America, Yesterday and Today
Author | : Nina B. Lamkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Pageants |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nina B. Lamkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Pageants |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Stephen Battaglio |
Publisher | : Running Press Adult |
Total Pages | : 560 |
Release | : 2012-01-12 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0762445483 |
"When Dave Garroway welcomed viewers to Today on that day in 1952, he ushered in a new era in broadcasting. . . . It was a place where viewers could turn to each morning to satisfy their appetite for all things news and information. It was a destination for the curious to learn more about what had happened overnight and how the day ahead might shape up. And they would see and hear it all from the best storytellers in broadcasting." -- from the foreword Throughout the history of television there has been nothing quite like NBC's Today. Ever since the brilliant and innovative TV network executive Pat Weaver conceived the idea of broadcasting a "national newspaper of the air," Today has chronicled the triumphs and tragedies of our times through personalities that viewers have trusted and admired. With dozens of never-before-published photographs, From Yesterday to TODAY offers an insightful and entertaining history of America's favorite morning show from its experimental beginnings with Dave Garroway and a chimpanzee named J. Fred Muggs to its enduring success in the 21st century with co-anchors Matt Lauer and Ann Curry. Through personal recollections from Today family members such as Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw, Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric, Willard Scott, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Meredith Vieira, and Ann Curry From Yesterday to TODAY will take you on the unique journey traveled by those who reported the news, reflected on cultural trends and provided comfort to a nation of viewers often before they have had that first cup of coffee. For more than sixty years, Today has delivered the public their first glimpse at the new ideas, political leaders, and social upheaval that shaped our lives. It has remained a constant in a dynamic medium that evolved from grainy black-and-white images to the computer screen. It has reminded us of the joy of living and why it is worth getting up each day.
Author | : Don Sharkey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 684 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Eric Sloane |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2003-03-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780486427607 |
A compilation of engrossing facts and anecdotes vitalized by author Eric Sloane's own pen, this book captures the living legacy of America as seen in "the things that were." According to Sloane, "American Yesterday "explores "our national attic of vanishing ways and obsolete occupations." Impressed by the artistry and sturdy realism of pioneer builders, he takes genuine delight in exploring the unique careers of barber-surgeons, dowsers, tithingmen, sawyers, nailers, plumbum-men, and a great variety of artisans, illustrating the activities, customs, and things created by the people who made their living in "antique ways." Sloane, a devoted student of early Americana, speaks lovingly of the people who spent much of their lives creating wardrobe closets, foot stoves, church pew armrests, grindstones, featherbed patter paddles, charcoal burners, English phaetons, giant hogsheads, drovers' sleighs, windowsill sundials, and other items of long ago. Credited with "doing gallant service, preserving records of the ways and the means of the forefathers who got along well with the resources now long forgotten" ("Springfield Republican"), Eric Sloane has written an immensely enjoyable book that will enchant anyone who takes pleasure in reading about the past and views its artifacts as part of a rich national heritage.
Author | : James Kirkup |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nina B. Lamkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 2015-08-06 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9781332341498 |
Excerpt from America, Yesterday and Today Pageantry in America has in a large degree taken the form of the Historical Pageant, founded on the history of certain communities. Through this revival of, or this "making alive" past events of local importance, have come the wonderful results of whole communities working and playing together. America needs to know more about how to play in a community way; she needs to "be a child again," in wholesome, healthful out-of-door play, and pageantry is helping to bring this thing about. American History, Patriotism, Loyalty, Community Interest and Play, whether of yesterday or today, are themes which strengthen community life anywhere and which build a stronger patriotic loyalty through binding together groups of people who have common interests. There have come many calls from teachers and leaders in small and large communities for a pageant which can be used by them for school, club, fair association or community purposes. One of a historical nature which will have in it a local episode, etc. One which can be used for boys and girls alone, or one in which grown-ups can be interested. It is in answer to this call that "America, Yesterday and Today" has been written. It has been successfully produced 350 times during the year 1917 by schools and by communities. It is very simple in form, and easily gotten up by those of small experience in pageantry production. It is very effective if given as it is here written. You are requested to use it in its entirety and to follow the business instructions carefully; otherwise, the author does not vouch for its stately scenes or for its community influence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : Charles Frederick Strong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1942 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Blythe Hamer |
Publisher | : Carlton Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781842225776 |
This narrative documents the amazing transformation that has taken place in the United States over the past 150 years by contrasting photos of prominent scenes and monuments with contemporary images. 250 photos.
Author | : Brendan Lynch |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2019-02-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0750991097 |
On 14 June 1919 – eight years before Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic – two men from Manchester took off in an open-cockpit Vickers Vimy and flew into the history books. They battled through a sixteen-hour journey of snow, ice and continuous cloud, with a non-functioning wireless and a damaged exhaust that made it impossible to hear each other. And then, just five hours away from Ireland and high above the sea, the Vimy stalled. Yesterday We Were in America is the incredible story of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, and how they gave hope to a post-war world that was in grave need of it.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Geography |
ISBN | : 9780673430755 |
Surveys the history of the United States from its first people through the European settlements and changes as a nation up to the present. Includes a unit on current conditions in neighboring countries in North, Central, and South America.