Baldwin G. Burr

A collection of old photographs of the small New Mexico town where I live, and its surrounding areas, some dating back as far as the 1880s. The accompanying text is nothing particularly special, and I think I was hoping for a higher number of photos of the town proper, but it was still an interesting little volume to look through. I was surprised by how many of the locations in the pictures were still instantly recognizable. Also, I now know which street they used to hang people on, which is kind of creepy.

Apparently the publisher has thousands of books in this series, featuring places all over America, so if you're in the US and this sort of thing sounds interesting to you, you can google "Images of America" and see if they have one for your home town.… (plus d'informations)