The headline reads “Grand Coulee Dam,” but only four of twelve panels (plus the cover photo) are about the dam and the related irrigation project. Two more cover Lake Chelan, three deal with the Wenatchee Valley, and one briefly describes … Continue reading
GN published this little booklet in 1958. Although the booklet is 16 pages (including the covers), the history itself fills just 10 double-spaced, typewritten pages and is only about 3,500 words long. It tells the story of James J. Hill, … Continue reading
Here’s a 1957 update of the 1951 brochure that we’ve previously seen for Great Northern’s Seattle-Vancouver streamlined trains. The 1951 version was twice as big and had large color illustrations of train interiors while this one has small black-and-white (actually, … Continue reading
Great Northern published this little history booklet in 1954 when it opened a new Diesel shop at Hillyard, the railway’s Spokane yard and shops. The booklet, which is from the Spokane Public Library’s Northwest Collection, notes that Hillyard (named after … Continue reading
The tourist who collected the menus and other dining items shown in the last few days may have arrived at East Glacier by train and certainly stayed at Glacier’s finest hotels. But if they had arrived by car and wanted … Continue reading
In addition to the menus, our 1951 tourist also thoughtfully brought home this placemat and napkin. The placemat shows an extremely inauthentic Indian wigwam and decorations around the edge. Is the animal that was shot by an arrow a wolf? … Continue reading
Our 1951 tourist apparently spent the night of August 13 at Many Glacier, as they retained a breakfast menu from that hotel for August 14, 1951. This menu is a little more elaborate than the breakfast menu from the Glacier … Continue reading
After spending the night at the Glacier Park Hotel, our 1951 tourist enjoyed a traditional American breakfast that possibly included juice, cereal, eggs to order, and bacon or sausage, or possibly wheat cakes with maple syrup. Again, there are no … Continue reading
In August, 1951, someone enjoyed several days in Glacier National Park and kept this menu from August 12 as a souvenir. The menu offers a choice of trout, fried chicken, bacon omelet, and roast sirloin. Last-minute changes in supplies are … Continue reading
In about 1940, twenty-five cents would buy you this packet of ten different black-and-white postcards showing scenes along the Great Northern from St. Paul to the Pacific Northwest. I’m guessing on the date, but one postcard shows a view of … Continue reading
