Historic And Picturesque Savannah
''Historic and Picturesque Savannah'' is a book by Adelaide Wilson, published in 1889 by Boston Photogravure Company. It outlines the history of Savannah, Georgia, from its earliest period to the late 19th century. The book contains fourteen chapters and about sixty-five illustrations (the work of Georgia Weymouth), which "keep pace very evenly with the pen-pictures". Scholar Select reprinted the book in 2018, stating it had been "selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it." References {{Reflist 1889 books History of Georgia (U.S. state) Books about Savannah, Georgia ...
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History
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an Discipline (academia), academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the historiography, nature of history as an end in ...
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Boston Photogravure Company
Boston Photogravure Company was an American fine-art publisher specializing in the photogravure process. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, and established in 1885 as the Lewis Company, it changed its name the following year as part of a reorganization. It was purchased in 1888 by Josiah Byram Millet. The company was highly regarded among the leading publishers and printers for its work, some of the methods of which were of their own invention. The accuracy of their work had not previously been deemed possible. Under the title of the Lewis Company, it was stated in 1983 that they were responsible for "some of the best books ever published up to the present day". In February 1891, the company began publishing ''The Engraver and Printer'', an illustrated monthly journal demonstrating the newer methods of illustration. The company merged with Art Publishing Company, of Gardener, Massachusetts, later that year. Their offices were originally located at 27 Boylston Street; later at ...
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Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the Kingdom of Great Britain, British British America, colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's Georgia (U.S. state)#Major cities, fifth-largest city, with a 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's List of metropolitan areas in Georgia (U.S. state), third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798. Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (f ...
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1889 Books
Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas. * January 4 – An Act to Regulate Appointments in the Marine Hospital Service of the United States is signed by President Grover Cleveland. It establishes a Commissioned Corps of officers, as a predecessor to the modern-day U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. * January 5 – Preston North End F.C. is declared the winner of the inaugural Football League in England. * January 8 – Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine in the United States. * January 15 – The Coca-Cola Company is originally incorporated as the Pemberton Medicine Company in Atlanta, Georgia. * January 22 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C. * January 30 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and his mist ...
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History Of Georgia (U
History of Georgia may refer to: * History of Georgia (country) * History of Georgia (U.S. state) The history of Georgia in the United States of America spans pre-Columbian time to the present-day U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The area was inhabited by Native American tribes for thousands of years. A modest Spanish presence was ...