Lucius Beebe

Articles by Lucius Beebe

Quiet Days In Bodie, June 1972 | Vol. 23, No. 4

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Purveyor To The West, February 1967 | Vol. 18, No. 2

To a culinary wilderness Fred Harvey brought civilized cooking—and pretty girls to serve it. Read >>

Moriarty’s Wonderful Saloon, August 1965 | Vol. 16, No. 5

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The Overland Limited, December 1963 | Vol. 15, No. 1

Its diners were sumptuous, its sleepers luxurious, its lounges a rendezvous for the nation’s notables. And it even made a regular gambling stop at Reno Read >>

Mansions On Rails, August 1959 | Vol. 10, No. 5

Private Pullmans Were Once the Hallmark of Affluence and Social Success Read >>

Pandemonium At Promontory, February 1958 | Vol. 9, No. 2

The official painting is full of dignity and decorum lamentably absent in the actual photograph. Read >>

Varnish For The Nabobs, June 1956 | Vol. 7, No. 4

For decades the private railroad car was the great symbol of wealth. Here is what it looked like in its heyday. Read >>

Panamint: Suburb Of Hell, December 1954 | Vol. 6, No. 1

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