Passenger Service
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Two men in front of a painted backdrop of a passenger platform.
Sender: Berhard Lee
Recipient:
Miss Alice Lee, Marshfield, Missouri
Postmark:
Springfield, Missouri, Dec. 28, 1909
Title on Card:
Frisco
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Greene County, Missouri Missouri
Description: None
Message: Hello Alice we got back to Springfield all O.K. R.R. is gone to work and I am going out to work tomorrow so good by. Answer to 12:30 (unintelligible). Berhard Lee.


People standing on back deck of "The Meteor," Frisco Railroad train..
Sender: None
Recipient:
None
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
“The Meteor”, Frisco Railway
Creator:
Tom P. Morgan, Rogers, Arkansas, No. 12 Made in Germany.

Coverage:
Missouri Missouri
Description: None
Message: None


Man and woman standing in front of a painted backdrop of a Frisco platform.
Sender: (Unintelligible)
Recipient:
Pearl Murphy
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
Leaving St. Louis, bound for Kansas City, Frisco Lines
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Unknown Unknown
Description: None
Message: (Unintelligible)


Two women standing in front of painted backdrop of a Frisco passenger platform.
Sender: None
Recipient:
Aunt Mary Pearl
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
Leaving Ft. Worth over the Frisco.
Creator:
Electric Post Card Studio, 1309 B Main St., Ft. Worth, Texas.

Coverage:
Tarrant County, Texas Texas
Description: None
Message: None


Men walking next to train.
Sender: Mary
Recipient:
Miss Grace Menoaster, Peoria, Ill.
Postmark:
Aug. (the rest is unintelligible)
Title on Card:
C & E.I. Depot, Marion, Illinois
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Williamson County, Illinois llinois
Description: None
Message: Marion, Ill., 8/1/08. This is the depot where we landed isn’t as large as the one in Peoria. Are ready to start down town so will sign my name. Mary


Scene from dining car on Frisco Railroad line.
Sender: None
Recipient:
None
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
None
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Unknown Unknown
Description: Frisco dining cars reflect an atmosphere of refinement and elegance -- food is the finest the markets afford, and the prices reasonable. All cars air-conditioned.
Message: None


Lounge car on the “Meteor” of the Frisco Railroad line.
Sender: None
Recipient:
None
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
None
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Unknown Unknown
Description: Lounge Car on the famous Frisco Meteor between St. Louis, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Serving the southwest with distinction for nearly half a century. The Meteor is to be completely streamlined and Diesel-powered.
Message: None


Lounge car on Frisco train “Meteor”.
Sender: None
Recipient:
None
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
None
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Missouri Missouri
Description: Air-conditioned Lounge Car on the Frisco Lines’ crack train,“The Meteor”, between St. Louis, Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Luxuriously furnished, tastily decorated and unusually comfortable . Cool in summer -- agreeably warm in winter.
Message: None


People being served in a Frisco lines snack car.
Sender: None
Recipient:
None
Postmark:
None
Title on Card:
None
Creator:
Unknown

Coverage:
Missouri Missouri
Description: A Frisco Lines “Snack Car” .. Super-comfort at no additional cost .. Meals with budget appeal .. Air-conditioned, of course!
Message: None

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