MILWAUKEE ROAD CMStP&P NEW Olympian Hiawatha 1947
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Description: MILWAUKEE ROAD/CMStP&P pre-inaugural booklet describing the Milwaukee's NEW Brooks Stevens designed transcontinental "Speedliner" the "Olympian Hiawatha." 20 page booklet brochure, 10 7/8"w x 8 3/8"h when closed, 21 3/4"w x 8 3/8"h when fully opened. Horizontal format, full color printing, on medium weight coated stock. One of THE great inaugural name train brochures of the postwar streamline era. Extensive advertising copy describing train features; five cartoon American Indians bearing the names of the Milwaukee's "Hiawathas" on their headresses; three full color artist's renderings of train exterior; sixteen full color artist's renderings of interior accommodations; six full color car floorplans; booklet is accented with American Indian motifs throughout; one duotone of a Nystrom truck with a key to its parts; a stylized system map. Printed in U.S.A., Manz, Chicago; 5-47. Read scans left to right, top to bottom: Scan #1: front cover. Scan #2: page 3. Scan #3: page 8. Scan #4: page 9. Scan #5: page 15. Scan #6: page 16. Scan #7: page 18. Scan #8: page 19. Scan #9: back cover. Condition: Overall GOOD . Flaws: booklet exhibits general handling wear/creasing/rubbing; some soiling and wear throughout brochure; t is a light musty odor and very light staple rust; the cover binding is fragile but has not come loose; the cover
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