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- Type:
- Button
- Date Created:
- 1984
- Date Archived:
- November 14, 2012
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1980s
Pere Marquette button, 1984.
Promotional button celebrating the Pere Marquette inaugural in August 1984. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 2 1/4" across.
- Type:
- Button
- Date Archived:
- November 8, 2012
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
Amtrak logo button.
Promotional button with original Amtrak logo. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 1 5/8" across. Dates between 1971-2000.
- Type:
- Button
- Date Created:
- 1993
- Date Archived:
- November 5, 2012
- Geography:
- South
- Decade:
- 1990s
Auto Train 10 Year Anniversary button.
Promotional button made to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Amtrak Auto Train in 1993. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 3" across.
- Type:
- Button
- Date Created:
- 1990
- Date Archived:
- November 5, 2012
- Geography:
- California
- Decade:
- 1990s
"Irvine Welcomes Amtrak" button.
Promotional button made to celebrate the introduction of Amtrak service at Irvine, Calif. in June 1990. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 3" across.
- Type:
- Button
- Date Created:
- 1998
- Date Archived:
- November 5, 2012
- Geography:
- Northwest
- Decade:
- 1990s
Amtrak Cascades button.
Promotional button made to celebrate the introduction of the newly branded Amtrak Cascades service in 1998. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 3" across.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- October 16, 1976
- Date Archived:
- November 1, 2012
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
President Gerald Ford greets supporters in Joliet, Ill., 1976.
President Ford toured Illinois by chartered Amtrak train on October 16, 1976. Black and white photograph from the FY 1976 Amtrak Annual Report.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- September 20, 1976
- Date Archived:
- November 1, 2012
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Jimmy Carter waves to supporters, 1976.
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter toured the Northeast via chartered Amtrak train on September 20, 1976. Black and white photograph from the FY 1976 Amtrak Annual Report.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- September 20, 1976
- Date Archived:
- November 1, 2012
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
Jimmy Carter aboard Amtrak at Trenton, N.J., 1976.
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter stopped in New Jersey during a whistle-stop tour on September 20, 1976. Black and white photograph from the FY 1976 Amtrak Annual Report.
- Type:
- Button
- Date Created:
- 1978
- Date Archived:
- November 1, 2012
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1970s
"Down-to-Earth" Fares button.
Promotional button produced to highlight the "Down-to-Earth" Fares campaign. Metal button with pin; measures approximately 3.5" across.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- Northwest
- Decade:
- 1990s
Take Your Bike Aboard the Amtrak Cascades brochure.
Multicolor foldout paper brochure about taking bicycles aboard the Amtrak Cascades service (Eugene, Ore.–Vancouver, B.C.). Dates to the 1990s; from the Ann Owens Collection.