"Am I Getting Through to You" Freight Loss and Damage Prevention Poster
Entry/Object ID
1975.5.1a
Scope and Content
A poster telling railroad employees to reduce instances of freight damage and loss, 17" x 22," 1969. The poster was issued by the Freight Loss and Damage Prevention Section and Association of Railroad Editors, for the Association of American Railroads (AAR). The message reads,
"Am I Getting Through To You on Careful Handling?" In orange lettering.
"Make Shippers Aware That Railroaders Care" at the bottom of the poster.
The message is accompanied by a picture of a woman who has fallen out of a broken wooden crate, pointing at the camera. The image is in black and white except for the woman's dress, which is orange.
The AAR poster number is 5-1969
Collection
Permanent Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Poster
Nomenclature Class
Advertising Media
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Posters, Posting notices, Freight handling
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1969 - 1969
Archive Size/Extent
17" x 22". In 20" x 24" flat corrugated board container.
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1969
Date(s): 1969
Copy/Orig/Other: Original
Custodial History: Originally used and posted in the Broomfield depot's station agent office and/or baggage area while the depot was still in use by Colorado and Southern Railway Company. All posters in the depot were later removed and put in the Broomfield Historical Society's collections after the depot was relocated from 1975 to 1976.