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This menu is undated, but the fact that it is for the Golden State Limited tells us that it from before 1947, as the train’s name was changed to just Golden State in that year. The prices on the menu … Continue reading
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Whether because of the Depression or because Rock Island marketers wanted to simplify the printing process, this is a brochure rather than a booklet. Though that means less space–approximately the equivalent of 12 pages of the Under the Turquoise Sky … Continue reading
As noted in the description of the 1928 edition of this booklet, Rock Island’s Colorado booklet has morphed over the years from one that is mostly text with some small photos to one that is mostly full-page photos with some … Continue reading
Except for a couple of pages at the back, just about every page of this booklet has a photo. Yet due to smaller type and narrower margins, a typical page of this booklet with a photo has more words than … Continue reading
We’ve seen 1924 and 1928 editions of the Rock Island’s “turquoise sky” booklets about Colorado. This one doesn’t have a clear date, but the cover art is dated 1902 and the booklet cites data from 1900 and 1901, so Rock … Continue reading
In 1964, Union Pacific proposed to merge with the Rock Island Railroad. This merger seemed like it would gain quick approval as, at the time, the government favored end-to-end mergers rather than mergers of parallel lines such as GN-NP and … Continue reading
This 36-page booklet provided rates and descriptions for Southwest hotels and resorts for the 1949-1950 season. The majority of the hotels listed were in Arizona, with a few from California, New Mexico, El Paso, and Southern Pacific’s Playa de Cortés … Continue reading
In 1936, Rock Island came out with a new edition of The Garden of Allah. While much of the text was similar to that of the 1934 edition, the beautiful Babcock illustrations were replaced with some 40 black-and-white photos. The … Continue reading
In 1934, Rock Island published a second edition of The Garden of Allah. The first half of the booklet was exactly like the 1930 edition, but the second half incorporated the four leaflets that were printed separately as supplements to … Continue reading
This is quite possibly the most beautiful advertising booklet issued by any American railroad. While the illustrations that fill the booklet are almost pure fantasy, anyone who could afford to take the Golden State Limited to Arizona or Southern California … Continue reading