The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg
The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg

Author: Tony Reevy

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2019-02-01

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 0253036704

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Bon vivant, railroad historian, photographer, pioneering food critic, chronicler of New York's café society, and noted newspaperman, Lucius Beebe (1902–1966) was an American original. In 1938, with the publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, he transformed the world of railroad-subject photography forever by inventing the railroad picture book genre. In 1940, he met creative and life partner Charles Clegg (1916–1979), also a talented photographer. Beebe and Clegg produced an outstanding and diverse portfolio of mid-twentieth century railroad-subject photographs. Beebe, sometimes with Clegg, also authored about forty books, including many focused on railroads and railroading. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg brings their incredible story and best photographic work together. Providing an extensive biographic introduction to Beebe and Clegg, author Tony Reevy presents a multi-faceted view of the railroad industry that will appeal to rail enthusiasts as well as those interested in American food culture, the history of New York City, and LGBT studies. The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg is an indispensable history to the work of two men who forever changed the way we see and experience American railroads.

Beebe and Clegg
Beebe and Clegg

Author: John Gruber

Publisher: Center for Railroad Photography and Art

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780692168110

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By employing dramatic images and sweeping promotional strategies, Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg introduced railroad photography to large audiences.

The Age of Steam
The Age of Steam

Author: Lucius Beebe

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780883940792

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Portrays 125 years of steam engine operations on the railroad.

Narrow Gauge in the Rockies
Narrow Gauge in the Rockies

Author: Lucius Morris Beebe

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780911581287

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Take a nostalgic 100 year Journey through the Rocky Mountains aboard the narrow gauge railways that snaked through them.

Cable Car Carnival
Cable Car Carnival

Author: Lucius Beebe

Publisher:

Published: 2013-10

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9781258844950

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This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.

The Railroad and the Art of Place
The Railroad and the Art of Place

Author: David Kahler

Publisher: Center for Railroad Photography & Arts

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780692748770

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In the late 1980s, David Kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of O. Winston Link photographs. He soon began making annual trips to the West Virginia and eastern Kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "place." Armed with a used Leica M6 and gritty Tri-X film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the Pocahontas Division of the Norfolk Southern Railway. Nearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of The Railroad and the Art of Place, along with a selection of earlier Pennsylvania Railroad steam-era photographs that reflect Kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age. Also included are three essays by Kahler, Scott Lothes, and Jeff Brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photography. With funding for printing provided by the Kahler Family Charitable Fund, all sales will go to support the Center's work.