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June 15, 2007
Down By The Tracks
I have a beta version up of Down By The Tracks the first (well it'll actually be the second section) of a new show- Some Places- which I'll hopefully have finished next week. I think we tend to forget just how powerful a presence the railroad was in the conciousness of the country pre-1950. Before the construction of the great interstates in the 50s and 60s the railroads were the easiest way to get around the country and the tracks carried the same kind of symbolic weight- the promise of adventure or escape- that the open highways would a few decades later. Hopefully the photos in the show convey some of that.
Posted by nick at June 15, 2007 06:42 PM