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Text by Jeff Brouws. A powerful strand of mid-20th-century American folklore found romance in trains. The railway photographs in this amazing volume -- all taken at night and resulting from the most demanding technical efforts -- capture these bygone scenes.
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Jeff Brouws grew up around the San Francisco Bay area, simultaneously discovering trains, photography, and the writings of Jack Kerouac (who was a brakeman for the Southern Pacific in the early 1950s) at the age of thirteen. His photographic work has been published in several books, including Railroading West (1976) and Highway: America's Endless Dream (1997). Edward Delvers grew up in Japan at a time when steam was still king. After his family returned to the United States, he traveled the country photographing trains through the late 1960s, then studied photographic science at MIT under the tutelage of Dr. Harold Edgerton. He has made a career in numerous fields, ranging from energy research to satellite communications to aviation, meanwhile maintaining photography as a passion.
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"Although O. Winston Link's work is well known, this volume displays his unsung colleagues whose visual poetry memorializes an aspect of American life that many remember with fondness."
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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Text by Jeff Brouws. A powerful strand of mid-20th-century American folklore found romance in trains. The railway photographs in this amazing volume -- all taken at night and resulting from the most demanding technical efforts -- capture these bygone scenes. A collection of photographs of American steam engines taken at night. The photographs were taken between the end of World War II and the mid-1960s by over 20 of America's best photographers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780810941670
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