Monday, June 27, 2022

"Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads"

"Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads" by Nick Fry, © Grolier Club, June 29, 2022. (Virtual Lecture on Building the Railroads)

"Nicholas Fry, curator of Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons, will speak on Tracks: Images Documenting the Building of the Railroads. His presentation will show the portrayal of railroad construction and workers in graphics from woodcuts to modern photographs. Offered in connection with the exhibition Travelers, Tracks and Tycoons: The Railroad in American Legend and Life, curated by the St. Louis Mercantile Library, and running in the Grolier Club's ground-floor exhibition hall through July 30, 2022." [ONLINE VIDEO]

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