During the golden age of the steam train they advertised journeys to Paignton, Southport and Cornwall. Now the destination is memory lane. Part of a vast collection, these posters were saved by ...

Turnpikes, tollbooths, traffic jams. Solitary people, in their solitary cars. That's our age. The age of gasoline. Picnics, pleasure boats, and people — above all people, jammed by the thousands ...

ST. LOUIS — From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation’s midsection are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by.

The steamboats on Lake Hopatcong can be spotted from a distance thanks to their smoke stacks. Papp’s 21-foot boat, the S.L. Saucey, uses a coal-fired engine that produces a darker smoke.

ST. LOUIS -- From sunken steamboats to a millennium-old map engraved in rock, the drought-drained rivers of the nation's midsection are offering a rare and fleeting glimpse into years gone by ...

The age of steam. The age that Richard V. Elliott, formerly of Demarest, unpacks in two handsome, beautifully illustrated and exhaustive volumes, "The Boats of Summer." ...