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Iron muse : photographing the Transcontinental Railroad
- Title
- Iron muse : photographing the Transcontinental Railroad / Glenn Willumson.
- Author
- Willumson, Glenn Gardner.
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
- ©2013
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- Description
- x, 242 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of images--and especially the photograph--that the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographs' different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture."--Publisher's description.
- Subject
- Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
- Russell, Andrew J
- Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
- Central Pacific Railway Company > Photograph collections > History
- Union Pacific Railroad Company > Photograph collections > History
- Central Pacific Railway Company > Collections de photographies > Histoire
- Union Pacific Railroad Company > Collections de photographies > Histoire
- Central Pacific Railway Company
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- 1800-1899
- Photography of railroads > United States > History
- Railroads > United States > History > 19th century > Sources
- Photographie de chemins de fer > États-Unis > Histoire
- Chemins de fer > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle > Sources
- Photograph collections
- Photography of railroads
- Railroads
- Fotografi > Förenta staterna > historia
- United States
- 1865-1869
- Genre/Form
- Sources.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Preparing the ground -- Making the photographs -- Curating the archive -- Reproducing the image.
- ISBN
- 9780520270947
- 0520270940
- LCCN
- 2012037751
- OCLC
- ocn818734501
- 818734501
- SCSB-1684114
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library