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Fine art in the Art Deco style.
Cincinnati Union Terminal boasts many great architectural features – and the clock on the façade is no exception. It’s large enough that it can be seen from I-75 today....
Paper paper everywhere – nowadays tickets are printed on home computers and calendars are kept handy on our smartphones. Back in the heyday of train travel, a lot of paper was used– from timetables to tickets, signage to menus and much more. Today these vintage pieces of paper are called ephemera and some are highly collectable.
Hidden in the Cincinnati Railroad Club’s collection are some really neat examples of marketing materials, calendars and passageway tickets. While some items are on display in the Club’s museum space in Tower A of the Cincinnati Museum Center, more can be found in this new gallery…
Click here to see the gallery – more items will appear as we catalog and scan, so check back often!
Back in the day, the Women’s Lounge – in pretty much any building open to the public – was a really nice place. Union Terminal was no exception, perhaps...
Every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man…. And if he wasn’t one before he got to Union Terminal, he certainly could be before he left! The train station had...
We know what you’re thinking: “Wow, my cubicle doesn’t even have a door, much less a fireplace!” Yeah, us too – we have built-in bookcase envy, not to mention...
The Cincinnati Dining Room, which has now been restored to its original Art Deco swagger, was named for the giant map of Cincinnati wallpapered to the ceiling – only...