America Through Time

01/13/2025

🔥🏛️📖Recommended: "INFERNO: THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872" by Anthony Sammarco

Read more 👉🏼 https://fml.pub/inferno

"INFERNO: THE GREAT BOSTON FIRE OF 1872" was written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of a devastating fire that destroyed sixty-five acres of land in Boston, from Washington Street, between Summer Street and Milk Street, fanning eastward towards the wharves projecting into Boston Harbor.
The fire was said to have destroyed 776 buildings in Boston’s downtown, causing over $73 million in damage (or $1,682,000,000 in 2022 dollars), killing an estimated twenty people, and leading to stricter building regulations in Boston.
Fires have always been a constant source of anxiety, but this inferno was cataclysmic and beyond the comprehension of many people. The city of Boston took action and appointed a city architect that would oversee all building in the city.

In this well illustrated history of the inferno, well known author Anthony Sammarco takes us from the area from one of Commercial Palaces to the Burnt District that would be rebuilt “Springing Phoenix-like from the Ashes.”

01/12/2025

📚 : "FORGOTTEN VIRGINIA: ABANDONED PLACES AND THINGS IN THE OLD DOMINION" by the brilliant Sean Toler at Sean Toler Photo

Order link 🔗 fml.pub/forgotten-virginia

New construction seems to be taking place all around. In every direction, there is another shopping center, neighborhood, or business park being built. With all the commotion and progress, it can be easy to forget what was. We tend to neglect the old, abandoned buildings around us, leaving them to decay or suffer a brutal demise by the cold, hardened steel of heavy equipment.

In the world of photography, there are those who seek out these forgotten pieces of history in hopes of capturing what’s left on camera, thereby preserving them in their own way. Author Sean Toler is one such photographer.

Traveling the roads of Virginia, he has photographed numerous old, abandoned buildings in an effort to make them last a little longer. Knowing that some of the buildings he has photographed no longer stand, he is grateful that he was able to capture them before they disappeared from the landscape forever.

01/11/2025

📚🇺🇸 New book announcement: "MARTHA'S VINEYARD THROUGH TIME: PINKLETINKS PIPING IN THE SPRING" by Andrew C. Theokas is absolutely un-miss-able!

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/vineyard

𝗔 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮'𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀

This book is written especially for those who wish to visit Martha’s Vineyard and learn a little of its rich history. It reveals, through the comparison of photographs taken well over 100 years apart, the nature, extent and direction of changes that have occurred here. Change usually occurs gradually, incrementally. But here we can see its impact in an instant.

This is a small island, but it is a large subject. The first two books in this series, "MARTHA’S VINEYARD THROUGH TIME: THE PRESENT IN THE PAST" and "MARTHA’S VINEYARD THROUGH TIME: TOURISM AND THE CLEANSING SEA", focus on the Island as resort.

The theme of this book has been expanded to include the “up-Island” landscape that was a world apart from the one of leisure only a few miles eastward. The activities in this sparsely populated part of the early Island were not only agricultural, but also industrial. How the up-Island landscape once appeared and how this division persisted between “two Martha’s Vineyards” are new themes in this final book of this series, "MARTHA'S VINEYARD THROUGH TIME: PINKLETINKS PIPING IN THE SPRING".

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01/10/2025

📚🔍A true must-read for the fans of the supernatural: "GOTHIC LONG ISLAND: HAUNTED LEGENDS AND GHOSTLY SIGHTINGS" by Angela Artuso

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/gothic-long-island

𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱...

Claims range from eerie sounds and unexplained disturbances to ghostly apparitions that have been witnessed by many over the years.

Stop by the infamous Katie's of Smithtown, once the location of the Trainor Hotel, which was tragically destroyed by a violent fire. It is said that the spirit of Charlie Klein continues to haunt this site, and visitors may even be fortunate enough to witness wine glasses mysteriously flying off the shelves or catch glimpses of apparitions in the mirrors that appear in their photographs.

Visit Lake Ronkonkoma, where according to legend, an Indian Princess who drowned many years ago claims a young man's life each year. Indulge yourself in the decadent confections at Fiorello Dolce, Huntington's haunted bakery, located on Revolutionary War land. You can also visit the site of the Old Burial Grounds in Huntington, which holds its share of horrors.

