We’ve seen several White Pass & Yukon booklets about Alaska and the Yukon from the 1930s and 1940s. This one is from 1923. I found it on archive.org, but I didn’t like the way they cut the color illustration on … Continue reading
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This 1966 booklet is an evolution of the Midnight Sun booklets describing the facilities on board CN’s steamships and views along the way to Skagway, Alaska. In the 1960s, CN evidently decided to replace the totem pole shown on the … Continue reading
Ontario, this booklet points out, is more than 400,000 square miles, which is more than 50 percent larger than Texas. The province, the booklet adds, has an urban south and a wild, lake-filled north. Most of the booklet is about … Continue reading
Most of Canadian National’s Jasper Lodge booklets, such as the one presented here a couple of days ago, are in two parts: the first half is mainly photos while the second half is mainly a list of Jasper Park activities … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1952 booklet by this name before. At that time, CN passenger trains were still hauled by steam locomotives and used heavyweight equipment. By 1957, Diesels had replaced most steam and streamlined passenger cars had replaced some CN … Continue reading
We’ve seen this booklet in 1956 and 1958 editions, and this one isn’t too much different. In addition to the cover photo, this one has four interior photos that differ from the ones used in 1956, and the same number … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Canadian National’s Jasper booklets for 1951 and 1953. This one from 1952 more closely resembles the one from 1951 for the very good reason that Jasper Lodge burnt in 1952 and so the 1953 booklet includes several … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen editions of this booklet from 1937 and 1950. Today’s is from 1951. I’ve seen booklets like these dating back to at least 1928, but the sun-ray-and-totem-pole covers only began in the mid-1930s. Click image to download an … Continue reading
Unlike many of CN’s pre-war booklets, the pretty image shown below is on the front cover, rather than the back cover, of this guide. The first half covers what to do in Jasper and the second half describes the Triangle … Continue reading
We saw a Canadian National Jasper booklet from 1946 a few days ago, and one from 1948 several years ago. This one from 1947 looks closer to the 1946 booklet than the one from 1948. Click image to download a … Continue reading