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ROUTE 66 RAILWAY by Elrond Lawrence
Available early 2008 from the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation
Over 100 pages, full color, hardcover with dust jacket
Price will be announced soon
Route 66 Railway explores the relationship between Route 66 and the Santa Fe/BNSF Railway in words and pictures. For 80 years and over 800 miles, they are constant companions through New Mexico, Arizona and California. This hardcover book will be a visual roadtrip, touring these iconic routes and the land they traverse.
The book magically sweeps you along Route 66 visiting towns and touchstones where the worlds of railroad and highway meet, the people who keep the "Mother Road" alive, and railroaders who recall the days when crossing the Southwest was an adventure. Dramatic photography will transport you to the red mesas of New Mexico, across the Arizona Divide, over the mighty Colorado River and the desolate Mojave, and down California's Cajon Pass to Los Angeles. Along the way, we'll visit colorful cafes, tourist traps, motor courts, train depots and more . . . all the while, listening to the thunder of passing trains dressed in a rainbow of colors.
Check the Route 66 Railway website to learn more about the book and its author/photographer Elrond Lawrence.
DESTINATIONS by Roger L. Titus and Jim Bunte
Available from
the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation
100 pages, full color, hundreds of color images,
perfectbound.
Only $21.95 plus California sales tax and $5 shipping;
please specify if you wish the book to be signed by the author(s)
and any desired inscription
At the turn of the century, picture postcards were
the dominant form of image-based reminders for those who traveled.
Because photography had not yet become a low-cost, popular way of
capturing memories, postcard publishers filled the bill with thousands
of wonderful variations. And nowhere was this trend more apparent
than in Southern California, where picture postcards and the trolleys
that took tourists and residents throughout the Southland came to
define the California Dream to the world.
DESTINATIONS by Roger L. Titus and Jim Bunte features
hundreds of cards and related artifacts depicting life in Southern
California from the turn of the century to the 1950s — and
all defined by the tracks of the Pacific Electric and its predecessor
lines like the Los Angeles Pacific Railroad. At the heart of DESTINATIONS
is Henry E. Huntington and his massive Pacific Electric interurban
/ trolley empire. The book follows the development of the PE throughout
Southern California, how Huntington's real estate empire paralleled
the development of the PE and how postcard publishers helped promote
locations along the PE with beautiful, stylized representations
of the Southland.
Each page contains a Southern California city or attraction,
with major areas covered across multiple pages and illustrated with
numerous postcards. In addition, unique Pacific Electric artifacts
are included.
$21.95 plus
8.25% sales tax ($1.81) each. Shipping and handling is $5.
Lapel Pins
Show your participation in and support of the Los
Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation with these high-quality lapel
pins.
LARHF
Lapel Pin Show your support
for the Foundation by wearing this top-quality
lapel pin. Featuring the Foundation's logotype
set against the bold "LARHF" acronym,
you'll proudly proclaim your support of
the Foundation's efforts every time you
wear it.
Lapel
pin: $6.00 each plus 8.25% sales tax.
Shipping and handling is $2.00.
Pasadena
Museum of History Lapel Pin Own a piece of
history - the commemorative pin designed
and produced exclusively for the Foundation's
exhibit produced in cooperation with the
Pasadena Museum of History. Featuring the
logos of Metro, AT&SF and PE, this pin
is an eye-catcher that you'll enjoy adding
to your collection.
Lapel
pin: $12.00 each plus 8.25% sales
tax. Shipping and handling is $2.00.