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Author : Don Harmon
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ISBN 13 : 9780967487410
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book Postcard History of the Early Santa Fe Railway written by Don Harmon and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 : 9780890132623
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historic Santa Fe written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each contains 30 detachable duotone postcards of treasured historical images from the Museum of New Mexico preeminent photo archives. All are 6 7/8 x 4 3/4.
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877454656
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam written by H. Roger Grant and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the tradition of those long-gone days of great, heaving steam locomotives and endless rail lines comes this remarkable selection of vintage cards, a treasure trove selected from John Vander Maas' consummate collection at the University of Iowa Libraries. This lavish volume is the first general book-length work devoted to the once-ubiquitous railroad picture postcard. It comprises an introductory essay and an album of cards. The former fully examines the nature of the postcard craze, which reached its zenith about 1910, and discusses why images of American railroads played such an important part in the card phenomenon. The album divides an engaging assortment of more than 150 representative views into five sections: "Trains and Rolling Stock," "Depots and Railway Structures," "The Railroad Corridor," "People and Railroads," and "The Lighter Side of Railroading." Railroad historians, train enthusiasts, postcard collectors, and all other readers will find much to interest them in this selection of images. Not only are the cards themselves visually striking, but they convey a sense of how important railroads once were to the nation's citizenry. The sight of steaming locomotives and the hustle and bustle associated with "train time" caused hearts to quicken. These feelings made views of railroad scenes popular with buyers of postcards and now with latter-day railroad fans and card collectors.
Author : Greg A. Hoots
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738584348
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Topeka written by Greg A. Hoots and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city of Topeka was founded on December 5, 1854, by nine men who made camp by the Kansas River at what is today the intersection of First and Kansas Avenues. During Kansas's territorial days, Topeka played a leading role in the Free State movement. In 1858, Topeka was voted the Shawnee County seat, and in 1859 secured the position of state capital at the final constitutional convention, which took effect when Kansas achieved statehood in 1861. In the century and a half that followed, Topeka grew as America grew, developing a rich history. Now home to 125,000 citizens, Topeka has become one of the leading metropolitan cities in the Midwest. Images of America: Topeka celebrates the city's history in photographs, drawing on the vast photographic collection of the Kansas State Historical Society as well as other private and public collections.
Author : William Penner
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578134098
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ho! To the Land of Sunshine written by William Penner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Belen Cutoff gave the AT&SF Railway a legitimate transcontinental freight line by eliminating the steep grades of Raton Pass. The Cutoff also transformed the eastern plains of New Mexico in the first half of the twentieth century, leading to New Mexico's most significant population increase as many homesteaders came to the region. This book tells that story by providing the perspectives of the AT&SF balanced by the experiences and narratives of railroad workers, homesteaders, and others. New research includes detailed consideration of internal railroad documents, local newspapers, and extensive oral-history interviews. As a result, this is the definitive account of the Belen Cutoff and provides a more complete and nuanced history of the region and the AT&SF Railway in New Mexico.
Author : Paul R. Nickens
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738548364
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pueblo Indians of New Mexico written by Paul R. Nickens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning about 1900, tourism greatly increased in the American Southwest, chiefly a response to the combined promotional efforts of the Santa Fe Railway and the Fred Harvey Company. Postcard images of Southwestern Native Americans in particular became a mainstay of a widespread advertising campaign to promote the region to potential travelers. Postcards also quickly became popular with visitors as collectibles and for expedient communications with friends and family back home. In New Mexico, hundreds of published images portrayed the beauty of the Pueblo villages, as well as views of economic and domestic activities, arts and crafts, and religious aspects of the various Pueblo communities in the northern part of the state.
Author : Michael LeFan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439630844
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Temple in Vintage Postcards written by Michael LeFan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004-11-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1881 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Company, Temple, Texas became a railroad town overnight. The company purchased 181 acres and then auctioned off parcels to prospective buyers interested in providing services for railroad equipment and passengers. Though early on Temple had several unfortunate nicknamesMudville, Tanglefoot, and Ratsvilleit soon shed its image as a muddy, rat-infested land, became a major junction for four railway lines, and offered a land of opportunity for commerce. The railway would bring flattering new nicknames like Progressive Temple and Prairie Queen as well as a chance to be part of the American Dream.
Author : Walt Vielbaum
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738569598
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)
Download or read book San Francisco's Market Street Railway written by Walt Vielbaum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : H. Roger Grant
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 9780877456001
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Railroads in the Heartland written by H. Roger Grant and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Thomas Alan Ratz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738578569
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book Grand Canyon National Park written by Thomas Alan Ratz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arizona is proud to have one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World--the Grand Canyon. With the arrival of the Santa Fe and Union Pacific Railroad in the early 20th century, the development of the canyon began in earnest. The railroads, along with the Santa Fe's business partner, the Fred Harvey Company, greatly promoted the Grand Canyon as a tourist destination through books, pamphlets, and magazine advertisements. On February 26, 1919, Congress established the Grand Canyon National Park, and the federal government became a promoter of the Grand Canyon, too. But perhaps the best promoters of the Grand Canyon were the people who wrote home on picture postcards telling their friends and families about the amazing canyon. A number of the postcards published about the park can be found within the pages of this book.
