1976!

I’m deinstalling Concrete Plans today. Here are two favorite pieces: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority reports whose materiality Robert Caro describes in detail in The Power Broker.

Happy Thanksgiving! In 1972—just a year after its founding—Amtrak served travelers a full holiday feast, from Tom Turkey to Pumpkin Pie Chantilly. A tasty start to a new era of passenger rail. NUTL Menu Collection, Thomas F. Seaman donation. www.instagram.com/p/DRkOFgykW8_/

What's on your Thanksgiving table this year? Perhaps this 1972 P&O Cruises menu will provide some inspiration. NUTL Toms Collection. www.instagram.com/p/DRhcg0GkUe...

“short cute”

How your email finds me

If you’re traveling through O’Hare’s Terminal 5 over the holiday season, stop to see @chicollections.bsky.social’s holiday tree between gates M18 and M20!

Quid pro quo.

Flight was good, but the service was abominable

Founded in 1958, Royal Nepal Airlines is the flag carrier of Nepal. This 1976 envelope held airmail envelopes and stationery for passenger correspondence—ideal for jotting down notes about midair sightings of Yetis performing drink service. NUTL Mallstrom Collection. www.instagram.com/p/DRNuFoMgcsj/

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda brochure. www.instagram.com/p/DQsMUshAaR...

From the Transportation Library's Instagram - the C&O's Chessie and her family Peake, Nip, and Tuck for #NationalCatDay. www.instagram.com/p/DQaAaRzEiXO/

Program and buyers guide: 1975 Chicago Flower and Garden Show, April 5-13, 1975, McCormick Place, sponsored by Chicago Horticultural Society. Found on Explore @chicollections.bsky.social explore.chicagocollections.org/image/chicag...

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: 1946 Mainliner Menu. Robert M. Behr Menu Collection. www.instagram.com/p/DQIAC_DAWqm/

Marching with friends and neighbors in Welles Park today #nokings

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: Holland-America Line farewell dinner menu, 1966: www.instagram.com/p/DPw_sWYgR7...

From the Transportation Library's Instagram - go Cubs! www.instagram.com/p/DPT4IapEYe...

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: 1893 Western Wheel Works bicycle catalog. www.instagram.com/p/DPO6pVSEXgS/

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: Blue Bird No.1. www.instagram.com/p/DO63AI2ART6/

A short thread of photos from a trip to Rio earlier this year

From the Transportation Library's Instagram: the Mercury Antser electric concept car www.instagram.com/p/DOoPDvBEXe...

Did you know that the NU Transportation Library also has an Instagram account? You can follow us here: www.instagram.com/transportati...

Growing up in Chicago in the ‘80s, Ryne Sandberg was my first favorite baseball player and my first crush. It’s his signature on the bat at the center of this 1985 issue of CTA Transit News, from NUTL’s collections. RIP Ryno ❤️

Bus Pilots ready for the fuckin’ weekend, bitches!

Happening this Wednesday!

I’m bummed to learn that the White Sox Pope design was stolen from @harebrained.bsky.social. You can buy a shirt from the original creator here: www.harebraineddesign.com/products/chi...

A+ merch at the ballpark today

NU students and faculty - join us Tuesday, May 13 from 4pm - 6:30pm for Transportation Trivia Night, an evening of transportation special collections, friendly competition, food, and prizes - co-planned with the NU Transportation Club. RSVP today: docs.google.com/forms/d/19B0...

#NewAcquisition for #NUTL: "The Land of Moses," 1938 map of New York City and Long Island.

Applications are now open for the 2025 - 2026 Transportation Library Travel Grant. This grant of up to $3,000 supports research projects that benefit from substantial onsite use of our collections. Learn more here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...

In my Amtrak Era. David L. Phillips Collection #NUTL

It's oh so true! Lookit all these menus! (cc @rmartincole.bsky.social)

A favorite piece from the exhibit is a 1953 pamphlet celebrating the winners of General Motors' essay contest "How to Plan and Pay for Better Highways." Moses had taken top prize and won a $25,000 award. The pamphlet has been digitized and can be viewed online. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ie...

The Transportation Library's newest exhibit, "Concrete Plans: Reports and Planning Studies from the Projects of Robert Moses," is now on display in our fifth floor lobby in University Library, through January 2025. Learn more here: sites.northwestern.edu/northwestern...

Does anyone else need Cigarettes and Bonbons today? This perfect mid-century airline menu is from our Robert M. Behr Collection. www.instagram.com/p/DCChCV4SAM... #TransportationLibrary

Devil taxi 👹

Traffic data visualizations from "A Traffic Survey of the Chicago District." Cook County Highway Department, 1943. (our catalog record: search.library.northwestern.edu/permalink/01...)

All reports in this thread are from the collections of Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Materials we've digitized can generally be found in HathiTrust. Learn more and search our catalog here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...

I learned through the People's Graphic Design Archive about Croydon's Suburban Press, published in the 1970s to criticize free-market urban planning peoplesgdarchive.org/item/4987/su...

It makes a perfect Christmas present!

more like design *classic* for the fuel economy

New logo for The War on Cars just dropped.

sammy hagar's inability to get a seat at this table would have profound consequences for auto safety regulation in this country

I think I said before how much I love this thread but it’s worth a reminder. Also I got something to add:

going to tell my kids this was Steely Dan

The NU Transportation Library's Winter Quarter Open House will take place February 21 from 11am - 4pm For the 50th anniversary year of The Power Broker, we'll share planning studies, government documents, and other materials on the many projects and complicated legacy of Robert Moses.

Deleting and re-starting the watermelon truck thread to add information about discovery and access 🙂

All reports in this thread are from the collections of Northwestern University's Transportation Library. Materials we've digitized can generally be found in HathiTrust. Learn more and search our catalog here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...