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History of Sharon Hill is Captured in New Book
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New from Arcadia Publishing and local authors Kathleen Clarke and Jean Shiber is Sharon Hill in the popular Images of America series, featuring over 200 vintage images.
A community less than a square mile in size, Sharon Hill came into its own in the 19th century. The surroundings were mostly undeveloped until 1872, when the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad ran its rails through the area.
With the arrival of the railroad, a town plan was developed and Sharon Hill added a few stores and businesses to its landscape. Affluent Philadelphians built their mansions along Chester Pike, and churches and schools soon followed. In 1890, Sharon Hill was incorporated as a borough when it separated from Darby Borough.
Author royalties from the sale of the book will benefit the historic preservation efforts of the Sharon Hill Historical Society.
Highlights of Sharon Hill:
- · Includes Queen’s Highway, now known as Chester Pike, which ran through the entire length of the town
- · Features a time when there were only a few homes and farms dotting the landscape, and only two passable roads
- · Shows the development of Sharon Hill as a transportation community
Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and on-line retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.
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Sharon Hill
by Kathleen Clarke, Jean Shiber, Sharon Hill Historical Society
Images of America Series
Price: $21.99
128 pages/ softcover
Available: November 16, 2009 |
A new Arcadia book on Swarthmore Borough will be released on Sunday, October 4 at the McCabe Library on the Swarthmore College Campus. The authors, Patricia C. O'Donnell and Susanna K. Morikawa, are the two archivists at the Friends Library located in the McCabe Library. The girls will be signing their book from 2 till 4 in the afternoon at the library and their will also be a display of Swarthmore memorabilia at the library. This is not the usual rush job that Arcadia usually puts out. The pictures are great and there is alot of solid researched information in the book. Pat and Susanna spent a lot of time and effort putting the book together. So come and get a great book on Swarthmore Borough.
Item details for Newtown Square: Then & Now
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Item Code: REF003
Description: $21.99. Now Available for Pre-order. Will ship June 1st 2009. Published by Arcadia Publishing. Written by Christopher Driscoll and Janice Elston. Copyright 2009 Newtown Square Historical Preservation Society.
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Purchase inquiries can be directed towards: onlineorders@historicnewtownsquare.org
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NEW EDITION OF CHADDS FORD BOOK PUBLISHED
A new updated edition of the popular pictorial guide to Chadds Ford was published in September. Chadds Ford: History, Heroes and Landmarks describes the historical events, artistic heritage and cultural attractions that have made the village of Chadds Ford one of the most widely recognized places in the Brandywine Valley.
Author and photographer Carla Westerman updated the text and added new photographs to reflect the changes in Chadds Ford since the book was first published in 2003. Three thousand copies of the first edition were sold.
Published by Thomas Publications of Gettysburg, PA, the 80-page book features 65 photographs and retails for $9.95.
About the Author: Chester County resident Carla Westerman is a freelance writer who serves on the board of the Chadds Ford Historical Society.
To order: Chadds Ford: History, Heroes and Landmarks, ISBN 1577471032 is available from Thomas Publications: www.thomaspublications.com; 1-800-840-6782. Quantity discounts.
Another "Images of America" book was published last month by Arcadia Press. The author is Patricia Ann Miller, the book is a pictorial History of Marcus Hook. I just happened to see the book at Borders in Springfield where it can be purchased for 19.99.
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Marcus Hook
Author(s): Patricia Ann Miller
ISBN: 0738550132
# of Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
On Sale Date: 07/16/2007
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Book Description:
Marcus Hook is the northernmost city on the Delmarva Peninsula. Incorporated in 1892, Marcus Hook was originally named for a Native American chief and was once the haunt of English pirate Edward Teach (Blackbeard). It is now best known as the home of Sun Oil Refinery. Thanks to its location along the Delaware River, the town prospered as residents and businesses flocked to the area. Other large businesses located here include the former American Viscose and British Petroleum. Through vintage photographs, Marcus Hook commemorates the longstanding heritage of this small community and the growth of the Delaware River waterfront.
Author Bio: Patricia Ann Miller, a former area resident, is an author and teacher. Her other works include The Story of the Cornerstone of Pennsylvania and Marcus Hook: A Pictorial History. She drew from various area resources for the images in this book, including the Delaware County Historical Society and private collections.
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Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys
Author(s): Kenneth C. Springirth
ISBN: 0738550434
# of Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
On Sale Date: 08/13/2007
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The Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company prospered through the hard times of the 1930s and was the last privately-owned trolley system in the United States. Aerodynamically designed Bullet cars of the Philadelphia and Western Railway dramatically reduced travel time on the Sixty-ninth Street to Norristown line. The Presidents’ Conference Committee trolley cars of the Philadelphia Transportation Company linked the boroughs of Darby, Colwyn, and Yeadon with Philadelphia. Photographs of Media’s 1977 town fair feature vintage trolleys in the only suburban community in the United States with a trolley line ending in its main street. Suburban Philadelphia Trolleys covers the history of the trolleys that served Philadelphia’s western suburbs.
Author Bio: Kenneth C. Springirth, author of Greater Erie Trolleys, Johnstown Trolleys and Incline, and Pittsburgh Streamlined Trolleys, has a vested interest in rail history, as his father was a trolley car motorman in Philadelphia and his grandfather was a motorman in Washington, D.C. A native of Philadelphia and a 1957 graduate of Lansdowne Aldan High School, Springirth commuted by trolley to attend classes at Drexel Institute of Technology. He has walked the lines, photographed, and ridden trolley cars in the United States and around the world.
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The other book is a semi-Delco book, "The Art and Science of William Bartram" just published by the Pennsylvania State University Press. William(1739-1823) was the of son John Bartram the Botanist and Founder of the American Philosophical Society with Ben Franklin in 1743. William went on to become a great botanist in his own right and this book is a biography of William and features many of his original drawings. The book can be special ordered from Penn State Press.
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