1/27/11

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD in 1943


I would have loved this ad as a child because of the miniature people and the fact that they showed a whole little world inside the train. Okay, it reminds me of the little buildings a friend and I used to build in tiny boxes. Take the lid off and a whole tiny world was inside. But this nonsense is not why I'm posting this vintage ad.

New York Central_1943_tatteredandlost
Click on image to see it larger.

Another World War II ad from the November 1943 National Geographic. This ad is full of war time talk including the apparent need to remind customers to be polite and not steal. Oh, and Buy War Bonds.

The New York Central is no more. To read the history of this railroad click here.

2 comments:

  1. I would have liked this as a child, in fact I like it now. I also like cross sections of houses, cars etc. Fascinating stuff.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Fascinating! What an improvement on today's trains!

    ReplyDelete