At first glance, this appears to be a menu in what I call the charcoal series of Canadian National Alaska steamship dinner menus. Opening it, however, reveals it to be the program for the last night’s entertainment on the TSS … Continue reading
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This 1935 brochure advertises cruises to Skagway, Alaska on the Prince Robert, one of Canadian National’s newest steamships. The cruises included lengthy tourist stops in the towns of Prince Rupert (7 hours), Ketchikan (5 hours), Sitka (8 hours), and Juneau … Continue reading
Before it purchased dome cars for the California Zephyr and other streamlined trains, the Rio Grande made a narrow-gauge dome car, of sorts, for its scenic line between Durango and Silverton. The car had a glass roof with open sides … Continue reading
In 1929, Burlington issued a California escorted tour booklet jointly with the Santa Fe railroad. That booklet described just one 22-day tour that went on the Santa Fe from Chicago to Los Angeles with stopovers in Santa Fe and the … Continue reading
In late 1906, the Chicago & North Western completed its line to Lander, Wyoming, which may have been part of an effort for the railway to reach the Pacific. In late 1907, Union Pacific built a line to what is … Continue reading
This appears to be a companion to yesterday’s brochure about the City of Denver, but supposedly focusing on what to do when people got to Denver. In the mid-1950s, Union Pacific published a series of 8-1/2″x11″ full-color glossy four-page brochures … Continue reading
We’ve seen four-page, 8-1/2″x11″ brochures like this one for Colorado (dated 1953), Yellowstone (also 1953), Zion-Bryce-Grand Canyon (1954), and the Pacific Northwest (1959). This one is also for the Pacific Northwest but is dated 1953. Click image to download a … Continue reading
This January-February, 1963 newsletter is supposed to be the first issue of volume 34, meaning it was first published in the 1920s. It is evidently aimed at travel agents as all of the stories relate to passenger travel, tourist destinations, … Continue reading
The Californian was the local counterpart to the Golden State Limited on the Rock Island-Southern Pacific route between Chicago and Los Angeles. It began operating in 1910, was cancelled in 1930 due to the Depression, then was revived in 1937 … Continue reading
I have four Union Pacific booklets called Western Wonderlands from the 1920s and 1930s and — with this one — four brochures by that name from the post-war era. UP probably put out a new one in almost every year … Continue reading