Historic Photos of Alexandria

by Julie Ballin Patton (Text by), Rita Williams Holtz (Text by)

Overview

Alexandria, Virginia, has been witness to events which helped create America. Many of the nation's founding fathers and well-known historical figures, including George Washington and Robert E. Lee, lived in, worked in, and were a part of the city. Though it started out as a modest tobacco trading town and seaport, Alexandria has truly been at the crossroads of American history. Its citizens are proud of Alexandria's place in history and its importance as a city steeped in the narrative of the founding of the United States.Historic Photos of Alexandria depicts this colorful and varied history through still photos selected from the Library of Congress and the Local History–Special Collections branch of the Alexandria Library. From the occupation of Alexandria by Union troops during the Civil War to the thriving downtown shopping and dining district of the 1940s and 1950s, Historic Photos of Alexandria follows life and events throughout the city's history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618585943
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/01/2008
Series:	Historic Photos
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	36 MB
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About the Author

Julie Ballin Patton holds a bachelor's degree in history and a master's of science in information from the University of Michigan. She has been the Photo Archivist and a Reference Librarian at the Local History-Special Collections branch of the Alexandria Library for the past two years. Before moving to Alexandria, she was a Research Associate in Human-Computer Interaction at Penn State University and a Digital Librarian at a leading automotive corporation in Detroit. Julie lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband, Gil.

Rita Williams Holtz is an Archivist at the Alexandria Library, Local History-Special Collections branch. Former-ly a nurse, she is a genealogist, researcher, and avid history buff. In her eight years with the Local History staff, she has worked extensively with the library's photograph collection and researched properties, buildings, and people for local historical organizations and newspapers. Rita lives in Lorton, Virginia, with her husband, Ron.

What People are Saying About This

Hope J. Gibbs

"Historic Photos of Alexandria depicts this colorful and varied history through still photos selected from the Library of Congress and the Local History-Special Collections branch of the Alexandria Library," the two archivists continue. "From the occupation of Alexandria by Union troops during the Civil War to the thriving downtown shopping and dining district of the 1940s and 1950s, Historic Photos of Alexandria follows life and events throughout the city's history." From the first photo of the Government Coal Wharf (ca 1863), to the last photo of the U.S. Coast Guard's Eagle taken in 1977, Historic Photos of Alexandria keeps the reader thoughtfully turning pages, sometimes through rather haunting pictures of Alexandria's past."--(Hope J. Gibbs, Alexandrianews.org)