After Promontory : one hundred and fifty years of transcontinental railroading /
Celebrating the sesquicentennial anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States, After Promontory: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Transcontinental Railroading profiles the history and heritage of this historic event. Starting with the original Union Pacific...
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| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Robert D. Krebs
- Introduction / H. Roger Grant
- What the first transcontinental railroad wrought / Maury Klein
- To the far west: photography along the central lines (early views)
- To the far west: photography along the central lines (modern views)
- The southern transcontinentals / Keith L. Bryant Jr
- To the desert west: photography along the southern lines (early views)
- To the desert west: photography along the southern lines (modern views)
- Steamcar civilization in the northwest / Don L. Hofsommer
- To the northwest: photography along the northern lines (early views)
- To the northwest: photography along the northern lines (modern views)
- Capturing the west: photography and the transcontinental railroads / Drake Hokanson
- Photographers' biographies
- Index of photographers
- Acknowledgments / Donors
- About the center.