{"product_id":"simsbury-9780738576268","title":"Simsbury","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen early photographers began recording scenes around Simsbury, the town was over 200 years old and changing with the times.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographs taken in 1885 during a mile-high balloon ride trace railroads, rather than the old canal, running through the town. Grand Victorian mansions, some of them summer residences, arose among cherished family homes on farms dating from colonial times. The mills in the Tariffville section and Toy, Bickford \u0026amp; Company near the center of town provided housing for workers who arrived from Europe. Townspeople sent their youngest children to one of 12 district schools. By 1917, the town could boast of a centrally located public high school as well as two private boarding schools. In Simsbury, images capture the mix of old and new until the advent of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738576268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Mary Jane Springman, Alan Lahue, Simsbury Historical Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42222742077621,"sku":"9780738576268","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0a138ee8-d11a-40bc-9f02-bfbef0570af3.jpg?v=1655779361","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/simsbury-9780738576268","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}