The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg

Tony Reevy
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This inspirational book focuses on the fascinating lives of two men who made significant contributions to the world of railroad photography by bringing together some of the most captivating examples of their photographs in one book.
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Description

Lucius Beebe was a Renaissance man of the early twentieth century who pursued talents as a railroad historian, photographer, journalist, and food critic. His 1938 publication of High Iron: A Book of Trains, a revolutionary railroad picture book, forever changed the genre. Together with his life partner and fellow photographer Charles Clegg, Beebe produced some of his most significant work which captured a variety of mid-century railroad subjects. 

The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg focuses on the fascinating lives of two men who made significant contributions to the world of railroad photography by bringing together some of the most captivating examples of their photographs in one book.

Hardcover

Author: Tony Reevy
Size: 9.9 x 10.3
Pages: 197
Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Jim Shaughnessy

The Railroad Photography of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg

The Three-Quarters Shot

A Modernist View of the American Railroad

Railroaders

The Railroad in Its Environment

Appendix: Technical Details of the Photography

Notes

Chronological Bibliography of the Books of Lucius Beebe

Bibliography of Other Works

Index

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