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Pocket dining menu, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, c. 1885.

Silver sugar bowl from the Illinois Central Railroad, c. 1920.

Halsted Street streetcar, c. 1905.

The fancy upholstery, panels, and lighting fixtures of a Pullman Palace car.

Wabash Avenue looking north from Monroe Street, c. 1900.

Porter assisting passengers onto train, c. 1915.

Interior of dining car, “The Overland Limited,” Chicago and North Western Railway.

Drawing in the Chicago Daily Tribune of "L" passengers “dropping their tickets in the box,” c. 1892.

Working model of a single Pullman sleeping car berth, c. 1930.

Rand McNally’s Western Railway Guide, c. 1871.