Name/Title
Union Pacific Railroad Wall Calendar, 1955-1956Entry/Object ID
x.659Scope and Content
A large wall calendar released by the Union Pacific Railroad, 1955-1956. The calendar is 12.25" x 23" when closed, bound with two staples at the top. It is a lithograph printing. The calendar covers December 1955 through December 1956; the pages for March and October 1956 have been ripped out. The calendar also includes a page for the full year of 1956. The calendar flips around after June, as each page is double-sided with different months.
Each individual page includes a full month, with red lettering for the month name, year, and every numbered day that falls on a Sunday or holiday. The rest of the text and numbers are in black. Each day of the week is listed in a row above the calendar, in three letter abbreviations. The bottom of the calendar has the Union Pacific Railroad red, white, and blue shield logo, and a small boxed calendar for both the previous and latter months (For example: December 1955 has small November 1955 and January 1956 calendars at the bottom of its page). Each month has a color picture highlighting certain trains, railroad trips, and landmarks featured on Union Pacific lines, with the text "Union Pacific Railroad: Road of the Daily Domeliners and Steamliners" as a footer. Types of images shown include a train at a Los Angeles station, Hoover Dam in Nevada, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and a dining car interior, along with other images.Collection
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Union Pacific RailroadArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1955 - 1956Archive Size/Extent
One oversize containerArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1955-1956
Date(s): 1955-1956
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Notes
Custodial History: Found in Broomfield Depot Museum collections with three other calendars released by Union Pacific Railroad. Accession information has not yet been found, as of 7/6/2016. It is possible, though not verified, that the calendars could have been used in the 1950s and 1960s at the Broomfield train depot.