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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Waynesburg, Prosperous And Beautiful: A Souvenir Pictorial Story Of The Biggest And Best Little City In Pennsylvania

Waynesburg, Prosperous And Beautiful: A Souvenir Pictorial Story Of The Biggest And Best Little City In Pennsylvania

High, Fred

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral PhotographyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354481272
ISBN13: 9789354481277
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into early twentieth-century streets and storefronts, and see prosperity framed in sepia tones. Every image tells a story. Waynesburg, Prosperous and Beautiful is a rare and historically significant pictorial history book devoted to historic Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, capturing the biggest and best little city of its day at the peak of its confidence. Page after page of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania photos present homes, businesses, churches, schools and quiet corners, forming an illustrated town history that feels both intimate and grand. Conceived as a Pennsylvania town souvenir book, Fred High's volume preserves early 20th century Waynesburg as its citizens wished it to be remembered: proud, industrious and full of promise. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For lovers of small town Pennsylvania history and Greene County, Pennsylvania history, this local history photo collection offers a vivid visual record of family streets, vanished shopfronts and long-ago faces, making it a quiet but valuable genealogy research resource. It serves casual readers who relish browsing old photographs as much as serious enthusiasts seeking a Pennsylvania history collectors edition to treasure. Elegant as a fireside read and handsome on the shelf, it also makes a thoughtful gift for local historians, community leaders and anyone with roots in Waynesburg or the surrounding hills.

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