Object Details
- Client
- Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster shows a black and white drawing of the inside of a club, or lounge car. A woman at center faces right to converse with other passengers seated in front of windows. At the end of the car other passengers gaze out a large window with a scenic view of the country side. At right center in a "key stone" a drawn image of the train from the outside streches into the distance. The words "TRAIL BLAZER" above. At lower left a red square inset with a list of the train's accomodations printed in black. Across the top of the poster in black letters on a red band: Now... Travel in Splendor at Low Coach Fares[in script]. At upper center in red letters on a white band: FIRST DE LUXE / ALL - COACH TRAIN. Below in black letters on white: DAILY BETWEEN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK / Eastbound...Direct to the Fair[in script].
- Credit Line
- Gift of Unknown Donor
- 1939
- Accession Number
- 1996-96-4
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Lithograph on wove paper
- Dimensions
- 76.2 x 61.0 cm (30 x 24 in. )
- Place
- USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1996-96-4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c47a25c7-9690-4877-9e29-2f25cb1a67ef
