From the 1860s through the 1880s; local photographer Henry Bailey captured all aspects of Victorian life after the Civil War in Maine�s capital city. Bailey�s rare stereoscopic images depict downtown Water Street; the industrial north end; Capitol Park; the Togus veterans home; and numerous public buildings; churches; and residences. Through these historic images; Victorian Augusta presents a view of the world through one man�s lens. Most of the vintage photographs in this volume have come from the collection of the Maine Historic Preservation Commission; which has acquired many Bailey stereographs once owned by the photographer and his family.
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Review
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Missing some thingsBy adp113I bought this book thinking it was a history book told with photos and captions. What it turned out to be was more of a picture book about fire trucks. Missing were stories and photos of some of the most infamous fires in Reading history. I could not find a single reference to the firefighters who gave there lives. some of which did it as volunteers. Never mentioned was the Moss street fire of 1995 where almost every fire company in the county was called to action. Absent was the fatal arson at the YMCA in the mid 80s. For how many times Mt. Penn has been set ablaze I would have expected some more stories and photos than the one in the book.The authors seemed much more focused on mentioning every apparatus ever purchased for use in the city. How many shots of the 1959 Mack Maxim or 1956 Pirsch are needed? The book sure focused on the machines. and not the people that built fire companies and fought fires. Reading firefighting has a rich history that is older than the nation. I certainly think more of the book could have be focused on firefighters and the contribution they made to a growing industrial city. One last thing. Only one mention of one of the many private industrial fire brigades that operated in the city seems to show that these brigades were or are not valued by some...This book is more for firemen than it is for someone who wants to delve into history. unless its the history of the fire truck.Glad I spent the $20 on something local but let down by just what I got.
