The Oriental and Captain Palmer

I previously presented this little booklet based on photos I took of one in the Minnesota History Center. Now I’ve acquired one of my own. The history center had several copies, one hardbound in orange, one softbound in tan, and one bound in an elegant black tissue with gold flecks. Mine is in red tissue with gold flecks, with the cover title plate glued on.

Click image to download a 5.3-MB PDF of this 24-page booklet.

As I explained previously, the booklet was written by (though not credited to) Grace Flandrau and used as a Christmas Card by the GN in 1924. It’s focus on a sailing ship called the Oriental was a subtle plug for Great Northern’s Oriental Limited, which the railway had completely re-equipped in 1924.


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