Book ID: CBB101669198

Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography (2018)

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Keefe, Kevin P. (Author)
Lothes, Scott (Author)


Indiana University Press


Publication Date: 2018
Edition Details: Book Series: Railroads past & present
Physical Details: 211 pp., illustrations, index
Language: English

From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and railroaders. During his lifetime he witnessed and photographed sweeping changes in the railroading industry from the steam era to the era of diesel locomotives and electronic communication. 'Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography' profiles the life and work of this legendary photographer and showcases the transformation of transportation and photography after World War II. (Worldcat)

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Review Dan Cupper (Spring-Summer 2018) Review of "Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography". Railroad History (pp. 92-94). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Reevy, Tony
Gruber, John E.
Brouws, Jeffrey T.
Kahler, David
Waite, Thornton
Kaminski, Edward S.
Concepts
Photography of railroads
Railroads
Land transportation
Pictorial works
Biographies
Photographers
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Philadelphia, PA
Midwestern states (U.S.)
Hawaii (U.S.)
Oklahoma (U.S.)
Institutions
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Oahu Railway and Land Company
Reading Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Office of War Information
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company
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