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Other titles in the Postcard History series:

  1. Aberdeen in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  2. Abington
  3. Alameda
  4. Allegany County
  5. Allen County,
  6. Allentown
  7. Along Broadway
  8. Along Old Canada Road
  9. Along Pennsylvania's Lincoln Highway
  10. Along the Allegheny River: The Northern Watershed (Images of America)
  11. Along the Allegheny River: The Southern Watershed
  12. Along the Brandywine River (Postcard History Series)
  13. Along the Bucktail Highway
  14. Along the Ohio River:: Cincinnati to Louisville
  15. Along the Perkiomen
  16. Along the Wissahickon Creek
  17. Along Virginia's Route 15
  18. Amarillo
  19. Angola & Steuben County
  20. Around Avondale and West Grove
  21. Around Blue Hill and Ellsworth Around Blue Hill and Ellsworth
  22. Around Boynton Beach
  23. Around Brockport
  24. Around Crockett
  25. Around DuBois
  26. Around Ford City (Postcards of America)
  27. Around Galeton and Coudersport Around Galeton and Coudersport
  28. Around Hazleton: Around Hazleton, Pa
  29. Around Hughesville
  30. Around Montgomery
  31. Around Pottstown
  32. Around Utica (Images of America)
  33. Asbury Park
  34. Asheville Volume I
  35. Asheville Volume II
  36. Atlantic City
  37. Augusta in Vintage Postcards
  38. Aurora
  39. Austin
  40. Baltimore Neighborhoods
  41. Bangor in Vintage Postcards, Maine
  42. Bartlesville, OKlahoma postcards (Postcard History Series)
  43. Bay City 1900-1940 in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  44. Bay City and Beyond, MI
  45. Beaver Dam in Vintage Postcards
  46. Belmont
  47. Bennettsville and Marlboro County, SC (Postcard History Series)
  48. Berkeley
  49. Berlin
  50. Berrien County Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  51. Big Bear
  52. Billings
  53. Birmingham: A Postcard Tour
  54. Blufield in Vintage Postcards
  55. Boston
  56. Boston Harbor
  57. Bowling Green
  58. Bozeman and the Gallatin Valley
  59. Bradley Beach
  60. Bridgeport
  61. Bridgeport:: 1900-1960
  62. Bristol
  63. Bristol, Rhode Island
  64. Brooklyn: Daily Eagle Postcards
  65. Brookville
  66. Broome County (Postcard History Series)
  67. Brunswick and Bowdoin College
  68. Butler County
  69. Butler County Revisited
  70. Buxton
  71. Calvert County, Maryland Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  72. Cambridge Springs and Edinboro
  73. Canton
  74. Cape May in Vintage Postcards
  75. Carbon County
  76. Carmel
  77. Carolina Beach
  78. Carroll and Haralson Counties in Vintage Postcards
  79. Carteret County
  80. Castalia, Cold Creek, and the Blue Hole
  81. Center City Philadelphia (Postcards of America)
  82. Central Kentucky: Bullitt, Marion, Nelson, Spencer, and Washington Counties (Postcard History Series)
  83. Central Park
  84. Chain O' Lakes
  85. Charleston:
  86. Chatham, Massachusetts Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  87. Chattanooga
  88. Cheboygan Cheboygan
  89. Chelsea, Massachusetts
  90. Chester
  91. Chestertown and Kent County, Maryland
  92. Chicago Skyscrapers (Postcard History Series)
  93. Chicago's 1933-34 World's Fair: A Century of Progress (Postcard History Series)
  94. Chicago's Opulent Age: 1890-1940 (Postcard History Series)
  95. Chicopee
  96. Cincinnati's Great Disasters
  97. Citrus Industry in the Sunshine State (Postcard History Series)
  98. Claremore
  99. Clark County
  100. Clarksville, Tennessee
  101. Cleveland & the Western Reserve, Ohio Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  102. Cleveland
  103. Collinsville, Illinois
  104. Columbia South Carolina: A Postcard History (Postcard History Series)
  105. Columbia University and Morningside Heights
  106. Columbus, Georgia: In Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  107. Columbus, Indiana in Vintage Postcards
  108. Conshohocken, PA (Postcard History Series)
  109. Corona
  110. Crystal Lake
  111. Dallas Landmarks
  112. Danville in Vintage Postcards
  113. Davenport (Postcard History (Paperback))
  114. Dayton
  115. Daytona Beach Florida: A Postcard Tour
  116. Deer Isle and Stonington
  117. Dekalb County
  118. Dekalb County
  119. Delray Beach
  120. Dennis
  121. Des Moines
  122. Detriot's Historic Hotels and Restaurants
  123. Detroit
  124. Dorchester
  125. Early Chicago Hotels
  126. Early Downtown Los Angeles
  127. Early Hollywood
  128. Early Los Angeles County Attractions
  129. East Central Georgia in Vintage Postcards
  130. East Contra Costa County
  131. East Orange, New Jersey Postcard (Postcard History Series)
  132. Eastern Montgomery County Revisited
  133. Elgin "Wish You Were Here"
  134. Elyria
  135. Erie Canal
  136. Eufaula and Barbour County
  137. Evanston
  138. Fenton
  139. Finger Lakes
  140. Flint: 1890-1960
  141. Flushing: 1880-1935
  142. Fort Campbell in Vintage Postcards
  143. Fort Landerdale, FL
  144. Fort Myers in Vintage Postcards
  145. Fort Ticonderoga, NY
  146. Fort Worth, TX (Postcard History Series)
  147. Fox Lake:
  148. Frederick County
  149. Fredericksburg
  150. French Lick and West Baden Springs
