Here is one of Union Pacific’s 8-1/2″x11″ brochures advertising various destinations. We’ve previously seen a 1941 brochure for the Pacific Northwest, a 1953 brochure also for the Pacific Northwest, as well as ones for Colorado from 1953, Yellowstone from 1954, … Continue reading
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We’ve seen 8-1/2″x11″ brochures like this one before, including this 1954 brochure about southern Utah parks. The earliest one we’ve seen is this 1941 brochure about the Pacific Northwest. Today’s, however, is even earlier than that, being dated 4-25-40. Click … Continue reading
In the early 1930s, UP issued a couple of booklets called Western Wonderlands. We’ve also seen a 1938 brochure with the same title. The 1938 brochure didn’t have color photos, but it had orange and blue highlights on one side … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen these 11″x17″ sheets folded into a four-page 8-1/2″x11″ brochure, including one for the Pacific Northwest. Union Pacific also made them for Colorado, Yellowstone, and southern Utah parks. But these were all dated 1953 or 1954, while today’s … Continue reading
This issue of West encourages people to take the “Redwood Empire Tour” via SP subsidiary Northwestern Pacific overnight from San Francisco to Eureka, then Pacific Greyhound (which was partly owned by SP) from Eureka through the redwoods to Grants Pass, … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Northern Pacific’s 8-1/2″x11″ brochures for the North Dakota badlands, Yellowstone, dude ranches, the Mount Baker National Forest, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, rivers, the Rockies, and mountains in general. This one covers the East, as in the eastern United … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s item, this is a brochure, not a booklet. It is filled with color photos, including three of CN’s Super Continental, but the cover photo is simply not as dramatic as black-and-white photos used on earlier booklets. In addition, … Continue reading
A few days ago, I chided a 1952 Canadian National booklet for calling Canada’s eastern provinces the “provinces by the sea” when British Columbia (among other Canadian provinces) is also by the sea. This 1959 publication corrects that, referring to … Continue reading
The 1949 Detroit conventioneer who collected the menus and timetables either had time when laying over in Denver to take a trip down to Colorado Springs or picked up this brochure for future reference. The cog railway trip took 4-1/2 … Continue reading
In 1928, passengers arriving in Minneapolis on the Oriental Limited, Winnipeg Limited, or Red River early in the morning could continue onto Chicago on the Oriental Limited, arriving at 7 pm. Or, thanks to this innovative new service, they could … Continue reading