Books in Short Supply & Out-of-print

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1. A Window Back: Photography in a Whaling Port
   

2. Lincoln Park Remembered: 1894–1987
   

3. Portuguese Spinner: An American Story
   

4. Spinner: People and Culture in Southeatern Massachusetts, Vols. I–IV
   

5. Cranberry Harvest: A History of Cranberry Growing in Massachusetts
   

6. A Picture History of Fairhaven
   

7. This City and Other Poems
   

8. History Spoken Here, Vols. I and II
   

9. Julio J. Alves Scholarship Booklets
   

10. P.H.A.T. Magazine
    

11. Lincoln Park Remembered: Ballroom Souvenir Booklet

Spinner Volume I ~ 1981

Lincoln Park
Souvenir Booklet ~ 2001

Volume I ~ 1988

Golden Anniv. ~ 1986

Second Annual ~ 1985

First Annual ~ 1984

A Window Back

Photography in a Whaling Port

Nicholas Whitman

ISBN 978-0932027-18-4 (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027-16-0 (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
176 pages • 180 Photographs  •  10.5” x 9.5”  •  Pub. 1994

New Englanders remember Lincoln Park in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, as a thrilling amusement park and a vibrant meeting place that served them for nearly 100 years. But it was so much more. From the clambake pavilion, to the roller-skating rink, to the sounds of the big bands in the great ballroom, Lincoln Park was a magical part of many lives. Friends met here. Romance blossomed here. Kids got their first jobs here. Today the memories are so vivid that a sound, a smell, a taste can bring back the magic and return us to a time when the world was young and Lincoln Park was our great adventure.

The story of Lincoln Park—its creation, development, heyday and demise—is a unique example of Americana that helps us to understand the importance of community-based recreational facilities, family-oriented entertainment, and the cultural importance of a meeting place serving people from diverse backgrounds. Patrons of Lincoln Park transcended divisions of class, ethnicity, race, gender and age. During its lifespan, Lincoln Park hosted company outings, crosstown elementary school picnics, marquee shows and musical performances, political rallies, intercity bowling leagues, and so much more. Its existence, and its loss, is typical of a greater nationwide trend that saw the dissolution of small amusement parks. Lincoln Park Remembered is a journey back to those unforgettable days and an important reminder of its value.

Lincoln Park Remembered contains hundreds of black & white and color photographs and scores of personal memories spanning nearly 100 years. The authors have presented the park’s history in a documentary style—artfully portraying its creation and development—combined with the drama and romance that marked its legendary life. Remember the great wooden roller coaster, the carousels, kiddie land, clam cakes and clam bakes, dancing, bowling, skating, the Fun House and the Penny Arcade. Remember Lincoln Park: “For the time of your life.”

This unique portrait of New England’s yesterdays features vintage photographs from the New Bedford Whaling Museum collection. A Window Back recounts the history of photography in the New Bedford area between 1845 and 1920. It describes photographic processes and the cameras used, while painting an intimate portrait of a bygone era.

“Each photograph captures a moment of time,” writes author Nicholas Whitman, “an angle of light, an expression or gesture. Together, these brief glimpses represent and illuminate our past, giving us a window back on time.” A Window Back features daguerreotypes, cyanotypes and more. Through these images we see the transformation of an old New England town into a bustling industrial city. Sail aboard wooden ships pursuing whales; banquet with Hawaiians and nestle among Eskimos. Enjoy the regattas on Buzzards Bay; and experience the architectural, and pastoral grandeur of the Old Dartmouth region.

Lincoln Park Remembered

1894-1987

Edited by Joseph D. Thomas & Marsha L. McCabe

ISBN 0932027-504 (hardcover) •  Out of Print
ISBN 0932027-490 (paperback)  •  Out of Print
200  pages • 500 Photographs  •  8.5” x 9.5”  •  Pub. 1999

Portuguese Spinner

An American Story

Edited by Joseph D. Thomas & Marsha L. McCabe

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
288 pages • 400+ Photographs  •  8.5” x 11”  •  Pub. 1998

Portuguese Spinner : An American Story is the first attempt to capture, in popular form, the saga of Portuguese migration and the people’s struggle to build a new life in America. This diverse collection includes oral history, folk tales, original literary contributions, scholarly reports and popular journalism. Hundreds of photographs portray the magnificent beauty of the islands and mainland, and take us into the many corners of American life where Luso Americans have left their mark.

Portuguese Spinner celebrates the influence of the Portuguese on the culture and landscape of southeastern New England, and recognizes their impact in the community, in the workplace, and in professional life. The book is separated into seven different sections: The Homeland; The New World; American Dreams; Neighborhood and Celebration; A Working Tradition; Of Whales and Fish;  and Working the Land. The reader can see the gardens of Portugal in bloom in urban New England yards, journey aboard ships in pursuit of whales and fish, enter Portuguese neighborhoods and celebrate at Portuguese feasts. This truly American story reads like a family album —brave, true, and from the heart—told by scholars, citizen historians, and by the people themselves.

Spinner

People and Culture in Southeastern Massachusetts
Four Volumes

Volume I ~ Edited by Donna Huse   •   Pub. 1981

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  11” x 8.5”

Volume II ~ Edited by Donna Huse   •   Pub. 1982

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Limited Supply / Damaged
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  11” x 8.5”

Volume III ~ Edited by Donna Huse   •   Pub. 1984

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  11” x 8.5”

Volume IV ~ Edited by Marsha L. McCabe &
Joseph D. Thomas   •   Pub. 1988

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  11” x 8.5”

Spinner Volume I ~ 1982

Spinner Volume III ~ 1984

Spinner Volume IV ~ 1988

Cranberry Harvest

A History of Cranberry Growing in Massachusetts

Edited by Joseph D. Thomas

ISBN 978-0932027- (paperback)  •  Out of Print
ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  11” x 8.5”  •  Pub. 1989

A Picture History
of Fairhaven

Edited by Marsha McCabe & Joseph D. Thomas

ISBN 978-0932027- (hardcover)  •  Out of Print
pages  •  + Photographs  •  8.5” x 11”  •  Pub. 1986

This City & Other Poems

Everett Hoagland

ISBN 978-0932027- (paper)  •  Out of Print
pages   •   5.5” x 8.5”  •  Pub. 1999

History Spoken Here

Volume I by 7th & 8th graders, New Bedford Public Schools

ISBN 978-0932027- (paper)  •  Digital Copies Only
pages   •   8.5” x 11”  •   Pub. 1988

Volume II by 5th & 6th graders, New Bedford Public Schools

ISBN 978-0932027- (paper)  •  Digital Copies Only
pages   •   8.5” x 11”  •   Pub. 1995

Volume II ~ 1995

Miscellaneous Items

Julio J. Alves, Sr.
Scholarship Souvenir Booklet

Series of Three ~ Edited by Marsha L. McCabe & Joseph D. Thomas

First Annual   •   No ISBN  •  Limited Supply
pages   •   11” x 8.5”  •   Pub. 1984

Second Annual   •   No ISBN  •  Limited Supply
pages   •   11” x 8.5”  •   Pub. 1985

Golden Anniversary   •   No ISBN  •  Limited Supply
pages   •   11” x 8.5”  •   Pub. 1986

P.H.A.T. Magazine

by Delinquent Teenagers

No ISBN  •  Out of Print
pages   •   8.5” x 11”  •   Pub. 2000

Lincoln Park Ballroom
Souvenir Booklet

by Delinquent Adults

No ISBN  •  Limited Supply
pages   •   11” x 8.5”  •   Pub. 2001