  151. Fullerton
  152. Galena
  153. Gardiner
  154. Garrett County
  155. Genesee County:: 1900-1960
  156. Geneva, Illinois
  157. Georgetown & the Waccamaw Neck (Postcard History Series)
  158. Glendale
  159. Golden Age of Roller Coasters
  160. Golden State Park: San Francisco's Urban Oasis CA (Postcard History Series)
  161. Grand Haven Area in Vintage Postcards: 1905-1975, Mi
  162. Grand Rapids: In Vintage Postcards 1890-1940
  163. Grand Rapids:: Community and Industry
  164. Greensburg
  165. Greenwood
  166. Grinnell in Vintage Postcards
  167. Grove City
  168. Grundy County
  169. Hammonton
  170. Hampton and Hampton Beach
  171. Hanover
  172. Hanover Milestones
  173. Harford County in Vintage Postcards
  174. Harpers Ferry
  175. Harrisburg
  176. Hattiesburg in Vintage Postcards
  177. Helena
  178. Henderson
  179. Hermosa Beach
  180. Hingham
  181. Hollywood Studios
  182. Hollywood, Florida (Postcard History Series)
  183. Holyoke (Postcard History Series)
  184. Homestead and Mifflin Township
  185. Hopkinsville
  186. Hot Springs (Phs)
  187. Hudson
  188. Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909
  189. Huntington Beach
  190. Huntsville, Alabama (Postcard History Series)
  191. Hyde Park
  192. Indian River County
  193. Indiana County, Pa (Postcard History Series)
  194. Indianapolis in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  195. Inland Empire
  196. Jacksonville Revisited
  197. Jeannette
  198. Jersey City in Vintage Postcards
  199. Joliet Joliet
  200. Kane County: In Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  201. Kankakee:: 1900-1916
  202. Kansas City, Mo
  203. Kendalville and Noble County
  204. Kennett Square
  205. Kenosha, Wisconsin
  206. Kentucky's Bluegrass Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  207. Key West and the Florida Keys
  208. Kings County (Phs)
  209. Lake Arrowhead (Images of America)
  210. Lake Bluff Lake Bluff
  211. Lake Boon
  212. Lake Elsinore
  213. Lake Geneva in Vintage Postcards
  214. Lake George
  215. Lake Tahoe
  216. Lakeland
  217. Las Vegas:: 1905-1965
  218. Latrobe and Ligonier Valley
  219. Laurens County
  220. Lawrence County
  221. Lewes to Laurel: In Vintage Postcards
  222. Lexington, KY Changes in the Early 20th (Phs)
  223. Lexington, Virginia Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  224. Long Beach, California (Postcard History Series)
  225. Long Branch
  226. Long Island City (Postcard History (Paperback))
  227. Los Gatos
  228. Louisville
  229. Lowell: The Mill City
  230. Lowell: The River City
  231. Lower Bucks County, Pennsylvania Postcards
  232. Mackinaw City
  233. Main Street, North Dakota: Vol 2
  234. Manchester
  235. Manhattan's Chinatown
  236. Manhattan's Musical Heritage
  237. Mansfield, Ohio
  238. Maplewood, NJ (Postcard History Series)
  239. Marion County in Vintage Postcards
  240. Marshall
  241. Martinsville
  242. Maynard
  243. Memphis, Tennessee Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  244. Miami Beach in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  245. Miami in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  246. Milford
  247. Mineral Point
  248. Minneapolis and St. Paul in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  249. Missions of Southern California
  250. Missoula
  251. Mohawk Trail
  252. Montreat
  253. Mountain View Trolley Line
  254. Muncy (Images of America)
  255. Murfreesboro:
  256. Myrtle Beach & Conway, South Carolina Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  257. Napa County
  258. Narragansett Bay
  259. Narragansett, in Vintage Postcards
  260. Nashville, Tennessee Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  261. Native Americans of Arizona
  262. New Albany, Indiana in Vintage Postcards
  263. New Bern (Postcard History (Paperback))
  264. New Castle and Mahoningtown
  265. New Orleans Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  266. New Philadelphia
  267. New York City's Financial District Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  268. New York State Lighthouses
  269. New York State's Covered Bridges
  270. New York's 19391940 World's Fair
  271. Newark: The Golden Age, NJ
  272. Newport Beach
  273. Newport in Vintage Postcards
  274. North Adams
  275. Northern Chester County
  276. Norwich
  277. Oak Park
  278. Oakland
  279. Ocean City New Jersey
  280. Ocean Grove in Vintage Postcards, NJ
  281. Oconomowoc
  282. Old Forge: Gateway to the Adirondacks, NY (Postcard History Series)
  283. Old Los Angeles & Pasadena (Postcard History Series)
  284. Old Orchard Beach
  285. Orange County
  286. Ottumwa
  287. Owensboro
  288. Oxnard (Images of America)
  289. Palisades Amusement Park
  290. Palm Springs in Vintage Postcards
  291. Panama City
  292. Parkersburg in Vintage Postcards
  293. Parris Island Parris Island
  294. Pasadena (Postcard History Series)
  295. Peabody, MA (Postcard History Series)
  296. Pekin and Tremont, Illinois Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  297. Penns Grove and Carneys Point
  298. Pennsylvania's Historic Bridges
  299. Pensacola
