Title

Santa Fe's 'Super Chief' travelling through orange groves, California, USA, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Santa Fe's 'Super Chief' travelling through orange groves, California, USA, 1940. Postard. View showing mountains in the distance. The 'Super Chief' was the flagship train service of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, operating between Chicago and Los Angeles. The train first ran in 1936 and the service continued until 1971. The 'Super Chief' was known as the train of the stars' because of the many celebrities that used it.
Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Curt Teich Postcard Archives

Reference

HRM19D66_307

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,6Mb (1,2Mb) / 13,7in x 8,7in / 4105 x 2602 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation nature California tree countryside crops agriculture red farming train fruit orange oranges plant yellow mountain mountains country geography railway color colour travelling railway line location century public transport engine railway track orange tree orange grove locomotive 1940s Forties United States of America United States 20th century American America USA decade geographical feature TGN photograph postcard Curt Teich Postcard Archives Atchison streamliner Super Chief Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Unknown photograph postcard