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
This brochure describes a 16-day tour from Chicago to Las Vegas and California destinations. I think the sickly green color of the brochure is supposed to represent gold, as in California is the Golden State and Las Vegas is where … Continue reading
This is a companion to yesterday’s brochure focusing on Bryce, the Grand Canyon, and Zion. It offers a 12-day tour to southern Utah parks with stops in Salt Lake City and Denver, another 12-day tour that adds Las Vegas and … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 72-page booklet of Union Pacific’s 1958 summer tours and even a 12-panel (counting both sides) brochure covering those tours. Now we have a brochure dedicated exclusively to California tours. At 14 panels, this is larger than the … Continue reading
This four-page brochure describes the Rio Grande’s two routes between Denver and Salt Lake City with twenty small photos on the interior pages. The black-and-white photos have a hint of green tinting which isn’t always appropriate. Click image to download … Continue reading
From 1959 through 1964, Great Northern issued at least 22 of these brochures that fold up to be slightly smaller than a postcard. With this one for Spokane, the only one I know I am missing is for Hawaii. Click … Continue reading
