The two color photos on the cover of this booklet are joined by a third one on page 9. For the most part, however, this booklet still uses black-and-white photos and unsigned color illustrations of tourists and scenery in the … Continue reading
“French Canada,” says this 1948 booklet, is “where old and new worlds meet,” apparently because it was settled before British Canada and clung to its traditions after being taken over by the British. This theme is similar to the one … Continue reading
This booklet is dated 12-26, so it was printed for the 1927 travel season. We’ve already seen a 1927 booklet focusing on Jasper National Park that featured four splendid color paintings. This one is slightly disappointing as it has no … Continue reading
Between the Princess Alice, Princess Louise, and Princess Charlotte, Canadian Pacific had departures from Vancouver to Skagway every three to four days in the summer of 1936. The Charlotte also did two 11-day cruises that differed from ordinary trips (which … Continue reading
This unusual booklet was written by Katherine Hale, the pen name for Amelia Beers Warnock Garvin (1874-1956). Hale was something of a renaissance woman, being a poet, essayist, journalist, lecturer, and an opera singer. The text of this publication tells, … Continue reading
This fancy booklet is supposed to look like it was printed on wood, or at least wood-grained paper. It includes 17 color illustrations that are glued onto the pages. Click image to download an 8.7-MB PDF of this 36-page booklet. … Continue reading
Byron Harmon published this spiral-bound portfolio of eighteen black-and-white photos hand colored and printed using the Vandyck photogravure process. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the Vandyck process is and can’t find any information about it on the internet. Considering … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Burlington booklets advertising the Cody Road entrance into Yellowstone Park from 1917, 1937, and 1946. This one happens to be from 1930. Click image to download a 5.1-MB PDF of this 12-page booklet. Young men may also … Continue reading
The Colorado & Southern Railway, which published this booklet in 1905, was a strange combination of a standard-gauge railroad trending north-south from Cheyenne, Wyoming to the Texas border and some narrow-gauge railroads trending east-west into the Colorado Rockies. The north-south … Continue reading
This undated booklet is filled with somewhat muddy black-and-white photos and interesting little art nouveau-style graphics. The booklet features the National Park Inn that was an early accommodation for those who wished to visit the park and Paradise Inn that … Continue reading