These are just a few of the many most infamous haunts and legends to visit across Long Island!

01/10/2025

01/08/2025

📚 🕵🏻‍♂️Another recommended read for the fans - the absolutely fascinating "MURDERS, MYSTERIES, AND MISDEMEANORS IN NEW YORK" by Robert Walsh

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/mmm-ny

New York’s criminal history is well documented, but some stories remain neglected.

Others are almost entirely forgotten. William Kemmler, the first convict ever to sit in the electric chair, remains a familiar name. So does Chester Gillette, immortalized in Theodore Dreiser’s "An American Tragedy".

The incredible tale of “Iron” Mike Malloy is part of New York legend. Others, no less important, are overlooked. Examples include Martha Place, the first woman in the electric chair; “Paper Box Kid,” Oreste Shillitoni, who shot his way out of Sing Sing Prison’s notorious Death House; Doctor Robert Buchanan, who made an important contribution to forensic science; Carlyle Harris, a household name in the 1890s who rarely draws attention today; and Eddie Lee Mays, New York’s 695th (and last) ex*****on.

Crime writer Robert Walsh takes you on a journey through a rogues’ gallery of some of New York’s most notable crimes and criminals. Alongside them are some forgotten felons, whose stories, though less memorialized, are as fascinating as any.

01/08/2025

📚🎁 Author Rich Romano Photography - Rome Images is delighted with his copies of the absolutely amazing "FORGOTTEN NEW JERSEY: THE GARDEN STATE'S UNIQUE, HISTORIC, AND ABANDONED CURIOSITIES" - part of our Abandoned Union series. Don't wait - grab your copy now!!!

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/forgotten-NJ

Five-hundred-year-old buildings are easy to find across the Atlantic, yet here in America, “we tear down our Colosseums” and replace them with boring structures made of cheap brick and concrete. Most residents have no idea what our cities and towns looked like 100 years ago.

"FORGOTTEN NEW JERSEY" is a collection of the author’s personal, full-color photographs from different perspectives and various years. These unique images offer the reader a seldom seen glimpse of what is left of New Jersey’s “antiquities.”
Included in the book are: historic mansions, now abandoned or repurposed; empty hospitals that once housed those afflicted with tuberculosis or mental illness; vacant train stations which easily handled 100,000 people a day; desolate military forts and camps that protected New York and New Jersey from enemy attacks (which never happened); defunct factories and blast furnaces which produced ammunition; lumber and iron for the entire country; and much more. The accompanying description of each location will take you back in time and allow you to visualize these structures as they were decades ago. Mostly featured in this edition are locations throughout Northern and Central New Jersey.

01/06/2025

📚🌉 in our series: "THE TENDERLOIN DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO THROUGH TIME" by Peter M. Field

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/tenderloin

The Tenderloin District of San Francisco Through Time is a brief history of a neighborhood known to early San Franciscans as St. Ann’s Valley.

The story of this once-placid piece of real estate provides us with a fascinating microcosm of urban history as we follow its turbulent passage from an outlying village of Gold Rush pioneers to prosperous but quiet residential respectability; its development into a hotel, entertainment, and vice district; its gradual decay into decades of mean and homeless streets; and its on-going efforts towards economic rehabilitation.

Numerous photographs and images offer glimpses of its successive worlds of early settlers in the sand dunes; houses, churches, schools and mansions in a respectable middle- and upper-class neighborhood; fancy and not-so-fancy hotels and restaurants and saloons and theaters; ward politicians and political bosses, labor unions, gamblers, entertainers, high-class brothels, and petty criminals; bars, strip clubs, burlesque, and poker joints; and the politics of a decaying central city neighborhood trying to save itself.

01/03/2025

🛤️📚 : "THE RAILROADS THAT BUILT THE FINGER LAKES: FROM FALLEN FLAGS TO MODERN SHORT LINES" by Mark Klingel

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/finger-lakes

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆.

Named after a group of inland lakes that populate the region in New York State, the Finger Lakes is home to a wide variety of agricultural, commercial, and industrial businesses. Serving those businesses are a group of short line railroads utilizing the tracks built by their fallen flag predecessors who helped make the Finger Lakes what it is today.

