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Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel

Author : John C. Trafny and Diane F. Trafny
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467103144
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & US Steel written by John C. Trafny and Diane F. Trafny and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the era of gigantic shopping malls, big-box stores, and online shopping, the commercial centers of major American cities were located in areas often referred to as downtown. In blue-collar industrial cities such as Gary, Indiana, downtown was the social, cultural, and political center of the community. From the 1920s through the 1960s, people from throughout the Calumet Region flocked to the Steel City's popular stores, theaters, and restaurants by car, bus, and the South Shore Railroad. For many, Gordon's, Lytton's, Sears, and Goldblatt's bring back memories of window-shopping, making layaway plans, visiting Santa, and being asked "May I help you?" by courteous employees. Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics, and US Steel provides a glimpse not only at the stores of yesteryear but also the politics, churches, schools, and of course, United States Steel Corporation and the millrats.

Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & Us Steel

Author : John C. Trafny
Publisher : Images of America
ISBN 13 : 9781540238252
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Downtown Gary: Millrats, Politics & Us Steel written by John C. Trafny and published by Images of America. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In blue-collar industrial Gary, Indiana, downtown was the social, cultural, and political center of the community. From the 1920s through the 1960s, people flocked to the stores, theaters and restaurants. The Trafnys provide a glimpse not only of the stores of yesteryear but also the politics, churches, schools, and of course, United States Steel Corporation and the millrats. -- adapted from back cover

Land of the Millrats

Author : Richard Mercer Dorson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674508552
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Land of the Millrats written by Richard Mercer Dorson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of Richard Dorson's thirty years as folklorist have been spent collecting tales and legends in the remote backcountry, far from the centers of population. For this book he extended his search for folk traditions to one of the most heavily industrialized sections of the United States. Can folklore be found, he wondered, in the Calumet Region of northwest Indiana? Does it exist among the steelworkers, ethnic groups, and blacks in Gary, Whiting, East Chicago, and Hammond? In his usual entertaining style, Dorson shows that a rich and varied folklore exists in the Region. Although it differs from that of rural people, it is equally vital. Much of this urban lore finds expression in conversational anecdotes and stories that deal with pressing issues: the flight from the inner city, crime in the streets, working conditions in the steel mills, the maintenance of ethnic identity, the place of blacks in a predominantly white society. The folklore reveals strongly held attitudes such as the loathing of industrial work, resistance to assimilation, and black adoption of middle-class-white values. Miliworkers and mill executives, housewives, ethnic performers, storekeepers, and preachers tell their stories about the Region. The concerns that occupy them affect city dwellers throughout the United States. Land of the Millrats, though it depicts a special place, speaks for much of America.

Gary's Glen Park

Author : John C. Trafny
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467112151
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Gary's Glen Park written by John C. Trafny and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As they settled in Gary, immigrant groups established communities, built churches and schools, and clung to their cultural traditions. Glen Park included Poles, Slovaks, Serbs, Russians, and Italians. Through archival photographs, family snapshots provided by former residents, and shared memories, the reader is taken on a nostalgic journey from the city's founding in 1906 through to the 21st century.

Gary's West Side

Author : John C. Trafny
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439616698
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Gary's West Side written by John C. Trafny and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pictorial history, visit the Horace Mann west side neighborhood of Gary, Indiana, through four generations of the Steel City. Though Gary was an industrial city founded by U.S. Steel, the Horace Mann neighborhood evolved into one of the most exclusive residential areas in northwest Indiana. Skilled craftsmen from the mills were able to live among doctors and lawyers as well as businessmen and supervisors from U.S. Steel. From the boom years of the 1920s through the 1960s, residents of diverse economic backgrounds sent their children to the same schools, prayed together in the same houses of worship, and shopped in Gary's popular downtown. Gary's West Side: The Horace Mann Neighborhood is a pictorial history spanning four generations of one of the Steel City's premier residential districts. Through archival photographs, family snapshots provided by former residents, and shared memories, the reader is taken on a nostalgic journey from the city's founding in 1906 through to the 21st century.

Lost Gary, Indiana

Author : Jerry Davich
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625851375
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Lost Gary, Indiana written by Jerry Davich and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poster child for our nation's urban experimentation a century ago, Gary was forged with hype and hope, dreams and sweat, political agendas and tons of steel. The hardscrabble city attracted all kinds, from shady scoundrels and famous architects to hardworking immigrants and brilliant entrepreneurs. Boasting 180,000 residents at its peak, the booming melting pot eventually faded away under the afflictions of urban decay, racial unrest and political upheaval. Jerry Davich explores the remnants of Gary's glory days, from Union Station in ruins to City Methodist Church stripped of its soul. Revisit the Sheraton Hotel's demise, Emerson High School's hard lessons, Vee-Jay Records' last release and a devastated downtown filled only with façades and fond memories.

