All but one of today’s postcards were published by the Barkalow Brothers. As mentioned here before, theyhad exclusive rights to print photo books, postcards, and similar items for sale in their newsstands that were located in many Union Pacific Stations. … Continue reading
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There are three different styles of postcards here, but all say to use a one cent stamp, so all are from before 1951, when the price was raised to two cents. They are also all from after World War II. … Continue reading
These postcards depict Sun Valley in the winter. Most are undated though all but one appear to be post-war. Since UP sold Sun Valley in 1964, it is likely that none are after that year. Click any image to download … Continue reading
Some of these postcards depict scenes at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Others mention the exposition on the back. Still others have postmarks from around the time of the expo. But all of them have a similar grayish-and-white … Continue reading
Despite the size of this brochure–9″x12″ unfolding to 18″x36″–and the centennial event for which it was published, it is far from a complete history of Union Pacific locomotives. Only one-third of one side depicts and describes steam locomotives, showing just … Continue reading
In 1969, Union Pacific celebrated the Last Spike centennial with a lot of different publications. The railroad had probably issued reports to shippers before, as they were common in the 1960s, but this one placed a little more emphasis on … Continue reading
Yesterday’s booklet seemed lavish, but this one is even more so. Though the front covers are identical, this one is 16 pages longer, and that doesn’t count a sheet of tissue paper that is inlaid with images of UP freight … Continue reading
Compared to yesterday’s brochure or any previous “brief histories” published by the Union Pacific, this 24-page booklet is extremely lavish, printed in four colors on high quality deckled paper. Click image to download a 25.0-MB PDF of this booklet. A … Continue reading
We’ve seen several brief histories of the Union Pacific, but the railroad went all out for the 1969 centennial of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, publishing several different histories for the occasion. This one is the shortest: a brochure … Continue reading
This tiny timetable was issued just three months after the yesterday’s, but some major changes have been made. The biggest is that the Portland Rose, train 17 & 18, terminates in Denver and no longer connects with the City of … Continue reading