July 19, 2002
Raleigh City Museum Announces
Publication of "Historic Raleigh"
Author book-signing event to be held August 3 at 2p.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. (July 19, 2002) - The Raleigh City Museum is excited to announce the publication of "Historic Raleigh," a new photo history book written by staff members Jennifer A. Kulikowski and Kenneth E. Peters. To celebrate its publication, the Museum is hosting an "Historic Raleigh" book signing with its two authors on Saturday, August 3 at 2 p.m. in the museum's main gallery. Visitors may either purchase a copy of the book that day in the museum's store or bring a previously-purchased copy with them for signing. Proceeds from the sale of each book, priced at $19.99, go directly to the Raleigh City Museum.

Published by Arcadia Publishing as part of their "Images of America" series, "Historic Raleigh" traces the city's transformation from its earliest days as a seat for state government to one of the South's premier Southern cities. Using both text and photos, the volume features state government and its many landmark structures such as the State Capitol and Executive Mansion; the changing face of downtown Raleigh and Fayetteville Street, once its main commercial corridor; the suburban explosion that began after World War II and zenithed with the creation of Research Triangle Park; the evolution of Raleigh's multi-cultural neighborhoods and educational institutions; and the way in which national events have impacted Raleigh locally.

Museum historians Kulikowski and Peters relied heavily on the collection of the Raleigh City Museum in compiling the book. "We invite readers to step back in time to a simpler era," said Kulikowski, the museum's executive director, "when trolley cars clanged along Fayetteville Street, jazz echoed from Hargett Street, and the roar of the crowd erupted at Devereux Meadow Baseball Park."

For more information regarding "Historic Raleigh," please visit the museum's web site at http://www.raleighcitymuseum.org/ or call 832-3775.

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