Here are some postcards either issued by or showing scenes along the Rio Grande Railroad. The first one, which shows Colorado Springs’ Garden of the Gods as viewed from the visitor center, is marked “D&RG Ry.” The lack of a … Continue reading
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In August, 1927, someone on a Burlington Escorted Tour sent the following postcard from the Lake Hotel in Yellowstone to a friend in Chicago. “Will endeavor to tell you about this wonderfull Co. when I get back if language don’t … Continue reading
Burlington’s Zephyr was introduced at the 1934 Century of Progress Fair in Chicago, but that fair actually began in 1933. These postcards show some of Burlington’s exhibits in that first year. Click image to download a 184-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
White border postcards such as these are supposed to date to somewhere between 1915 and 1930, and all three show locomotives and cars that could be from those years. The first is a colorized photo by Fred Kiser, the Portland … Continue reading
Our final Northern Pacific postcards, at least for awhile, are from the Vista-Dome era, meaning 1954 or later. The first card shows the Vancouver, BC skyline of the mid-1950s. It has certainly changed since then, as it is now crowded … Continue reading
Today we have several postcards advertising the streamlined North Coast Limited. The first shows off this train’s boring paint scheme as it crosses the Stone Arch Bridge between St. Paul and Minneapolis. The effect of streamlining is reduced somewhat by … Continue reading
Unlike yesterday’s cards, these advertise that the North Coast Limited was “completely air-conditioned.” These means they were issued in 1937 or later. Click image to download a 413-KB PDF of this postcard. This postcard manages to show the Roosevelt Arch … Continue reading
These postcards used just two colors of ink–dark green and a reddish orange–so I’m calling them duotones. NP published an extensive series of duotones that overlapped the “air-conditioned” and “completely air-conditioned” eras. Today I’ll show marked “air-conditioned,” meaning they were … Continue reading
I’ve previously posted the fronts of these along with nine other postcards that the Boston Public Library has posted on Flickr. Unfortunately, most people who post postcards on Flickr only show the front, not the back. Below are three complete … Continue reading
Postcards and other memorabilia can sometimes be dated merely by the use of a particular slogan. In this case, “air-conditioned” means the card was probably issued in 1935 or 1936; in 1937 the slogan was changed to “completely air-conditioned.” Click … Continue reading