COLLECTION Of PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ADVERTISEMENTS And PAMPHLETS.
Philadelphia, PA: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1939 - 1940. 1st printings. 5 items, two brochures and 1 advertisement (single sheets), two pamphlets of 28 pp. & 12 pp. (both unpaginated). Many b/w illustrations and photographic images throughout. 3-D glasses in shape of a train included. Various sizes from 6" x 3" to 5" x 7-1/2". All illustrated in black, white and/or red inked wrappers and paper. Housed inside original Pennsylvania Railroad publisher's envelope from the Exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exhibition. Items only lightly worn. A VG+ collection. Item #40445
Collection includes: One b/w pamphlet entitled "Modern Locomotives and Cars 1939" with images of all the different types of cars used by the "Pennsy" Railroad. The second brochure gives light details of the different long-distance trips travelers can make and is titled "When West Meets East". One brochure gives illustrations of all the different accomodations for long-distance travelers called "For Your Trip East - the Fleet of Modernism". The other brochure details the railroad's "Magic Movies" (3D films of fast moving trains) at the Golden Gate International Exposition, with 3D glasses included. The last item, an advertisement printed recto and verso, displays a couple black and white illustrations advertising a round trip from Chicago to New York for only $27.25.
"The PRR was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the U.S. for the first half of the twentieth century. Over the years, it acquired, merged with or owned part of at least 800 other rail lines and companies. At the end of 1925, it operated 10,515 miles of rail line; in the 1920s, it carried nearly three times the traffic as other railroads of comparable length. At one time, the PRR was the largest publicly traded corporation in the world, with a budget larger than that of the U.S. government and a workforce of about 250,000 people." (Wikipedia).
Price: $75.00