Nostalgia & History > Mural Monday--Warbonnet in Duarte CA

This building on the north side of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, west of the Buena Vista Ave. grade crossing in Duarte CA has received some exterior decoration that appears to be copied from a vintage postcard.  (should have checked and retaken the closeup).  The locomotive is a Santa Fe "E" unit from the late 30s-early 40s, and it would take some hunting to find a railroad track with orange groves on either side nowadays.
 

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A very well excecuted rendition of Curt Teich & Co., Inc. linen postcard No. 506: "A Santa Fe streamliner passing through the orange groves of California."

Cheers,
Jack



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/15 18:34 by africansteam.

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DNRY122 Wrote:

> The locomotive is a Santa
> Fe "E" unit from the late 30s-early 40s, and it
> would take some hunting to find a railroad track
> with orange groves on either side nowadays.

...although, for what it's worth, there weren't orange groves (or mountains) in the photo on which the card was based, either:

http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211566/page/1

Evan_Werkema Wrote:
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> ...although, for what it's worth, there weren't
> orange groves (or mountains) in the photo on which
> the card was based, either:
>
> http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211566/page/1

Thanks for the update, Evan.

Cheers,
Jack

Classic shot!!

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Here is an interesting view of a large framed Santa Fe publicity photo of the first Super Chief that has been hand tinted.  The poster size publicity photo shows the train on a curve presumably in multiple main territory (A tree lined area, say Illinois or Missouri or California?) The clouds are in the sky, etc.

This image was revised on the post card (and reversed) to represent a western scene with fruit trees and mountains. 

Curios to know how many times this photo showed up in Santa Fe promotional material?

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