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Type:: NRPC Form
Date Archived:: December 13, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 1970s

Hi-Level baggage tag, 1970s.

Two color printed paper baggage tag with geometric border inspired by American Indian motifs; also includes a line drawing of a bi-level "Hi-Level" car. Tag dates to the early 1970s.

Type:: Postcard
Date Archived:: May 16, 2013
Geography:: West
Decade:: 1970s

Southwest postcard, early 1970s.

Color paper postcard featuring an Amtrak train traveling through a desert landscape at sunset. This card is one of a set produced by Amtrak with various images of trains and interiors.

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.

Type:: Photograph
Date Created:: June 11, 1972
Date Archived:: April 11, 2011
Geography:: Midwest
Decade:: 1970s

Westbound Super Chief .

Westbound Amtrak Super Chief at 21st Street in Chicago on June 11, 1972.