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Remembering Boston

Boston is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Boston has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Boston has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. With a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling book Historic Photos of Boston, Timothy Orwig provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Boston. Remembering Boston captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the era of privately owned textile interests, to its role as a financial hub, Remembering Boston follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history. This volume captures unique and rare scenes as depicted in more than a hundred historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

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Remembering Boston

Boston is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Boston has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Boston has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. With a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling book Historic Photos of Boston, Timothy Orwig provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Boston. Remembering Boston captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the era of privately owned textile interests, to its role as a financial hub, Remembering Boston follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history. This volume captures unique and rare scenes as depicted in more than a hundred historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

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Remembering Boston

Remembering Boston

Remembering Boston

Remembering Boston

Overview

Boston is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Boston has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Boston has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. With a selection of fine historic images from his bestselling book Historic Photos of Boston, Timothy Orwig provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Boston. Remembering Boston captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From the era of privately owned textile interests, to its role as a financial hub, Remembering Boston follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city’s history. This volume captures unique and rare scenes as depicted in more than a hundred historic photographs. Published in striking black-and-white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781683368120
Publisher: TURNER PUB CO
Publication date: 05/17/2010
Series: Remembering
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Timothy Orwig has taught classes on the architecture, art, and culture of Boston at Boston University, Brandeis University, and Simmons College. As a preservationist and consultant, Tim successfully nominated more than a dozen buildings and districts to the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and his home state of Iowa. A graduate of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, Tim earned a master of arts in English language and literature from the University of Arkansas. For his M.A. thesis in Preservation Studies at Boston University, he documented the evolution of the almshouse, poorhouse, and poor farm in Massachusetts. Tim has lectured and published articles on architecture, preservation, and rare prairie butterflies. He co-edited The Augustana Reader and wrote Morningside College: A Centennial History. Tim is married and lives with his family in Walpole, Massachusetts.
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