Today’s booklet, which is marked 1929, is clearly a different edition of the one posted here yesterday. Some of the photos are different, the layout is different, the back cover image (shown below) is different, but much of the text … Continue reading
I’ve presented this booklet before from an edition on archive.org. Whoever scanned it for archive.org cut the cover image in half. I tried to restore it, with less-than-perfect success, then compounded the problem by putting the back cover on the … Continue reading
The White Pass and Yukon was in its seventh year of operation when it put out this booklet describing its rail route from Skaguay (an older spelling) to White Horse by rail and White Horse to Dawson City by steamboat. … Continue reading
We’ve seen several White Pass & Yukon booklets about Alaska and the Yukon from the 1930s and 1940s. This one is from 1923. I found it on archive.org, but I didn’t like the way they cut the color illustration on … Continue reading
After arriving in Skagway in June, 1948 — or indeed almost anytime in the last 119 years — the logical thing to do is to continue traveling north on the White Pass & Yukon Route. In 1948, that meant taking … Continue reading
As I’ve previously noted, the White Pass Route issued several booklets in the 1930s featuring Alaska and the Yukon as viewed through the artistic eyes of John Segesman (1899-1985). Born in Spokane, Segesman studied art in Seattle and Chicago, worked … Continue reading
We’ve seen a booklet like this before, with a cover illustration by John Segesman and text by Frederick Niven. When I presented the other booklet, I noted that the White Pass Route issued several such booklets over the years, probably … Continue reading
The White Pass & Yukon, truly one of the most scenic narrow-gauge lines in the world, was completed in July, 1900 and celebrated its 75th anniversary with this cover. Although the railway begins in Skagway, Alaska, it is mostly a … Continue reading
The White Pass & Yukon Route ran trains, ships, river boats, and–as shown in this 36-page booklet–buses in the name of its subsidiary, the British Yukon Navigation Company. Most of this booklet is printed in a green-tinted ink, but it … Continue reading
Published some time in the 1930s, this 36-page booklet contains beautiful paintings by Spokane artist John Segesman and text by someone named Frederick Hiren Niven. Update: I’ve found a copy of this booklet with an insert listing possible tours. The … Continue reading
