Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station

Name/Title

Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station

Entry/Object ID

RL2012.4.1

Description

In this book Dr. H. Roger Grant provides historical background on two-story railroad depots with living quarters. He also describes what it was like to live in combination depots. The book includes photographs of the exteriors of living-in depots, endnotes, and a bibliography. Chapters include: "The Railroad and the Depot," "The Agent and the Depot," and "The Album." This is 8 1/2" X 11 1/2" cloth-covered hardback book with 131 pages. The cover is dark gray-light black. On the spine is "LIVING IN THE DEPOT/The Two-Story Railroad Station" in silver print. There is no text on the front or back cover.

Collection

Reference Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Railroad stations, Railroad depots, Railroad employees

Search Terms

Railroad stations--United States

Book Details

Author

Grant, H. Roger

Edition

First

Publisher

University of Iowa Press

Place Published

Location

Iowa City, IA

Date Published

1993

Publication Language

English

Call No.

TF302.U54 G73 1993

ISBN

0877454035

LCCN

92037446

Notes

Copy No.: 1