Historic Photos of Mobile (Historic Photos.) | 
| Authors: Carol Ellis, Scotty E. Kirkland
Publisher: Turner Pub Co
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 244170
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 10.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1596524340
Dewey Decimal Number: 976
EAN: 9781596524347
ASIN: 1596524340
Publication Date: April 21, 2008
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Condition: Brand new 10" x 10" hardback. 216 pages. Historic Photos of Mobile transports readers to a time of hoop skirts and horse-drawn carriages, then shows them how the city changed during the first half of the twentieth century. Timeless, rarely seen, black-and-white images capture historic colleges, family-owned shops, the longest American flag ever displayed, hurricane damage, social change, tall ships, and scenes of daily life in generations long gone.
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Mobile's long history includes joyous Mardi Gras celebrations and tragic natural disasters. Civil War and segregation, shipping and manufacturing, dirt streets and booming wharves are part of its fascinating story. Cargo shipped to and from its busy docks gradually shifted from cotton to timber to bananas to manufactured goods. In World War II, its population grew exponentially as the city became an important shipbuilder for America s arsenal.
Historic Photos of Mobile transports readers to a time of hoop skirts and horse-drawn carriages, then shows them how the city changed during the first half of the twentieth century. Timeless, rarely seen, black-and-white images capture historic colleges, family-owned shops, the longest American flag ever displayed, hurricane damage, social change, tall ships, and scenes of daily life in generations long gone.
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Great history of Mobile in photos May 14, 2008
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Compiled by Carol Ellis and Scotty E. Kirkland, this newly released photographic essay of Mobile introduces different eras in the city's long and torrid history. From the beginning section, "New South City" to the final chapter, "From Opportunity to Stagnation", the book unveils in pictures and text many episodes of historical changes in the city since the late nineteenth century. A reader is transported back in time to witness events that changed the landscape of Mobile, from a major fire in May 1865 that leveled eight blocks of the city and killed over 300 people to the aftermath of Hurricane Frederick in September 1979. Pictures reveal the prosperous times of Mobile, and the more dire times, the one-time elegance of downtown, to the ghost of a city in later years. What would it have been like to live in Mobile when it was a thriving town? Or during the Civil War? Or World War II? As the saying goes, "Mobile is the city of perpetual potential". This book is an endorsement of that quote, providing perspective throughout the trials and celebrations of historic Mobile. When Mobile has come so close to prominence in the past, fate would have otherwise. This is definitely a book to proudly display on your coffee table to inspire conversation and reminisce on nostalgia of years past. --- Bluedogmobile.livejournal.com
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