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It's an incredible and humbling experience to begin a life in a foreign country with many hardships, but Worcester, Massachusetts, was a mecca for many Armenian immigrants.At the beginning of the 20th century, millions of immigrants came to the United States in search of a better life and greater opportunities for their families. However, the Armenians who emigrated from their home land between 1894 and 1930 were escaping a devastating genocid...

The Salem Witch trials were one of the darkest chapters in American history. With absorbing historical narrative and 300 photographs, Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell recounts three hundred years of a city's past, from the trials themselves through the 1890s, when Daniel Low produced the first souvenir spoon, to years of memorabilia and collectibles. The historic sites in Salem are documented through their many changes. These tourist meccas are visi...

The story of laundry day, seen though the colorful ephemera of the past! Using over 560 color photos, this engaging book illustrates a host of laundry products--from soaps, starches, and dyes to detergents, bleaches, and softeners--as well as the colorful packaging and advertising used to sell them. Included are store displays, signs, posters, trade cards, postcards, calendars, tin containers, boxes, and more, many beautifully designed and dec...

Halloween decorations, collectibles, artifacts, and related items from a major collection of diverse examples. Many unique and inspiring designs of the pumpkins, witches, and other scary images associated with this ancient holiday.

Over 600 exciting color photos highlight a wonderful assortment of items used for Halloween decoration and entertainment. Separate chapters feature noise makers, Winsch Publishing postcards, arcade machines and mechanical figures, table decorations for that perfect Halloween party, folk art, fortune telling games, and much more. Includes values plus collecting and researching tips.

Animated vegetables and fruits that dance under the Halloween moon are led by jack o' lanterns and are shown here in over 580 color photographs. Halloween figural candy containers, lanterns, postcards, noisemakers, wall decorations, hats, masks, and party decorations are all part of this procession. These collectibles range from very old to modern and are presented with advice on collecting and prices for all the items displayed.

Including reported stories from believers and non-believers of the paranormal alike, Washington's Haunted Past introduces us to stories about the capital's unlisted and uninvited guests that will often amuse and always intrigue even the most skeptical of unbelievers.