The Good Old Days – Heritage Photos of the Manning, Gloucester and Great Lakes (Book 3)

Compiled and written by Jim Revitt
“In 1978 I set out on what I expected to be a pleasant but short journey into the past. The aim of the exercise was to produce a book of old photographs that reflected the spirit as well as the achievements of the pioneering days along the Manning and around the Great Lakes. Now, four years and three books later, the journey has at last come to an end. It lasted much longer than I expected, yielded more great photographs than I initially imagined existed, and gave more pleasure than I can describe.

The sense of achievement that I feel at having published for posterity such wide-ranging images of our heritage must be shared by the persistent and hard working members of the Historical Societies of the region. Without their resources and help, the task would have been an impossible one. The fact that we have three volumes instead of the originally anticipated single book is due largely to the recognition by scores of people in the Gloucester, Manning and Great Lakes region that they had in their possession valuable historical photographs that should be shared with the community at large. To their awareness, and to the unknown photographers of bygone days, we all owe a great debt.
Over the past four years I have developed a much greater respect for the value of old photographs as a source of information for the historian as well as the general reader. In the books I have tried to give the pictures a chance to make their own statement. Their value will, I’m sure, increase with the years, and their message to future generations may well be more significant than what they have to say to us today.”

Jim Revitt

Second-hand book – fair – good condition
99 pages with black and white photographs
28cm x 21.5cm
Reprinted 1982 (now out of print)
Cost $25.00