Picturing Harrisonburg : visions of a Shenandoah Valley city since 1828 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ehrenpreis, David, 1963- (Author)
Other Authors: Koons, Kenneth E. (Contributor), Borg, Kevin L. (Contributor), Jones, Randall B. (Contributor), MacAllister, Dale E., 1947- (Contributor), Suter, Scott Hamilton (Contributor), Way, Henry, 1980- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Staunton, Virginia : George F. Thompson Publishing, in association with James Madison University's Institute for Visual Studies and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Historical Society, 2017.
Edition:First hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: In the heart of the Shenandoah Valley / Kenneth E. Koons
  • Preface / David Ehrenpreis
  • Part I: Introduction, A place on the map: Picturing place / David Ehrenpreis. Maps and plans, 1828-2016
  • Part II: "Rocktown:" Romance of the Valley: Emma Lyon Bryan's 'Town of Harrisonburg, Va. 1867" / Randall B. Jones and Dale MacAllister. Emma Lyon Bryan's Panorama (1867)
  • Part III: "The City of Harrisonburg:" Boosterism and heritage, Postcards of Harrisonburg, 1900-1915 / Scott Hamilton Suter and David Ehrenpreis. Postcards, 1900-1915
  • Part IV: "The friendly city:" Waiting for work in the "Friendly CIty," Harrisonburg between the Great Depression and World War II / Kevin Borg. Photographs by John Vachon and Lupton Kaylor, ca. 1938-1948
  • Part V: "The city with the planned future:" "Replace the Old, Guard the New," envisioning urban renewal / David Ehrenpreis. "Planning our town"exhibition, 1952, Photographs from "Urban Renewal Project VA. R-16 (April 5, 1962) and Then/now rephotographs, 1958-2015
  • Part VI: "The Burg:" Bringing the past into the future, place, community and the present vision of Harrisonburg / Henry Way. Significant places over time, 1865-2016
  • Conclusion: Ideal vsions / David Ehrenpreis.