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In the Traces presents 60 paintings by Ted Rose, with commentary by the artist. The works are an eloquent and absorbing view of industrial America, especially of railroads as an integral part of the man-made landscape.
Here is the rich narrative of a journey of discovery that began 50 years ago when Rose confronted changes everywhere during the time railroads and the country were in transition. His paintings are a record of his continuing fascination with railroad places, a visual anthology of past and present. These masterful watercolors well describe the atmosphere and life along the tracks during the last half of the 20th century.
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Travel back to the wonder years of rail in this beautiful compendium of art and illustration. Through luggage labels, maps, posters, advertisements, promotional brochures, napkins, and other colorful ephemera, All Aboard! celebrates our romance with the railroad. Its pages provide a nostalgic look at rail travel as it used to be, from the exciting early days at the turn of the century through its heyday in the '40s and through World War II.
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With accompanying text, American Railroads of the Nineteenth Century traces the development and growth of rail lines across the country. It also details the corresponding evolution of street railway systems, including horsecars, cable cars, and trolleys. Harter also provides history and images on such themes as Civil War railroads; passenger, mail, and freight service; labor disputes; urban mass transit systems; and train disasters. Perhaps no other book gives such a complete overview of nineteenth-century American railroading.
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Respected classic car author Tad Burness takes his fascination with trains one step further in this new book featuring railroad advertising from 1917 to the present. The advertisements tell a vivid story that chronicles the dramatic changes and excitement of train travel. Featured American and Canadian trains include California Zephyr, Broadway Limited, 20th Century Limited, Empire Builder and many others. This book has 212 full-color photographs and 224 pages.
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Each year, starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) commissioned a striking oil painting of a PRR engine in a dramatic setting, which was featured on a large wall calendar that the company distributed by the hundreds of thousands to customers and the public. Grif Teller painted 27 of the 33 scenes. This book reproduces Teller's calendar art and his other paintings in full color and recounts his life and career.
About the Author:A freelance writer and transportation historian, Dan Cupper is the author of Rockville Bridge and Horseshoe Heritage. He wrote the text for Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Trail of History Guide
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Fiddletown & Copperopolis Author: Carl Fallberg Publisher: Heimburger House Publishing Company; (October 1998)
This delightful collection of railroad cartoons by Fallberg of Walt Disney fame is a 144-page, softbound, 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 book illustrating the trails and tribulations of a narrow gauge uncommon carrier. To anyone familiar with the lore of America's three-foot railroad lines, the feeling persists that within these pages lies a disguised pictorial history of prototype narrow gauge railroads in a very humorous vein. The key word in Fallberg's illustrations is exaggeration.
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40 self-adhesive luggage labels and a booklet on their history by Blue Lantern Books.
The Golden Age of Travel occured between 1890 and the outbreak of World War II. In this period wonderful hotels abounded, and the various modes of transport reached their glorious apogee. The labels which were placed on luggage by railroads, steamships or hotels beautifully capture the spirit of the era.
Our boxed set contains a booklet by Harold Darling on this time and its labels, and forty facsimiles of remarkable labels, each die-cut and self-adhesive. They can be used for a near infinitude of decorative purposes, including the enrichment of one's luggage.
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