Books written by Michael W. Lemberger
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Ottumwa
Ottumwa was established in 1843 on the banks of the Des Moines River.
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Railroads of Southeast Iowa: Photographs from the Lemberger Collection
This collection of photographs from the 1800s to the present day celebrates the railroads and railroaders of southeast Iowa.
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Saint Patrick's Georgetown: The Legacy
A sandstone church built by Irish immigrants who quarried the stone by hand and hauled it with teams of oxen, St. Patrick's Georgetown has anchored the faith and memories of its people for 150 years.
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Chief Wapello: The Man, the Leader, the Statue
Illustrations courtesy of The Lemberger Collection. For more information about the collection, which has been called the largest and best-documented privately-owned photography collection in the world, visit www.mlemberger.com.
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Illustrated Review of Ottumwa, Iowa 1890
This edition contains all the text and photographs to be found in the original, along with added illustrations from the 1890s. Text has all been reset for added clarity, and photographs are reproduced in a larger size than in the original.
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On the Riverfront: Ottumwa, Iowa from Turkey Island to the Mixmaster
A book of historic photos of Ottumwa locations near the Des Moines River, which flows through it. Photos have explanatory captions and are interspersed with related literary quotations.
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Coming Up Dry: Postcards of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition
Coming Up Dry: Postcards of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition
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Focus on Photos
Focus on Photos
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Ottumwa
This collection of vintage photographs highlights the city's industries and laboring people, the river's role in the shaping of the community, and Ottumwa's unique place in history as the location of the Iowa Coal Palace and Industrial ...
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Meet Me at the Fair
Photographer T.W. Ingersoll documented the fair with his stereoscopic camera. Meet Me at the Fair revisits the exposition with 100 Ingersoll images, reproduced in black and white. The images were originally published as a set in 1904.
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Ottumwa
This collection of vintage photographs highlights the city's industries and laboring people, the river's role in the shaping of the community, and Ottumwa's unique place in history as the location of the Iowa Coal Palace and Industrial ...
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Twenty Years of Floods, Ottumwa and Southeast Iowa: Photos from the Lemberger Collection
A book of historic photos of Ottumwa locations near the Des Moines River, which flows through it. Photos have explanatory captions and are interspersed with related literary quotations.