This painting was inspired by an old black and white photo taken by Jack Dalano.

... A sleeping car porter employeed by the Pullman Company at Union Station in Chicago, Illinois.

As I painted I played several times Arlo Guthrie's version of The City of New Orleans, imagining the era of train travel in the first half of the 20th Century. Growing up in the 50s, I had a few opportunities to ride the Coast Daylight from Burbank north to the Bay Area to visit my grandmother before my mother decided that air travel was here to stay.

I remember this man, not him exactly of course but I remember a Pullman Porter there to greet us with a warm, "welcome aboard."

Welcome Aboard
20 X 24

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Paintings by Sally K. Green
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