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Newport News
Harold Cones
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Description for Newport News
Paperback. Over 250 vintage postcards takes readers on a journey through the city of Newport News, Virginia. View its history, industry, recreation, and culture from the 1890s through World War II. A chapter on deltiology (the study and collecting of postcards) gives collectors useful information to help them build their own postcard collection. Num Pages: 127 pages, 298 vintage postcards. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 652.
Though the English colony that would be known as Newport News, Virginia was settled in the early 1600s, the modern story began in the 1880s with the arrival of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and the building of shipyards by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Over 250 vintage postcards will take readers on a journey through the city's history, industry, recreation, and culture from the 1890s through World War II. Enjoy a nostalgic tour of the Maritime Museum, stroll down the beach, or take a tour of the biggest privately owned shipyard in the United States. A ... Read more
Though the English colony that would be known as Newport News, Virginia was settled in the early 1600s, the modern story began in the 1880s with the arrival of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad and the building of shipyards by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Over 250 vintage postcards will take readers on a journey through the city's history, industry, recreation, and culture from the 1890s through World War II. Enjoy a nostalgic tour of the Maritime Museum, stroll down the beach, or take a tour of the biggest privately owned shipyard in the United States. A ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764324055
SKU
V9780764324055
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Harold Cones
Harold N. Cones has published widely in the technical and popular press, authoring or coauthoring six books. John Bryant has written numerous articles for both the popular and scholarly press and has co-authored five other books.
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