For your consideration is this original, 1931 Winold Reiss calendar from the Great Northern Railway. 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. This calendar features Winold Reiss's painting of "Double Steel & Two Cutter" in Glacier National Park. It is advertising great meals and hospitality on the Empire Builder and Oriental Limited. The calendar only features the month of March, 1931. It is set in a black frame and sits behind glass to preserve its condition. Slight wear present with a crease in the middle from original shipping, but no major signs of damage noted. The visible calendar measures 21 7/8" L x 9 3/4" W, while the entire piece measures 24 1/8" L x 12" W x 1 1/4" D. It weighs 2 pounds and 14 ounces.