"Amtrak Vacations" poster, 2000s.
Full color printed paper poster made to promote Amtrak-organized tours; dates to the early 2000s.
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- Date Archived:
- December 19, 2014
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 2000s
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Amtrak has long offered travel packages that include rail fare, hotel accommodations and organized tours of local attractions. This poster advertising Amtrak Vacations is one of a set created for Amtrak by the Michael Schwab Studio around 2000. They showcase the then-new Acela Express (Washington-Boston) and long-distance services.
The Acela Express posters depict stylized scenes for principal cities along the Northeast Corridor, while the long-distance series highlights typical landscapes associated with each train. The landscape for the Amtrak Vacations poster was also used for the California Zephyr (Chicago-Denver-Emeryville).
Graphic Artist: Michael Schwab (American) for Amtrak.
From the Ann Owens Collection.
