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Greetings from Cape May
Tina Skinner
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Description for Greetings from Cape May
Historic postcards of the great Victorian hotels, the U.S. Naval Training Station, the Emlen Mansion, the sinking ship Atlantus and more. Imagery and text trace this wonderful town's story, from nostalgic, sepia-toned past through its renaissance as one of East Coast's most popular, and distinctive historic resort towns. Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 color & b/w postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; WCS; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 230 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
Historic postcards take you on an eye-candy tour of Cape May's past. Hand-colored images portray bonneted ladies in long dresses treading the boardwalk, and the great Victorian hotels where they stayed. Hand-tinted photography dating back one hundred years opens an keyhole to the past, when the streets were still paved with sand and traversed by horse and carriage. An extensive collection of images portrays the U.S. Naval Training Station. Photo chromes further trace the development of the Washington Street Mall, the restoration of the Emlen Mansion, the sinking of the Atlantus off the point, and the transformation of the Convention ... Read more
Historic postcards take you on an eye-candy tour of Cape May's past. Hand-colored images portray bonneted ladies in long dresses treading the boardwalk, and the great Victorian hotels where they stayed. Hand-tinted photography dating back one hundred years opens an keyhole to the past, when the streets were still paved with sand and traversed by horse and carriage. An extensive collection of images portrays the U.S. Naval Training Station. Photo chromes further trace the development of the Washington Street Mall, the restoration of the Emlen Mansion, the sinking of the Atlantus off the point, and the transformation of the Convention ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764326783
SKU
V9780764326783
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Tina Skinner
Tina Skinner has written several books about Cape May, this time visiting the town's past.
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