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
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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
I’ve presented this booklet before from an edition on archive.org. Whoever scanned it for archive.org cut the cover image in half. I tried to restore it, with less-than-perfect success, then compounded the problem by putting the back cover on the … Continue reading
Whether due to the Depression or some internal cost-cutting measure, this booklet isn’t as fancy as the 1934 booklet presented here yesterday. That booklet included several paintings in beautiful colors by Canadian fine artist Charles W. Simpson. Today’s booklet has … Continue reading
This booklet is beautifully decorated with four full-color paintings by Charles Walter Simpson, whose work we have seen before for both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National. The cover painting (which is on the back cover) was obviously commissioned by the … Continue reading