Judge, 1938-12 · page 5 of 41
Judge — December 1938 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is **not a political cartoon or satirical content** — it's a full-page **advertisement** for Seaboard Railway's new streamlined passenger train service. The ad promotes the "Orange Blossom Special," a diesel-electric locomotive service running from New York to Miami and West Palm Beach, beginning December 15th. The streamlined train illustration exemplifies 1930s-40s Art Deco design aesthetics. Key selling points emphasized include: - Modern diesel-electric technology (faster, quieter than steam) - All-Pullman cars with no extra fare - Air conditioning throughout - Improved dining car service - Convenient connections to Havana via Key West The advertisement positions Seaboard Railway as innovative and forward-thinking, using the streamlined locomotive as a symbol of modern progress and speed — typical marketing strategy for the era's competitive passenger rail industry.
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.. New, Streamlined Diesel-Electric locomotives cut off MANY hours to on the famous East Coast ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL beginning Dec. 15 Silent, Smooth, Super-swift ELECTRIC Train Service ALL THE WAY from New York to West Palm Beach and Miami ALL Another FIRST for Seahoard! Always on the alert for Library-lounge Car with modern bar. Lv. New York, PULLMAN Be Ways to provide a faster and more comfortable rail Penna, Sta, daily at 1:25 PM. First trip December 15th, trip to Florida, the Seaboard Railway introduces the latest NO EXTRA ‘evelopment in superspeed rail transportation ~ 6,000 ‘Three other fine Seaboard trains to Florida, with recline HLP. Diesel-clectric locomotives. But speed isn’t all. The i couches, sleeping cars and Library- FARE East Coast Orange Blossom Special will assure speed with VY 30 AM and 9:45 PM. Ir FINEST comfort. New tight-lock couplers, rubber drat F Jest C som Special wi other improvements eliminate jolts and jerks. Every es ec. 15th, Iv. Penna. Sta. New York at 1:30 PM. All four MODERN __ isair-conditioned — no dust, no cinders,.no noise. A wide board trains offer direct service from New York. Phila- EQUIPMENT variety of Pullman accommodations: berths, sections, delphia, Baltimore and Washington, Convenie bedrooms, compartments, drawing rooms, Club Car, _ tions from eastern ci FAMOUS SEABOARD : a DINING-CAR Consult local Ticket Agent or Seaboard offices at NEW YORK, 12 W. BALTIMORE. 5 & 7 So. Calvert St. Tel. Plaza 4135: WASHINGTON, ~ Slst St., Tel. Clrel 00; BOSTON, 310 Old South Bldg.. Tel. Liberty 714 Fourteenth N.W., Tel. National 0637-8; PITTSBURGH, 331 SERVICE 2634; PHILADELPHIA, 1428 So. Penn Sq., Tel. Rittenhouse 715455; Union Trust Bldg,, Tel. Atlantic 1945, Fast service to Havana via Key West. By rail, motor-coach and steamer, beginning Dec. 15th. Low fares. SEABOARD TRAINS ARE COMPLETELY AIR-CONDITIONED THE BLUE RIBBON. TRAINS ti SEABTARD RAILWAY THE JUDGE FOR DECEMBER .comicbooks.com