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Rachel Cole
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Curator, Northwestern University Transportation Library. All scanned images are from NUTL’s collections, unless otherwise indicated. Banner photo is from a promotional packet for the L-1011.
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Now searching for a corresponding in-flight menu to include in next year’s menu exhibit! This is bananas!
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Report cover of "Where Workers Work Chicago Metro 1985-86" with a map of the Chicago metropolitan region where county names are repeated within their boundaries.
November 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Flight was good, but the service was abominable
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Cover of "What to do with your bad car: an action manual for lemon owners" by Ralph Nader, Lowell Dodge, and Ralf Hotchkiss. Image of a lemon on four wheels.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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cover of the book "The Lemon Book: how not to get ripped-off when you buy a car. What to do when you get ripped off anyway." by Ralph Nader, Clarence Ditlow, and Joyce Kinnard. Illustration of a person driving a lemon-shaped car surrounded by words like "pop, bang, boing, klunk."
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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A booklet cover with the title “The Challenge of Soviet Shipping” and a large red hammer and sickle over wavy black lines. Ships are at the top and fish drawings at the bottom.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Report cover for Metra Metropolitan Rail FY 91 Program and Budget with an image of a Metra railcar
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Report cover with title "Wrong side of the tracks? Impacts of road and rail transport on the environment: a basis for discussion. Researched and published by TEST." Photograph of highway bridge over railway track.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Report title page for “Personal Rapid Transit. Village of Lisle: out of the past and into the future.” The design features a circular logo with small futuristic pod-like vehicles. At the bottom, “Proposal prepared for: Regional Transportation Authority, March 15, 1991.”
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Cover of Boeing report "Auto vs. Air" with an illustration of cloverleaf interchanges and a photo of an airplane at center.
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Cover of US Department of Housing and Urban Development report "Urban and regional information systems: support for planning in metropolitan areas" with abstract typographic design at the top of the page.
October 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Cover of Safety in Car Following: A Computer Simulation by Phyllis Fox and Frederick G. Lehman. The design features a computer punch card and beams of light.
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Cover for U.S. Department of Energy report "The charge of the future: an introduction to electric and hybrid vehicles." The design features an image of two cars with segmented lines.
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM