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Rosemary Mackey

City of West Chicago

475 Main Street

West Chicago, Illinois

(630) 293-2200 ext. 139

rmackey@westchicago.org

     Photographic Exhibit Results From Lifelong Love of Trains

           Documenting the Rails ~ An Exhibit Featuring the Work of Philip A. Weibler

                                                 West Chicago City Museum

                                                June 22 - September 15, 2007

West Chicago, Illinois: June 20, 2007 - A new exhibit opens on June 22, 2007 at the West Chicago City Museum showcasing the talents of local photographer, Philip A. Weibler.  Over two dozen of his railroad photographs can be viewed in the exhibit which runs through September 15, 2007.

Weibler started taking photographs while still in grade school and he did much of the photography for his high school yearbook.  Although he has always photographed a wide range of subjects, he is perhaps best known for his railroad photographs, which have appeared in magazines, books and calendars over the past 50 years.

Weibler's love for trains started when he was just a boy and  when he took up photography as a hobby, he snapped train images with his first camera, a Baby Brownie.  Documenting the Rails includes scenes from Illinois, Colorado, Missouri and West Virginia, taken over a forty year period. 

The public is invited to attend the opening reception for Documenting the Rails on Friday, June 22, from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. at the City Museum located at 132 Main Street in downtown West Chicago. Exhibit galleries are open Tuesday-Friday, 10:30 am - 3:30 pm and Saturday 11am - 3pm.  There is no admission fee to visit the museum. For more information, call (630) 231-3376.

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