Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A hodge-podge of photos of locomotives and cars from the 1830s to the 1950s. Most of the text is confined to captions--apparently paid by word count to a writer with little RR knowledge. The pictures are good; price is low. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Great Railroad Photographs from the Collection of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A hodge-podge of photos of locomotives and cars from the 1830s to the 1950s. Most of the text is confined to captions--apparently paid by word count to a writer with little RR knowledge. The pictures are good; price is low. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A hodge-podge of photos of locomotives and cars from the 1830s to the 1950s. Most of the text is confined to captions--apparently paid by word count to a writer with little RR knowledge. The pictures are good; price is low. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Author: Victor H. Green
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad
Author: William Herman Rau
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812236254
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812236254
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This volume reproduces almost 100 remarkably detailed and texturally rich photographs. Essays by noted historians John Stilgoe, Mary Panzer, and Kenneth Finkel place Rau and his work in the context of the history of American advertising and landscape photography.
Guide to Photographic Collections at the Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of American History
Author: Smithsonian Institution
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Through Darkness to Light
Author: Jeanine Michna-Bales
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896094
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
They left in the middle of the night—often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. Between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865, an estimated one hundred thousand slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad, a journey of untold hardship, in search of freedom. In Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, Jeanine Michna-Bales presents a remarkable series of images following a route from the cotton plantations of central Louisiana, through the cypress swamps of Mississippi and the plains of Indiana, north to the Canadian border— a path of nearly fourteen hundred miles. The culmination of a ten-year research quest, Through Darkness to Light imagines a journey along the Underground Railroad as it might have appeared to any freedom seeker. Framing the powerful visual narrative is an introduction by Michna-Bales; a foreword by noted politician, pastor, and civil rights activist Andrew J. Young; and essays by Fergus M. Bordewich, Robert F. Darden, and Eric R. Jackson.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616896094
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
They left in the middle of the night—often carrying little more than the knowledge to follow the North Star. Between 1830 and the end of the Civil War in 1865, an estimated one hundred thousand slaves became passengers on the Underground Railroad, a journey of untold hardship, in search of freedom. In Through Darkness to Light: Photographs Along the Underground Railroad, Jeanine Michna-Bales presents a remarkable series of images following a route from the cotton plantations of central Louisiana, through the cypress swamps of Mississippi and the plains of Indiana, north to the Canadian border— a path of nearly fourteen hundred miles. The culmination of a ten-year research quest, Through Darkness to Light imagines a journey along the Underground Railroad as it might have appeared to any freedom seeker. Framing the powerful visual narrative is an introduction by Michna-Bales; a foreword by noted politician, pastor, and civil rights activist Andrew J. Young; and essays by Fergus M. Bordewich, Robert F. Darden, and Eric R. Jackson.
The Great American Hall of Wonders
Author: Claire Perry
Publisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781904832973
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This report features specific examples where the Battelle name and logo were seen throughout the duration of the show and includes metrics for credit line impressions"--Executive summary
Publisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781904832973
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"This report features specific examples where the Battelle name and logo were seen throughout the duration of the show and includes metrics for credit line impressions"--Executive summary
A History of the American Locomotive
Author: John H. White
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486238180
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Important and beautifully illustrated volume chronicles the explosive growth of the American locomotive from British imports to grand ten-wheelers of the 1870s. Over 240 vintage photographs, drawings, and diagrams tell the exciting tale. Introduction. Appendices. Index.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486238180
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Important and beautifully illustrated volume chronicles the explosive growth of the American locomotive from British imports to grand ten-wheelers of the 1870s. Over 240 vintage photographs, drawings, and diagrams tell the exciting tale. Introduction. Appendices. Index.
