Here are the last of the Northern Pacific Acmegraphic postcards that I found in the Minnesota History Center. These all deal with water features, mainly waterfalls. Click image to download a 319-KB PDF of this postcard. The postcard calls these … Continue reading
Here are four Northern Pacific Acmegraph postcards featuring scenes in and around the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River. Click image to download a 295-KB PDF of this postcard. This shows the Upper Falls of the Yellowstone. … Continue reading
Yellowstone Park and the national forests that surround it are one of the largest wild areas left in the contiguous 48 states, and they have become a haven for many species of wildlife ever since the army stopped the hunting … Continue reading
Robert Reamer’s masterpiece, Old Faithful Inn was opened in 1904 by the Yellowstone Park Company, which had been started by the Northern Pacific. Click image to download a 336-KB PDF of this postcard. This close-up photo shows part of the … Continue reading
Roads from Mammoth head both south to the geyser basins and east through the Lamar Valley and eventually to Yellowstone Canyon. Most people would go south as it led to the quickest payoff in terms of unique and unusual sites. … Continue reading
According to a book titled Railroad Postcards of Yellowstone, Northern Pacific bought “at least 34” postcards from the Acmegraph files. In fact, I found 36 in the Minnesota History Center’s Northern Pacific archives. These postcards are distinguished by having all … Continue reading
Yesterday’s vista-dome Christmas brochure provides a nice segue into a series of Northern Pacific postcards that I photographed at the Minnesota History Center. Over the years, Northern Pacific issued hundreds if not thousands of postcards of Yellowstone Park, and these … Continue reading
This cute little brochure opens up to reveal Santa and some of his reindeer riding in a dome car. The brochure is undated, but probably was issued in 1954, the year NP added domes to the North Coast Limited. Click … Continue reading
This menu cover has been printed on very stiff paper to look and feel like a thinly sliced piece of redwood. Many people might not notice, but the effect is spoiled by the fact that the inside wood grain doesn’t … Continue reading
This 1967 map of Minnesota was made mainly for shippers so they could see what communities were served by the Northern Pacific. The railway also courteously showed the lines of 17 other railroads, from Canadian National to Erie Mining Co. … Continue reading
