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LEADER: 03040cam a2200481 i 4500
001 11504487
005 20151117180331.0
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010 $a 2012037751
019 $a857536973
020 $a9780520270947 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0520270940 (cloth : alk. paper)
024 $a99963648352
035 $a(OCoLC)818734501$z(OCoLC)857536973
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn818734501
035 $a(NNC)11504487
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050 00 $aTR715$b.W55 2013
082 00 $a779/.9385$223
100 1 $aWillumson, Glenn Gardner.
245 10 $aIron muse :$bphotographing the Transcontinental Railroad /$cGlenn Willumson.
264 1 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[2013]
264 4 $c©2013
300 $ax, 242 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index.
505 0 $aPreparing the ground -- Making the photographs -- Curating the archive -- Reproducing the image.
520 $a"The construction of the transcontinental railroad (1865-1869) marked a milestone in United States history, symbolizing both the joining of the country's two coasts and the taming of its frontier wilderness by modern technology. But it was through the power of images--and especially the photograph--that the railroad attained its iconic status. Iron Muse provides a unique look at the production, distribution, and publication of images of the transcontinental railroad: from their use as an official record by the railroad corporations, to their reproduction in the illustrated press and travel guides, and finally to their adaptation to direct sales and albums in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tracing the complex relationships and occasional conflicts between photographer, publisher, and curator as they crafted the photographs' different meanings over time, Willumson provides a comprehensive portrayal of the creation and evolution of an important slice of American visual culture."--Publisher's description.
600 10 $aHart, Alfred A.,$d1816-1908.
600 10 $aRussell, Andrew J.
610 20 $aCentral Pacific Railway Company$xPhotograph collections$xHistory.
610 20 $aUnion Pacific Railroad Company$xPhotograph collections$xHistory.
610 26 $aCentral Pacific Railway Company$xCollections de photographies$xHistoire.
610 26 $aUnion Pacific Railroad Company$xCollections de photographies$xHistoire.
650 0 $aPhotography of railroads$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aRailroads$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century$vSources.
650 6 $aPhotographie de chemins de fer$zÉtats-Unis$xHistoire.
650 6 $aChemins de fer$zÉtats-Unis$xHistoire$y19e siècle$vSources.
852 00 $bfaxlc$hTR715$i.W55 2013