Except for the Winged Streamliner logo in place of a rose, this score pad is nearly identical to one we’ve seen for the Portland Rose. Both of them are nearly identical to one we’ve seen for the Great Northern, which … Continue reading
Category Archives: Union Pacific
This is one of the cutest beverage menus used on a railroad. When folded, the front and back show the silhouette of a Union Pacific streamliner. When unfolded and rotated 90 degrees, the menu forms the silhouette of a cocktail … Continue reading
Here’s a menu in what I call the art nouveau series featuring the same lithograph of Yosemite Falls that was previously seen on a 1935 menu in what I call the modern series. The two menus use different black-and-white photos … Continue reading
Published in 1925, this 40-page booklet makes some outlandish claims about the health benefits of apples, stating they make good mouthwash as well as toothpaste and that they “play an active and important part in the elimination of poisonous materials.” … Continue reading
Today’s postcards all depict the streamliner City of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland. Although the City of Los Angeles was technically Union Pacific’s premiere train, and no doubt carried more passengers, the railroad featured the Portland … Continue reading
The first card today appears to date from the pre-World War I era when most cards were printed in Germany. The divided back indicates it is from 1907 or later. It was not railroad-issued, but prominently mentions the Oregon, Washington … Continue reading
These cards date from the 1910s to the 1950s or 1960s. The first is probably from the late 1910s. There is more than one Japanese garden in Pasadena, but the one shown here is probably the Huntington garden (which is … Continue reading
All but one, or possibly two, of these postcards appear to date from the 1910s or 1920s. The first one has an almost completely unrecognizable photograph of San Francisco. While many of the buildings in the picture may still exist, … Continue reading
These five postcards date from the late 1910s to the 1960s. The first shows someone feeding a black bear, behavior that the Park Service actively discourages today. The person feeding the bear, though apparently a woman, is wearing pants and … Continue reading
This elaborate, comb-bound booklet says that it is “Compliments of the Union Pacific Railroad,” suggesting it was given to Sun Valley Lodge guests, or maybe VIPs. Printed in February, 1954–too late for the railroad to give it to customers as … Continue reading