TRACKSThe Railroad in Photographs from the George Eastman House CollectionThe world became a smaller place in the middle of the 1800s as two emerging technologies changed everyday life in unimaginable ways. The invention of photography made it possible to record people, places and events, creating images that defied time and documented the reality of what had been. Likewise, the steam locomotive opened new possibilities for travel; where previous forms of transportation such as horse and cart or walking restricted how far one could travel in a day, the train changed the way we understood and dealt with the land we live on.

Trains are a source of mythic fascination. As children we are taken to the tracks to wait in anticipation for the train to storm by. We counted the cars as we sat at the train crossings and lay in bed, listening to the blowing whistles in the distance, longing to watch the boxcar chain. We built model railroads, recreating the sights and sounds that have drawn us to the tracks. The nostalgia of trains is used in many tourist areas as a means to provide a scenic trip through wilderness or to remote towns. And behind all of the dreams, charm, and enthrallment that trains evoke, the railroad continues to be a reliable and permanent way to move things and people around the world.

This exhibition features more than 50 photographs taken from the nearly 500,000 in the George Eastman House photograph collection. Together, this selection provides a survey, not only of the history of photography, from daguerreotype to digital, but also of a broad cultural history of technological advances, changing notions of landscape, and the ideas we have held in the last two hundred years. All aboard!

–Alison Nordström, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House

EXHIBITION CHECKLISTAll works collection of George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film unless otherwise noted

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER Locomotive, ca. 1850, copy print of the daguerreotype, gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer

BISSON FRÈRES (French, active 1841–1864) [The locomotive, "La Vaux"], ca. 1857–1863, albumen print, gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer

ATTRIBUTED TO L. WRIGHT (American) [Train wreck on the Providence Worcester Railroad near Pawtucket, Rhode Island], August 12, 1853, copy print of the daguerreotype, George Eastman House Purchase

CHARLES R. SAVAGE (American, 1832–1909) Rock Cut Green River, Wyoming/Meeting of The Rails, Promontory, Utah., 1869, albumen prints, gift of Alden Scott Boyer

ALFRED A. HART (American, 1816–1908) Snow Gallery Around Crested Peak. Timbers 12 x 14 Inches, 20 Inches Apart, from the series Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada., ca. 1865, albumen print stereograph, George Eastman House Purchase, ex-collection Richmond W. Strong

CARLETON E. WATKINS (American, 1829–1916) Pullman's Palace Train, from the series Union Pacific Railroad, ca. 1869, albumen print stereograph, George Eastman House Purchase

Pullman's Palace Sleeping Car Palmyra, from the series Union

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER [Train wreck], ca. 1890, albumen print stereograph, gift of Alden Scott Boyer

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER Going from Santa Cruz to San Jose, ca. 1895, gelatin silver print

WILLIAM H. RAU (American, 1855–1920) [Broad Street Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], ca. 1895, modern gelatin silver print from original glass plate negative

ALVIN LANGDON COBURN (American, 1882–1966)Pittsburgh Factories, ca. 1910, gum platinum print, gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn

[Train passing before hill], ca. 1911–1912, gum platinum print, gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn

LEWIS W. HINE (American, 1874–1940) [Freight train in city], from the series Street Life, Unid. Location, ca. 1915, gelatin silver print

[Young trackwalker on Penn. R.R.], from the series Pennsylvania Railroads, 1920, gelatin silver print

[Baggage man with trunks], from the series Pennsylvania Railroads, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print

[Man working on steam boiler], from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1920, toned gelatin silver print

[Man cleaning lenses on signal light], from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print, printed from original negative

Pacific Railroad, ca. 1869, albumen print stereograph, George Eastman House Purchase

Pullman's Palace Sleeping Car Palmyra, from the series Union Pacific Railroad, ca. 1869, albumen print stereograph, George Eastman House Purchase

Pullman's Palace Commissary Car, from the series Union Pacific Railroad, ca. 1869, albumen print stereograph, George Eastman House Purchase

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER 2041. Frankenstein Trestle and Train, P. & O. R. R., Crawford Notch, White Mts., ca. 1877, gelatin silver print stereograph

WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON (American, 1843–1942) "The Nose." Mohawk Valley. N.Y.C. R.R., ca. 1881, albumen print, gift of Harvard University

Canon of Grand River. Utah., ca. 1885, albumen print, gift of Harvard University

Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Midland R.R., ca. 1885, albumen print, gift of Harvard University

Rotary Snow Plow at Ivanhoe., ca. 1885, albumen print, gift of Harvard University

CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CO. The Liberty Bell Independence, Train and Guards, from the series New Orleans, 1884–1885, albumen print stereograph, gift of Alden Scott Boyer

Track Walker R.R., from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print

Grinding Flat Wheels In R.R. Shops, from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print, printed from original negative

[Railroad car waiter], from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print

[Railroad yard switcher on telephone], from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print

[Railroad worker at track switch], from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print, printed from original negative

Car-Wheel Inspector, from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1925, gelatin silver print

All Hine photographs transfer from Photo League, Lewis Hine Memorial Committee, ex-collection Corydon Hine

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Advertisement, June 1926, offset poster, George Eastman Legacy Collection

AARON SISKIND (American, 1903–1991) Pullman Porters, from the series Pullman Porters, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print, gift of Aaron Siskind

