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
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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
Though issued just four years after yesteray’s brochure, the map on the back of this one has already undergone considerable evolution. Though still in the same cartoonish style, the image deletes the underlying relief map, instead just showing state boundaries. … Continue reading
This is one of the first if not the first Union Pacific brochure to feature a Willmarth map on the back. Kenneth and William Willmarth did commercial illustration in Omaha and Union Pacific may have been their most important client. … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1931 booklet and brochures from the 1950s titled “Western Wonderlands.” This 1946 brochure varies from this slightly with “Western Vacationlands.” Like the later brochures, one side of this one has panels for each of the major destinations … Continue reading
Distributed to travel agents for the 1929 vacation season, this four-page brochure features the lovable Yellowstone bears drawn by Walter Oehrle. The image of the bears using a crowbar to break a lock consisting of the Union Pacific shield sends … Continue reading
The Santa Fe invited Chicago-California passengers to stop over at Williams, Arizona, near the Grand Canyon, for up to ten days at no extra fare. This brochure provides information and costs of food, lodging, and tours in the Grand Canyon … Continue reading