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Other than the cover and the godawful yellow paper it is printed on, this brochure is almost identical to the 1928 edition presented here a couple of days ago. The yellow paper is not an improvement, but it might have … Continue reading
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This booklet has the same purpose as the Eastward booklet presented here a few days ago: to entice easterners who visit California to return via the Northern Pacific, which would add at least a day to their journey. After World … Continue reading
The 68-page Magic Yellowstone booklets presented here yesterday included an essay by conservationist and novelist Emerson Hough (1857-1923). That same essay is included on three panels of this eighteen-panel brochure. The brochure also has lots of black-and-white photos, a brief … Continue reading
Here’s another piece of on-board stationery I found at the Minnesota History Center. Instead of a color lithograph of Lower Yellowstone Falls, page 3 has a black-and-white photo of Mt. St. Helens, adding that “The wild grandeur of the Rockies … Continue reading
Here’s a beautiful piece of on-board stationery that I photographed at the Minnesota History Center. While the front cover, shown below, looks plain, it unfolds to reveal a brightly colored lithograph of Lower Yellowstone Falls and canyon. This is a … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen the 1928 edition of this booklet. The cover, photographs, and text in this 1927 version are almost identical. The biggest differences are that the 1927 edition uses larger headlines and, in some places, different fonts. I don’t … Continue reading
This colorful booklet has Northern Pacific’s logo on the cover (which is actually the back cover), but was issued by the Yellowstone Park Camps Company. A map on panels 7 and 8 gives equal attention to Northern Pacific’s Gardiner Entrance, … Continue reading
This postcard came with the Great Northern See America First cards shown in the previous three days. However, it isn’t from Great Northern and it isn’t really a postcard. For one thing, the size is a little smaller than a … Continue reading
Yesterday’s booklet, Eastward Through the Storied Northwest, mentioned that Northern Pacific also had a folder describing the Panama Pacific Exposition of 1915. This is that booklet, which is also from the Schrenk collection and made available to us courtesy of … Continue reading
Most booklets from western railroads are aimed at easterners touring the West. A few are aimed at westerners touring the East. This one is aimed at enticing easterners who have found themselves in California, perhaps for one of the 1915 … Continue reading