Pullman Porters, from the series Pullman Porters, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print, gift of Aaron Siskind

Pullman Porters, from the series Pullman Porters, ca. 1935, gelatin silver print, gift of Aaron Siskind

The following works are on loan for this venue of the exhibition courtesy the CUMBERLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROADTimetable, September 21, 1914

ALBERT A. LINE (American, 1850–1928)[Unloading bananas on West High Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania], 1915, silver gelatin print

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS[Pennsylvania Railroad Depot, Carlisle, Pennsylvania], 1936, gelatin silver print

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER[“Last train” on West High Street going east, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1936], 1936, modern copy gelatin silver print

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER[“Last train” pulling into new station on West Penn Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1936], 1936, gelatin silver print

CARLISLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCESouvenir of the “Last Train” on High Street, October 16, 1936

ROBERTS MCCREAPennsylvania Rail Road Depot, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 2006, scale model, wood, paint

UNIDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHER [Train engines], ca. 1940, gelatin silver print

RALPH COX (American, 1925–1999) [Ticket taker in Japanese train station], ca. 1946, gelatin silver print, gift of Mark Janosky

[Platform of railway station], ca. 1946, gelatin silver print, gift of Mark Janosky

[ Japanese civilians exiting train], ca. 1945–1946, gelatin silver print, gift of Mark Janosky

WILLIAM KLEIN (American, b. 1928) Moscow, published as Kiev Railway Station In Moscow, 1959, gelatin silver print, purchased with grant support from Eastman Kodak Company

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON (French, 1908–2004) Caravan on Rails Replaces the Camel Caravan of Marco Polo's Days, from the series Mongolia: Recognition At Last?, Magnum News Service, July, 1961, 1959, printed 1961, gelatin silver print, gift of Time–Life Books

PAUL FUSCO (American, b. 1930)[USA. 1968. Robert Kennedy Funeral Train. NYC2598], 1968, color print, chromogenic development (Lambda) process, George Eastman House purchase with funds from Thomas and Janet Fink and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

[USA. 1968. Robert Kennedy Funeral Train. NYC2416], 1968, color print, chromogenic development (Lambda) process, George Eastman House purchase with funds from Thomas and Janet Fink and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

[USA. 1968. Robert Kennedy Funeral Train. NYC1706], 1968,

color print, chromogenic development (Lambda) process, George Eastman House purchase with funds from Thomas and Janet Fink and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

DAVID PLOWDEN (American, b. 1932)Grain Elevators, Golden Valley, North Dakota, 1971, gelatin silver print, gift of the photographer

Westbound Phoebe Snow at Scranton Station, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1964, printed 1996, gelatin silver print, gift of the photographer

RICHARD MISRACH (American, b. 1949)Train Tracks, Colorado Desert, California, from the series Desert Cantos 1/The Terrain, 1984, printed 1985, color print, chromogenic development (Ektacolor) process, George Eastman House Purchase, Charina Foundation Funds and Matching Funds

NANCY BROWN (American, b. 1939)Train Series # 1, 1985, color print, chromogenic development (Ektacolor) process, ASMP archives

DAVID LEVINTHAL (American, b. 1949)[Woman waving to train], from the series The Wild West, 1993, color print, silver dye bleach (Cibachrome) process, George Eastman House Purchase, Charina Foundation Purchase Fund

LORI NIX (American, b. 1969)Train Derailment, from the series Accidentally Kansas, 1998, color print, chromogenic development process, gift of the artist

CANDACE PLUMMER GAUDIANI (American, b. 1945)Forty Eight States, 2006, archival pigment prints, loaned by the artist

Cover and Interior: Richard Misrach, Train Tracks, Colorado Desert, California, from the series Desert Cantos 1/The Terrain, 1984, printed 1985 color print, chromogenic development (Ektacolor) process, purchased with funds from the Charina Foundation, George Eastman House collection, © Richard Misrach, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, and Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York; William Henry Jackson, Approaching Hell Gate, Col. Midland R.R., ca. 1885, albumen print, gift of Harvard University, George Eastman House collection, courtesy George Eastman House; Lori Nix, Train Derailment from the series Accidentally Kansas, 1998, color print, chromogenic development process, gift of the artist, George Eastman House collection, © Lori Nix, courtesy George Eastman House; William H. Rau, [Broad Street Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], ca. 1895, modern gelatin silver print from original glass plate negative, George Eastman House collection, courtesy George Eastman House; Bisson Frères, [The locomotive, "La Vaux"], ca. 1857–1863, albumen print, gift of Eastman Kodak Company, George Eastman House collection, courtesy George Eastman House; Alvin Langdon Coburn, Pittsburgh Factories, ca. 1910, gum platinum print, gift of Alvin Langdon Coburn, © George Eastman House; Lewis W. Hine, [Man working on steam boiler] from the series Railroad Workers and Rail Photos, ca. 1920, toned gelatin silver print, transfer from Photo League, Lewis Hine Memorial Committee, ex-collection of Corydon Hine, George Eastman House collection, courtesy George Eastman House.

Exhibitions are supported in part by Dickinson College, the Ruth Trout Endowment, the Helen E. Trout Memorial Fund, and the Friends of The Trout Gallery. Educational programming presented through the Mumper-Stuart Education Center at The Trout Gallery.

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