As World War II was winding down, Union Pacific sponsored a radio show called Your America that was broadcast over 123 stations nationwide. The show featured true stories of Americans at work and at war. Click any image to view … Continue reading
During World War II, the Union Pacific recruited the Willmarths to create a series of morale-boosting posters. Some on-line sources date a few of these posters as early as 1940, but this seems unlikely as the U.S. did not enter … Continue reading
The Willmarths weren’t the only artists Union Pacific turned to for Sun Valley posters. Another was Dwight Clark Shepler, a Massachusetts artist who studied at Williams College and the Boston Museum of Art. These three posters–unfortunately not available in larger … Continue reading
Seeking to boost winter tourist travel, the Union Pacific Railroad opened Sun Valley, the nation’s first destination winter resort, in 1936. This was just two years after the Travel by Train poster campaign, and the Union Pacific decided to use … Continue reading
Here’s a Union Pacific ticket envelope with a window, presumably to allow passengers to easily check to see that their tickets haven’t accidentally slipped out. But it also reduces the amount of space for the railroad to advertise its trains. … Continue reading
This seems to be an earlier version of yesterday’s coaster, printed in only one color and with a different border. Also the material is a little different, being several layers of different kinds of paper instead of the single sheet … Continue reading
This coaster is made of the same materials and has a similar border pattern to the Daily Domeliners coaster. The use of two colors of ink makes it a little extra special, and image raises the question: is the Union … Continue reading
Here’s a Union Pacific coaster with the familiar winged streamliner logo advertising the railroad’s domeliners. Since the railroad redesigned the winged streamliner logo when it switched from the M-10000 style of streamliners to the M-10002 style, it is amazing that … Continue reading
Here’s a placemat from the Challenger, the Union Pacific’s answer to Santa Fe’s El Capitan. But where the El Capitan was an extra-fare train that happened to have exclusively coach seating, the Challenger was designed as an economy train, with … Continue reading
Even though they were overnight trains, the vista-dome Denver Zephyr must have eaten into the ridership of Union Pacific’s City of Denver. UP responded by borrowing two super domes from its new partner, the Milwaukee Road. These super domes began … Continue reading
