{"product_id":"simsbury-mary-jane-springman-9781531650438","title":"Simsbury","description":"When early photographers began recording scenes around \u003cbr\u003eSimsbury, the town was over 200 years old and changing with \u003cbr\u003ethe times. Photographs taken in 1885 during a mile-high balloon ride \u003cbr\u003etrace railroads, rather than the old canal, running through the town. \u003cbr\u003eGrand Victorian mansions, some of them summer residences, arose \u003cbr\u003eamong cherished family homes on farms dating from colonial times. \u003cbr\u003eThe mills in the Tariffville section and Toy, Bickford \u0026amp; Company \u003cbr\u003enear the center of town provided housing for workers who arrived \u003cbr\u003efrom Europe. Townspeople sent their youngest children to one of \u003cbr\u003e12 district schools. By 1917, the town could boast of a centrally \u003cbr\u003elocated public high school as well as two private boarding schools. In \u003cbr\u003eSimsbury, images capture the mix of old and new until the advent of \u003cbr\u003eWorld War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Jane Springman, Alan Lahue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531650430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531650438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Mary Jane Springman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979950719231,"sku":"9781531650438","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3b1a508-cc02-494b-8206-15cbbf283acf.jpg?v=1683247540","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simsbury-mary-jane-springman-9781531650438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}