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- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- July 6, 2015
- Geography:
- California
- Decade:
- 1970s
Los Angeles Union Station main entry, 1970s.
Color slide showing sun passing through latticework over the main entry of Los Angeles Union Station; image likely dates to the late 1970s.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- July 6, 2015
- Geography:
- California
- Decade:
- 1970s
Los Angeles Union Station waiting room, 1970s.
Color slide showing the waiting room at Los Angeles Union Station; image likely dates to the late 1970s.
- Type:
- Film Slide
- Date Archived:
- July 6, 2015
- Decade:
- 1970s
Red Caps at work, 1970s.
Color slide showing Red Caps moving sacks and parcels between a train and depot; image likely dates to the late 1970s.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- July 2, 2015
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"What is Amtrak?" booklet, 1970s.
Printed paper booklet with black-and-white photographs describing the formation of Amtrak and improvements to the intercity passenger rail system. Dates to 1972 or later. "Amtrak was established to fill an essential need in a balanced transportation system...its purpose is to improve and develop intercity passenger rail service." From the Patricia Saunders Collection.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Spend a Week in Washington" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to promote travel to Washington, D.C., aboard the West Virginian/Potomac Turbo (Parkersburg, W.Va.-Washington).
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
"You Won't Need a Rest" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created in 1972 to promote train travel on the Abraham Lincoln and Prairie State (St. Louis-Chicago-Milwaukee).
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1973
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Amtrak's Family Plan" advertisment, 1973.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created in 1973 to promote Amtrak Family plan discounts.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- June 11, 1972
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Chief is Back" advertisement, 1972.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to announce the addition of the Amtrak Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles) to the national schedule for summer 1972.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- November 14, 1971
- Date Archived:
- March 20, 2015
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Amtrak Gives Chicago Better Train Service" advertisment, 1971.
Printed paper insertion proof of an advertisement created to announce schedule changes for the national timetable issued on November 14, 1971.
- Type:
- Newsletter
- Date Created:
- February 15, 1977
- Date Archived:
- March 6, 2015
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak NEWS, February 15, 1977.
Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 4, No. 3 (February 15, 1977): 8. Print. Includes black and white photographs. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
Amtrak NEWS was a bi-monthly newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on the lease of two LRC trainsets; service improvements to the Adirondack (New York-Montreal); and progress on the Superliner program.
