This booklet announces the February 1926 completion of 277 miles of new railroad between Springfield Oregon and Black Butte (near Mount Shasta) California. More than two decades in the making, the new line eliminated many sharp curves and grades on … Continue reading
This 1929 booklet calls the San Isabel National Forest “Colorado’s newest playground.” But it was hardly new, as it was created in 1902 by Theodore Roosevelt and became one of scores of forests that originally were managed for cattle grazing … Continue reading
The Colorado & Southern was really two different railroads. First was the standard-gauge, north-south line from Wendover Wyoming to Fort Worth Texas. Second were several lines into Colorado mining districts, including Leadville and Cripple Creek, that were mostly narrow gauge. … Continue reading
So much of railroad advertising was exaggerated: claims that railroads that never went south of Portland could take people to California; claims that particular trains were the fastest way between two points when in fact others were just as fast; … Continue reading
In conjunction with the introduction of the Olympian and Columbian in 1911, the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway issued this gorgeous booklet filled with both sepia-toned and beautifully hand-colored pictures of a trip on the new rail line. The … Continue reading
Here is one more Illinois Central booklet about New Orleans from the Charles Medin collection. While it is possible he helped design this booklet, the only artworks are some borders as most of the booklet is photographs. If he did … Continue reading
There is just enough trompe-l’œil in the cover painting on this booklet that it almost makes me dizzy to look at it. Like yesterday’s, this one is from the collection of Charles Medin, who was a staff artist for Illinois … Continue reading
Just east of New Orleans is the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Like yesterday’s booklet about New Orleans, this is from the collection of Illinois Central staff artist Charles Medin. However, none of the artwork in the booklet is by him. Click … Continue reading
Due to its climate, New Orleans has long been a popular vacation spot. The city held out against Jim Crow racism for longer than most other parts of the South, which allowed a flowering of artistic expression among its black … Continue reading
Today’s booklet, which is marked 1929, is clearly a different edition of the one posted here yesterday. Some of the photos are different, the layout is different, the back cover image (shown below) is different, but much of the text … Continue reading
