During the 1950s and 1960s, the Canadian Pacific liked to call itself “the world’s most complete travel system” as it had trains, ships, trucks, and planes. One side of this brochure focuses on the trains, with Chesley Bonestell’s painting of … Continue reading
This brochure is undated, but it potentially could be from any year between the late 1930s and 2014 as the Algoma Central is unique among North American railroads in that it still offered passenger service along its entire length in … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific used this colorful brochure to lure postwar tourists to Banff, Lake Louise, and other Rocky Mountain sites reachable by its trains. The brochure folds out to be effectively eight 8″x9″ pages long. For some reason, CP marketing decided … Continue reading
There’s no date on this brochure, but based on the black-and-white photos that litter the back, and the fact that I have a similarly formatted 1949 brochure that I’ll post in a few days that has almost all color photos, … Continue reading
This 1950 brochure is much like yesterday’s Land of the Pueblos brochure, with a color cover and mostly black-and-yellow photos. It does include one color photo of the Grand Canyon, but it is so washed out that it is no … Continue reading
This 1949 brochure has a nice four-color painting on the cover, yet the rest of the brochure is filled with fifteen black-and-white (or, in some cases, magenta-and-white or black-and-yellow) photographs. It always amazes me that the railroads would pay the … Continue reading
“Santa Barbara is truly an all-year vacationland,” gushes this brief booklet from 1954. “Its temperature of 60 degrees (24-hour average throughout the year) is a delight to everyone.” Naturally, the best way to get there was on the Coast Daylight. … Continue reading
This drab brochure was intended more for travel agents than travelers themselves. “SALES TIP,” says the brochure; “Suggest to your clients that they return via San Francisco and see the spectacular Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay. It … Continue reading
Like many railroad maps, the map is on one side while the other side advertises the railroad’s trains. This 1938 map advertises the railroad’s Four Great Routes, but also maps and pictures steamships from New Orleans to New York as … Continue reading
This is a 1930 eight-panel brochure (printed both sides) that has ten black-and-white photos of the northern California coast plus a brilliant color cover painting by Maurice Logan. Southern Pacific used a portion of this same painting on a matching … Continue reading
