{"product_id":"lens-on-a-changing-town-essex-ontario-1895-1905","title":"Lens on a Changing Town: Essex, Ontario 1895-1905","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the closing years of the nineteenth century, Essex had taken on a familiar form. Talbot Street was lined with established businesses, professional offices, and well-built homes. Yet beneath that settled appearance, change was constant. Ownership shifted, enterprises rose and fell, and new ideas - technological, commercial, and social - began to reshape daily life in ways both subtle and enduring. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores Essex between 1895 and 1905, a pivotal decade in which the town stood between what had been and what was to come. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts and a remarkable body of photographs produced by Cornelius Robert Krieghoff, it reconstructs the rhythms of a community in transition. Streetscapes, storefronts, and public institutions are broght into focus alongside the people who lived and worked among them. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurie Brett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49150620696831,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/1744.jpg?v=1788630860","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/lens-on-a-changing-town-essex-ontario-1895-1905","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}