A Victorian-era tour of Syracuse illustrated with 103 original photographs! Most of all the landscape pictured has vanished. Municipal buildings, commercial structures, notable private dwellings and manufacturing concerns are all imaged and described.
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"The writing plus photographs...takes us on an authentic stroll down the streets and paths traveled at another time." -- Robert C. Bodgan, Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
"What a delight to have this glimpse of Syracuse 125 years ago!" -- Carl D. Stearns, AIA
The Syracuse in these pages looks like a magical wonderland. -- Syracuse New Times
The photographs .. are remarkably sharp images. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
This handsome book documents a prosperous era in the city’s history. -- Life in the Finger Lakes
"What a delight to have this glimpse of Syracuse 125 years ago!" -- Carl D. Stearns, AIA
The Syracuse in these pages looks like a magical wonderland. -- Syracuse New Times
The photographs .. are remarkably sharp images. -- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
This handsome book documents a prosperous era in the city’s history. -- Life in the Finger Lakes
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Editor Robert Joki is the author of the critically acclaimed book "Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America."
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The name of this thriving city of Syracuse, situated so nearly in the geographical center of the Empire State, and possessing many commercial advantages, such as facility of access by the residents of a surrounding country, the productive richness and natural wealth of which is proverbial; ample railroad and canal connections; her salt and general manufacturing interests, became many years ago synonymous with enterprise and rapid growth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Green Lake, James Street, Miss Selden, Fayette Park, Lake View, Erie Canal, Oakwood Cemetery, Onondaga Lake, South Salina Street, West Genesee Street, Clive Walters, Judge Forman, First Ward, Forman Park, Hamilton White, Miss Madge Selden, North Salina Street, White Memorial Building, Wieting Opera House, Agnes Cemetery, Church Street, Clinton Block, George Barnes, Giles Everson New!
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The name of this thriving city of Syracuse, situated so nearly in the geographical center of the Empire State, and possessing many commercial advantages, such as facility of access by the residents of a surrounding country, the productive richness and natural wealth of which is proverbial; ample railroad and canal connections; her salt and general manufacturing interests, became many years ago synonymous with enterprise and rapid growth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Green Lake, James Street, Miss Selden, Fayette Park, Lake View, Erie Canal, Oakwood Cemetery, Onondaga Lake, South Salina Street, West Genesee Street, Clive Walters, Judge Forman, First Ward, Forman Park, Hamilton White, Miss Madge Selden, North Salina Street, White Memorial Building, Wieting Opera House, Agnes Cemetery, Church Street, Clinton Block, George Barnes, Giles Everson New!
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- Saratoga Lost: Images of Victorian America by Robert Joki in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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