This map presents Jasper National Park in heavy relief, or what the Great Northern called an “aeroplane view.” Frankly, all of the mountain peaks look alike, making the map hard to read. Click image to download an 7.1-MB PDF of … Continue reading
This brochure unfolds to present not one but two very large maps. On one side is a relief map of southern British Columbia and Alberta showing the “Triangle Tour”: CN train from Jasper to Prince Rupert, CN steamship from Prince … Continue reading
This booklet followed the same design as yesterday’s 1922 booklet: a front cover that covered only half of the width of the booklet and whose illustration wrapped around to a full-width back cover. Together, as shown in the image below, … Continue reading
This booklet is unusual in that the front cover is only half the width of the interior pages while the cover illustration wraps around to a full-width back cover. We’ve previously seen a 1924 Jasper Park booklet that was also … Continue reading
This wine list and cocktail menu is decorated with two different images of Northwest Indian art. I’m not a Native American and I think the problem with cultural appropriation tends to be overblown, but I still cringe a little bit … Continue reading
Canadian National must have used dozens of different pictures on its Jasper Lodge menus over the years. This menu is from 1964 and shows an aerial view of the lodge, a photo that would have been difficult to take in … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1959 booklet listing rates at Jasper. This one has the same photos on the outside and inside front covers and the same text on page 3. However, it adds several paragraphs of text advising people “what … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1958 version of this booklet. This one, from 1964, is smaller: 5-1/2″x7-1/2″ vs. 8-1/4″x10-1/4″ for the 1958 edition. This one is also 32 pages rather than 28, but unlike the 1958 booklet this one is bilingual: … Continue reading
This timetable is 88 pages long. Except for a 1943 CN timetable, that’s by far the longest seen here on Streamliner Memories. Canadian Pacific timetables from this era maxed out at around 68 pages and U.S. railroad timetables were usually … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen booklets like this one from 1949 and 1952. The text in all three is pretty similar, but the layout and photos used in the 1949 version is quite different from today’s 1951 edition. Click image to download … Continue reading
