Railroads in the heartland
steam and traction in the golden age of postcards
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Word Count
45,250 words, Guess
Page Count
181 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL670548M
- ISBN-101587290944
- OCLC Control Number36746498
- Internet Archiverailroadsinheart0000gran
- Library of Congress Control Number97016470
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- Goodreads3179796
- LibraryThing4931899
Classifications
- DDC385/.09777/022
- LCCTF23.4 .G73 1997
- LCCTF23.4.G73 1997
Description
"Fortunately for railway historians and buffs, coincidental with the zenith of the Railway Age, the national fad for producing and mailing postcards was at its height. Millions of cards, including "real-photo" images, were produced between 1905 and 1915. Roger Grant has selected more than a hundred representative picture postcards to visualize the principal themes and characteristics that gave this dynamic industry its distinctive regional features." "By the turn of the century, the railroad map of the Midwest was unequaled. Anyone who examined it carefully sensed that this was the vital center of America's massive network of steel rails. Depots erected in the western prairie environment were spartan, with only minor decoration, but those in the Midwest usually mirrored more ornate New England styles. These features are often reflected in the images in this heavily illustrated book, which depicts the spare but strong pioneering spirit of the enterprise."--BOOK JACKET.
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