| Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Contributor(s): Massengill, Stephen E. (Author), Vallance, C. Vernon (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738517542 ISBN-13: 9780738517544 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway presents vintage photographs by talented photographer Frederick "Frank" Marchant (18721942). The images document the bustling railroad town of Hamlet and the county seat of Rockingham in North Carolina during the first quarter of the 20th century. Marchant, a native of Pennsylvania, arrived in Hamlet in the early 1900s. By 1907, he was working as a commercial photographer and as the official "picture taker" for the railroad company. Marchant developed a keen eye for interesting subjects, and some of his work took on a photojournalistic quality. His photographs, many of which he published as postcards, record rail activity in the Hamlet area, which became the "hub" of the Seaboard Air Line. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Transportation | Railroads - History - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 975.634 |
| LCCN: 2004114133 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.72" W x 9.14" (0.64 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Locality - Richmond-Petersburg, Virginia - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway presents vintage photographs by talented photographer Frederick Frank Marchant (1872 1942). The images document the bustling railroad town of Hamlet and the county seat of Rockingham in North Carolina during the first quarter of the 20th century. Marchant, a native of Pennsylvania, arrived in Hamlet in the early 1900s. By 1907, he was working as a commercial photographer and as the official picture taker for the railroad company. Marchant developed a keen eye for interesting subjects, and some of his work took on a photojournalistic quality. His photographs, many of which he published as postcards, record rail activity in the Hamlet area, which became the hub of the Seaboard Air Line." |
Contributor Bio(s): Massengill, Stephen E.: - Photo historian Stephen E. Massengill and retired railroad employee C. Vernon Vallance have assembled a fascinating selection of Marchant s work. These images provide the reader with an outstanding visual record and glimpse of life in and around Richmond County during the first few decades of the 20th century. |