Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains!: A Photo History of an American Icon

By Roger Carp

Lights, Camera, Lionel Trains!: A Photo History of an American Icon presents 100 stunning photo essays that reveal how Lionel electric trains became an American cultural and social icon of the 20th century. Those innovative and exciting toys defined what it meant to be a happy and fulfilled child while enabling celebrities in sports, show business, and politics to stay in touch with the innocence of their past. Black-and-white and full-color photographs from archives and private collections tell the story of how one dynamic toy maker arose to influence life in the United States. You're sure to be entertained and informed by what Lionel historian Roger Carp writes about the dozens of rare and delightful pictures. And those images will nurture memories of the electric trains you may have played with or seen in action on television and in motion pictures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933600071
• ISBN13: 9781933600079
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Project Roar Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 11.2" x 8.7"