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Date Archived:

March 5, 2013

Geography:

National

Decade:

1970s

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"Family Travel is a Gas on Amtrak" flyer.

Multi-color printed paper flyer promoting the Amtrak Family Plan, in which one guardian paid the full fare and the rest of the family received discounts. From the Ann Owens Collection, c. late 1970s. The flyer plays on the gas shortages and inflationary pressures of the decade: "Gas...prices going, going UP!...Next time out leave your car home and take our car...and save on the cost of rail transportation..."