Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam,Used
Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam,Used

Railroad Postcards in the Age of Steam,Used

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Out of the tradition of those longgone 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 booklength work devoted to the onceubiquitous 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 latterday railroad fans and card collectors.

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