Railways of Latin America in Historic Postcards
Author: Christopher Walker
Publisher:
Published: 1998-02
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781900095082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christopher Walker
Publisher:
Published: 1998-02
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781900095082
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Walt Vielbaum
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780738569598
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Ferris
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 146713435X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The fastest way to travel long distances in the beginning of the 20th century was by railroad. Railroad companies competed to attract business and vacationing travellers by advertising in brochures and issuing postcards. The postcards included railroad logos and descriptions of Western adventures that travellers would experience by booking with a particular rail line. The Northern Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad have provided some of the most captivating images of the unique Yellowstone National Park (YNP) hydrologic, geologic, and geothermal features. The Union Pacific Railroad built the full-scale Old Faithful Lodge at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915; the National Park Service data show the YNP attendance more than doubled in that year. Both the Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Route provided high-quality postcards to promote their routes to visit YNP. The Burlington Route and Northern Pacific Railroad included American Indian-related postcards for diversity.
Author: Claude Wiatrowski
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Published: 2007-09-15
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 161060136X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the first steam-powered locomotives of the early nineteenth century to the high-speed commuter trains of today, the American railroad has been a great engine powering the nations growth and industry. This book celebrates the glory and grandeur of that legacy with a lavish tour of the history of the American railroad and the culture surrounding it. Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, modern images, maps, timetables, tickets, brochures, and all manner of memorabilia, this volume offers a fascinating look at the rail industrys beginnings and development, as well as its place in American history. From the might of the major rail companies and their empires to the romance of rail travel, this is the full and fabulously colorful story of the industry that moved a nation--and stirs our imaginations to this day.
Author: Alice Van Ommeren
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738528786
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Today's Stockton is a modern California city, home to a quarter of a million people. But few remember the details of its illustrious past. Influenced by strategic waterways and rich soil, Stockton attracted a succession of miners, farmers, shipbuilders, and industrial entrepreneurs. Throughout the years Stockton has evolved from a rough-and-tumble harbor town to an agricultural, business, and transportation center and has done so with a great amount of style and finesse. This collection of vintage postcards showcases Stockton's early days from 1900 to 1950, capturing the elegance and industry of a young city on the journey to the modern era. This book contains over 200 images of Stockton including the waterfront, paddlewheel steamers, beautiful hotels, graceful estates, sprawling farm vistas, and the ornate buildings of downtown.
Author: H. Roger Grant
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780877456001
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Historians of midwestern railroading during the early part of the twentieth century have generally focused on the production of railroad company histories while ignoring the regional view. Fortunately for railway historians and buffs, coincidentally 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.
Author: João Emilio Gerodetti
Publisher: Solaris Editorial
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 8589820033
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 470
ISBN-13:
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