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artdecoandmodernist · 2 years ago

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The most beautiful Art Deco train in the world, the Mercury in Chicago Station. 1936.

#1936 #art deco #train #the mercury #chicago station #beautiful train #30s trains #30s lifestyle #1930s trains #1930s travel #travel #train travel #art deco train #art deco style #freedom #travel in style

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steampunktendencies · 7 months ago

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"Green Train", England

#Train #Hedge #UK #England #Streamliner #Mallard #1930s #Dieselpunk

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newyorkthegoldenage · 5 months ago

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Jesse Owens and his wife, Ruth, rush to catch the train home to Cleveland at Grand Central Station on August 24, 1936. They arrived from Berlin, where Owens won four gold medals in track and field at the Olympic Games.

Photo: Associated Press

#vintage New York #1930s #Jesse Owens #Ruth Owens #1936 Olympics #catch a train #1930s New York #Grand Central #vintage NYC

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agelessphotography · 6 months ago

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Pittsburgh, Gordon Coster, circa 1930

#photography #vintage photography #vintage #gordon coster #pittsburgh #pennsylvania #trains #1930s #1930 #sepia #american

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kafkasapartment · 5 months ago

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Elevated Train Station, Lower Broadway and the Battery, 1936. William Sharp. Oil on canvas.

#art #painting #1930s #vintage #peinture #pittura #pintura #malerei #new york #train station

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jiz-henry · 2 years ago

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#hellbound train #devil #1930s #gif

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vintagepromotions · 8 months ago

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Travel poster for Bulgaria, featuring a train exiting a tunnel with mountains in the background (1938). Artwork by Angel Tilov.

#vintage poster #vintage trevel poster #1930s #bulgaria #Angel Tilov #train #mountains #river #bridge #travel #tourism #holiday

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peachesodell · 1 year ago

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Behold: The Chicago Mercury about 1936. Ta-dah!

#Old trains #locomotives #1930s #trains #vintage #retro future #art deco

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fawnvelveteen · 4 months ago

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Marlene Dietrich arriving at a Parisian train station on May 19, 1933.

#Marlene Dietrich #paris #train station #1930s #1933

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chic-a-gigot · 2 months ago

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Beaux-arts des modes, no. 6, novembre 1935 (New York, Paris, London, Milano, Wien, Bruxelles). Modèles Originaux. Bibliothèque nationale de France

1271 Ball robe in silk romain. Long material wings fixed by strass buckles. Rightside draped and looped dress part, pointed train. 1271a Long cape of velours chiffon with crossed big fox collar.

#Beaux-arts des modes #20th century #1930s #1935 #publication #fashion #fashion plate #color #description #bibliothèque nationale de france #dress #devant et dos #november color plates #ball #gown #evening #cape #train

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danskjavlarna · 2 months ago

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From runaway trains to flying trains to trains to Mars, all aboard my vintage locomotives gallery.

#locomotive #transportation #airplane #covered wagon #steam train #1930s #vintage illustration #illustration

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stone-cold-groove · 9 months ago

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Southern Pacific’s new daylight route travel poster - 1937.

#vintage illustration #vintage advertising #vintage travel posters #vintage artwork #vintage art #the 1930s #rail travel #railroads #train travel #trains #southern pacific railroad #southern pacific #san francisco #los angeles #california

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starrysharks · 1 year ago

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got some chara designs for a little death game oc project that i kinda want to develop further so why not post some chara designs from it ?!?!!?!?

#zeno's art #basically its a death game set in steampunky-early 1930s europe on a train. will not explain anything else #these guys all have names btw so i will name them in the tags starting from the left character in the first image:#balthazar black #felix postmort #cashmere cabaret #felicia fey #bramble thornfist #muffet mcsmith #diane dresden #otto ragnetela #ok thats it. bye.#OH YEA THIS IS NOT ALL OF THEM BTW!!!! theres like a few more charas (15 in all)#i didnt even include the main chara in this line up lol these are just the designs im happiest wjth #my ocs #ocs #my ocs art

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newyorkthegoldenage · 1 month ago

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A souvenir-grabbing crowd rides the last train to operate over the Sixth Avenue El, which terminated service to make way for the new subway, December 4, 1938. The venerable El, with its winding overhead structure, started service in 1878.

Photo: Harry Harris for the AP

#vintage New York #1930s #elevated subway #El #elevated train #Dec. 4 #last El train #4 Dec.#1930s New York #old NYC

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voca1ion · 6 months ago

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Beautiful stylized art deco postcard sent in 1938 from the railroad post office on the inaugural journey of the new streamlined 20th Century Limited from New York to Chicago

#history #new york #railroad #trains #new york central #streamliner #art deco #dreyfus hudson #hudson #steam train #1930s aesthetic #1930s art #postcards aesthetic #vintage postcards #postcards #20th century limited #retro futurism #voca1ion

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kafkasapartment · 1 month ago

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DSB (The Danish State Railways) 1937. Aage Rasmussen. Printers: Andreasen & Lachmann, Copenhagen.

#train #railway #posters #vintage #graphic design #design graphique #design grafico #1930s

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