Go Pullman - Train Car Accommodations Pamphlet

Name/Title

"Go Pullman" - Train Car Accommodations Pamphlet

Entry/Object ID

x.733

Scope and Content

Pamphlet advertising travel accommodations for Pullman train cars, circa 1950s. The pamphlet is 4" x 9" when folded, paper, 23 pages, with a black cover featuring a porter gesturing two passengers to enter a train. Text at the top of the cover says "Go Pullman: by day...by night." The back side, when folded, has images of passengers being served food, a baby laying down next to a mother in train seat, and two passengers eating at a table, with the test "Go Pullman: for travel at its best" at the top. The pamphlet unfolds into a book. The inside of the pamphlet includes information exclusively about Pullman train car accommodations, including different sleeper cars, dining cars, and various features of different cars. It is filled with full color illustrations of all different parts of the car interiors, and descriptions.

Collection

Permanent Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pamphlet

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Pamphlets, Trains, Railroad passenger cars, Railroad porters, Railroad private cars, Railroad travel

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1950 - 1959

Archive Size/Extent

One legal size file folder

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Circa 1950s Date(s): 1955 circa Copy/Orig/Other: Original