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A Bird's Eye View of New Hampshire Towns
An exhibition of late 19th-century lithographs was on view at the New Hampshire Historical Society's Tuck Library at 30 Park Street in Concord from November 9, 2000, through April 28, 2001. Called Downtown New Hampshire: A Bird's Eye View of Change Over Time, the exhibition included views of 23 different New Hampshire communities, spanning the state from Colebrook to Keene. Thanks to Our Sponsors Funding for Downtown New Hampshire: A Bird's Eye View of Change Over Time was provided by the Arthur Getz Charitable Trust, the Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News, and Southwest Airlines. About Birds Eye Views These marvelously detailed lithographs were created by itinerant artists who showed a compact New Hampshire city or town as it might have been seen from the imagined vantage point of a bird approaching the new urban and industrial landscape. The works of art capture the spirit of late 19th-century New Hampshire. At the same time they are a poignant reminder of how quickly our communities are changing today. The Society's collection is considered the best known pictorial record of New Hampshire's late 19th-century towns and cities. They show communities enlivened by industry after the Civil War, and in the midst of transition from their cohesive pre-war configuration to the fast-growing entity whose limits were suddenly enlarged by mass transportation and by rapid advances in technology. About the Tuck Library The Tuck Library, located at 30 Park Street in Concord, is one
of the state's architectural jewels, designed by Guy Lowell, architect of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Over
the entryway is a sculpture by Daniel Chester French, who sculpted the seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C. Inside, the elegant rotunda is faced in marble quarried by monks in Sienna, Italy. The grand staircase
sweeps up to the galleries above. The Tuck Library, itself an expression of the grand classical ideals of the 19th
century, is the perfect setting for this fascinating collection of town views. The New Hampshire Historical Society is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing New Hampshire history through the Museum of New Hampshire History and the Tuck Library. The Society presents exhibitions and workshops to thousands of visitors each year. Join Us! Free use of the Tuck Library's research resources and free admission to the Museum of New Hampshire History are two of the many benefits of membership in the New Hampshire Historical Society. You are invited to join today! Call the membership department at 603/856-0621, or use our convenient and secure online membership form.
For more information, please contact the New Hampshire Historical Society (dcopeley@nhhistory.org)
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