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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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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
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Cover of 1971 report from a Stanford Workshop on the Politics of Pollution Control in Monterey Bay with a line drawing of Monterey Bay and cupped hands holding pollution sources and land uses.
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Cover of British Rail report "Motorail" from 1977. Illustration shows a train moving through rolling countryside with labeled cars for “Car Park,” “Bedroom,” “Lounge,” “Restaurant,” and “Bar.”
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Cover of "Virginia Traffic Crash Facts 1970" with a graphic illustration of a car crash scene
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Cover of "Virginia Crash Facts 1977" with an illustration of a person being loaded into an ambulance, with a wrecked car in the background
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Cover of the report "Virginia Traffic Facts 1969" depicting a graveyard surrounding a state flag flying at half-mast
September 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Cover of the report "Recycling Historic Railroad Stations: A Citizen’s Manual" published by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The design features a line art illustration of a historic railroad station.
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Interior of brutalist church Pattered tile sidewalk and mural Yellow pipes on a wall with plants VW Bus with “oh! Gloria” stickers on windshield
September 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Ipanema Beach with beachgoers and umbrellas Stairs of record shop painted with artists’ names Wall mural that reads ‘ta na hora de tocst sua musica’ with a clock that has musical styles in place of numbers
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A child on a bench looking out at tropical gardens An interior of a room with painted tablecloth and pottery A concrete wall A tiled wall
September 17, 2025 at 2:36 AM