Railway Ephemera

Card, Membership
2010.031.018
Lifetime Pass
Gold colored paper Lifetime pass. Card says: GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO./ Lifetime Pass G5051/ in recognition of 45 years of service/ For Mrs. Tom Maurantonio/ Wife of Section Foreman/ Retired. The back of the card gives the terms of use for the card... View Full Record
Ticket
2010.031.019
Great Northern Railway passenger check... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.020
Photographic postcard of Great Northern Ry's electric locomotive 5019 crossing US Highway 2 near Skykomish, WA. Published for the 1992 GNRHS Convention at Everett, WA.... View Full Record
Card, Trade
2010.031.021
Great Northern advertising card for the Empire Builder and Oriental Limited. Says: 2 GREAT TRAINS/ Empire Builder Oriental Limited/ You go great when you go Great Northern.... View Full Record
Sticker
2010.031.022
2010.031.022a and b 2 Small identical adhesive label with advertisement for the Milwaukee Road. The labels say: Ship by Rail/ via/ the Milwaukee Road/ Service that Pays.... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.024
Observation Compartment Car, Oriental Limited
Colored photographic postcard for the Oriental Limited showing a group of people waving from the back of the observation car. The front says Observation Compartment Car, Oriental Limited, Great Northern Railway. Post card is made out to Miss N. Hicks... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.028
Great Northern Railway Exhibition Rooms
Colored postcard showing an exhibition of Montana grains at the Union Depot in St. Paul MN. Back is blank.... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.029
Sherbourne Lakes and the Swiftcurrent Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana
Colored postcard showing two cars of people driving on a lakeshore with mountains in the background. On the back is printed "See America First" Series A - No. 108 and the Headline Glacier National Park Post Card and "Visit Glacier Nation Park"/ "The... View Full Record
Ticket
2010.031.030
Passenger's check for the Pullman Company from Chicago to Whitefish, Mont. Accommodation L5, Car B-4, Date 10-21-1946. Leaving from Union Station, Chicago, IL.... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.032
On Great Northern Railway, Near Columbia Falls, Mont.
Seattle produced postcard printed in Germany for the M.L. Oakes Photo company. Has a black and white picture of the Great Northern railway tracks near Columbia Falls, Montana. Postcard was produced in 1908 and sent in December 1909 to a Miss Anna Str... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.047
Electric High–Power Locomotive used in Cascade Mountains and Tunnels G.N.R.R.
Colored photographic postcard of locomotive. Front of postcard says: Electric High-Power used in Cascade Mountains and Tunnels G.N.R.R. Postcard was printed by Sprouse & Son, Tacoma, WA. Postcard is blank.... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.048
Electric Locomotive Pulling the Oriental Limited
Color postcard with electric locomotive in front of the Cascade Tunnel. The caption on the front says: Electric locomotive Pulling the Oriental Limited/ Emerging from Cascade Tunnel on Great Northern Railway. Made by Boughton-Robbins Co., Spokane, Wa... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.049
Freight train coming out of the Horseshoe Tunnel
Color postcard of a freight train crossing a trestle bridge after exiting the Horseshoe Tunnel. The front of the postcard says "Freight train coming out of the Horseshoe Tunnel, near Scenic, on the Great Northern R. R., Wash." Postcard was published... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.051
Oriental Limited
Black and white photographic postcard showing the Oriental Limited. Front of postcard says Oriental Limited. Great Northern R.R. near Scenic Hot Springs, Wash. Back of postcard says the postcard was published by Puget Sound News Company, Seattle,... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.052
Oriental Limited
Colored postcard of the Oriental Limited. Front of the postcard says: Oriental Limited, Great Northern R.R. entering Horseshoe Tunnel, Washington. The back of the postcard says it was published by Lowman and Hanford Co., Seattle, USA. The postc... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.053
Scenic Hotsprings
Black and white photographic postcard of the hotel at Scenic with a man and a woman holding a baby posing on the front porch. This could be the Prosser family, who owned the property. There is still some lumber leaning up against the left side of th... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.057
Winter Scene
Black and white photographic postcard of Skykomish, WA in the snow. Two young men can be seen walking in the foreground as well as the Skykomish Hotel. The Skykomish depot can be seen in the background. The front of the postcard says: "Winter Scene -... View Full Record
Timetable
2017.045.002
Burlington Route Timetable
Burlington Route Timetable. Way of the Vista-Dome Twin Zephyrs between Minneapolis-St. Paul-Chicago. Corrected to April 25, 1954.... View Full Record
Timetable
2017.045.004
Chicago and North Western System timetable, 1954
Chicago and North Western System timetable, 1954.... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.060
Train Entering Horse Shoe Tunnel
Colored postcard of Great Northern Train. Front of the postcard says "Great Northern R.R. Train entering Horse Shoe Tunnel, WA." The postcard is unsent. The back says that its published by Lowman & Hanford Co, Seattle. There is mark in the left hand... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.061
Snowsheds on line of Great Northern R.R.
