The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe both advertised access to Carlsbad Caverns. The Santa Fe’s Amarillo line passed through Clovis, New Mexico, from which it offered afternoon or evening train #25 184 miles to Carlsbad and morning train #26 back. … Continue reading
During the war, the Super Chief‘s famous 39-3/4-hour schedule from Chicago to Los Angeles was increased by two hours, probably because the War Production Board decided that freight should have a higher priority. This brochure announces the return to “popular … Continue reading
Although Chicago’s 1933-1934 Century of Progress fair was usually called an “International Exhibition,” this booklet repeatedly calls it the “World’s Fair.” In fact, except for a line drawing of the Travel and Transport Building on page 2, there’s nothing about … Continue reading
The Minnesota History Center GN archive is full of little items relating to the Columbia River Historical Expedition. One of the educational features of the expedition was a museum car, curated by the Minnesota Historical Society’s Willoughby Babcock. This brochure … Continue reading
Great Northern’s invitation to the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition was bigger than 13″ by 20″, and I’ve never seen one folded so it must have been delivered in an even bigger envelope. This invitation to the Columbia River Historical Expedition … Continue reading
Here are two more brochures promoting the 1924 Oriental Limited. Both use different graphics from yesterday’s and one is 8-1/2″x11″ instead of 7″x10″. Click image to download a 623-KB PDF of this brochure. The first one, signed by Great Northern’s … Continue reading
Other than some items that are difficult to scan because they are too large or in bindings that would break if I laid them flat on the scanner, and some trivial items such as tickets and perhaps a few postcards, … Continue reading
The Rent-a-Car Company was founded in Chicago in 1918 and taken over by John Hertz, who renamed it after himself, in 1923. General Motors bought it from him in 1926 and expanded it to a national system. The railroads were … Continue reading
This 8-1/2″x11″ four-page brochure — really 11″x17″ folded in half — came pre-scored to make it easy to fold into thirds so it could be mailed to prospective passengers in a number 10 envelope. Published in 1959, it has the … Continue reading
Although the word panorama dates back to around 1789, adding -ama to the end of a word didn’t become common until the mid-20th century, probably inspired by the General Motors Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair. It probably reached … Continue reading
