Minnesota Yesterday & Today - Hardcover

Kennedy, Layne; Breining, Greg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076032641X ISBN 13: 9780760326411

Verlag: MBI Publishing Company, 2006

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This delightful book compares our images of Minnesota today with pictures of Minnesota past.  In its pages, readers will see the state capitol building transformed from one era to the next, grand old cinemas rising and giving way to the multiplex, the grain-milling district remaking a swath of the Mississippi, farms with barns and windmills making way for mighty wind generators, Duluth shipping and Iron Range ore mining as they were and are, and the state fair and the ice palace over the years.  Historic images, vintage postcards, brochures, and ephemera, set against photographs by some of the state’s best photographers, offer unique visual insight into how Minnesota has changed, and how it remains the same.

 

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Trained in fine art photography, Layne Kennedy has had his images published in books and magazines. His feature work appears regularly in Smithsonian, Life, Audubon, Islands, Sports Illustrated, Terre Sauvage, Nature Conservancy, Newsweek, National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Outdoor Explorer, GEO, Forbes, Business Week, and other magazines. Kennedy lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 

Author Greg Breining lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He's also the author of Wild Shore (U of MN Press), an account of two seasons kayaking around Superior; Minnesota, a travel book in the Compass American Guide series; Return of the Eagle: How America Saved Its National Symbol (Falcon), the illustrated story of how America saved its national symbol; Paddling Minnesota (Falcon) and Fishing Minnesota. His essays and articles have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Audubon, Islands, National and International Wildlife, Minnesota Monthly, and other publications.

 

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Many things about the old Minnesota were comforting and good from the network of family farms across the land, to neighborhood movie theaters, to mom-and-pop resorts in the north woods. And while it saddens any life-long Minnesotan to see those things become more scarce, it s also intriguing and exciting to see the new ideas and customs that changing times bring to our state.

Minnesota Yesterday & Today brings back nostalgic recollections of the state as it once was. Historic photographs are shown side by side with the modern photography of Layne Kennedy, the connections through time enlightened by the historical text of Greg Breining.

Together, these images of then and now will make you marvel at how far we ve come and at how many things remain the same.

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The good old days in Minnesota come alive in this collection of historic and modern photographs comparing yesterday and today.

Minnesota Yesterday & Today is a time machine back to some of your favorite places and events in the state, looking at how our lives, culture, and landscape has changed and at how much remains the same.

Historical photographs and engravings are shown side by side with the stunning modern photography of Layne Kennedy. The connections through time are enlightened by the historical text of Greg Breining.

From the Twin Cities to Ely, Red Wing to Duluth, here s a look back at street scenes, landmarks, and skylines. Popular events and customs are also pictured from the state fair to wild ricing, sports to ways of making a living.

Every page here tells a story out of our history, brought to life through the lens of classic photographs.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MBI Publishing Company
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 076032641X
• ISBN 13: 9780760326411
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 142
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar