Some of these blotters, all but one of which are from the Dale Hastin collection, continue to show “Northern Pacific cities” along with some Montana scenery. Click image to download a PDF of any blotter PDFs average about half a … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection were doubly useful, both to sop up ink and check the date. The first three shown here also have a pretty background pattern showing Old Faithful, Indian teepees, and a simplified North Coast … Continue reading
Harvey Wiley was a chemist in the Department of Agriculture who helped persuade Congress to pass the Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906, leading President Roosevelt to name him the nation’s first Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Frustrated with … Continue reading
For 1941, Burlington Escorted Tours offered 36 different tours, including many tours combining two or more destinations such as Glacier, Yellowstone, the Pacific Northwest, California, and the Canadian Rockies. To fit all these tours in the booklet, it is 8 … Continue reading
Burlington’s 1940 tour book had this illustration of Mt. Rainier on the cover. The booklet offered 21 luxury tours including the usual trips to national parks, the Canadian Rockies, California, the Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Click image to download a … Continue reading
For 1939, Burlington replaced the beautiful, four-color cover on its 1938 tour booklet with this somewhat harsh cover of mainly orange and blue that focuses more on the people rather than scenery. Inside, the booklet offers 29 different tours. Tours … Continue reading
This 20-page booklet describes six “bargain tours” to California and the Pacific Northwest (including Alaska). Budget tours that focus on Glacier, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone parks must be in another booklet. These exercises help you to improve sperm production as … Continue reading
This 68-page booklet describes more than twenty tours to national parks and cities in the West. Starting from Chicago, tours range from nine-day tours to Yellowstone costing (with a lower berth) about $160 (about $1,800 in today’s money) to 28-day … Continue reading
Published a year after the similarly titled Through the American Wonderland, you might expect this booklet to be a simple update of that one. In fact, the text and almost all of the photos are completely new. While chapters in … Continue reading
Like the 1966 dinner menu previously shown here, this menu features a black-and-white photo by Ron Nixon on the cover. Nixon earned his living as a telegrapher for the Northern Pacific, but also took thousands of photos, many of which … Continue reading
