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- "Pasteurized-Pure" Drinking Water Carton Used on the Santa Fe Railroad - Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. This carton, which contained drinking water, was likely distributed to Santa Fe work crews. It featured the railroad's logo, an illustration of a worker alongside a railroad track, and a reminder to be safe on the job.
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"Pasteurized-Pure" Drinking Water Carton Used on the Santa Fe Railroad
Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. This carton, which contained drinking water, was likely distributed to Santa Fe work crews. It featured the railroad's logo, an illustration of a worker alongside a railroad track, and a reminder to be safe on the job.
- Advertising Poster, "Santa Fe All the Way," circa 1946 - Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. Though it disappeared in a 1995 merger, Santa Fe is still remembered for its colorful locomotives, its Harvey House restaurants, and the Academy Award-winning song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from the 1946 film <em>The Harvey Girls</em>.
- circa 1946
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Advertising Poster, "Santa Fe All the Way," circa 1946
Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. Though it disappeared in a 1995 merger, Santa Fe is still remembered for its colorful locomotives, its Harvey House restaurants, and the Academy Award-winning song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from the 1946 film The Harvey Girls.
- Texas, Santa Fe: Famous Brands of the Lone Star State, 1938-1942 - Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. Though it disappeared in a 1995 merger, Santa Fe is still remembered for its colorful locomotives, its Harvey House restaurants, and the Academy Award-winning song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from the 1946 film <em>The Harvey Girls</em>.
- circa 1940
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Texas, Santa Fe: Famous Brands of the Lone Star State, 1938-1942
Chartered in 1859, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway connected Chicago with southern California via the southwestern United States. Though it disappeared in a 1995 merger, Santa Fe is still remembered for its colorful locomotives, its Harvey House restaurants, and the Academy Award-winning song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from the 1946 film The Harvey Girls.
- Fred Harvey Services Santa Fe Dining Car Menu Prepared for the University of Detroit Band, November 25, 1949 - Fred Harvey partnered with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to offer quick but quality food at stations along the railroad's routes through the southwestern United States. In time, he brought his trademark "Fred Harvey Service" aboard Santa Fe's dining cars. This menu was for a meal prepared for members of the University of Detroit Band in November 1949.
- November 25, 1949
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Fred Harvey Services Santa Fe Dining Car Menu Prepared for the University of Detroit Band, November 25, 1949
Fred Harvey partnered with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to offer quick but quality food at stations along the railroad's routes through the southwestern United States. In time, he brought his trademark "Fred Harvey Service" aboard Santa Fe's dining cars. This menu was for a meal prepared for members of the University of Detroit Band in November 1949.
- Two Views of Theodore Roosevelt: Riding in a Railroad Locomotive and Giving a Speech, likely 1903 - During the late 19th century, campaigning politicians might charter tour trains to quickly get from town to town to make brief appearances or speeches. These were sometimes called "whistle-stop" tours. Theodore Roosevelt was a ferocious "whistle-stopper" -- in 1899 while running for New York governor, in 1900 as McKinley's running mate, and in 1903 and 1912 for his own Presidential campaigns.
- 1903
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Two Views of Theodore Roosevelt: Riding in a Railroad Locomotive and Giving a Speech, likely 1903
During the late 19th century, campaigning politicians might charter tour trains to quickly get from town to town to make brief appearances or speeches. These were sometimes called "whistle-stop" tours. Theodore Roosevelt was a ferocious "whistle-stopper" -- in 1899 while running for New York governor, in 1900 as McKinley's running mate, and in 1903 and 1912 for his own Presidential campaigns.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division Operating Manual, 1944, "Instruction Manual, Santa Fe, Diesel-Electric Freight Locomotives 119 to 157" - Diesel-electric locomotives, introduced on American railroads in the 1920s, offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. Santa Fe was an early and eager adopter. The company operated in the arid southwestern United States where supplying water for steam locomotives was a challenge.
- 1944
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General Motors Electro-Motive Division Operating Manual, 1944, "Instruction Manual, Santa Fe, Diesel-Electric Freight Locomotives 119 to 157"
Diesel-electric locomotives, introduced on American railroads in the 1920s, offered several advantages over their steam-powered counterparts. They used less fuel, required less maintenance, and could be operated by smaller crews. Santa Fe was an early and eager adopter. The company operated in the arid southwestern United States where supplying water for steam locomotives was a challenge.
- Fred Harvey Services Santa Fe Dining Car Menu Prepared for the University of Detroit Band, November 23, 1949 - Fred Harvey partnered with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to offer quick but quality food at stations along the railroad's routes through the southwestern United States. In time, he brought his trademark "Fred Harvey Service" aboard Santa Fe's dining cars. This menu was for a meal prepared for members of the University of Detroit Band in November 1949.
- November 23, 1949
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Fred Harvey Services Santa Fe Dining Car Menu Prepared for the University of Detroit Band, November 23, 1949
Fred Harvey partnered with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to offer quick but quality food at stations along the railroad's routes through the southwestern United States. In time, he brought his trademark "Fred Harvey Service" aboard Santa Fe's dining cars. This menu was for a meal prepared for members of the University of Detroit Band in November 1949.