In the winter of 1970, Dave Bohn found the surviving negatives of Darius and Tabitha Kinsey. Bohn and his colleague, Rodolfo Petschek, initiated a long-term effort to reproduce in book form the magnificent Kinsey archive. Here you’ll find Darius and Tabitha Kinsey’s lifework on display in this volume featuring 53 superb photographs of the logging industry’s steam locomotives, historical essays by John Labbe on each locomotive and the logging operations it served, and excerpts from conversations with some of the oldtime engineers, firemen, and brakemen.
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Dave Bohn is a photographer, writer, and teacher. His books include Glacier Bay, Backcountry Journal, Rambles Through and Alaskan Wild, and others.
Rodolfo Petschek is a photographer with extensive color photography experience in the Grand Canyon. He is the coauthor of Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico.
Rodolfo Petschek is a photographer with extensive color photography experience in the Grand Canyon. He is the coauthor of Ancient Sculpture from Western Mexico.
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This review is from: Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits (Hardcover)
This is a beautifully produced work of a master photographer. The large format duotone prints are a joy to look at, with crisp detail and lovely tones. The book provides excellent examples of Darius' ability to capture the majestic beauty of hard working (but well cared for) steam locomotives (both geared and rod), along with the people whose lives they touched (engine crew, loggers, camp crew and families). I would have paid $20 each for several of the prints in this book. This is primarily a "picture book", but the additional commentary from railroaders and loggers of the Kinsey era adds that personal touch that the photographs so often contain.
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This review is from: Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits (Hardcover)
This book is a source of absolutely excellent photos of Shays, Heislers, and Climaxes used in the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest. With his huge box cameras and glass image plates, Kinsey was to B&W photography of the period as IMAX is to color motion pictures of today. The photos are the best B&W photographs I have ever seen on any subject. They are definitely of museum quality.Geared Steam Locomotive Works
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I have well over 80 Railroad history books, and I would rate this one amoung my top five, the quality of the photos is beyond what you would expect for the time period, and I love reading the quotes from the old "hogers", fireman, and others about their experiences, I paid $30 for it and it was well worth the price.
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geared locomotive, camp telephone, locomotive fuel, connected trucks, geared engines, rod locomotive, electric light plant, maximum grade, locomotive crane, route supplies, locomotive number, donkey engines, log dump, daily output, logging railroad, road number, rod engine, maximum curvature, chasing agent, flat cars, master mechanic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Timber Company, Hama Hama, Port Angeles, Puget Sound, Bloedel Donovan, Hood Canal, Shav Lima Locomotive Works, The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Clear Lake, Indicates Logging Railroad, Manufacturing Company, Pacific Coast, Northern Pacific, Shay Lima Locomotive Works, British Columbia, Darius Kinsey, English Lumber Company, Olympic Peninsula, Skagit County, Clallam County, Porter Company, South Bay, Willamette Iron, Cherry Valley Logging Company, Heber City New!
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geared locomotive, camp telephone, locomotive fuel, connected trucks, geared engines, rod locomotive, electric light plant, maximum grade, locomotive crane, route supplies, locomotive number, donkey engines, log dump, daily output, logging railroad, road number, rod engine, maximum curvature, chasing agent, flat cars, master mechanic Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Timber Company, Hama Hama, Port Angeles, Puget Sound, Bloedel Donovan, Hood Canal, Shav Lima Locomotive Works, The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Clear Lake, Indicates Logging Railroad, Manufacturing Company, Pacific Coast, Northern Pacific, Shay Lima Locomotive Works, British Columbia, Darius Kinsey, English Lumber Company, Olympic Peninsula, Skagit County, Clallam County, Porter Company, South Bay, Willamette Iron, Cherry Valley Logging Company, Heber City New!
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