We’ve seen this painting before on a 1950 menu and a 1964 menu, not to mention the 1912 Titan of Chasms booklet and the 1950 Grand Canyon booklet presented here two days ago. Those other publications cropped the painting differently, … Continue reading
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Leland Knickerbocker’s warbonnet paint scheme helped make the Santa Fe a favorite among model railroaders. In 1953, with the help of Model Railroader magazine, the railway published this large (nearly 11″x14″), 48-page booklet stuffed with 1/4″-to-the-foot plans (U.S. O scale) … Continue reading
Fifty years after putting William Robinson Leigh’s painting of the Grand Canyon on the cover of Titan of Chasms, the Santa Fe used it again (in a slightly different cropping) on the cover of this 28-page booklet. While Titan of … Continue reading
The painting on the cover of this menu is by Frederic Kimball Mizen, a Chicago artist whose work we’ve seen in Santa Fe advertising before, including on the cover of yesterday’s booklet. As this painting suggests, Mizen spent some time … Continue reading
The cover of this 48-page booklet is a detail from a painting by Frederic Kimball Mizen. We’ve seen this painting before, though differently cropped, in a 1953 El Capitan booklet. Mizen, a Chicago artist, also did a Travel by Train … Continue reading
The Santa Fe distributed this booklet in 1945 “to answer the thousands of requests which are received each year from teachers and students throughout the country for material on railroads that will be suitable for classroom use.” The reading level … Continue reading
Santa Fe Trailways was the largest member of the National Trailways Bus System when it was formed in 1936. Although Burlington and Santa Fe buses competed with one another on a few routes, their main competition was Greyhound (then partly … Continue reading
We’ve already seen a low-resolution version of this booklet from the University of Arizona library, but I’ve since acquired one of my own and so can provide a higher-resolution PDF. Despite the phrase “Indian detour” in the right-hand title, this … Continue reading
Unlike the the 1930 and 1931 Indian Detour booklets shown here, this one says nothing about the company that actually operated the tours. Instead, the focus is on the destinations including Santa Fe’s La Fonda Hotel, which was still run … Continue reading
In March, 1931, Fred Harvey sold the Indian detour business to Hunter Clarkson, who had managed the operation for Harvey from the start. This booklet is dated April, 1931, and reflects some of the changes made under the new owner. … Continue reading