Name/Title
Union Pacific Wall Calendar, 1956-1957Entry/Object ID
x.661Scope and Content
A large wall calendar released by the Union Pacific Railroad, 1956-1957. 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 1956 through December 1957; the pages for March, April, September, and October 1957 have been ripped out. The calendar also includes a page for the full year of 1957, and a back page with additional information and descriptions about each picture in the calendar. 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 1956 has small November 1956 and January 1957 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. Images include: a "City of Portland" train traveling in Oregon, the Hoover Dam in Nevada, a Union Pacific Watchword diesel locomotive, and Pikes Peak in Colorado, among other images.Collection
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Date(s) of Creation
1956 - 1957Archive Size/Extent
Oversize containerArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1956-1957
Date(s): 1956-1957
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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.