That The Public May Know ... America's Prosperity Rides On America's Railroads

Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois

Publication: Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co, 1948, Chicago

First edition. 11" x 14," printed on thick textured paper stock in blue and black and tied at spine with white silk braid. [28] pp. Photo and text illustrations. Diagrams. A Lavish booklet illustrating the Pullman-Standard's exhibit at the 1948 Chicago Railroad Fair which commemorated 100 years of railroading West of Chicago. The fair was held in 1948-1949 along the shore of Lake Michigan with 39 railroad companies participating. The large interactive exhibits showed the importance of freight cars, Pullman-Standard manufacturing plants, the innovative PS-1 Box Car and the "Train of Tomorrow," General Motors streamliner. Also shown are the Pullman-Standard Track Cribbing machines and their post-war advertising campaign. Faint center fold crease and with minor shelfwear. Very good.

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