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• Title: Pictorial Postcard History: Lower Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut
• Author : Joseph M. DiRienzo
• Release Date : January 22, 2012
• Genre: United States,Books,History,Professional & Technical,Education,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 142584 KB

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The historic Lower Naugatuck Valley region of Connecticut, no more than 70 miles from New York City, reinvented itself from an Indian Trading post and shipping port in the mid 1600s to an industrial and manufacturing powerhouse from the mid 1800s to the 1920s. Local factories such as the Sterling Piano, Derby Silver, American Brass, Farrel-Birmingham, Seymour Manufacturing and Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Companies had national reputations and sales. Structures such as the Sterling Opera House, Harcourt Wood Memorial Library, Ansonia Opera House, Ansonia Post Office and Depot Street Bridge are on the National Register of Historic Places. These landmarks are included among over 350 color pages illustrating a collection of over 500 vintage postcards, related ephemera and historical content that trace the development of the industry, business, transportation, culture, religion, education and recreation of the region. The postcards are presented as a novel travelogue through the historically-connected towns of Derby, Ansonia, Shelton, Seymour and Beacon Falls. The book is also supplemented with 11 pages of unique appendix material that provides supporting background information. This Multi-Touch book is appropriate for anyone interested in the almost forgotten vivacity of these towns, as an illustrated history textbook or as a detailed picture book of the 19th to 20th century history of the area.

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