Worcester, Massachusetts : "The Heart of the Commonwealth"

Name: Worcester, Massachusetts
Brand: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
SKU: 9780764331381
Price: 4150 KES
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ISBN: 9780764331381

by Debby DuBay

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0764331388

ISBN-13 9780764331381

Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Country of Manufacture CN

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 24th, 2009

Print length 128 Pages

Weight 652 grams

Dimensions 21.70 x 28.00 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Travel & holiday

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Worcester, Massachusetts, a birthplace of the American Revolution, is a city of many industrial firsts, including Eli Whitney's cotton gin, Elias Howe's sewing machine, Dr. Russell L. Hawes' machine for folding plain paper into envelopes, and Ester Howland's mass-produced Valentines. Other Worcester firsts include American postcards, new loom designs, the corset, the all-night-lunch, the first national convention advocating women's rights, the railroad passenger car, and a public city park. See 284 lively, color postcard views and modern photos that help tell Worcester's story, one of the oldest commercial success tales in the country. Learn how Worcester's beneficial location in the center of Massachusetts, with major highways and a rail system, helped it develop into a world-class city.

Worcester, Massachusetts, a birthplace of the American Revolution, is a city of many industrial firsts, including Eli Whitney''s cotton gin, Elias Howe''s sewing machine, Dr. Russell L. Hawes'' machine for folding plain paper into envelopes, and Ester Howland''s mass-produced Valentines. Other Worcester firsts include American postcards, new loom designs, the corset, the all-night-lunch, the first national convention advocating women''s rights, the railroad passenger car, and a public city park. See 284 lively, color postcard views and modern photos that help tell Worcester''s story, one of the oldest commercial success tales in the country. Learn how Worcester''s beneficial location in the center of Massachusetts, with major highways and a rail system, helped it develop into a world-class city.

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