Roanoke, Virginia
Subtitle: a city of enterprise, energy and power
By: published for Roanoke Booster Club under the auspices of the Association of Commerce
Contributors: Roanoke Association of Commerce; Virginia Specialty Company; Union Printing and Manufacturing Co; Aero Service Corporation
Publisher: Virginia Specialty Company
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Roanoke, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: Industrial buildings; Pictorial works; Architecture; Streetscapes (Urban design)
Notes: Photomechanical reproductions of photographs of Roanoke (Virginia), with accompanying text "The Story of Roanoke."

Includes images of birds'-eye views, municipal building, hotel, churches, commercial buildings, banks, mill, plant, schools, stores, fire stations, auditorium building, factories, garage, residences, cemetery, rail road tracks, industrial buildings and mountain views.

Full transcription of t.p. reads: "The city of open gates and open hearts. Where neither gates nor hearts are ever closed to those whose hearts are right; for then, no matter whence nor how, nor why the stranger comes, the gain is ours."

Includes aerial view photos copyrighted by Aero Service Corp.