Sedalia / Rebecca Carr Imhauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imhauser, Becky Carr, author.

Series:

Images of modern America.

Images of modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Missouri--Sedalia--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Sedalia (Mo.)--History--Pictorial works.

Sedalia (Mo.).

Sedalia (Mo.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Sedalia (Mo.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Sedalia has garnered a number of names since its founding in 1860, including Queen of the Prairie and the State Fair City. The trend toward positive designations vanished in the 1930s along with Sedalia's economic base. Life magazine declared Sedalia the city second hardest hit by the Depression in the United States. The postwar prosperity of the 1950s brought new life to Sedalia. Manufacturing and industry sprang up, setting the stage for future industrial development. At the same time, businesses and services began moving outside the downtown core. Shopping malls and motels converted Broadway Boulevard, once a residential street for Sedalia's elite, into a major highway. The silence of the railroad shops and the sounds of the Ozark Music Festival and Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival were other hallmarks of the era. Through more than 160 pictures, many previously unpublished, this book celebrates Sedalia's most memorable landmarks and pivotal events from 1950 to present.

Contents:

Downtown

Broadway and beyond

Unlimited limit

Business and industry

Making memories.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439659083

1439659087