Background
Gruber, John Edward was born on May 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward David and Leah Elizabeth (Diehl) Gruber.
( Between 1870 and 1950, America’s railroads produced a b...)
Between 1870 and 1950, America’s railroads produced a body of poster work significant both for the artists involved and for the range of images created. The railroads used this visual medium from their founding, first in the form of broadsides, dominated by text and intended to convey practical information, and then, during the 1890s, as vivid lithographed display posters. For the next 50 years, American railroads commissioned posters designed to spur the popular imagination and thereby encourage travel. Images of compelling intensity included Maurice Logan’s icons of the 1920s overland limiteds passing in the West; Adolph Treidler’s wonder cities; Santa Fe’s Native Americans; and Leslie Ragan’s and Sascha Maurer’s machine-age steamliners. Although a great deal has been written about European railway and travel posters, their American counterparts remained in the shadows. Travel by Train focuses on the artists, railroad men, and advertising agencies that created and produced the work. It presents the posters in the context of the historical trends and competitive strategies that shaped the development of the railroad industry. The book also follows the development of the advertising business and graphic design in the U.S. and Europe. It features approximately 160 poster images (many in color), personal photographs, and sketches, many of them never before published.
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(For more than a century, the caboose was an integral feat...)
For more than a century, the caboose was an integral feature of the American freight trainan instantly recognizable favorite faithfully trailing behind great diesel and steam locomotives and heavily laden rolling stock. That rich history comes to life in this vivid, colour photohistory celebrating cabooses of every style, vintage and colour.
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(Charts steam railroading from the late 1930s to the early...)
Charts steam railroading from the late 1930s to the early 1960s in some 300 photographs. Authored by John Gruber, president of the Center, with foreword by William L. Withuhn of the Smithsonian Institution.
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(As a life long rail enthusiast, Brian Soloman presents a ...)
As a life long rail enthusiast, Brian Soloman presents a display of his own and others' photographic tributes to trains and railways. This book is a combination of inspiration, knowledge and experience and also contains lessons on techniques and professional practice in presentation and publishing.
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editor Photographer railroad historian
Gruber, John Edward was born on May 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward David and Leah Elizabeth (Diehl) Gruber.
Bachelor in Journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1959; postgraduate, University of Wisconsin, 1981-1984.
Editor, writer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1995; editor, Vintage Rails, Waukesha, Wisconsin, since 1995.
(For more than a century, the caboose was an integral feat...)
( Between 1870 and 1950, America’s railroads produced a b...)
(As a life long rail enthusiast, Brian Soloman presents a ...)
(Charts steam railroading from the late 1930s to the early...)
Director Historic Madison, Inc., 1981-1989. Member Mid-Continent Railway History Society (board directors 1984-1987, 88-97, president 1988-1989, secretary 1990-1995, vice president 1995-1997, editor Mid-Continent Railway Gazette since 1982), Center for R.R. Photography and Art (president since 1997).
Married Bonnie Jean Barstow, May 12, 1962. Children: Richard J., Timothy J.