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- 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:
- 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:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- October 31, 1976
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
New York–Boston–Springfield timetable, 1976.
Multicolor printed foldout paper timetable issued on October 31, 1976 for New England services. Named routes included are the Montrealer, Bankers, Connecticut Yankee, Night Owl, Pilgrim, Bicentennial, Minute Man, Southern Crescent, Clamdigger, Statesman, Flying Yankee, Narragansett, Senator, Bostonian and Merchants Limited. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- April 27, 1975
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1970s
West Coast services schedule, 1975.
Multicolor printed paper timetable issued on April 27, 1975 for West Coast services: Mount Ranier, Pacific International, Coast Starlight, Puget Sound, San Diegans and San Joaquin Valley Line. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- April 25, 1976
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1970s
East-Midwest timetable, 1976.
Printed two-color paper timetable issued on April 25, 1976 for the Broadway Limited (New York–Chicago via Pennsylvania and Indiana), Lakeshore Limited (New York–Chicago via New York State and Ohio) and National Limited (New York–Kansas City via West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana). From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Timetable
- Date Created:
- May 19, 1974
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1970s
New England Inland Route schedules, 1974.
Multicolor printed paper timetable, issued May 19, 1974, detailing service from New York to Boston and Springfield, through Connecticut. Named routes include the Montrealer, Connecticut Yankee and Bay State. From the Ann Owens Collection.
- Type:
- Brochure
- Date Created:
- 1973
- Date Archived:
- September 10, 2012
- Geography:
- California
- Decade:
- 1970s
Golden State Aventour brochure, 1973.
Full color paper brochure illustrated with photographs and drawings. This tour package included Amtrak fares. The fifteen-day tour began and ended in Chicago, running from May 5 to October 17, 1973. The westward leg rode the Super Chief and the return eastward leg ran on the San Francisco Zephyr. The California leg was run by motorcoach from Los Angeles north to San Francisco, and then out to Lake Tahoe. From the Ann Owens Collection.
