Around Auburn: Volume II (Images of America)

ISBN: 0738563714

Author: Przybylek, Stephanie E.

Condition: New

Product DescriptionAs the companion volume to Around Auburn, this pictorial history chronicles the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Auburn, New York.Local historian Stephanie E. Przybylek has compiled another impressive collection of images in a joint effort with the Cayuga Museum to preserve the history of Auburn. Around Auburn Volume II features images from the museum, the Community Preservation Committee, and private collections. Included in this volume are views of Genesee Street in the bustling 1920s, interior shots of the McIntosh & Seymour factory, and Lakeside Park and Enna Jettick Park, amusement parks that served as summer playgrounds for generations of local residents on the shores of Owasco Lake. The strong community bonds created by the hardship of the Great Depression and two world wars are documented, as well as immigration in the early twentieth century, which added rich ethnic and cultural contrasts to Auburn.About the AuthorThis wonderful new volume celebrates the history of a working community with strong family bonds and an unyielding sense of tradition. Join Stephanie Przybylek and the Cayuga Museum in this lasting tribute to a uniquely American town. Around Auburn Volume II is sure to be enjoyed for generations to come.