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Presenting the comet. New streamlined air-conditioned train bpl – Vintage Print

Presenting the comet. New streamlined air-conditioned train bpl — historic image
Presenting the comet. New streamlined air-conditioned train bpl. Historic image from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Presenting the comet. New streamlined air-conditioned train bpl comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Presenting the comet. New streamlined air-conditioned train bpl

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The Comet is the subject here, and the poster's wording presents it as a new train that was both streamlined and air-conditioned, two features railroads promoted heavily to passengers. Streamlining, with its smooth, rounded shapes, became a symbol of modern speed in the 1930s, and cooled cars were a major selling point for summer travel before home air conditioning was common. Posters like this one were meant to persuade travelers that rail was clean, fast and up to date. Its bold lettering and stylized image show how railroads used commercial art to shape that message.

Original scan1,014 × 1,500 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
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