The Burlington Zephyr. East Dubuque, Illinois – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures The Burlington Zephyr. East Dubuque, Illinois in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Burlington Zephyr. East Dubuque, Illinois
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Few trains of the 1930s looked as modern as the Burlington Zephyr, and this view places it at East Dubuque, Illinois, a small river town on the Mississippi across from Dubuque, Iowa. The Zephyr was a lightweight, stainless steel streamliner built by the Budd Company and powered by a diesel-electric engine. It went into service on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in 1934, when its record-setting run from Denver to Chicago drew wide attention to the idea of faster, cheaper passenger travel. The picture dates to April 1940, a few years after the train had become a familiar sight across the Midwest.
| Created / published | 1940 Apr. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm. |
| Genre | Nitrate negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | United States--Illinois--East Dubuque. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,294 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-201555 |
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