For your consideration are three, Great Northern Railway "Empire Builder - Western Star" calendars with Winold Reiss artwork from 1951, 1952 and 1955. 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 first one from 1951 shows the artwork, "Nobody Has Pity On Me - Blackfeet Indian Youth - Glacier National Park In Montana" and features the full calendar. It reads, "Route Of Great Streamliners Empire Builder Western Star". The second one from 1952 shows "Middle Rider - Young Blackfeet Indian Brave" and reads, "Route Of Great Streamliners Empire Builder Western Star". It features the full calendar from 1952. The third and final calendar shows "Many Guns - Blackfeet Indian Brave" wearing a headdress. It reads the same as the other two calendars but only features the month of December, 1955. The bottom is marked reading, "Great Northern Railway / Daily Between Chicago and Seattle - Portland". The calendars show good to fair condition with slight wear present from their age and use over the years, but no major signs of damage is noted. They measure 33 3/8" L x 16 1/8" W and have a collective weight of 8 ounces.