Black and white postcard showing a snow shed. Front of postcard says "Snowsheds on line of Great Northern R.R. in The Cascades, Wash." The postcard is unsent. The back say that is was published by Puget Sound News Company or Seattle Washington and th... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.062
Two sided color copy of two postcards. One side has a picture of a Great Northern train moving through Wellington, WA. The caption says "Electric Motor pulling Passenger Train. Wellington Cascade Mountains, Gt. Northern Ry./ WA." Some of the town... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.064
Two Medicine Lake
Colored postcard of lake and mountains. The caption on the front says "Rockwell Mountain and Reflection on Two Medicine Lake as seen from Two Medicine Camp, Glacier National Park. See America First. Great Northern Railway." There is a copyright of 19... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.076
Great Northern's Two Medicine Bridge
Black and white postcard showing a picture of Two Medicine Bridge near Glacier National Park in 1900. The original photo was taken by William H. Meade. The caption on the back "the first bridge over the Two Medicine River was built during the summer... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.078
Great Northern Train Crews at Summit
Black and white postcard of engine 1315 with its crew posing in front of it. The caption on the back of the postcard says: "Train crews pose alongside a Great Northern Railway Class F-9 locomotive at Summit, Montana in 1923. These locomotives were... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.079
Glacier National Park Souvenir Folder
Souvenir folder or envelope of 22 postcards. The envelope holding the postcard is brown and on the front has the Great Northern goat standing on top of the Great Northern Railway logo, encircling the goat are the words "Glacier National Park/ See Ame... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.082
Great Northern Railway's Streamlined Empire Builder
Color linen postcard of showing the Empire Builder engine 503 built 1945. The caption on the front of the card says "Great Northern Railway's Streamlined Empire Builder/ Along the Border of Glacier Nation Park in Montana." There is also a number in t... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.086
Looking up Fourth Ave
Very interesting colored postcard of Seattle and King Street Station and Union Station. The caption on the front reads "Looking up Fourth Avenue the King Street Station at the left, the Oregon-Washington at the right. " The back of the postcard has a... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.093
Along Puget Sound North of Seattle
Color linen postcard of Empire Builder. The front captions say "the Empire Builder - Great Northern Railway Streamliner" and "Along Puget Sound North of Seattle, WA." The caption on the back says "The Route of the Empire Builder extends between S... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.101
Sno sheds in the Cascade Mountains
Color postcard of steam train emerging from an unknown snow shed in the Cascade Mountains from a photo by Curtis & Miller. The postcard was sent 12PM Oct 31, 1927 to A Mrs. Henry Felenzer of Spokane, WA from a woman named Martha. The body of the po... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.103
King Street Entrance, Union Depot, Seattle, WA
Color postcard of Union Depot with horses and carriages in front of it. The postcard is numbered 1053. It is in excellent unsent condition... View Full Record
Card, Trade
2010.031.105
Advertising card or label for Great Nrothern Railway freight. Has a large Great Northern logo of the 1920 - 35 era in the center. The text of the card says "Great Northern/ Route your freight via Great Northern a dependable railway/ your patronage... View Full Record
Card, Trade
2010.031.106
Advertising card or label fo the Great Northern's Oriental Limited. Has two Great Northern logos on it from the 1920 - 35 era. It advertises the "New Oriental Limited" introduced June 1st, 1924. The text of the card says "The New Oriental Limite/... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.116
Color postcard advertising the new Traveller's Rest car on the North Coast Limited. The postcard shows passengers enjoying drinks and being served by a uniformed waiter. The sides of the car are decorated to look like a map and there can be seen a... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.117
Color postcard advertising the new Traveller's Rest car on the North Coast Limited. The postcard shows passengers listining to an attendant as she points to a map on the wall of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The caption on the front says "Travelle... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.118
Color postcard advertising the Vista-Dome car on the North Coast Limited. The postcard shows children and other passengers enjoying the views. The caption on the front says "The blue sky is your ceiling on the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited" The c... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.119
Color postcard advertising the Vista-Dome car on the North Coast Limited. The postcard shows children and other passengers enjoying the view from the Vista-Dome car. The caption on the front says "The Vista-Dome North Coast Limited opens a new pano... View Full Record
Napkin
2010.031.123
2010.031.123a&b Two white paper napkins with green writing that says "The Lewis and Clark Traveller's Rest Buffet Lounge/ Vista-Dome North Coast Limited." It has a picture of a rifle, powder horn and a bow and arrows on the napkin as well.... View Full Record
Piece, Display
2010.031.127
Great Big Baked Potato
Cut out of a large baked potato with butter and a fork in it. In front of the potato says "Great Big Baked Potato/ This exclusive Northern Pacific dish and many others make meal time a pleasure on the Air-Conditioned North Coast Limited/ H.H. Ellswo... View Full Record
Postcard
2010.031.143
Colored postcard promoting the North Coast Limited Vista Dome. The caption on the back says "A friendly, courteous steward welcomes you to the new, beautifully appointed dining car on the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited. The car seats 32 in the mai... View Full Record