GOLDEN AGE OF RAILROAD TRAVEL
Destination Southern California on the Santa Fe Southern Railway Travel Poster
To promote its routes and destinations in the 1940s and 1950s, the Santa Fe Southern Railway released a series of posters that seized the imagination of seasoned travelers and would-be ramblers alike.
A Mid-Century perfectly toned and tan sunbather sports the decade's popular platinum blonde hairstyle, an impossibly bright smile, and a highly flattering swimsuit cleverly patterned with the Santa Fe Southern Railway logo.
This vision of beachy perfection is only enhanced by the radiantly golden Southern California background. Santa Fe Railway was founded in 1859. The company helped settle the mid-west in the later part of the 19th Century by selling real estate and farmland sanctioned by Congress. They became the second transcontinental railway to exist and expanded further with north-south routes in California. Santa Fe had a robust freight business and expanded its transportation reach with a bussing system. The company was featured in a 1945 song, "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" sung by Judy Garland for the film "The Harvey Girls." In 1996, the railway merged with the Burlington Northern Railway to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.
The Original Lithograph Poster which hangs in the Buffalo River library, has been archivally scanned and enhanced. We offer this Museum Quality Giclée Reproduction Print.
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