For decades, railroads like the New York Central and Lehigh Valley hustled passengers and freight to and from the region, dominating the Finger Lakes railroad scene. However, this would all change in the 1970s.

Between the formation of Amtrak, the increasing popularity of transportation through airplanes, automobiles, buses, and trucks, increasing labor costs, declining industrial business, and the resulting formation of Conrail, the golden age of the railroads ended. At the same time, however, a new era was ushered in with today’s modern short line railroads leading the way.

These are the stories of the railroads that built the Finger Lakes.

01/02/2025

🏞️🥾📚 : "GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN: HISTORY AND FEATURES" by David Antonucci is a must-read!

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/tahoe-geology

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗲'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰, 𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲

Unlock the secrets of Lake Tahoe's fascinating geological history in this immersive exploration. From the mighty Sierra Nevada's birth pangs to the crystal-clear waters that cradle it today, delve into the millennia-long saga of the lake's formation. We unveil the dramatic forces that sculpted this iconic landscape, weaving together tectonic upheavals, glacial advances, and volcanic eruptions that created Lake Tahoe and its surroundings.

As you traverse the region's ancient granite peaks and azure depths, you'll uncover the profound influence of geological processes on the environment and human history. Readers will learn about the many prominent points of geologic interest and discover their location and creation processes.

Author David C. Antonucci's expertise bridges the gap between complex academic insight and plain language explanations, making "GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN" a must-read for scientists, nature enthusiasts, visitors, and curious minds alike. Whether you're a seasoned geology enthusiast or simply a lover of breathtaking landscapes, this book offers a rare opportunity to witness the Earth's tumultuous past through the lens of one of its most awe-inspiring natural wonders.

01/02/2025

New book delves into Tahoe geology

HOMEWOOD, Calif. – A new book by award-winning author and 50-year Lake Tahoe resident David C. Antonucci brings the reader comprehensive and understandable coverage of Tahoe’s ancient, diverse, and complex geology. Geology of the Lake...

12/28/2024

📚🎁 : "COLORADO SPRINGS: THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES IN THE CITY" by Heath A. Gay

Read more 👉🏻 https://fml.pub/colorado-springs

"COLORADO SPRINGS: THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES IN THE CITY" highlights the places and experiences that make this city so special. Going beyond what is typically recommended and documented by other sources, this book elevates to another level by exposing the relatively unknown, obscure, and often overlooked hidden gems that even locals don’t know about. Through insightful information and compelling photographs, you will be enticed to explore this amazing place.

"COLORADO SPRINGS: THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SITES IN THE CITY" reveals: the oldest structures in the city and how to find them; famous houses of the Pikes Peak Region; obscure historical markers concealed around town; natural wonders that need to be seen in person; notable locations on the National Register of Historic Places; former tuberculosis huts and treatment facilities; and more!

12/24/2024

🎄 Merry Christmas from America Through Time! 🎄

Hoping there are some exciting books for you under the Christmas tree 🎁📚🎄

Thank you for shopping with us this year.
Here's to more exciting books in 2025!



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12/24/2024

https://www.boston.com/community/wickedpedia/2024/12/23/how-did-christmas-tree-shops-get-its-iconic-thatched-roof-and-windmill/

Christmas Tree Shops was the “It-girl” of bargain stores. Here's why its legacy endures across New England.

12/20/2024

🌊🌉We are super excited about our forthcoming books. We will welcome the 2025 in with this absolutely amazing book, which we thoroughly recommend: "BEAUTY OVER TROUBLED WATER: THE BRIDGES OF NIAGARA FALLS" by Richard R. Panchyk

Read more 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/niagara-bridges

There are thousands of waterfalls around the world, but none are so impressively dramatic, accessible, extensive, photogenic, and tourist friendly as Niagara Falls. Adding to its appeal, the Niagara River and its falls also form part of the boundary between Canada and the United States, making it an added attraction as a border crossing point. Since the nineteenth century, a series of bridges, each one a major engineering achievement, have spanned across the roiling waters. Some did not last very long, while still others have stood the test of time.

This book documents the amazing, beautiful bridges of the Niagara Falls area chronologically in photographs, engravings, sketches, and maps—many never-before published.

From the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge to the ubiquitous Rainbow Bridge, the structures that span the river have all shared a unique aesthetic that is highly complementary to their location.