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Travel by train : the American railroad poster, 1870-1950  Cover Image Book Book

Travel by train : the American railroad poster, 1870-1950 / Michael E. Zega and John E. Gruber.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780253341525 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 0253341523 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xi, 140 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Maps of the routes of the railroads on lining pages.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Before 1900. Early poster antecedents ; The rise of competition ; The lure of the place ; 1890s: "Reason why" advertising ; The lithographed display poster ; Oscar Binner's gigantic images.-- 1900-1909. Advertising revolution ; 1900: urban display windows ; Design in the new century ; Car cards.-- The teens. Emerging corporate imagery ; The power of the symbol: Louis Treviso's Santa Fe posters.-- The 1920s. Railroad advertising transformed ; Santa Fe and Sam Hyde Harris ; Southern Pacific and Maurice Logan ; Back East: the New Haven begins ; New York Central's art posters ; Hernando G. Villa and the Santa Fe Chief ; The Canadian Pacific and others.-- The 1930s. Depression-era innovation ; Leslie Raga ; Snow trains ; The streamliner image ; The Southern Pacific studio ; Sascha Maurer: the appeal of the machine ; Ragan's streamliners.
Subject: Railroads > Posters.
Posters, American > 19th century.
Posters, American > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design NC1849 .R34 Z44 2002 (Text) 30198834 Book Volume hold Available -

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24510. ‡aTravel by train : ‡bthe American railroad poster, 1870-1950 / ‡cMichael E. Zega and John E. Gruber.
24630. ‡aAmerican railroad poster, 1870-1950
260 . ‡aBloomington : ‡bIndiana University Press, ‡cc2002.
300 . ‡axi, 140 p. : ‡bill. (some col.) ; ‡c29 cm.
500 . ‡aMaps of the routes of the railroads on lining pages.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.
5050 . ‡aBefore 1900. Early poster antecedents ; The rise of competition ; The lure of the place ; 1890s: "Reason why" advertising ; The lithographed display poster ; Oscar Binner's gigantic images.-- 1900-1909. Advertising revolution ; 1900: urban display windows ; Design in the new century ; Car cards.-- The teens. Emerging corporate imagery ; The power of the symbol: Louis Treviso's Santa Fe posters.-- The 1920s. Railroad advertising transformed ; Santa Fe and Sam Hyde Harris ; Southern Pacific and Maurice Logan ; Back East: the New Haven begins ; New York Central's art posters ; Hernando G. Villa and the Santa Fe Chief ; The Canadian Pacific and others.-- The 1930s. Depression-era innovation ; Leslie Raga ; Snow trains ; The streamliner image ; The Southern Pacific studio ; Sascha Maurer: the appeal of the machine ; Ragan's streamliners.
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650 0. ‡aRailroads ‡vPosters.
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