Here are some blotters that clearly date from World War II. The first one looks to be early in the war. This blotter is from the collection of Dale Hastin. The blotter advertised Santa Fe’s agent in Lamar, Colorado, a … Continue reading
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Based on the fonts and logos, these blotters date from the 1930s or, possibly, a little earlier. All three are from the Dale Hastin collection. Click images to download PDFs of these blotters, which are all around 0.4 MB in … Continue reading
Here, complete with tassel, is the menu for the champagne dinner on Santa Fe’s Super Chief. A postcard showing a couple enjoying this dinner was posted here a few days ago. Click image to download a 1.2-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
The Super Chief was a first-class operation, and most of these recipes were what we would today call upscale: braised duck Cumberland, curry of lamb, lobster Americaine, poached eggs a la reine–harlequin, and empanadas with vanilla sauce, to name a … Continue reading
This 1950 brochure is much like yesterday’s Land of the Pueblos brochure, with a color cover and mostly black-and-yellow photos. It does include one color photo of the Grand Canyon, but it is so washed out that it is no … Continue reading
This 1949 brochure has a nice four-color painting on the cover, yet the rest of the brochure is filled with fifteen black-and-white (or, in some cases, magenta-and-white or black-and-yellow) photographs. It always amazes me that the railroads would pay the … Continue reading
Published in April, 1948, when T.B. Gallaher was still Santa Fe’s General Passenger Traffic Manager, this 24-page booklet was part of Santa Fe’s effort to capture post-war vacation travelers. Aside from a centerfold map of the Santa Fe system, three … Continue reading
The American Locomotive Company was more successful in the transition from steam to Diesel than either Baldwin or Lima, but it ultimately failed to survive competition with the General Motors juggernaut. The Alco PA passenger locomotive that is shown in … Continue reading
With its row of E1 locomotives, this silver ticket envelope seemingly predates the other silver Santa Fe envelope presented here a few months ago, which had F units on the front. Neither envelope is dated, but the art deco script … Continue reading
We already seen a 1941 edition of this booklet, but other than the name and both being issued by the Santa Fe Railway, the two have very little in common. This 1923 version has fewer pages (28 vs. 40), but … Continue reading