An American Journey: Images of Railroading During the Depression | 
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| Author: Mark S. Vandercook
Publisher: Hot Box Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1932413
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 164
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0970354444
Dewey Decimal Number: 385.0973022
EAN: 9780970354440
ASIN: 0970354444
Publication Date: June 2001
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Book Description
Between the years 1935 and 1941, the Farm Security Administration employed some of the most highly regarded American photographers, including Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, to document a country whose people and institutions were in upheaval. This remarkable book makes use of the very best black-and-white railroad photographs from this period, taken directly from the Library of Congress. Diverse images show everything from main line and branch railroading to electric operations. Intimate, humanistic photographs also portray the people who ran the trains and the people affected by them, hobos and children alike. Each photograph has been restored to perfection and appears with the photographer's original caption.
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Railroads in thirties rural America August 10, 2001
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Another book of Farm Security Agency photos is always welcome and author Vandercook has found 140 that feature railroads (and some streetcars). All these photos tell a story because the photographers had very tight shooting scripts organised by their boss Roy Stryker, his railroad script had up to 80 items to be covered. Unfortunately the production of this book does not do justice to the wonderful images. The photos are printed in 150 screen with the black areas of the photos looking dark grey so reducing the depth of field. The majority of the photos look flat and dull, the typography and design is bland and uninviting. A pity because such wonderful photos deserve better
The author does mention two railroad books in the bibliography, though not Depression years related, that I think are worth searching out. Decade of the Trains: The 1940s by Don Ball and Rogers Whitaker is a first-class overview of the period. Steamers, streamline diesels, passenger and freight, worskshops, stations and plenty of action shots. The other is The iron horse at war: The United States Government's photodocumentary project on American railroading during the Second World War a remarkable book of 272 photos by Jack Delano taken in 1943 and to show how the industry coped with huge increase in freight and passengers in the war years.
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
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