Santa Fe Warbonnet Streamliner Train in Cajon Pass Postcard 1953 – Fred Harvey
Santa Fe Warbonnet Streamliner Train in Cajon Pass Postcard 1953 – Fred Harvey
With its streamlined powerful 6,000 H. P. Diesel-electric engine, a Santa Fe transcontinental train is an impressive sight as it climbs the ramparts of Cajon Pass in California.”. “Santa Fe Streamliner.
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Santa Fe Warbonnet Streamliner Train in Cajon Pass Postcard 1953 – Fred Harvey
From the back of the card:
“Santa Fe Streamliner
With its streamlined powerful 6,000 H. P. Diesel-electric engine, a Santa Fe transcontinental train is an impressive sight as it climbs the ramparts of Cajon Pass in California.”
“Fred Harvey Hotels – Shops – Restaurants”
“Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona”
In the 1950s, the Fred Harvey Company (which ran the Santa Fe Railway’s hotels, restaurants, and shops) commissioned Curt Teich to print postcard sets featuring Santa Fe trains in their famous Warbonnet paint scheme. These cards were distributed widely through Harvey House gift shops, Santa Fe dining cars, and Fred Harvey hotels — especially the El Tovar Hotel at the Grand Canyon, which was the Santa Fe’s crown jewel tourist destination.
The “Grand Canyon National Park” line you see on the backs wasn’t meant to identify the photo location, but rather to brand the entire series with the Santa Fe’s premier attraction. For decades, the Santa Fe heavily marketed itself as “The Way to the Grand Canyon” and even built the spur line directly to the park.
Published by Curt Teich for Fred Harvey, card number 3C-K646, 1953.
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