Graphic Design In Transportation: Snapshots from Transportation’s Winter Open House – LIBRARIES

We invite you to join us at the Transportation Library for our Spring Open House on April 27 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., when we see What’s Old Is New Again. Pieces from the collection will be on display looking at innovative transportation technologies and their predecessors, like early 20^th century electric cars covered in a blog post earlier this year. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to visit.

If you missed our open house in January here is a look into some of the vibrant materials on display during the Winter open house, Transportation and Graphic Design. The materials here are organized thematically and labelled according to how they were grouped during the open house. Please click on the images to see their full-size versions.

The Transportation Library, on the fifth floor of University Library, holds an open house each fall, winter, and spring quarter. Reach out to us if you want to learn more about these or any of other materials in the collection.

Annual Reports: United States Airlines and Railroads

A cross made of four arrows with four train cars going out of the corners of the cross

Boston & Maine Railroad. Annual Reports. 1957. Symbol and styling design program by Herbert Matter.

American Airlines. Annual Report. 1969. Vignelli Associates AA logo.

Multicolored text of Braniff International over and over again

Braniff International. Annual Report. 1965. Brand redesign headed by Mary Wells Lawrence. Alexander Girard Braniff typeface and Emilio Pucci Gemini IV uniforms.

Continental Airlines. Annual Report. 1967. Saul Bass Jetstream logo.

A large N and H above a photo of railroad track

New Haven Railroad. Annual Report. 1954. Corporate identity by Herbert Matter.

Cover of report with picture of plane flying in the blue sky above clouds.

TWA. Annual Report. 1960. Raymond Loewy Twin Globe logo.

cover of a report showing a sleeve for an airline ticket with a key on top

United Airlines. Annual Report. 1974. Saul Bass Tulip logo.

Timetables and Annual Reports: African Airlines

Front cover with plane flying toward red circle in the distance

Air Malawi. Annual Reports. 1970 and 1972.

Air Mali. Timetables. Winter 1964 and Spring 1965. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

Cover of timetable with plane flying above a glove.

Front cover of time table with image of the front of two planes

East African Airways. Timetables. 1962 and 1966. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

Cover of timetable with an illustration of two airplanes depicted from above.

Abstracted map of countries surrounding the Mediterranean sea shown as red squares

Royal Air Maroc. Timetable. 1965. George M. Foster Timetable Collection. (Front cover and inside page depicting a map of routes).

Cover of report with star with wings in the corner

Air Congo. Annual Report. 1961 – 1962.

Cover of annual report with a yellow bird

Air Zimbabwe. Annual Report. 1984.

Front cover of annual report with plane in front of giant print text 1965

East African Airways. Annual Report. 1965.

Cover of report with an illustration of the wing of an airplane

Ethiopian Airlines. Annual Report. 1958.

cover of timetable with lion on the front

Ethiopian Airlines. Timetable. 1964. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

front cover of Ghana Airways timetable showing a plane flying and people boarding another plane

Ghana Airways. Timetable. 1965. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

Timetable with clock and sun pictured on the front

Sudan Airways. Timetable. 1961. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

Jumbo Jets: the 747, DC-10, and L-1011

American Airlines. 747 Astroliner and DC-10 LuxuryLiner timetables. 1970 and 1971. David L. Phillips Collection.

A plane flying through the air with an abstracted blue jet stream in the back

Continental Airlines. This is the Airline that Pride Built Pamphlet. 1970. David L. Phillips Collection.

National Airlines. National Introduces 747 Sun King Service. 1972. David L. Phillips Collection.

Pan Am. 1966. Annual Report.

Pan Am. Pan Am’s February Timetable. First timetable listing 747 service. George M. Foster Timetable Collection.

747 stacked on top of 747 stacked on top of 747 with a picture of a flight crew and plane in the middle

TWA. TWA 747. 1970. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

TWA. TWA’s New L-1011. 1972. William R. Hough Collection.

Plane sitting on a trama surrounded by grass

TWA. Meet the Most Modern Plane in the World. TWA’s New L-1011. 1972. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

TWA. System Timetable. 1972. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

United Airlines. United’s DC-10 Friend Ship Stationery. c.1971. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

Four pictures of passengers and crew on the 747 plane

United Airlines. The Friend Ship. United’s 747. 1970. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

United Airlines. Friend Ship Model. c. 1970.

Western Airlines. Western’s DC-10 Spaceship. c.1971. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

TWA, MTA, Pan Am, Braniff, and American Airlines

A man in a military uniform's face. Next to that is a bust of Napoleon in front of a city street

A front facing image of a man, behind him stands a London palace guard with a building in the back

TWA. Flavors of the World Menu. Pittsburgh Illustration by Bob Peak. 1970s. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.
TWA. Flavors of the World Menu. Madrid Illustration by Bob Peak. 1973. Transportation Library Menu Collection.
TWA. Flavors of the World Menu. Geneva Illustration by Bob Peak. 1970s. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.
TWA. California Ambassador Menu. Bangkok Illustration by Bob Peak. 1974. Transportation Library Menu Collection.
TWA. California Ambassador Menu. Paris Illustration by Bob Peak. 1974. Transportation Library Menu Collection.
TWA. California Ambassador Menu. London Illustration by Bob Peak. 1973. Transportation Library Menu Collection.

Timetable with different stopwatches set at different times on the front

Timetable with a pile of dollars pictured on its front

American Airlines. Timetables. 1968 and 1970. David L. Phillips Collection. Design by Vignelli Associates. David L. Phillips Collection.

shows a small corner of the new york city subway map

New York City Transit Authority. Subway Guides. 1974 and 1977. William R. Hough Collection. Design by Vignelli Associates.

