Photographs of bi-level streamliners, ca. 1960.

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Photographs of bi-level streamliners, ca. 1960.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173693253

Photographs promoting bi-level streamliners by the Chicago and North Western Railway. Images include the exterior of the Peninsula "400," and interiors of the coach, lounge, parlor, and dining cars.

7 photographs.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923544

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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