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
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“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
Union Pacific would sell Sun Valley in 1964, but in the meantime it had made it into one of the world’s first year-round, outdoor destination resorts. This brochure, which focuses on summer activities, displays the results. He had organized events, … Continue reading
This brochure briefly describes the nine summer tours offered by Union Pacific in 1958. With one exception, all of these tours were also offered in 1935, the exception being a trip to the southern Utah parks with a side trip … Continue reading
Here’s the 1958 edition of a brochure we previously saw in its 1953 incarnation. The main difference is that all of the photos of trains have been updated to show Union Pacific dome cars. Click image to download a 5.7-MB … Continue reading
At first glance, this looks like one of the color photo escorted tour booklets that UP published after the war. But it’s a brochure (meaning it’s a single piece of paper that unfolds into a large sheet), not a booklet … Continue reading
One side of this 18″x32″ map has nearly two dozen photos of Union Pacific passenger trains and places they go. The other side has a map of the United States (the southern tips of Texas and Florida are left off) … Continue reading