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Published: February 16, 2026 22:50

Applications are now open for the Reynolds Travel Grant for the Transportation Library! Learn more and apply here: https://www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-collections/distinctive-special-collections/transportation-library/research-grant.html Image:…

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Published: February 3, 2026 19:11

A postcard shows the 12-passenger lounge designed by automotive designer Harley Earl for Northeast Airlines’ Convair 880. During a prolific career with GM, he oversaw the iconic Corvette and Firebird designs & authorized the first automotive tailfins on…

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Published: January 28, 2026 16:14

This June 1, 1961 timetable highlights Capital Airlines’ Boeing 720—an early jet-age aircraft and a variant of the 707. Capital was once the fifth-largest U.S. domestic carrier. The date of this timetable was also the airline's last day of operation before…

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Published: January 23, 2026 17:44

In the early decades of the 20th century, electric trucks were popular in American cities. Large fleets were operated by businesses like Chicago retailers Carson Pirie Scott and Jewel Tea - the second of which began in 1899 as a tea and coffee delivery…

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Published: January 21, 2026 17:25

"Powering the Future: Electric and Alternative Fuel Vehicles," is now on display in the Transportation Library’s lobby. Drawing from our collections, the exhibit highlights how automobility and automotive power were marketed throughout the 20th century.…

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Published: January 20, 2026 22:23

From "Radlerei! : 40 Kunsttafeln" (Vienna, 1897), bicycle poetry paired with Art Nouveau illustrations —“The bicycle is a spider / That catches male flies / Too late some realize / That they are caught in its web.” NUTL Special Collections.…

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Published: January 18, 2026 21:52

"Be a winner yourself...no traffic 'blocks' to throw you for a loss, no frantic scrimmage for parking." This pamphlet was published in 1967, when the Bears played at Wrigley under HC George Halas. Tonight, they play in the Divisional game in their Ben…

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Published: January 6, 2026 22:29

The first of the Burlington Zephyrs—streamlined trains named for the Greek god of the West Wind—was inaugurated in 1934. By 1956, the date of the menu pictured here, more than 12 were in operation, in what was then the fastest train service in the world. …

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Published: November 27, 2025 16:08

Happy Thanksgiving! In 1972—just a year after its founding—Amtrak served travelers a full holiday feast, from Tom Turkey to Pumpkin Pie Chantilly. A tasty start to a new era of passenger rail. NUTL Menu Collection, Thomas F. Seaman donation.…

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Published: November 18, 2025 22:36

Founded in 1958, Royal Nepal Airlines is the flag carrier of Nepal. This 1976 envelope held airmail envelopes and stationery for passenger correspondence—ideal for jotting down notes about midair sightings of Yetis performing drink service. NUTL Mallstrom…