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In the 1800s, the 2.8 square miles in New Jersey known today as Little Silver consisted mostly of farms, woods, and saltwater marshes. Towards the turn of the century, John T. Lovett opened his famous nursery, and resort hotels began to spring up on the scenic Little Silver Point peninsula. In the 1890s, the construction of a dock for Patten Line steamboats at the end of the Point increased the volume of summer visitors. Separated from Shrewsbury Township in 1923, Little Silver has remained a prosperous and vibrant community over the years. The farms and nurseries have almost all been replaced by housing today, but residents find that their shrubs and backyard gardens grow beautifully on the fertile land. Over the years, many New York and northern New Jersey commuters have decided to make Little Silver their home, traveling by rail or auto to their jobs. Karen Schnitzspahn's Little Silver is a tribute to the peaceful but significant development of the borough from the 1880s to the 1970s.
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Kevin Olzak
reviewed Little Silver, New Jersey (Images Of America Series) on July 23, 2014
Little Silver, New Jersey (Images Of America Series)
Like many of these collections of photos from this fine publisher, it's a mixed bag, and I'm glad to have it.
This volume is heavy on the portrait photos of Atlanta residents, helpfully indexed with structures with which they worked. Photos of the city's defenses are quite moving. At end, there are photos of wreck and ruin.
I have several favorite images here. Across six pages (pages 10-15), there is a three-part panorama taken from the dome of the Atlanta Female Institute. The Crawford, Frazer & Co. slave market appears (page 100) in a photo by Barnard; recently, the AJC put it side-by-side with an image of modern Five Points MARTA station. These sort of before and after shots are outside the scope of this book, but so compelling.
Author Michael Rose uses Atlanta History Center archival collections to good effect, as usual.
I do recommend reading a narrative history to complement this stuff, for example, The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta, by Marc Wortman (here, )
Recommended.
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