Main Street Arkansas - The Hearts of Arkansas Cities and Towns as Portrayed in Postcards

Informationen zum Autor Ray and Steven Hanley have published extensively from their research of Arkansas history as told through postcards. Traveling thousands of miles to collect and authenticate postcards, as well as take comparative photos, they are the undisputed authorities on historical postcards from Arkansas. The Hanley brothers live in Little Rock. Klappentext In this visual historya the Hanley brothersa most extensive book yeta readers will trace many townsa humble beginnings, with wooden-frame structures lining rutted dirt streets teeming with wagons, horses, and mules. The evolution of towns such as Walnut Ridge, Bentonville, Little Rock, and Lake Village, as well as tiny hamlets such as Black Rock and Ponca, unfolds before readersa eyes. Scenes from the 1950s feature stores such as Ben Franklin, OTASCO, and Western Auto. Success stories of Main Street preservation and revitalization in El Dorado, Siloam Springs, Conway, and Harrison show how local elders have set an example for other towns."

Product details

• Authors: Ray Hanley, Ray/ Hanley Hanley, Steven Hanley
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9781935106128
• ISBN: 978-1-935106-12-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV