Fluidr / Alan Mays's "Maps" set

Be Specific, Say Union Pacific (1952)

N 14 B 9.2K C 0 E May 22, 2018 F May 22, 2018

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"For dependable transportation, be specific, say 'Union Pacific.' Road of the Daily Streamliners. 1952. 1953."

Places listed on the map: Portland, Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sun Valley, Butte, Ogden, Pocatello, Salt Lake City, Hoover Dam, Cheyenne, Denver, Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Be Specific, Say "Union Pacific" (1952).

Tags: ephemera calendars advertising calendars advertising advertisements ads paper printed Union Pacific Union Pacific Railroad UP streamliners railroads railways trains locomotives transport transportation patriotic stars stripes shields red white blue illustrations maps cities slogans logos 1952 1953 1950s antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts

Fred Harvey Company Hotel and Restaurant Map, 1920s

N 19 B 7.3K C 0 E Oct 10, 2018 F Oct 10, 2018

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This postcard map shows the locations of Fred Harvey Company hotels and restaurants along the route of the "Santa Fe," otherwise known as the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

I am at the place marked X today, ________ ____ 192__.

From the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast and the Gulf of Mexico along the Santa Fe.

Red circles indicate Santa Fe hotels, dining and lunch rooms under management of Fred Harvey.

Tags: ephemera postcards maps advertising ads advertisements paper printed Harvey Fred Harvey Fred Harvey Company hotels restaurants dining rooms lunch rooms Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Santa Fe ATSF railroads railways companies trains lines United States USA states travel traveling transportation X mark marked X X marks the spot fill in the blanks illustrations borders green yellow brown 1920s antique old vintage type typefaces typography fonts

Venture into Space

N 38 B 18.7K C 0 E Jul 28, 2016 F Jul 28, 2016

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"Venture into Space. New Amoco map of space mysteries--in full color. What it's like to travel in the vast unknown. A message to America from Dr. James R. Killian, the President's chief science advisor. Compliments of American Oil Company."

Cover illustration of the Amoco Map of Space Mysteries, published in 1958.

Tags: ephemera maps folded maps charts advertising advertisements ads paper printed Amoco Map of Space Mysteries Venture into Space American Oil Company Amoco gas gasoline companies space mysteries space mysteries ventures outer space astronauts space suits helmets spaceships rockets planets earth stars folded illustrations blue red yellow 1958 1950s old vintage typefaces type typography fonts petroliana

Greetings from Your Milkman

N 15 B 15.6K C 2 E Dec 5, 2013 F Dec 15, 2014

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"Greetings from Your Milkman. May all your road and paths lead to...."

For the inside pages of this greeting card, see below.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Greetings from Your Milkman.

Tags: ephemera greeting cards greetings cards Christmas cards advertising advertisements ads paper printed Christmas Xmas December 25 New Year January 1 holidays wreaths holly leaves berries snow winter Johnstown Sanitary Dairy Sanitary Sanitary Dairy dairies companies businesses dairy products milk milkman milkmen men hats uniforms clothes clothing milk delivery deliveries milk trucks milk delivery trucks trucks vehicles highways roads streets maps road maps signs signposts occupational folded illustrations yellow red green Pleasantville Happy Town Johnstown Pa. Cambria County Pennsylvania old vintage typefaces type typography fonts

Greetings from Your Milkman (Inside)

N 8 B 16.8K C 1 E Dec 5, 2013 F Dec 15, 2014

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Originally posted on Ipernity: Greetings from Your Milkman (Inside).

"A Merry Christmas. A Happy New Year. Johnstown Sanitary Dairy Co. Foster Hostetler."

Road and place names listed on the map that's superimposed over the wintery landscape: Happy Town, Holiday, Friendship Highway, Merrytown, Pleasantville, Joyful, Joydale Road, Friends, and Peaceful Center.

For the front of this card, see Greetings from Your Milkman (below):