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- Type:
- Button
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Ask for a Sleeper" button, late 1970s.
Promotional button made to encourage passengers to upgrade to sleeping accommodations. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 3" across.
- Type:
- Advertisement
- Date Created:
- 1971
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"We've Rejected 2 Out Of Every 3 Cars" advertisement, 1971.
Black and white printed paper advertisement highlighting improvements to the intercity passenger rail system undertaken by Amtrak in its first year of operation. "We're making the trains worth traveling again."
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Decade:
- 1970s
Designing new seating, 1970s.
Black and white photograph depicting a designer and engineer discussing new seating.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- December 1973
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1970s
Passenger service representative, 1973.
Black and white photo of a passenger service representative aboard the Coast Starlight in 1973.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- April 1975
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Main Amtrak computer center, 1975.
Black and white photo showing the main computer center at Amtrak headquarters in Southwest Washington, D.C.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- April 1975
- Date Archived:
- June 11, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Main Amtrak computer center, 1975.
Black and white photo showing the main computer center at Amtrak headquarters in Southwest Washington, D.C.
- Type:
- Newsletter
- Date Created:
- November 1, 1976
- Date Archived:
- May 31, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak NEWS , Nov. 1, 1976.
Amtrak NEWS. Vol. 3, No. 20 (Nov. 1, 1976): 8. Print. Includes black and white photographs and drawings. From the Amtrak Corporate Collection.
Amtrak NEWS was a bi-monthly newsletter published for Amtrak employees. Feature articles in this issue focus on President Gerald Ford's campaign trip aboard Amtrak and the "Great Train-Auto Race" held in Southern California.
- Type:
- Flyer
- Date Created:
- 1978
- Date Archived:
- May 31, 2013
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
On the Twentieth Century employee discount card, 1978.
Printed paper card for discounted employee tickets to the Broadway musical On the Twentieth Century, playing at the St. James Theatre. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Menu
- Date Archived:
- May 31, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Christmas dinner menu, 1970s.
Multicolor printed paper menu created for Christmas aboard an Amtrak train; most likely dates to the 1970s.
- Type:
- Menu
- Date Archived:
- May 31, 2013
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Thanksgiving dinner menu, 1970s.
Multicolor printed paper menu created for Thanksgiving aboard an Amtrak train; probably dates to the 1970s.