Railroad Timetables, Travel Brochures and Posters: A History and Guide for Collectors
Collector Lomazzi presents a guide to "railroad paper"?that is, paper collectibles connected with railroads. Eleven chapters cover various types of paper: public timetables, employee timetables, tickets, travel guides, and brochures. The book is lavishly illustrated (although the finished photos were not seen) with black-and-white illustrations and 32 pages of color facsimiles. The text puts the collectibles in their historical perspective and makes the objects come alive. Each facsimile has an indication of its rarity. Despite attention to detail, there are some slips, as in crediting Frank Lloyd Wright with Henry Dreyfuss's design of the 20th Century Limited. This book does not replace Charles Klamkin's Railroadiana! (1977), which covers all types of railroad collectibles, but it is a more detailed guide to the paper collectibles. Essential for collectors and useful for any railroad history collection.?George M. Jenks, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, Pa.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.