Book/Printed Material Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
-
Image 1 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 2 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, BOAT FROM VANCOUVER
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 3 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, f ere PETER NANCY went in the dif tted tates fAlaska St Pauli MINNEAPOLIS YY pes 42 t ed I Vang yy a oe Tee SH nD 4 la ing 0 LOUISVILLE…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 4 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 5 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 6 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 7 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, PETER and NANCY in the UNITED STATES and ALASKA Boy MILDRED HOUGHTON COMFORT Author of Peter and Nancy in Mexico and Canada Peter and Nancy in South America Peter and Nancy in…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 8 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, E149 Ona TO LAURA Laura Bergemann Briggs RECELVED JUN 1 1940 COPYRIGHT OFFICE COPYRIGHT pEpos Dis COPYRIGHT 1940 By BECKLEYCARDY COMPANY All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 9 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, SRzideg CONTENTS PAGE WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 7 0 as cs hs 9 Williamsburg Jamestown and Yorktown in Virginia SLT 2 VV DLTIA MSBURGS wv ccoscats dled es oo ce bes…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 10 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 4 CONTENTS PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PIPE PAGE A NEW ENGLAND VACATION s00000 see 168 New Hamphire Maine and Vermont A GONG JUMP…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 11 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, LIST OF FULLPAGE ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE BMY EUNON 045 2s os 6 5106 ete 0 6 husle oie as Frontispiece CESLADNIAT CAPITOL 0s cc cdodcuccctetacicdees 31 THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON AT RICHMOND 38…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 12 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 13 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, SEE AMERICA FIRST CNEE America first Peter and Nancy had heard that famous slogan many many times before it was actually possible for them to take advantage of it But when Uncle…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 14 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, AMERICA FOR Me Tis fine to see the Old World and travel up and down Among the famous palaces and cities of renown To admire the crumbly castles and the statues of…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 15 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES AND ALASKA WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN ROUND noon of an early spring day a tall lean man whose keen face had been bronzed by…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 16 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 10 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PPP BPP BPP PP P PPP PPP PPP Yes Jamestown near here is the real birth place of our country the girl agreed I…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 17 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 11 James Sawders A COLONIAL PEWTER SHOP from William and Mary College at one end to the Capitol at the other end Duke of Gloucester Street Jackson…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 18 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 12 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PPB BBB Duke of Gloucester Street was named after the eldest son of Queen Anne Look Peter Nancy was actually shouting Colonial store fronts…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 19 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 13 Not a bad idea said Peter In the office which was merely a pleasant living room with a counter Uncle Lee registered There was a little…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 20 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 14 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES a tel Yes Washington as a young surveyor planned a transportation system for this area the clerk explained He worked out the route for…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 21 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 15 brick and were fully three feet thick Uncle Lee said that it was practically indestructible and had been through fire and siege Peter studied the loopholes…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 22 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 16 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES SPP PP PPP PP PPP PP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP IEE The story of Jamestown is best told in the words…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 23 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 17 Ewing Galloway STATUES OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS The settlers said the water was salty at full tide and slimy at low tide The poor…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 24 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 18 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PPP PPB BBP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PPP PPP PPP PIII PIII and equal and had a right to govern themselves Nancy looked…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 25 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, WHERE THE UNITED STATES BEGAN 19 of how forgotten Williamsburg had been before its restoration Why did John D Rockefeller choose to restore Williamsburg Uncle Lee Peter inquired Because Uncle Lee answered…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 26 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG Olea next morning the MacLarens walked along old Duke of Gloucester Street toward William and Mary College The sun was shining The air was fragrant with magnolia honeysuckle and mimosa…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 27 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG ra James Sawders THE WREN BUILDING AND STATUE OF LORD BOTETOURT On the way up the walk which led to this his toric building Peter paused to look at an…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 28 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 22 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES Remember that Williamsburg in those days was a center of learning and aristocratic living Some of our ancestors were not pioneers in the sense…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 29 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 23 EPP PAPILIO pus Uncle Lee told them of the prominent part students of this college had played in the history of the United States Today we would regard colonial…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 30 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 24 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PEE BPP PPP PP PPP PLP PPP PP PP PPP PPP PP PPP covered the graves of Martha Washingtons great grandparents The earliest date…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 31 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 25 Viewed from Duke of Gloucester Street the Palace was a very handsome building of red brick with white trimmings the iron gate invit ing visitors to the yards with…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 32 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 26 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES Ree ee a tet tntetttittO Ewing Galloway PALACE OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNORS A small separate building which was known as the Governors Office stood…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 33 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 27 Even the color of paint is authentic Uncle Lee informed his charges Research workers scraped many a layer of paint from some of the old buildings to discover the…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 34 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 28 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES EPP PPP PP PPP PPP PP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PIPPI PP To Peter and Nancy the terraces the arbors and…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 35 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 29 and rocked with merriment when they failed to guess the uses of her queer potato masher and apple peeler She showed them the spit on which the meat was…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 36 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 30 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PPP BP PPB PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PPP PPP PPP PP After the solemn jail atmosphere it was in spiring to behold…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 37 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, Ewing Galloway THE COLONIAL CAPITOL
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 38 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, 32 PETER AND NANCY IN THE UNITED STATES PPE PPP PPB PPP PBB BBB PP PPP PPP PPP PPP PPP PP PPP PPP PI THE RALEIGH TAVERN over the quaintly beautiful houses…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 39 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG 33 us the fact that many changes have come about since Colonial times In those days people did with their hands much of the work that we now do with…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
-
Image 40 of Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska, VIRGINIA THE HOME OF PRESIDENTS N WILLIAMSBURG the MacLarens had seen a town whose colonial splendor had been re stored But what would Fredericksburg be like Peter and Nancy discussed it as…
- Contributor: Comfort, Mildred Houghton
- Date: 1940
About this Item
Title
- Peter and Nancy in the United States and Alaska,
Names
- Comfort, Mildred Houghton, 1886-
Created / Published
- Chicago, Beckley-Cardy company [c1940]
Headings
- - United States--Description and travel
- - Alaska--Description and travel
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 368 p. col. front., illus. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E169 .C73
Library of Congress Control Number
- 40011991
Online Format
- online text
- image