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The Baer family came from Switzerland to Pennsylvania about 1734.
Vol 1 905p Vol 2 961p.
Covering an exhaustive range of information about the five boroughs, the first edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City was a success by every measure, earning worldwide acclaim and several awards for reference excellence, and selling out its first printing before it was officially published. But much has changed since the volume first appeared in 1995: the World Trade Center no longer dominates the skyline, a billionaire businessman has become an unlikely three-term mayor, and urban regeneration—Chelsea Piers, the High Line, DUMBO, Williamsburg, the South Bronx, the Lower East Side—has become commonplace. To reflect such innovation and change, this definitive, one-volume resource on...
This is one of the few published histories on the subject. Part 1 covers the developments prior to 1800; part 2 treats the period from 1800-1860; part 3 from 1860 to 1910; and part four covers the most recent period. Scarce in the original. Octavo. Hardcover. 2 p.l., 7-294 p. maps (1 fold.) diagrs. Lancaster, Pa. [The Art printing co.] 1933 $65