Though issued just four years after yesteray’s brochure, the map on the back of this one has already undergone considerable evolution. Though still in the same cartoonish style, the image deletes the underlying relief map, instead just showing state boundaries. … Continue reading
This is one of the first if not the first Union Pacific brochure to feature a Willmarth map on the back. Kenneth and William Willmarth did commercial illustration in Omaha and Union Pacific may have been their most important client. … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1931 booklet and brochures from the 1950s titled “Western Wonderlands.” This 1946 brochure varies from this slightly with “Western Vacationlands.” Like the later brochures, one side of this one has panels for each of the major destinations … Continue reading
Distributed to travel agents for the 1929 vacation season, this four-page brochure features the lovable Yellowstone bears drawn by Walter Oehrle. The image of the bears using a crowbar to break a lock consisting of the Union Pacific shield sends … Continue reading
The Santa Fe invited Chicago-California passengers to stop over at Williams, Arizona, near the Grand Canyon, for up to ten days at no extra fare. This brochure provides information and costs of food, lodging, and tours in the Grand Canyon … Continue reading
Burlington, Great Northern, and Union Pacific dude ranch booklets typically included a few pages describing dude ranch vacations followed by many pages of one- or two-paragraph descriptions of all the dude ranches near each railroad’s lines. Northern Pacific did it … Continue reading
This brochure, which is clearly marked 1939, appears to be an update from an earlier brochure that I estimated was issued around 1937. The earlier brochure is titled “Through the American Rockies” while this one uses the more generic “American … Continue reading
When this brochure was published, Tacoma was the “lumber capital of America,” the “gateway to the mountain,” meaning Mount Rainier, and a “city of beautiful homes” and “fine parks.” The brochure is undated, but it cites data from 1937, so … Continue reading
Swimming, climbing, fishing, horseback riding, and indolence are featured as the main things people do on a dude ranch. When this brochure was issued, dude ranches typically cost $25 to $75 a week. Today, $100 to $200 a day is … Continue reading
Mount Baker National Forest was carved out of the Washington National Forest in 1924, and in 1927 local developers built a grand lodge that could fairly be compared with Old Faithful Inn or Glacier Park Lodge. Northern Pacific took advantage … Continue reading
