York.

Archival photographs and text describe the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Letchworth State Park in New York.

Archival photographs and text describe the history, buildings, social life and customs of George Washington's estate known as Mount Vernon in Virginia.

Archival photographs and text describe the history of the Auburn Correctional Facility, which was the first prison to use the electric chair for capital punishment.

Archival photographs and text describe the history, buildings, social life and customs of MountVernon, Virginia.

Archival photographs and text follow the progression of the construction of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. over its eighty-three year building period.

This book gives a glimpse into the hotels of the super rich, the not-so-rich, the middle class, the Bohemians, and the workers. In a city as dynamic as New York, it should come as no surprise that so many hotels have a juicy tidbit or two of historical gossip attached to them. Manhattan Hotels: 1880?1920 may well be the most extensive work in print on the subject of the city?s hotels in this period.

Collects black-and-white, annotated photographs that provide an overview of the history and services of Hull-House, the first settlement house in the United States.