Monday, January 2, 2023

Model railroad graffiti

Ron Zeil and George Foster, steel rails to the sunrise, Hawthorn Books, 1965

 Some clever model railroad-savvy graffiti artist christened this bridge as a toy on the Long Island Railroad. I was looking to date the photo, it appears it might have been during the 1964 Goldwater presidential campaign. I wonder if it was the same clever character that did both...

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3 comments:

  1. DaveJanuary 3, 2023 at 11:23 AM

    Credited to Ron Ziel and taken on September 29, 1964 says the Queens Public Library. But it's possible that Ron obtained it for his book?

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  2. DaveJanuary 3, 2023 at 11:24 AM

    Sorry, forget the link:

    http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/lirr-alco-diesel-engine-no-1551-and-passenger-train-nicolls-road-bridge

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  3. Mister GJanuary 3, 2023 at 12:55 PM

    Thanks!I found it in Steel rails to the sunrise, by Ron Zeil and George Foster, Hawthorn Books, 1965
    It was a new picture!

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