Pan Am. International Flagship Service Menu. 1972. Design by Chermayeff & Geismar. Transportation Library Menu Collection.

Picture of famous buildings from around the world during day and night as if they were one timeline

TWA. Menu. Cities of the World illustration by Don Daily. 1979. Lawrence M. Nagin Collection.

Braniff International. Timetables. 1967–1971. Design by Alexander Girard. David L. Phillips Timetable Collection.

Great Northern Empire Builder and Southern Pacific Daylights

Passengers looking out train window onto river and mountains

Train running on tack with forest on one side and a river on the other

Great Northern Railway. Through Your Car Window on the Streamlined Empire Builder brochure. c.1951. William R. Hough Collection.
Great Northern Railway. Passenger Train Schedules effective June 14, 1959. William R. Hough Collection. Front Cover.
Great Northern Railway. Passenger Train Schedules effective June 14, 1959. William R. Hough Collection. Back Cover.
Great Northern Railway. Empire Builder Menu. 1962. Ira Silverman Railroad Menu Collection
Great Northern Railway. Go Great! On the Incomparable Empire Builder brochure. 1964. William R. Hough Collection.

Great Northern Railway. Mid-Century Empire Builder brochure. 1951. William R. Hough Collection.

Southern Pacific Railroad. Daylight. c.1937. William R. Hough Collection.

Conductor revealing a train behind paper

Southern Pacific Railroad. Meet Southern Pacific’s New Daylight. c.1937. William R. Hough Collection.

Southern Pacific Railroad. Two Daylights Daily. 1940. William R. Hough Collection.

Southern Pacific Railroad. New Streamlined “San Joaquin Daylight.” 1941. William R. Hough Collection.

Chicago Transit Authority and Commuters Take Action

CTA. Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. Let’s Go Out to the Ball Game. 1971. David L. Phillips Collection.

CTA. New North-South All Express Service. 1949. David L. Phillips Collection.

CTA. How to Ride a Bus. 1968. David L. Phillips Collection.

CTA. The Buses Are Coming! Invitation. 1972. David L. Phillips Collection.

CTA. Routes of Free Bus to State Street. 1976. David L. Phillips Collection.

CTA. Orange Line: Your Easy Way to Midway and Downtown. 1993. David L. Phillips Collection.

Commuters Take Action. Tired of Being Ghosted by the CTA? 2022. Transportation Advocacy Archive.

Commuters Take Action. We’re not the CTA We Just Haunt Them. 2022. Transportation Advocacy Archive.

Transportation Reports and Traffic Safety

The personificaion of death stands above two cars crashing into each other in a head on collision

Chicago City Council. Committee on Traffic and Public Safety. Annual Reports. 1956 and 1957.

A construction worker looks out onto a highway

Missouri State Highway Commission. Annual Reports. 1961 and 1964.

personification of death in front of a calculator

Two cars drive about to collide next to a giant die

Travelers Insurance Company. Travelers Book of Street and Highway Accident Data. 1947, 1950, 1964, and 1966

American Trucking Association. The Influence of Truck Appearance on Public Attitudes. 1982.

Highways and industry in an overlapping collage

Louisiana Department of Highways. Biennial Report. 1965-1967.

New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Safety. death…or Life? 1963.

Personification of death writing in a ledger with a pen

Oklahoma Safety Council. Oklahoma Accident Facts. 1970.

United States Bureau of Public Roads. A Book About Space. 1968

Truck with a giant watermelon on the back

United States Department of Agriculture. Transporting Watermelons in Bulk and Bin by Truck. 1982.

United States Department of Energy. The Charge of the Future: An Introduction to Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. 1979.

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Annual Report. 1979.

Ralph Nader, Lowell Dodge, and Ralf Hotchkiss. What to do with Your Bad Car: An Action Manual for Lemon Owners. 1971. Book cover design by Arnold Skolnick.

Amtrak, Auto-Train, Bicycles, and Japanese High-Speed Rail

Amtrak train passing by the ocean and a lighthouse

Amtrak. National Timetables. 1975, 1987, 1990, and 1991. David L. Phillips Collection. Illustrated by Nathan Davies.

Amtrak. Nationwide Schedules of Intercity Passenger Service. 1971. First Amtrak timetable. John A. Swider Timetable Collection.

Amtrak. Think Safety Hard Hat. n.d. Finzer Collection.

Auto-Train. Annual Report. 1973. Design by Design Center Inc. and Dave Hamilton. David L. Phillips Collection.

Beverly Area Planning Association and City of Chicago. Biking Around Beverly Hills / Morgan Park “Village in the City.” 1980s. Gift of John N. LaPlante.

A person cycling in front of the outline of downtown Chicago

City of Chicago. Cycle Chicago. Lakefront Bike Tour. c.1977. Gift of John N. LaPlante.

Cleveland Bicycles. Catalog. 1902.

child flying above a bicycle surrounded by birds

Monarch Cycle Mg. Co. Catalog. 1898.

Japanese National Railways. The New Tokaido Line. 1963.

Japanese National Railways. Guide to Japanese National Railways = Petit Guide des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Japon. 1967.

Front of a train and a smaller image of a train from a side view

Japanese National Railways. Japanese National Railways = Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Japon. 1970.

Northern Pacific. Slubmercoach pamphlet. 1968. David L. Phillips Collection.

Canadian National. Speed. Style. Spirit. Turbo. c.1970. David L. Phillips Collection.

three figures made with black lines and seashells

P&O Cruises. Dinner Menu (Island Night). 1972. David Toms Collection. Design by Dorrit Dekk.