This 1957 brochure is twice as big as the Kansas City Chief brochure shown here a couple of days ago, which is probably appropriate as the Texas Chief went almost three times as many miles. The brochure also doesn’t have … Continue reading
Once again, my collection includes multiple copies of this brochure from different dates. We’ve previously seen a 1969 edition; here are two earlier editions. Click image to download a 2.9-MB PDF of this brochure. Above is the Fall, 1966 edition … Continue reading
This lunch menu was printed for the Texas Chief in 1961 and is a companion to the Kachina doll and Arrow Maker menus. All three cover paintings by Eanger Irving Couse show a Native American man doing very different things … Continue reading
This menu isn’t clearly dated, but the code “7-1-8” makes me suspect it is from 1958 as the prices aren’t high enough for 1968. Nor does the menu state what meal it was for, but the lack of a true … Continue reading
These blotters each advertise one of Santa Fe’s leading trains. The first is for the Super Chief and notes that passengers from St. Joseph, Missouri can take a Burlington train to Kansas City, arriving at 9:25 pm, and then occupy … Continue reading
This 1969 brochure is much like the 1968 one for the Chief. Were they all pink in 1964, like the San Francisco Chief brochure, or was pink reserved for San Francisco? PC users have largely cialis 10 mg started to … Continue reading
This menu was issued the same day in 1961 as yesterday’s lunch menu. Like the lunch menu, the painting on the cover is by E. Irving Couse and this time depicts a Hopi Indian making an arrow. Click image to … Continue reading
Between 1892 and about 1960, the Santa Fe Railway acquired more than 600 paintings, mostly of the Grand Canyon and Southwest Indians, by scores of fine artists. Beginning in 1907, the railway used many of these paintings on its annual … Continue reading
In April, 1948, the Santa Fe introduced the Texas Chief, which connected Chicago with Houston and Galveston via Ft. Worth. Passengers to Dallas had to take a bus from Ft. Worth. The train took 25 hours to get from Chicago … Continue reading
