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New acquisition for the Transportation Library: Fancy Cycling: Trick Riding for Amateurs, 1901.

New acquisition for NUTL: mockup for Continental Airlines' 1959 Annual Report, with fantastic jet-age design

Just admiring this logo, from Air Congo's 1961-62 annual report

"A Discourse on Cycling" - Sterling Cycle Works, Chicago, 1895. For #WorldBicycleDay, a bicycle catalog designed in the style of a medieval illuminated manuscript, influenced by the Arts & Crafts movement of the period. www.instagram.com/p/DZIYpU_kUP...

“Seattle’s pedestrian protection program got off to a flying start when Mrs. Helen Rose bit the traffic officer who gave her a ticket for jaywalking.” From Traffic Institute Review v.1 no.1, 1944.

"Save the Planet. Use Mass Transit." For World Public Transport Day, a 1996 poster produced by the FTA, illustrated by Peter Max. NUTL poster collection. www.instagram.com/p/DXPVbbTEdAI/

This menu was collected by Ella Jenkins, First Lady of Children’s Music, likely on one of her first international rail trips. Ms. Jenkins loved train travel, and would go on to perform for children on all 7 continents. Gift of Ella Jenkins Archive/Bernadelle Richter www.instagram.com/p/DXKOZ9uEdK3/

Riding the Rails with Geoffrey Baer premieres tonight on @wttw.bsky.social and to celebrate, I'm sharing a c.1890s Milwaukee Road dinner menu from our collection that you'll recognize from the show! Tune in tonight at 7 pm on WTTW; also streaming on the PBS app and wttw.com/rails. #WTTWRails

I'm beyond thrilled to see Watermelon Truck in the @chicagotribune.com. Thanks @ninametz.bsky.social for highlighting this really special part of our collection. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/t...

At Northwestern, a flashback to a time when government reports were works of artThe Transportation Library at Northwestern is a repository of old state and federal reports with creative graphic art on their covers.www.chicagotribune.com