Featured in this lot is this Great Northern Railroad, Winold Reiss (1886-1953) "Empire Builder" full calendar from 1957. Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was a German-born American artist, he immigrated to the United States in 1913 to follow his passion for Native Americans and by 1920 he went West to spend time on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana outside of Glacier National Park, creating more than 250 artworks depicting the people of the Blackfeet. In 1931, and 1934-37, Reiss organized a summer art school, also referred to as an artists' colony near Glacier National Park. The lot features an original Winold Reiss Great Northern calendar topper artworks. The top left features a small card reading, "The Story of Spider Blackfeet Indian Song and Dance Man appears beneath the calendar pad as a permanent reference". The bottom section shows the calendar and reads, "Great Domes on the Incomparable Empire Builder / Daily Between Chicago... Seattle-Portland-Vancouver, B.C.". The calendar shows good condition overall with slight wear present but no major signs of damage is noted. It is set on a poster board and shrink wrapped to preserve its condition. It measures 33 1/4" L x 16" W and weighs 12 ounces.