These postcards all show Southern Pacific streamlined trains. None appear to have been issued by SP, but most were probably issued with the railroad’s cooperation to be sold at newstands in various SP train stations. Click any image to download … Continue reading
These postcards all appear to have been issued before 1920, and all but one of them from before 1915. One of cards is Southern Pacific issue, while the others were probably issued with the cooperation of the railroad. Click any … Continue reading
Southern Pacific opened up the Natron Cutoff in 1926, allowing trains to go over the Cascades instead of the Siskiyous. This postcard folder has a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge before it was painted orange. In fact, it is … Continue reading
This postcard folder is postmarked “Mailed from Summit Siskiyous, Top of World, Mt. Shasta 14,444 ft. elevation.” There’s no date on the postmark, but it must be later than yesterday’s, which was mailed with a penny stamp, as this one … Continue reading
Not counting the cover, this folder has twenty-two postcard-sized photos. About half are of scenes in California and half in Oregon. Although there are numerous photos of Southern Pacific trains and it uses Southern Pacific slogans (“the road of a … Continue reading
Southern Pacific once had a line to Tillamook on the Oregon Coast. Completed in 1911, it was originally called the Pacific Rail & Navigation Company. Southern Pacific formally took it over in 1915. Someone has written “1915” on this postcard … Continue reading
In contrast with the cards shown a few days ago, these all have “Pacific” in the railroad name so are from after 1928. Also in contrast to some of the previous cards, these all appear to have been issued by … Continue reading
Businesses often change their names subtly after coming out of bankruptcy so that no one, especially creditors, will mistake them for the former company. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad went bankrupt in 1925, and emerged as the Chicago, … Continue reading
These cards don’t fit into any broader category, so I’m just including them here together. The first was mailed from Washington, DC to Guthrie Center, Iowa, in 1913. The card says, “We are all at home now,” so perhaps the … Continue reading
All but one of today’s postcards were published by the Barkalow Brothers. As mentioned here before, theyhad exclusive rights to print photo books, postcards, and similar items for sale in their newsstands that were located in many Union Pacific Stations. … Continue reading
