Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography

by Scott Lothes and Kevin P. Keefe

From the late 1940s onward, Wallace W. Abbey masterfully combined journalistic and artistic vision to transform everyday transportation moments into magical photographs. Abbey, a photographer, journalist, historian, and railroad industry executive, helped people from many different backgrounds understand and appreciate what was taken for granted: a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, small-town depots, and railroaders. During...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253032245
• ISBN13: 9780253032249
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.3" x 10.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher