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The Pennsylvania railroad photographs of William H. Rau.
The railroad and photography were two technologies that truly came of age in the second half of the nineteenth century while exerting a powerful influence on each other and on the nation that embraced and sustained them. Photography afforded the railroad the means of introducing Americans to the beauty and vastness of their country, and to the advantages of travel by train--what has come to be known as the "romance of the rails." Likewise, the railroad served as a magnet for many of America's finest early photographers, drawing them across the breadth of the nation, providing them with lucrative commissions, and eliciting some of their most technically sophisticated, ...
- John C. Van Horne, ed., Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad: the Photographs of...
- American Studies International Goodyear, Frank H. February 1, 2003 700+ words
...Rau traveled the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad creating views that would promote...photography. In Traveling the Pennsylvania Railroad: The Photographs of William H...along the various routes of the Pennsylvania Railroad. While the reader can not help...
- Pennsylvania Railroad Yard
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...tracks. One such turntable at a Pennsylvania Railroad yard would typically be in operation...railroad history. railroad yards. Pennsylvania Railroad yard. locomotives. locomotive...transportation. nostalgia. Pennsylvania Railroad Yard Copyright (c) Archive Photos...
- Crossroads of Commerce: The Pennsylvania Railroad Calendar Art of Grif Teller.
- Magazine article from: Railway Age Vantuono, William C. February 1, 1993 700+ words
Crossroads of Commerce: The Pennsylvania Railroad Calendar Art of Grif Teller. By Dan Cupper. Photography...Teller created throughout his long association with the Pennsylvania Railroad and the popular wall calendars-now collector's...
- Why the PRR didn't survive is a lesson for today.(Pennsylvania Railroad)(Column)
- Magazine article from: Railway Age Lewis, Robert G. April 1, 1996 700+ words
...observe what would have been the 150th birthday of the Pennsylvania Railroad (chartered on April 13, 1846), had it survived...Saved! I guessed maybe my job was indispensable. The Pennsylvania Railroad (you didn't dare call it the "Pennsy" in those days...
- Philadelphia Stock Exchange hosts Penn State's Smeal College of Business for...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 11, 2004 700+ words
...Penn State's Smeal College of Business for ceremonial Pennsylvania Railroad bell ringing(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...Business, rings a commemorative locomotive bell from the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bell will be donated to the college by Smeal alumnus...
- Philadelphia Stock Exchange hosted Penn State's Smeal College Of Business for...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 14, 2004 700+ words
...Penn State's Smeal College Of Business for ceremonial Pennsylvania Railroad bell ringing(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...Business, rang a commemorative locomotive bell from the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bell will be donated to the college by Smeal alumnus...
- (April, 1908) East river tunnels on the PRR.(100 YEARS AGO IN THE RAILWAY...
- Magazine article from: Railway Age April 1, 2008 700+ words
The East river tunnels of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which have been under construction since 1904...until A.J. Cassatt, the late president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, formulated the plan which has led to the construction...
- (October 1909) Trespassers trouble Pennsylvania Railroad.(100 YEARS AGO IN...
- Magazine article from: Railway Age October 1, 2009 700+ words
The Pennsylvania Railroad continues its vigorous campaign against trespassers on its tracks and trains, but the task is a formidable one. An officer says...