Historic Photos of Indiana (Hardcover)

This is the land of Hoosiers. Of George Rogers Clark’s conquest at Vincennes, a key victory for the Revolution. Of covered bridges. A fledgling automobile industry. Notre Dame. The National Road and the Lincoln Highway and Carl Fisher. Cole Porter. The Milwaukee Steamer and the Rumely Oil Pull Tractor. Riverboats on the Wabash and the Ohio. The Wabash and Erie Canal. Interurbans. James Whitcomb Riley and George Ade. Small towns and big cities. Street Fair Days in Peru. The first state capitol at Corydon. Steel in Gary. Evansville’s Municipal Market. Airmail by balloon. Union Station in Indianapolis and the Indy 500. Dunes along the Lake Michigan coast. Gandy dancers, circus parades, rollerskate basketball. Of sugar beets, sugar maples, and soybeans. This is Historic Photos of Indiana, filled with nearly 200 photographs reproduced in vivid black-and-white, with captions and introductions, showing the reader the places, people, and events that helped shape the lore and history of the Hoosier State.

General

Imprint:	Turner Publishing, Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Historic Photos
Release date:	February 2010
Text writers:	Scott M. Bushnell
Dimensions:	222 x 222mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	202
ISBN-13:	978-1-68442-100-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > History > General Promotions
LSN:	1-68442-100-4
Barcode:	9781684421008

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