Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway

Richmond County and the Seaboard Air Line Railway presents vintage photographs by talented photographer Frederick "Frank" Marchant (1872-1942). The images document the bustling railroad town of Hamlet and the county seat of Rockingham in North Carolina during the first quarter of the 20th century. Marchant, a native of Pennsylvania, arrived in Hamlet in the early 1900s. By 1907, he was working as a commercial photographer and as the official "picture taker" for the railroad company. Marchant developed a keen eye for interesting subjects, and some of his work took on a photojournalistic quality. His photographs, many of which he published as postcards, record rail activity in the Hamlet area, which became the "hub" of the Seaboard Air Line.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Published: 06/29/2005
ISBN: 9781531611965
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d