Western Pacific Railway
passenger train
California Zephyr
from 1956
This advertisement page is by the Western Pacific Railroad, promoting its California Zephyr passenger train.
The California Zephyr was a passenger train run by the Western Pacific, Burlington and Rio Grande Railroads, running from Chicago to San Francisco.
The ad has 7 photos of Zephyrette Nellie O’Grady as she assists passengers aboard WP’s California Zephyr.
Ad text starts “I know why the California Zephyr is the most talked-about train in the country” and goes on about the train.
This ad is full page, approx. 7” x 10”, carefully removed from an actual 1957 magazine.
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