Cars, Trains, Ships, and Planes
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146544906X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Calling all speed demons! Get your motor running with this exciting and educational visual encyclopedia for children. You'll enjoy the ride on more than 1,000 different types of transport. Gently take to the skies in a hot air balloon or race into space on a rocket. Experience life in the fast lane in a Formula 1 racing car or set sail for new horizons aboard a luxury cruise ship. The world is your oyster as you chart the entire history of transport, from traditional horse and carts to today's high-speed networks and supersonic vehicles. Incredible images accompanied by fact-packed text give you the full lowdown on everything that could possibly take you from A to B. Cars, Trains, Ships, and Planes guarantees thrills and spills as you test out the fastest, largest, longest, and costliest modes of transport in the ultimate record-breakers. Put yourself in the driving seat with this complete visual guide to vehicles.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 146544906X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Calling all speed demons! Get your motor running with this exciting and educational visual encyclopedia for children. You'll enjoy the ride on more than 1,000 different types of transport. Gently take to the skies in a hot air balloon or race into space on a rocket. Experience life in the fast lane in a Formula 1 racing car or set sail for new horizons aboard a luxury cruise ship. The world is your oyster as you chart the entire history of transport, from traditional horse and carts to today's high-speed networks and supersonic vehicles. Incredible images accompanied by fact-packed text give you the full lowdown on everything that could possibly take you from A to B. Cars, Trains, Ships, and Planes guarantees thrills and spills as you test out the fastest, largest, longest, and costliest modes of transport in the ultimate record-breakers. Put yourself in the driving seat with this complete visual guide to vehicles.
The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg
Author: Tony Reevy
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253036704
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Bon vivant, railroad historian, photographer, pioneering food critic, chronicler of New York's café society, and noted newspaperman, Lucius Beebe (1902–1966) was an American original. In 1938, with the publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, he transformed the world of railroad-subject photography forever by inventing the railroad picture book genre. In 1940, he met creative and life partner Charles Clegg (1916–1979), also a talented photographer. Beebe and Clegg produced an outstanding and diverse portfolio of mid-twentieth century railroad-subject photographs. Beebe, sometimes with Clegg, also authored about forty books, including many focused on railroads and railroading. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg brings their incredible story and best photographic work together. Providing an extensive biographic introduction to Beebe and Clegg, author Tony Reevy presents a multi-faceted view of the railroad industry that will appeal to rail enthusiasts as well as those interested in American food culture, the history of New York City, and LGBT studies. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is an indispensable history to the work of two men who forever changed the way we see and experience American railroads.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253036704
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Bon vivant, railroad historian, photographer, pioneering food critic, chronicler of New York's café society, and noted newspaperman, Lucius Beebe (1902–1966) was an American original. In 1938, with the publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, he transformed the world of railroad-subject photography forever by inventing the railroad picture book genre. In 1940, he met creative and life partner Charles Clegg (1916–1979), also a talented photographer. Beebe and Clegg produced an outstanding and diverse portfolio of mid-twentieth century railroad-subject photographs. Beebe, sometimes with Clegg, also authored about forty books, including many focused on railroads and railroading. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg brings their incredible story and best photographic work together. Providing an extensive biographic introduction to Beebe and Clegg, author Tony Reevy presents a multi-faceted view of the railroad industry that will appeal to rail enthusiasts as well as those interested in American food culture, the history of New York City, and LGBT studies. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is an indispensable history to the work of two men who forever changed the way we see and experience American railroads.
Native Americans [2 volumes]
Author: Barry M. Pritzker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851095543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
This landmark two volume source ranks as one of the field's most comprehensive guides to Native American studies, offering historical, cultural, and modern reference, supporting a complete range of research. The history, culture, and present state of Native America is revealed, explored, and explained in this, the most comprehensive reference work on the indigenous peoples of North America ever assembled. Anyone and everyone interested in Native Americans will find Native Americans indispensable. Systematically presenting historical and modern data for all known Native American groups in Canada and the United States, the different groups are listed alphabetically within 10 culture areas. The volumes are richly illustrated and include photos and drawings, culture area and tribal location maps, a master bibliography, bibliographic citations for each tribal entry, a glossary, and a subject index.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1851095543
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 887
Book Description
This landmark two volume source ranks as one of the field's most comprehensive guides to Native American studies, offering historical, cultural, and modern reference, supporting a complete range of research. The history, culture, and present state of Native America is revealed, explored, and explained in this, the most comprehensive reference work on the indigenous peoples of North America ever assembled. Anyone and everyone interested in Native Americans will find Native Americans indispensable. Systematically presenting historical and modern data for all known Native American groups in Canada and the United States, the different groups are listed alphabetically within 10 culture areas. The volumes are richly illustrated and include photos and drawings, culture area and tribal location maps, a master bibliography, bibliographic citations for each tribal entry, a glossary, and a subject index.