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Dream tracks : the railroad and the American Indian 1890-1930 / by T.C. McLuhan ; with photographs from the William E. Kopplin collection.

McLuhan, T. C. (Author). Kopplin, William E. (Added Author).

Summary:

Photographs made for sales promotions of railroad travel through the Southwest in the early twentieth century by the Santa Fe Railway.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0810908352 :
  • ISBN: 9780810908352
  • Physical Description: 208 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Abrams, 1985.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 192-205.
Formatted Contents Note:
Corporate image making and primitive culture. Railway culture: a call to a new patriotism ; Wilderness and the American spirit ; The Santa Fe Railway: the emergence of the new image makers ; The calendar art of the Santa Fe Railway ; The great American amalgam: technology and culture ; The age of the magic lantern: adventurous interludes in life and color ; Detouring the Indian -- The photographs -- Roughing it in style: in search of the simple and the exotic -- The Hopi. The kachinas ; The Hopi snake dance ceremony ; The Hopi snake dance film -- The Navajo -- The Rio Grande and western pueblos.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Pictorial works.
Advertising > Southwest, New > Railroad travel.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 77.5 .S7 M35 1985 02232600 Stacks Available -
Lummi Library E 77.5 .S7 M35 1985 680499 Oversize Available -