Here is the stationery for guests at the Zion National Park Lodge. Unlike the Bryce and Grand Canyon lodge stationery, the picture of the Great White Throne on this letterhead does not match any of the Union Pacific menu cards … Continue reading
This stationery is the same vintage as yesterday’s and, like yesterday’s, features a picture that is also found on a menu card from 1929. Instead of an oval yellow line around the picture, this one features more elaborate red and … Continue reading
This pretty piece of stationery features a picture of the Temple of Osiris, which we know because the same picture was used on a Union Pacific menu card in 1929. The picture is a colorized black-and-white photo and doesn’t really … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a piece of on-board stationery for the California Limited. Today I also have an envelope for the same train. Click image to download a 34-KB PDF of this letterhead None of the three limited trains that originally … Continue reading
Here’s another piece of on-board stationery I found at the Minnesota History Center. Instead of a color lithograph of Lower Yellowstone Falls, page 3 has a black-and-white photo of Mt. St. Helens, adding that “The wild grandeur of the Rockies … Continue reading
Here’s a beautiful piece of on-board stationery that I photographed at the Minnesota History Center. While the front cover, shown below, looks plain, it unfolds to reveal a brightly colored lithograph of Lower Yellowstone Falls and canyon. This is a … Continue reading
The on-board stationery for the Upper Missouri Expedition included an image of the gold seal, leather strip, and beads that were attached to the expedition’s invitation. The stationery for the Columbia River Expedition was much simpler, merely giving the name … Continue reading
The invitation to the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition featured an embossed gold seal holding a string of leather with Indian beads. An image of this is shown on the letterhead of on-board stationery provided to expedition members. Click image to … Continue reading
First-class sleeping car passengers received this packet of materials, enclosed in a sealed plastic bag, from Amtrak in the 1970s. There’s no date on any of these materials, but the “First Class” logo matches the logo used on yesterday’s 1972 … Continue reading
Until it introduced the 400 in 1935, the North Western Limited was Chicago & North Western’s premiere train. Advertised in the 1920s with the uninspiring (by today’s standards) slogan of “As fine as any train can be,” the overnight train … Continue reading