Gary, the Most American of All American Cities

Author : S. Paul O'Hara
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253004993
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Gary, the Most American of All American Cities written by S. Paul O'Hara and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. Steel created Gary, Indiana. The new steel plant and town built on the site in 1906 were at once a triumph of industrial capitalism and a bold experiment in urban planning. Gary became the canvas onto which the American public projected its hopes and fears about modern, industrial society. In its prime, Gary was known as "the magic city," "steel's greatest achievement," and "an industrial utopia"; later it would be called "the very model of urban decay." S. Paul O'Hara traces this stark reversal of fortune and reveals America's changing expectations. He delivers a riveting account of the boom or bust mentality of American industrialism from the turn of the 20th century to the present day.

Gary's East Side

Author : John C. Trafny
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738519531
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Gary's East Side written by John C. Trafny and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary's East Side is a nostalgic look back at one of the Steel City's oldest neighborhoods. Through a captivating collection of photographs that chronicle the many aspects of life on the east side of Gary, the book presents the rich history of the community from 1906, the year of Gary's founding, to the present. From the steel mills to the churches to Gary's City Hall, Gary's East Side offers a touching look at this close-knit community. The east side of Gary was a place where people knew their neighbors, where children went to school together, and married high school sweethearts. The area has changed, but a new Gary is emerging. Gary's East Side presents the history of this area in poignant detail and points to the heartening future. Author John Trafny's skillful compilation promises to bring back fond memories of this historic neighborhood.

Killingly Revisited

Author : Natalie L. Coolidge
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738550480
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Killingly Revisited written by Natalie L. Coolidge and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first volume, Killingly revealed the initial manufacturing emphasis in the town's villages. Killingly Revisited illustrates how the town survived after losing most of the textile industry, as it moved South, by actively seeking diversified commercial businesses. Within these pages, the town's fascinating past is displayed as newly acquired vintage views are coupled with information recently uncovered from the Killingly Historical and Genealogical Society's newspaper archives and other reference materials. In celebration of 300 years as an incorporated Connecticut town, the society is sharing photographs of Killingly's mills, businesses, buildings, churches, schools, and cemeteries. There have been losses from devastating fires that changed the face of Main Street. New streets and roads were added as modes of transportation changed. There are also new views of citizens at work and play.

The Costume of Scotland

Author : John Telfer Dunbar
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Costume of Scotland written by John Telfer Dunbar and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the range and nature of Scottish dress from shirts, mantles, plaids and the Scottish bonnet to trews, the kilt, the tartan and Scottish tweed. Final chapters look at the medieval highland warriors, military uniform and the arms without which the dress itself was often incomplete.

Abandoned Gary, Indiana

Author : Miki Lansdowne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634991490
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned Gary, Indiana written by Miki Lansdowne and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement taken from publisher's website.

Lost Hammond, Indiana

Author : Joseph S. Pete
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467142867
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Lost Hammond, Indiana written by Joseph S. Pete and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement taken from publisher's website.

The Calumet region historical guide

Author : Indiana Writers' Program
Publisher : Indiana Writers' Program
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Calumet region historical guide written by Indiana Writers' Program and published by Indiana Writers' Program. This book was released on with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Calumet region historical guide

Usable Pasts

Author : Tad Tuleja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usable Pasts written by Tad Tuleja and published by . This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eclectic collection of essays on creative use, manipulation, and "invention" of traditions by groups of many sizes and types: ethnic, regional, religious, organizational, and national.

Making a World of Difference

Author : James Overton
Publisher : St. John's, Nfld. : ISER
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Making a World of Difference written by James Overton and published by St. John's, Nfld. : ISER. This book was released on 1996 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism is a major cultural and economic force in the world. Many people in Newfoundland are embracing tourism as a possible way out of the province's economic difficulties. How is the "world of difference," as Newfoundland is described in a far-reaching tourism promotion campaign, affected by the policies and programmes designed to exploit this trend? Overton examines specific tourism related initiatives within Newfoundland and Labrador as starting points for a broad discussion of culture and development.

On Holiday

Author : Orvar Löfgren
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520928997
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book On Holiday written by Orvar Löfgren and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-10-27 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Löfgren takes us on a tour of the Western holiday world and shows how two centuries of "learning to be a tourist" have shaped our own ways of vacationing. We see how fashions in destinations have changed through the years, with popular images (written, drawn, painted, and later photographed) teaching the tourist what to look for and how to experience it. Travelers present and future will never see their cruises, treks, ecotours, round-the-world journeys, or trips to the vacation cottage or condo in quite the same way again. All our land-, sea-, and mindscapes will be the richer for Löfgren's insights.

The Hockey Song

Author : Stompin' Tom Connors
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN 13 : 1771641908
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Hockey Song written by Stompin' Tom Connors and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Stompin’ Tom Connors sings, “It’s the good old hockey game, the best game you can name.” And in this charmingly illustrated book for all ages, the classic song played at hockey games around the world is imagined as a shinny game on an outdoor rink in the middle of the city that starts with two players and soon grows to include the whole community. “The puck is in! The hometown wins! The good ol’ hockey game.”