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  • Frank Lloyd Wright and Mason City

    Architectural Heart of the Prairie

    "A superb study of what a stellar group of architects accomplished in the Iowa locale, not to mention the vision of the locals" ( Universitas).In the early 1900s, Frank Lloyd Wright transformed a small midwestern prairie community into one of the world's most important architectural destinations. Mason City, Iowa, became home to his City National Bank and Park Inn—the last surviving Wright hotel. ... Read more

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  • Camouflage Australia

    Art, Nature, Science and War

    Camouflage Australia provides international context for the historical circumstances and events of the organisation of camouflage in World War II in Australia and the Pacific region. She elaborates on the parallel involvement of British and American artists in the field of concealment and deception, and reveals the widespread interest shown by western naturalists and scientists in the application ... Read more

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  • Gillette Castle

    A History

    by Erik Ofgang ...
    During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1,300 performances.His career as a playwright and actor afforded him the opportunity to purchase a 184-acre estate, where he also built a twenty-four-room medieval-style castle. Overlooking the Connecticut River, Gillette's castle was complete with spy mirrors, sliding furniture, hidden ... Read more

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  • A History of Detroit's Palmer Park

    Palmer Park is Detroit's underappreciated architectural jewel. Located around the intersection of McNichols Road (Six Mile) and Woodward Avenue, it embraces every style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. United States senator Thomas Palmer originally developed the property as farmland and donated it to the city in the 1890s. Between 1924 and 1964, its character changed with some ... Read more

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  • Perrysburg

    Historic Architecture

    Series series Images of America
    Congress created Perrysburg in 1816 to secure control of its strategic trading location on the largest river flowing into Lake Erie, the Maumee River, an integral waterway for shipping and also an important passageway for western migration. As a busy port and shipbuilding center, Perrysburg attracted entrepreneurial pioneers from the East, who, as they prospered, built remarkable homes, buildings, ... Read more

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  • Historic Homes of New Albany, Indiana

    New Albany's historic homes boast unique histories and fascinating stories of those who inhabited them. Founded in 1813 below the falls of the Ohio River, the city was Indiana's most populous by the middle of the nineteenth century. Many leading citizens built grand mansions and family dwellings that beamed with prosperity and influence. The architectural legacy during these formative years ... Read more

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  • Architecture of Minneapolis Parks

    Series series Images of America
    Buildings, bridges, and much more�these are the treasures in or near Minneapolis parks that are rarely given attention. This book diverts the reader from the traditional park elements of lakes, woods, streams, and playfields and focuses instead on the rich architectural components they offer. Buildings range from the 160-year-old Godfrey house, believed to be the oldest standing house in ... Read more

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  • Chicago's Grand Hotels

    The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago

    Architecturally imposing, historically rich, and socially important, Chicago's magnificent grand hotels have fascinated generations of Chicagoans and have pleased generations of guests. The Palmer House Hilton, The Drake, and The Hilton Chicago have come to represent a collective formal living room for Chicago, where the city's most important visitors are accommodated, entertained, and made aware ... Read more

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  • Chicago's Mansions

    by John Graf ...
    Series series Images of America
    Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city�s skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago�s mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago�s past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These ... Read more

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  • Chicago's Loop

    From 19th century trading post to one of the world's great financial, business, and entertainment districts, experience the growth and changes of the Windy City.Chicago's famed Loop is said to have gotten its name from the route of a cable car that looped the central business district in 1882. Since then, much has changed.This book captures the evolving urban landscape of the Chicago Loop, with a ... Read more

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  • Art Deco of the Palm Beaches

    Series series Images of America
    Art Deco design is a jazzy celebration of the Machine Age, mass production, geometry, and the straight line. In Palm Beach County, sleek themes are seen representing tropical, nautical, masculine, and stylized motifs that reflect speed and technology. Elements include eyebrows, flat roofs, porthole windows, rounded corners, columns, glass blocks, bandings, multiples of three, and Zig-Zag steps. ... Read more

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  • Cincinnati Art Deco

    Series series Images of America
    Art Deco, daring and almost defiant in its optimism, reflected the spirit of a restless time. Bursting forth in the midst of the Roaring Twenties, an age when there seemed to be no limits, this new art form was both elegant and modern. Cincinnati is fortunate to have three stunning examples of this unique style: the sophisticated Hilton Netherland Plaza hotel, the overwhelming Cincinnati Times ... Read more

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