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Title A luxury fleet featuring newest pullman refinements at low travel cost! Pennsylvania Railroad [graphic] : Broadway Limited (All-Room Train). The General New York-Philadelphia-Chicago. "Spirit of St. Louis" New York-Philadelphia-St. Louis. Liberty Limited Washington-Baltimore-Chicago. The Pittsburgher (All-Room Train) New York-Pittsburgh. The Golden Triangle Pittsburgh-Chicago. Many types of Pullman private accommodations, modern section sleepers on all but Broadway Limited and The Pittsburgher-all room trains.
Publisher [Philadelphia?] , [publisher not identified]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1945
Date [ca. 1945]
Physical Description 1 print : color offset lithograph ; sheet x 45 cm ( x 17.75 in)
Description Poster showing an interior view of a luxury pullman car to advertise the Pennsylvania Railroad. Shows several white men and woman passengers relaxing in the car. In the left, a Black man server, serves drinks to two women and a man seated at a booth. Across from them, in the right, an older man sits in an arm chair, and smokes a cigar, and holds a paper in his lap. An older woman sits on the arm of his chair. Behind them, two women converse, one standing. In the far background, two men stand at a bar. Image also shows a train window. The server wears a white smock shirt and black pants. The men passengers wear suits. The women passengers wear a dress or suit jacket and skirt and/or hats.
Notes Title from item.
Date inferred from content.
RVCDC
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
Men, Black.
Passengers.
Interiors.
Men -- Clothing & dress.
Railroad trains.
Waiters.
Women -- Clothing & dress.
Genre Offset lithographs -- Color -- 1940-1950.
Posters -- 1940-1950.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| miscellaneous posters [P.2284.103]
Accession number P.2284.103