Category Archives: National Geographic ads

New York Central Christmas ad, Milwuakee Road snowbound, and the California Zephyr on a New Year’s Day

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Wishing each of you happy holidays and safe travels. The ad above appeared in a National Geographic magazine. The Milwaukee Journal photo below was taken during the blizzard of January 29, 1947. The photo is reproduced here from the book … Continue reading →

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New York Central dining car ad from National Geographic magazine

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

I remember having chicken in the diner on the James Whitcomb Riley and asking my aunt why they served the water in bowls. I’d never seen a finger bowl before.  

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New York Central, Pennsylvania Broadway Limited, and Budd RDC car ads from the National Geographic

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

I I have 50 or so ads scissored out of a junior-high pal’s father’s National Geograhics collection (you can imagine how happy his father was when he found out what his son had done). Because of how I came into … Continue reading →

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