Book ID: CBB594073838

Rock Island Line in Focus: The Railroad Photographs (1898-1925) of Jules A. Bourquin (2007)

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Quastler, I.E. (Author)


DeGolyer Library


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: 160 pp., illustrations, maps
Language: English

Around the turn of the Twentieth Century, a photographer in small town Horton, Kansas, began to take pictures of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Although self taught in photography, Jules A. Bourquin soon was recording impressive (and rare) images or locomotives, trains, railroaders, and railroad facilities in and near his home town. Most of these pictures were saved for posterity by Everett L. DeGolyer, Jr., who deposited them in what became the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. This book presents a cross section of some of Bourquin's best railroad pictures, accompanied by detailed captions. These images give beautiful and fascinating insights into the world of railroads and railroaders approximately one hundred years ago. (Amazon)

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Review Peter A. Hansen (Spring-Summer 2008) Review of "Rock Island Line in Focus: The Railroad Photographs (1898-1925) of Jules A. Bourquin". Railroad History (pp. 81-82). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gruber, John E.
Reevy, Tony
Lothes, Scott
Swanberg, Jack W.
Kornweibel, Theodore, Jr.
Dennis C. Opferman
Concepts
Railroads
Land transportation
Photography of railroads
Labor and Laborers, Railroad
Illustrations
Biographies
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Sioux Falls, SD
Taunton, Mass.
Mexico
Institutions
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Office of War Information
Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society
Wabash Railroad Company
Penn Central Transportation Company
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