Download or read book Erie Railway Tourist, 1854–1886 written by Herbert Gottfried and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the Erie Railway's contributions to nineteenth-century visual culture by promoting scenic thinking in which closely viewed scenes and deep prospects became the basis for engaging landscapes and their representations. Erie guides became commentary on landscape, with images and texts as annotations on the production of culture.