The Golden Age of Railroading in America's Heartland: The Photography of Otto C. Perry - Couverture rigide

James L. Warsher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1931014043 ISBN 13 : 9781931014045

Editeur : Garrigues House, 2005

Synopsis

Book includes photos of Railroad activity in: Illinois, Indiana & Ohio during the 1920s through 1940s This work chronicles arguably the best decades of Perry's works from a technological and subject perspective - the 1920s through the 1940s. Perry's lifespan roughly corresponds to the Golden Age of Railroading, at a time, at its zenith, when railroads played a significant part in the daily lives of almost everyone. The beautiful photographs published here reflect the exuberance of the 1920s, the disillusionment and despondency of the early 1930s, as well as the renaissance of the late 1930s and post-World War II 1940s. Partly owing to wartime restrictions on photography, there are no images in this book which were made during the war years: 1942-1945. A healthy proportion of the photos in this book are those which were taken of trains in open country or in small-town settings. This is simply because photos taken in intensely industrialized settings tend to have a deadly sameness about them and it is in the wonderful variety of railroading in America's heartland Perry sought to capture. Book is an examination of the photography of Otto Perry, an amateur photographer who was entranced by trains -- so much so that the Western History Collection of the Denver Public Library holds 20,000 Perry negatives. 42 year railroad veteran Jim Warsher uses his expertise to bring each of the 100+ Perry photographs included in this volume to life. Hardbound w/ dust jacket, 176 pages, 8.5x11, coated paper stock for photographic enhancement, 100+ b&w photos (many full page).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Garrigues House
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1931014043
• ISBN 13: 9781931014045
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Nombre de pages: 176