Great Northern Postcard Ads from 1924

With the introduction of the new Oriental Limited in 1924, Great Northern issued a series of postcards to help advertise the trains. Unlike most postcards, these did not include an address section, so had to be mailed in an envelope.

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One side of the postcards reads like a travel log, informing the passengers, or their friends, where they have been on a particular part of the journey. On the other side, half the postcard has an interior illustration of the train — in this case the dining car — and the other half is blank for correspondence.

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Before the construction of the 7.9-mile Cascade Tunnel, the stretch through the Washington Cascades was advertised as the “climax of this scenic trip.” Later, when the trains were speeded up, this part of the trip took place at night to allow for a morning arrival in Seattle. The back of this card has the same illustration of the train’s diner.
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The back of this card illustrates the women’s lounge, showing three passengers with identical bob haircuts being served by an African-American maid. Great Northern advertised that the barber on the train was white, but apparently white women in that era had no problem getting manicures and other services from a black woman.

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This card is a little different as the back is entirely blank, without even a line to separate correspondence from the address. Like the others, it apparently wasn’t meant to be mailed as a postcard, but was probably inserted into mailings to potential passengers advertising the train.


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