Marketing Patriotism: Pennsylvania Railroad Advertising During World War II

During World War II, the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) spent lavishly on patriotic magazine advertising. No other railroad put so much effort, money or creative talent into a campaign to boost the war and create favorable public opinion for itself. As the single largest railroad in the United States, the Philadelphia-based “Pennsy” carried 10 percent of all freight in America and 20 percent of all...
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King Coal at Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum

During its centennial in 1946, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company commissioned Jerome George Rozen (1895-1987) to create King Coal which illustrated an advertisement, “More Wonders Than Aladdin’s Lamp,” in Coal Age magazine. Rozen – whose twin brother George Jerome (1895-1974) was also an illustrator – worked for a number of publishers and magazines, among them The...
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