All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains In August 1999, the United States Postal Service issued a set of 33¢ postage stamps entitled All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains to ""pay tribute to American industry and design, and specifically to the heritage of our railroads."" Artist Ted Rose created five watercolor images depicting the following celebrated American named passenger trains from the 1930s and 1940s: Descriptive text regarding each of the trains was listed on the gummed side of each stamp. At the same time, the USPS offered for sale a booklet of "20 U.S. Postal Service Ready-To-Mail Stamped Postal Cards"
20th century in ichnology 20th century in ichnology The 20th century in ichnology refers to advances made between the years 1900 and 1999 in the scientific study of trace fossils, the preserved record of the behavior and physiological processes of ancient life forms, especially fossil footprints. Significant fossil trackway discoveries began almost immediately after the start of the 20th century with the 1900 discovery at Ipolytarnoc, Hungary of a wide variety of bird and mammal footprints left behind during the early Miocene. Not long after, fossil "Iguanodon" footprints were discovered in Sussex, England, a discovery that probably served as the inspiration for Sir Arthur