Photography
Discover the best photography books, including top titles and cool photography guides for photographers of all levels.
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Fort Ross and the Sonoma CoastThe Kashaya Indians made foot trails through the grassy mountain slopes of Sonoma's northern coast for centuries before colonists from the Russian-American Company arrived in 1812. These Russians, the vanguard of European settlement, built Fort Ross from virgin redwood on a bluff overlooking the...
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West HollywoodWest Hollywood, which began as Sherman, a rail yard town, played an integral role in creating the Hollywood film industry while it grew up alongside the fashionable Beverly Hills to house the service industries needed by these wealthy neighbors. During Prohibition, the still unincorporated...
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The Cleveland Indians: Cleveland Press Years, 1920-1982Never been seen photographs are revealed in this fascinating history of the Cleveland Indians from American League to present.The Cleveland Indians came into existence along with the American League in 1901, and their rich and fascinating history has been well documented in photographs. Many...
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Historic North St. LouisDuring the early 19th century, the Mississippi River valley north of St. Louis attracted many settlers eager to farm its fertile land. Proximity to the river and downtown markets helped the area grow. Immigrants arrived from Germany and other European countries, and after the...
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University City, MissouriIn 1904, from a plot of land that would soon become University City, eccentric publisher Edwin Gardner Lewis shone the beam of what he claimed was the world's largest searchlight over the World's Fair in nearby St. Louis. Several years later, he claimed an...
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A Swiss Community in Adams CountyIn the mid-19th century, many Swiss families fled their homeland in order to avoid the rigid restrictions placed on religious and political beliefs. Many found solace in the little town of Berne, Indiana, and in the surrounding communities of Adams County. In 2002, Berne...
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Prairie in Her Heart: Pioneer Women of North DakotaPioneers were not always men fighting to tame the frontier. Equally important were the women who followed them, or even headed west on their own. The North Dakota prairies were home to mothers, daughters, and grandmothers who worked as hard as men to survive...
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Front Royal and Warren CountyWhere the Shenandoah River forks, Front Royal and Warren County lie nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Explore the area's rich history.Although explorers first viewed the area in the mid-1600s, Front Royal was not chartered until 1785, and it was 1836...
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Luray and Page County, VirginiaIn rare photographs, the book reveals the history of the people and places of Lurary and Page County.Formed out of necessity in 1831, Page County had a great need to operate within its own boundaries of the Massanutten and Blue Ridge Mountains. A very...
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Mount Vernonlmages of America: Mount Vernon takes a visual excursion through the history of the home and neighborhood of our first president of the United States, George Washington. Washington's ancestors came to Northern Virginia over 320 years ago, and by 1786, he had acquired an...
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Jacksonville and Camp LeJeuneLocated near the North Carolina coast on the New River, Jacksonville is home to the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. From the beginning, the people of Jacksonville have faced challenges brought on by the winds of nature and the winds of war in...
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Hagerstown: Railroading Around the Hub CityHagerstown, Maryland's history is inextricably linked to the railroad. Hagerstown's nickname of the Hub City comes from the wheel-spoke effect that the many rail lines in and out of the city created. The first train cars from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reached the...
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AcworthAcworth, Georgia, is an archetypal railroad town located just north of the booming metropolis of Atlanta. As it developed from a Cherokee trail to a town defined by train rails, and as it matured from a landscape dotted by farmsteads to a trade center,...
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Daytona Beach: 100 Years of RacingDaytona lays claim to being The World's Most Famous Beach, and with good reason. Experience the birthplace and home of NASCAR in 100 years of racing on the sands.NASCAR, one of America's favorite pastimes, got its start on Daytona Beach--The World's Famous Beach. For...
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The New York RangersThe New York Rangers: Reliving the excitement, drama and triumphs from one of the world's most historic hockey franchises.For more than three-quarters of a century, the New York Rangers have been delighting hockey fans-New Yorkers and suburbanites alike-with a classy brand of entertainment that...
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WinthropIt has been referred to as the Little Republic and the Jewel of the North Shore, but to local residents both current and past, the small peninsular town of Winthrop will always be home. Winthrop's insularity and geographic position as a natural barrier between...
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Oklahoma City: 1930 to the MillenniumSince this wild frontier land was settled at the bang of a gun one April morning, Oklahoma City has grown rapidly, experiencing some of the most drastic changes of all over the past century. Many of the photographs in this new volume show construction...
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MiddletownLocated in the heart of Orange County, the city of Middletown was first settled c. 1760. The hamlet became a village in 1848 and a city in 1888. Long noted for its dairy farming, Middletown gained its reputation as a railroad center beginning in...
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Keokuk and the Great DamThis remarkable pictorial history tells the story of an engineering marvel: the first dam built across theMississippi River (from 1910-1913), and the historicMidwestern community that fostered the world-famoushydroelectric project. Keokuk and the Great Dam is the story of a colorful and historic river town...
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Davidson CountyNamed for famed Revolutionary war hero General William Lee Davidson, Davidson County enjoys a rich heritage in the heartland of North Carolina's piedmont region, one that combines engaging personalities, charming small towns, a taste for fine barbecue, and world-famous furniture craftsmanship. This volume, with...
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