Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Different Publishers or Copycat?

These two post cards are pictures of the Twentieth Centry Limited leaving Chicago, Illinois. If these two post cards are not one a copy of the other, you can sell me a bridge in Brooklyn.
This post card was published by The Acmegraph Campany. It was mailed on August 24, 1914. They were a post card publishing company in Chicago from 1908 to 1918. They published other printed materials, too, but I am interested in their post cards. This website has a listing of many of their post cards that were recording the history of Chicago: http://chicagopostcardmuseum.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-will-chicago-postcard-information.html
This post card tells us nothing about the printer or the publisher. It tries to distract us from this fact by printing information about the train pictured on the front of the post card. It says, "51. THE TWENTIETH CENTRUY LIMITED - The Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore & New York Central lines is the fastest long distance train in the world. Put into service June 14th, 1902, on the 20-hour schedule, and in 1904 put on the 18-hour schedule, which is the schedule of the train at the present time. All conveniences found in modern hotels is to be had on the train, including porters, maid and tailor who will press clothes on request. You can also secure a shave and bath on the train, including sea salt. The train is electric lighted throughout and is provided with every luxury for modern travel." I got distracted when reading the description. It is funny that there is a tailor who will press clothes on request. I don't know why they had to stress the "on request". I had a vision of a tailor wandering through the train making people take off their clothing so he could press them. Maybe.................... Here is what the backs look like: TOP ONE
BOTTOM ONE

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