Framed Set of 3 Vintage Postcards: Howard Fogg New York Central/ Pittsburgh Lake Erie 1950s/60s Holiday themed Postcards
Set of 3 vintage photographs featuring Howard Fogg postcards of the NYC/PLE system
- D-11486 New York Central Railroad Train, Buffalo to Pittsburgh PA (Christmas)
- D-11842 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Christmas Mail 1907- Stoops Ferry PA
- D-12211 Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company The Christmas Season Arrives at Gateway Yard
All cards standard size 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.
Frame measures 12.5 x 7 inches. It has a stand as well as hangers.
Postcards are unposted and approximately circa 1950s-60s. The postcards are in excellent condition. The postcards are held to the glass of the frame with a small piece of tape. The frame could be hung on a wall or displayed on a shelf.
About Howard Fogg (read more here):
"In the mid-1950’s the New York Central commissioned Fogg to complete a series of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie themed paintings for display in railroad offices and board room. The P&LE was for many years a small but highly profitable regional railroad serving the steel industry in the greater Pittsburgh, PA – Youngstown, OH area. Although the railroad operated independently under its own corporate identity, the P&LE was in fact an operating subsidiary of the much larger New York Central system. In its heyday the P&LE flourished carrying coal, coke, iron ore, limestone and other commodities involved in steel making as well as being a bridge route for traffic originating beyond its terminus points. With the shrinking of the American steel industry in the latter part of the 20th century resulting in the so-called RUST BELT, the P&LE was soon deemed expendable and ceased formal operations in 1992. What trackage still exists today in spots is now part of CSX.
Like Fogg’s earlier MONON work the P&LE paintings were also made into postcards in standard size chrome format again by the Curt Teich Corporation in Chicago. Production was just over a decade in length spanning the years 1957-1968. The message half of each postcard is imprinted with the logo of the NYC and a description of the subject content of the painting. The postcards, like their MONON predecessors, are unnumbered but contain the Curteich production numbers providing for an identity and year of production.
While the early focus was on the P&LE and its industries and service area, some additional postcards in the series feature scenes in other parts of the New York Central system."