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Nantucket, yesterday & today / John W. McCalley.
LIBRA - Special F72.N2 M3 1981
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCalley, John W.
- Series:
- Dover books on America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture.
- Historic buildings.
- Nantucket Island (Mass.)--Pictorial works.
- Nantucket Island (Mass.).
- Nantucket Island (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works.
- Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Nantucket Island--Pictorial works.
- Architecture--Massachusetts--Nantucket Island--Pictorial works.
- Massachusetts--Nantucket Island.
- Genre:
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- ix, 164 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
- Other Title:
- Nantucket, yesterday and today.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1981.
- Summary:
- 210 exceptional photographs show the same scene viewed in early photos, and today. Island has absorbed modern era while remaining untouched -- text tells how.
- Contents:
- Nantucket before the age of photography
- The hotel era
- Summer homes
- Public buildings
- Commercial and waterfront
- Old homes and streets
- The countryside
- Present trends
- Appendix : Some notes on the photographers.
- ISBN:
- 0486240592
- 9780486240596
- OCLC:
- 8151457
- Online:
- Publisher description
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