Penn Central Railroad memorabilia auction poster
Creation: 1972Abstract
The Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company was the creation of a 1968 merger of the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads. In 1970, the "Penn Central" Transportation Company filed for bankruptcy and auctioned off Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad memorabilia, pictures, and other materials. This collection consists of a poster for the auction of Penn Central railroad memorabilia. The poster includes images of lanterns and a locomotive, both in black, on brown paper with text announcing dates for auction and preview.
Dates
- Creation: 1972
Creator
- Penn Central Transportation Company (Organization)
Extent
1 item(s)
General Physical Description
1 print, poster ; 30 x 20.75 in.
Historical Note
The Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Company was the creation of a 1968 merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad. In 1970, the "Penn Central" Transportation Company filed for bankruptcy and auctioned off Pennsylvania Railroad and New York Central Railroad memorabilia, pictures, and other materials. Federal regulators reorganized Penn Central and a few smaller railroads as the Consolidated Railroad Corporation (Conrail) in 1976. Conrail was in operation until 1999.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a poster for the auction of Penn Central railroad memorabilia. Headline states "The Largest Auction of Railroad Memorabilia in History." The poster includes images of lanterns and a locomotive, both in black, on brown paper. Text contains "March 20-21-22 9am-5pm South Concourse 30th Street Station-Phila All items on exhibition March 13-18 Admission $2.00."
Location
AA-06.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Subjects
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Penn Central Railroad memorabilia auction poster
- Date:
- 2016
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
