Santa Fe Railway Notepad

AssociationAssociated with Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (1859 - 1996)

Dateca. 1940

Mediumlithograph on paper, padding glue, cardboard

Dimensions3/8 × 2 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (1 × 6.4 × 12.1 cm)

ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Michael McCormick

Object numberPC2021.27.3

DescriptionSmall perfect-bound notepad with unlined paper. On the cover in blue, black, and white, there is an illustration of a young boy with shoulder length black hair. He is wearing a headband with a single feather at the back of the head. He is holding up the Santa Fe Railway logo, which has a cross inside a circle and the words "Santa Fe" in its center. Below this illustration it says, "the railroad/that is always on the move/toward a better way." Along the top and bottom of the cover there is a diamond motif border. The reverse side of the notebook shows a map of the U.S. oriented horizontally, from Illinois to California. The map shows the Santa Fe Railway routes, represented by drawn train tracks. There is a Sante Fe Railway logo on the right side, with a cross inside a circle and the words "Santa Fe" in its center. Below this it says, "all the way!" Running underneath the map it says, "One road and management serving the West and Southwest all the way."

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