Description: Oklahoma was in the throes of the Great Depression when Preston George acquired a cheap Kodak folding camera and took his first photographs of steam locomotives. As depression gave way to world war, George kept taking pictures, now with a Graflex camera that could capture moving trains. In this first book devoted solely to George’s work, his black-and-white photographs constitute a striking visual documentary of steam-driven railroading in its brief but glorious heyday in the American Southwest. The pictures also form a remarkable artistic accomplishment in their own right. With over 150 images and a wealth of historical and biographical information, this volume makes accessible to an audience beyond the most avid railfans the extent of Preston George's extraordinary achievement. Smoke Over Oklahoma Railroad Trains Photographs Preston George Steam Engines HC Description Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter
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Subject: Art & Photography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: American Midwest
Subjects: Transport
Type: Illustrated Book
Book Title: Smoke over Oklahoma : the Railroad Photographs of Preston George
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 11in
Author: Augustus J. Veenendaal
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Railroads / History, Railroads / Pictorial, Artists, Architects, Photographers, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 32.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