  300. Peoria, Illinois Revisited: In Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  301. Peoria:: A Postcard History
  302. Perkasie
  303. Petersburg
  304. Petoskey in Vintage Postcards
  305. Philadelphia Landmarks and Pastimes
  306. Philadelphia's 1926 Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition
  307. Philadelphia's Fairmount Park
  308. Philadelphia:: Historic Exteriors and Interiors
  309. Pittsburgh:: 1900-1945
  310. Plainfield
  311. Plant City, Florida in Vintage Postcards
  312. Plymouth in Vintage Postcards, Mi
  313. Pontiac, Michigan: A Postcard Album (Postcard History Series)
  314. Port Huron:: 1880-1960 (Images of America)
  315. Portland
  316. Portland
  317. Postcard History
  318. Postcard History
  319. Postcards from Exeter, NH
  320. Providence
  321. Pueblo Indians of New Mexico
  322. Quincy
  323. Reading
  324. Redlands
  325. Redondo Beach: 1880-1930
  326. Reedsburg
  327. Resorts of Riverside County
  328. Richmond
  329. Richmond, Virginia (Postcard History Series)
  330. Ridgefield, 1900-1950 (Postcard History Series)
  331. Ritchie County in Vintage Postcards
  332. River Towns of the Delaware Water Gap
  333. Riverside in Vintage Postcards
  334. Robeson County in Vintage Postcards
  335. Rochester
  336. Rockford, IL 1900-WWI
  337. Rockford, Illinois: 1920 and Beyond
  338. Rockland
  339. Rye & Rye Beach, New Hampshire
  340. Saginaw, Michigan
  341. Saginaw:: Labor and Leisure
  342. Salem and Roanoke County in Vintage Postcards
  343. Salem in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  344. Salisbury in Vintage Postcards (Phs)
  345. San Antonio, Texas Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  346. San Bernardino
  347. San Diego's Balboa Park
  348. San Francisco's Chinatown
  349. San Luis Obispo & Cal Poly
  350. San Pedro
  351. Santa Ana, California (Postcard History Series)
  352. Santa Barbara, California (Postcard History Series)
  353. Santa Catalina Island, California
  354. Santa Monica, CA (Postcard History Series)
  355. Santa Rosa (Postcard History Series)
  356. Savannah
  357. Savin Rock Amusement Park
  358. SC Postcards Vol II: Beaufort to Barnwell
  359. Sebastian & Crawford Counties, Arkansas Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  360. Selected Maine Coast Postcards of George S. Graves (Postcard History Series)
  361. Sewickley
  362. Shreveport in Vintage Postcards
  363. Sister Lakes
  364. Snyder County
  365. Solvang (Images of America)
  366. Sonoma County Wineries
  367. South Bend in Vintage Postcards
  368. South Boston
  369. South Carolina Postcards Volume 8: Camden (Postcard History Series)
  370. South Central Kentucky
  371. Southeastern Berks County
  372. Southeastern Montgomery County
  373. Southern West Virginia: Coal Country
  374. Spartanburg, South Carolina Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  375. Spring City and Royersford, Pa
  376. Springfield
  377. St. Augustine in the Gilded Age St. Augustine in the Gilded Age
  378. St. Louis: 1875-1940
  379. Starved Rock State Park
  380. Stockton in Vintage Postcards
  381. Stone Harbor (Postcard History Series)
  382. Stoughton
  383. Stratford
  384. Summers County in Vintage Postcards
  385. Tallahassee
  386. Temple in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  387. Tennessee Valley Authority in Vintage Postcards
  388. The Adirondacks
  389. The Blue Ridge Parkway
  390. The Iowa State Fair:: In Vintage Postcards
  391. The Kennebunks in Season
  392. The Lost Hamptons (Postcard History Series)
  393. The Mid Mon Valley
  394. The New York, Ontario and Western Railway
  395. The Outer Banks in Vintage Postcards
  396. The Rockaways
  397. The South Bay
  398. The Thousand Islands
  399. The Upper West Side
  400. The Wildwoods, NJ (Postcard History Series)
  401. The Wildwoods: 1920-1970
  402. Thief River Falls and Pennington County:
  403. Towns of the Monadnock Region
  404. Traverse City in Vintage Postcards
  405. Troy in Vintage Postcards
  406. Tyler
  407. Van Wert County
  408. Venice
  409. Ventura, California
  410. Victorian Hartford
  411. Victorian Hartford Revisited
  412. Virginia Beach in Vintage Postcards
  413. Walker County
  414. Warrensburg and Johnson County
  415. Washington
  416. Washington, D.C. in Vintage Postcards
  417. Waterbury, CT 1890-1930
  418. Watertown
  419. Wawarsing
  420. West Chester
  421. West Point
  422. Westerly
  423. Western Pennsylvania's Oil Heritage
  424. Westwood
  425. Wheeling, WV
  426. Wilkes-Barre
  427. Williamsport
  428. Williamsport's Millionaires' Row
  429. Wilmington in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History Series)
  430. Wilson, NC (Postcard History Series)
  431. Winona
  432. Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  433. Winter Park in Vintage Postcards
  434. Wisconsin Dells
  435. Woodmont on the Sound
  436. Worcester
  437. Worcester County (Postcard History Series)
  438. Wyoming County, PA
  439. Yankton, SD
  440. York
  441. Yorktown
  442. Yosemite National Park (Postcard History Series)
  443. Youngstown, Ohio: Postcards from the Steel City, Oh (Postcard History Series)

Racine (Postcard History)

by Gerald L. Karwowski

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ISBN13: 9780738550626
ISBN10: 0738550620
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Publisher Comments:

In November 1834, Capt. Gilbert Knapp staked a claim to 141 acres at the mouth of the Root River, naming it Port Gilbert. This site became the city of Racine. During the pioneer years, Racine was dubbed the Belle City of the Great Lakes (from the French word belle, meaning beautiful). The growth of this beautiful city and its harbor was captured in vintage postcards at a time when people sent little notes and messages to friends and family the way people use e-mail and cell phones today. These cards are like vignettes showing the changes that have taken place since one century agoa pictorial documentation of Racine preserved for future generations to enjoy.

About the Author

Author and historian Gerald L. Karwowski has written a number of booklets and newspaper articles about the city's past and has entertained hundreds of groups with a slide show called "Racine in History." Karwowski retired after a 30-year career at the J.I. Case Company and has served as a Racine landmarks commissioner and as a trustee of the Racine County Historical Society. A devoted collector for the past 40 years, he has gathered one of the largest local history collections in Racine County.

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ISBN:
9780738550626
Author:
Karwowski, Gerald L.
Publisher:
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
United States - State & Local - Midwest
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
WI
Subject:
History
Subject:
Historic buildings
Subject:
Racine (Wis.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Subject:
Racine (Wis.) - History
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Postcard History
Publication Date:
August 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
127
Dimensions:
924x697x34 82
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