Amtrak letterhead, 1970s

[Trollopian]

From a quirky website that collects classic letterhead from a (mostly) vanished era of correspondence, here's this treasure from the 1970s: http://www.letterheady.com/post/484423722/amtrak. Sure, the image was an anachronism even then, but it harks back to the great era of civilized train travel.

If you're a fan of design, check out the letterheady website. I particularly admire the stationery used by Henry Miller, the Rolling Stones, "His Master's Voice" gramophone company, and many others.

 

[A Voice]

From a quirky website that collects classic letterhead from a (mostly) vanished era of correspondence, here's this treasure from the 1970s: http://www.letterheady.com/post/484423722/amtrak. Sure, the image was an anachronism even then, but it harks back to the great era of civilized train travel.

If you're a fan of design, check out the letterheady website. I particularly admire the stationery used by Henry Miller, the Rolling Stones, "His Master's Voice" gramophone company, and many others.

Packed away somewhere, I have either one of those or one very similar. I would have got it in 1983 aboard the then new "Florida First-Class" service on the Silver Star (and Meteor). It came in a brown Amtrak letterhead folder, which I also still have. As part of this "Florida" program, there was also a complimentary wine & cheese basket, and the attendant shined your shoes overnight while you slept.

 

[trainman74]

And I got some very similar (if not identical) stationery on the City of New Orleans in 1990.

 

[railiner]

Another relic of a gentler time....people sending real letters as opposed to email, tweets, et al.....

Anyone else recall when all Pullman cars carried Western Union Telegram blanks?,,,,

 

[xyzzy]

Some cars inherited by Amtrak in 1971 had a desk that could be used for letter-writing if the conductor hadn't taken it.

Stationery has nearly disappeared from hotel rooms, too. Last time I saw a telegram blank in a hotel room was probably the early 1970s. However, some of us who are ham radio operators still have Radiogram blanks for emergency preparedness.