Railroads in the heartland
Subtitle: steam and traction in the golden age of postcards
By: H. Roger Grant.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Railroads -- Middle West -- History -- Pictorial works.; Postcards -- Middle West -- History.
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-174) and index.