Partners Village Store sponsors a new book signing on Saturday.
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Saturday,
August 2, 2008
Early Westport on display in new
book from the Westport Historical Society!
“We signed and sold 60 copies of our
new book published by Arcadia Publications,” said Jenny O’Neill, Westport
Historical Society Director. “Partners Village Store has generously donated all
proceeds to the Society, and we are very, very grateful!”
Members of
the Westport
Historical Society were on the quaint
Victorian porch at Partners on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon for a signing of their new book: Images of America - Westport.
And the seven contributing members (pictured to the left) were kept quite busy
autographing copies. All proceeds at the signing are for the benefit of the
Westport Historical Society. Contributing members seated from left to right:
Cukie Macomber, Russ Hart, Barbara Moss, Jenny O’Neill, Tony Connors, Anna Duphiney, and Carol Schene. A
veritable who’s who of Westport historians!
Members
of the Westport Historical Society have carefully crafted this pictorial
history, selecting images from the society’s archives as well as from the
collections of local residents who have generously offered their memories of
Westport’s past.
“I bought
five copies,” said Jeanne Warner (below left) of Westport. “I think it’s
terribly exciting!”
“80 percent
of the images in the book are from our collection,” said Ms. O’Neill. “Many of them heretofore unseen. As we accessioned our
collection many of these old photographs were re-discovered buried in the
archives.” The other 20 percent came in response from the Society’s appeal to
the community for images of early Westport from private collections to be used
in the book. “Some of these photographs are absolutely fantastic,” WHS President Tony Connors said.
The reader
can learn as much from the comprehensive text describing an image as they can
from the image itself. This book should be in the collection of every Westport
resident who prides themselves in their knowledge of Westport’s early
historical record.
Copies of Images of
America - Westport are on sale at the Westport Historical Society,
as well as from Partner’s Village Store and Kitchen.
From the
left: (1) Jeanne Warner of Westport receiving her signed
copies from Jenny O’Neill, Director of the Westport Historical Society while
Barbara Moss looks on; (2) Images of America – Westport was
published by Arcadia Publications with all material (text and photos)
contributed from members of the Westport Historical Society and Westport
residents; and (3) photo from Images of America – Westport.
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