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Moonlight Duneland The Illustrated Story Chicago South Shore Line South Bend RR
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Indiana University Press
- Features
- Illustrated
- ISBN
- 9780253217387
- Book Title
- Moonlight in Duneland : the Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
- Item Length
- 13in
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Genre
- Art, Transportation
- Topic
- Railroads / General, Railroads / History, African
- Item Width
- 10in
- Item Weight
- 34.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Product Information
Known as the "Little Train That Could" or "The Last Interurban," the Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend Railroad has served the Northwest Indiana/Chicago area as a major commercial and recreational transportation link for 90 years. The South Shore Line has reflected the triumphs and misfortunes of the Calumet Region throughout the twentieth century. For its first two decades, it survived good times and bad until its landmark purchase by Samuel Insull's Midland Utilities in 1925. Insull launched an aggressive marketing campaign producing booklets, movies, and in particular a set of colorful, artistic posters, which attracted many from Illinois to Northwest Indiana's steel mills and sand dunes. As many as fifty color lithographed posters displayed in railroad depots, on Chicago "L" platforms, and elsewhere, highlighted fun in the Indiana Dunes, local flora and fauna, and the strength of heavy industry, all characteristic of the Calumet Region. Prominent Chicago artists rendered these scenes and many won acclaim for high artistic standards. Indeed, Oscar Rabe Hanson's Homeward Bound by South Shore Line won both the Art Directors Club and Barron Collier medals in 1927. Moonlight in Duneland tells the story of that poster campaign through the reproduction of more than forty known surviving posters. Additional advertising items from the 1920s and 1970s are sprinkled throughout the book, along with original art by Dale Fleming and Mitchell A. Markovitz. In addition, four essays describe the background of Insull's marketing genius and its artists. William D. Middleton's essay details Insull's purchase of the South Shore Line and its rebirth. Bob Harris, in "Not Just Selling Railroad Tickets: The Role of the South Shore Line Poster Art in the Development of Northwest Indiana," describes the hands-on, intense involvement of the railroad and its ad campaign in the industrial, residential, and recreational development of the Region. In "Commercial Illustration, Poster Painters, Railway Men," Mitchell A. Markovitz provides a glimpse into the poster artists' world, along with a personal memoir of his own experiences as a South Shore Line poster artist. Finally, John Paul Laue explains how a group of dedicated South Shore Line enthusiasts saved the road when it was threatened again with extinction in the 1970s in "South Shore Recreation: A Fun Way to Save a Railroad." While Moonlight in Duneland pays tribute to eras gone by, it also debuts a new period of growth in Calumet Region pride and development. Sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Forum, new poster art has been commissioned to advertise the many wonders of the area. Several of those images grace the pages of this book, providing the reason for the slogan, "A Region in Renaissance."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253217385
ISBN-13
9780253217387
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30792400
Product Key Features
Book Title
Moonlight in Duneland : the Illustrated Story of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Railroads / General, Railroads / History, African
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Art, Transportation
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
13in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
10in
Item Weight
34.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
He2791
Reviews
"This is THE art coffee-table book of the year, one that is sure to bring gaspsof delight..." -Branches, "This is THE art coffee-table book of the year, one that is sure to bring gasps of delight..." -Branches, "Since its opening in 1901, the South Shore Line has sped hundreds of thousands of riders between South Bend, Ind., and Chicago, whooshing commuters toward their urban jobs and weekenders off to Indiana's lakeside hills and dunes. Moonlight in Duneland: The Illustrated Story of the South Shore Railroad . . . reproduces the elegant, engaging poster art that promoted the railroad at its 1920s peak, detailing the history of the still-active transit system and the makers of these images." Publishers Weekly"Stunningly beautiful posters reproduced in full color. . . . perfect for gift-giving." South Bend Tribune". . . neither corporate history nor locomotive cheesecake, but a pictorial survey of 38 of the interurban railroad's poster ad campaigns from the 1920s. . . . Winter sports, fall colors, even the steel mills provided fodder for the artists, and the result is a happy wallow in Things As They Ought to Have Been." Chicago Sun-Times". . . a dreamy journey through historic and modern posters of America's only all-electric interurban railway still in operation. . . . Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, Moonlight in Duneland is one of those books you'll meander through again and again." The International Railway Traveler, "Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, Moonlight in Duneland is one of those books you'll meander through again and again." -- The International Railway Traveler, "This is THE art coffee -- table book of the year, one that is sure to bring gasps of delight..." -- Branches, Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, Moonlight in Duneland is one of those books you'll meander through again and again., "Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, Moonlight in Duneland is one of those books you'll meander through again and again." -The International Railway Traveler, "Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, Moonlight inDuneland is one of those books you'll meander through again and again." -TheInternational Railway Traveler, "Whether you live in Illinois or Indiana, California or New York, MOONLIGHT IN DUNELAND is one of those books you'll meander through again and again." -- The International Railway Traveler
Table of Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Letter from Speros A. Batistatos, South Shore Line Heritage Foundation Letter from North Indiana Public Service Company Foreword by Victor Margolin One. Introduction by Ronald D. Cohen and Stephen G. McShane Two. Insull's Super-Interurban by William D. Middleton Three. Not Just Selling Railroad Tickets: The Role of the South Shore Line Poster Art in the Development of Northwest Indiana by Bob Harris Four. Commercial Illustration, Poster Painters, Railway Men by Mitchell A. Markovitz Five. South Shore Recreation: A Fun Way to Save a Railroad by John Paul Lane The Posters Suggestions for Further Reading About the Artists Poster Retailers "Just Around the Corner"
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
769/.493855/0977311
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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