Explore the history of accommodations in the Catskills, a renowned resort area, as tourists once sought refuge during their visits. This journey highlights the unique lodgings that catered to travelers, showcasing the evolution of hospitality and the cultural significance of the region. Discover the stories behind these establishments and their role in shaping the Catskills' identity as a popular destination.
Focusing on the Landis family's duality as both typical Pennsylvania Germans and cultural pioneers, this book chronicles their life in Lancaster County from the 18th century. Henry Harrison and Emma Caroline Landis raised their children in a cross-cultural setting, fostering an appreciation for Mennonite and Reformed traditions. Through historic photographs, many previously unpublished, the narrative showcases their contributions to American culture and documents their family life, customs, and agricultural practices, enriching the understanding of Pennsylvania German heritage.
Throughout history, especially from the 18th century to the beginning of World War II, artists have produced a remarkable wealth of graphic representations of fruit. This volume includes paintings by American artists, including the Peale family, Grant Wood, and Thomas Hart Benton, engravings and lithographs by major printmaking companies like Currier and Ives, botanical illustrations, and excerpts from vintage nursery catalogs. Find hundreds of illustrations, chosen to arouse physical and aesthetic appetites. These include still lifes, photographs, and amusing antique postcards, as well as expert botanical and historical information. Fruit you know and some you may not are illustrated here in unique works of art or artifacts. They include standards like apples, cherries, and grapes, tropicals such as bananas, mangoes and avocados, biblical fruits, including pomegranates, dates, and olives, and rare delicacies like medlars, persimmons, prickly cactus pears, and pawpaws. Fruit has never looked this good.