The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr. by Fry, Nicholas

The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr. (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781943665037)

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The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr. by Fry, Nicholas

The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr.

$44.99
The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr. by Fry, Nicholas

The Steam and Diesel Era in Wheeling, West Virginia: Photographs by J. J. Young Jr.

$44.99
Format: Hardcover
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"For nearly 70 years J. J. Young Jr photographed railroads. Starting in 1936 and ending in 2004, he documented the presence, impacts, and beauty of railroads in American life, particularly the railroads of Wheeling, West Virginia, and the surrounding area from the 1930s to the 1960s."

Author: Nicholas Fry, Gregory Smith, Elizabeth Davis-Young
ISBN-10: 1943665036
ISBN-13: 9781943665037
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2016
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 10.20h x 8.10w x 0.70d
By Nicholas Fry
By Nicholas Fry
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Nicholas Fry is the curator of the Barriger Library and is the archivist of the B&O Railroad Historical Society.

Greg Smith is a retired educator and is currently president of the B&O Railroad Historical Society.

Elizabeth Davis-Young is the widow of J. J. Young Jr. This book realizes her desire to fulfill her husband's unfinished plans for a book of his Wheeling area railroad photographs.

John J. Young Jr.'s (1929-2004) hobby of railroad photography began in Wheeling, WV, and continued after he moved to up- state New York in 1959. He was a member of the faculty of Broome Community College in Bingham- ton and taught photography until his retirement in 1995. His pho- tographs of railroads across the country were published in books and periodicals throughout his life. He was working on this book before his death in 2004.


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