Giants of Speed and Power at A Century of Progress

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $6.95
Original Price: $11.95

Stock #:332881
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
Postmark: 1933 Sep-1
Postmark City: Chicago
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:2050 W. Lee Pl.
Chicago, IL

Additional Details:
The Royal Scot London-Glasgow-Edinburgh flyer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. 1st class corridor brake coach 1st class sleeper coach 3rd class sleeper coach Lounge car and brake 1st class corridor vestibule coach Electric kitchen car 3rd class vestibule coach 3rd class corridor brake coach The Burlington Train A composite train made up of equipment from regular Burlington trains. U. S. Railway Post Office car Reclining chair car (Aristocrat) Dining car (Black Hawk) Salon-bed room Pullman (Black Hawk) 14 Section Pullman (Aristocrat) Lounge car (Ak-Sar-Ben) The Pride of the Prairies Engine 35...vintage of 1882. Behind it is a reproduction of the first railway car in which U. S. Mail was assorted in transit, (1862) and thus the actual starting point of today's extensive Railway Post Office service. This card furnished for mailing in the Postal Car on the Burlington's World's Fair Exhibition Train

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