The 68-page Magic Yellowstone booklet of 1928 has morphed by 1938 into a 68-page Astonishing Yellowstone booklet. The essay by Emerson Hough, which filled 1-1/4 pages of the 1928 booklet, has been heavily edited so that it fits on only … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1946 booklet from the Great Northern urging people to resettle in Oregon for their “successful farming future.” Here’s a similar booklet issued by Northern Pacific in 1933 whose front and back covers are adorned with black-and-white … Continue reading
Jim Bridger wasn’t the first mountain man to visit Yellowstone, but he had a better publicist than John Colter. Near the end of his life, he told many wild stories about his explorations, some of which may actually have been … Continue reading
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
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
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
This booklet lists two dozen conventions and festivals that were scheduled to take place in Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and Tacoma (plus two in Los Angeles) in 1909, from the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition to the Western Bowling Congress. To encourage convention-goers … Continue reading
I acquired this booklet when I was thinking about Vilma and Helen Hruska’s voyage from Canada to Greenock, Scotland. After arriving in Greenock, they must have taken a train to London via Glasgow, possibly on the London & North Eastern … Continue reading
