Wakefield

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
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Author: Betty J. Cotter ISBN: 9781439637388
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: September 1, 1997
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: Betty J. Cotter
ISBN: 9781439637388
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: September 1, 1997
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English

The history of Wakefield, which developed from a rural mill town in the nineteenth century to South
County�s mercantile center in the twentieth, has never before been published in pictorial format. Using images from the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, the Peace Dale Library, and a number of private sources, local author Betty J. Cotter chronicles Wakefield�s growth from the days of the horse and buggy, dairy farms, and fields to those of shopping centers and fast-food restaurants. Readers will marvel at the trees lining Main Street before a devastating hurricane and Dutch Elm disease changed the landscape forever. While much of downtown Wakefield has retained its historic character, certain locales�like Dale Carlia Corner�are barely recognizable in images from the first half of the twentieth century. Wakefield�s growth is illustrated vividly in photographs of residents at work and at play: images depict grocery clerks showing off mounds of produce, the owners of one of the town�s first car dealerships standing proudly in front of a
new model, and the wealthy inhabitants of Shadow Farm
pulling away from their home in a carriage.

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The history of Wakefield, which developed from a rural mill town in the nineteenth century to South
County�s mercantile center in the twentieth, has never before been published in pictorial format. Using images from the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society, the Peace Dale Library, and a number of private sources, local author Betty J. Cotter chronicles Wakefield�s growth from the days of the horse and buggy, dairy farms, and fields to those of shopping centers and fast-food restaurants. Readers will marvel at the trees lining Main Street before a devastating hurricane and Dutch Elm disease changed the landscape forever. While much of downtown Wakefield has retained its historic character, certain locales�like Dale Carlia Corner�are barely recognizable in images from the first half of the twentieth century. Wakefield�s growth is illustrated vividly in photographs of residents at work and at play: images depict grocery clerks showing off mounds of produce, the owners of one of the town�s first car dealerships standing proudly in front of a
new model, and the wealthy inhabitants of Shadow Farm
pulling away from their home in a carriage.

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