Featured in this lot are Rare Original Great Northern Railroad Calendars (4) with artwork by Winold Reiss, 1930. These individual calendars are for the months of February, April, July, and August. The February calendar features Reiss' painting "Long TIME PIPE WOMAN" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "FAST FREIGHT SERVICE on the route of The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Butte, Montana. The April calendar features Reiss' painting "Good STRIKER" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "CLEAN CINDERLESS SCENIC Route of The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Spokane, Washington. The July calendar features Reiss' painting "PLUME" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "FAST FREIGHT SERVICE on the route of The New EMPIRE BUILDER The Luxurious ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in Spokane, Washington. Lastly, the August calendar features Reiss' painting "JAMES WHITE CALF" Glacier National Park"". Below the portrait is "ELECTIC and OIL BURNING LOCOMOTIVES For Over 1200 Miles The New EMPIRE BUILDER The New ORIENTAL LIMITED". Below the month are listed the names and phone number of the GNRR agents in St. Paul, MINN. F. Winold Reiss was a German-born American artist and graphic designer. In 1920, he went West for the first time, working for months on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana, painting 36 portraits of tribal members. Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans. These paintings by Reiss became known more widely beginning in the 1920s to the 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway commissioned Reiss to do paintings of the Blackfeet which were then distributed widely as lithographed reproductions on Great Northern calendars. In 1931, and 1934-37, Reiss organized a summer art school, also referred to as an artists' colony near Glacier National Park. The Great Northern Railway was an American railroad running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington from 1889 to 1970 when it merged with three other railroads to form the Burlington Northern Railroad which after additional mergers in 1996 became the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway. The calendars show good condition overall with age tanning, middle creases, soiling and slight edge scuffing. Each measures 10.125"W x 22"L, combined weight is U6.