Comments on: The Purple Heart Limited: Pullman War Ads, Part 2 https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2021/04/03/the-purple-heart-limited-pullman-war-ads-part-2/ Art, history, railroad, & photography adventures from Harlem & beyond. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lee https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2021/04/03/the-purple-heart-limited-pullman-war-ads-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-342199 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 22:08:15 +0000 https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/?p=11476#comment-342199 Here’s a 1944 LIFE magazine ad from the New York Central for its hospital train.
https://books.google.com/books?id=9E4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA47&dq=life%20'water%20level%20route'%20surgery&pg=PA47#v=onepage&q&f=false

This was part of a series of ‘cutaway’ ads the New York Central ran during the war years to show the workings of the railroad.

You can scroll through the rest of the magazine. So many of the articles and ads have a war theme, as was customary at that time.

After the war, Pullman-Standard wasted no time advertising its new luxurious rail cars:

New York Central coaches:
https://books.google.com/books?id=BEkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20pullman-standard&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false

long distance coaches for the Northern Pacific
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA76&dq=life%20pullman-standard&pg=PA76#v=onepage&q&f=false

Santa Fe lounge car
https://books.google.com/books?id=pUkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=life%20pullman-standard&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q&f=false

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