Books in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (YALE) series

Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in nineteenth-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers travelled at faster speeds than ever before. This work captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel as it probes the artistic response to steam locomotion within its social setting.

Focuses on Homer Page's New York photographs taken while he was a Guggenheim Fellow during the late '40s.

A glimpse into the development of the American West through startling photographs of the frontier landscape and the rich culture of American Indian tribes