| Janesville Contributor(s): Adler, Judith (Author), Adler, Den (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738588652 ISBN-13: 9780738588650 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 977.5 |
| LCCN: 2011937408 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Janesville-Beloit, Wisconsin - Geographic Orientation - Wisconsin - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1837, Henry Janes, one of the area s first settlers, proposed the name Black Hawk for the small southern Wisconsin settlement he lived in, but the US Post Office chose Janesville. The village along the Rock River was selected as the Rock County seat, and by 1860 it had grown to become Wisconsin s second largest city. Janesville developed into an important railroad town and, because of its waterpower, a milling and manufacturing center. General Motors built a large plant, and George Parker started the Parker Pen Company here. As the city grew, land was donated or set aside for recreation, and today Janesville calls itself Wisconsin s Park Place. Its population has grown to more than 62,000." |
Contributor Bio(s): Adler, Judith: - Authors Judith and Den Adler have studied Janesville s history since coming to the city in 1970. The Craftsman-style stucco home they have owned for over 40 years will be 100 years old in 2012. After completing their 2010 Janesville publication as part of Arcadia s Postcard History Series, they turned their attention to the 10,000-plus photographs in the archives of the Rock County Historical Society, as well as images from a recently discovered collection belonging to the City of Janesville s engineering department, to produce this book. |