The 1941 edition of Canadian National’s Jasper booklet has ten color photos, plus the one on the cover. That’s a step up from the seven photos (including the cover) on the 1940 edition, which was shown here five years ago. … Continue reading
This booklet is a lot like Canadian National’s 1938 Jasper booklet. Like that one, it starts with a forward by G.H. Lash, a Canadian writer whose articles about the outdoors often appeared in Maclean’s magazine. From there, the booklet has … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1932 booklet about Jasper Park that has a beautiful color painting on the cover and four more color paintings on the inside. Thanks to the introduction of Kodachrome film in 1935, this 1938 booklet instead has … Continue reading
Ever since the “days of ’98,” the Yukon has been a major mining area. In 1928, when this booklet was produced, the only way for a Canadian to get to the Yukon was to take a train to Vancouver or … Continue reading
This 1937 Burlington vacation guide features cover art by Paul Proehl (1887-1965), who I am surprised to realize I haven’t mentioned before as he did work for both Chicago & North Western and Illinois Central. An Illinois native, Proehl received … Continue reading
I’ve seen this cover on booklets published by a variety of railroads, including the New York Central and Pennsylvania. This means the booklet was originally designed by the Expo, which left space for railroad logos the cover (which is actually … Continue reading
This 1909 booklet was apparently written to entice eastern visitors to the San Diego and San Francisco fairs that celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal to make their return trips via the Northern Pacific rather than the more direct … Continue reading
At first glance this looks like an ordinary 8″x9″ railroad advertising booklet, printed on individual sheets that are 16″ wide. It turns out, however, that each page unfolds to be 16″ wide, so the sheets they are printed on are … Continue reading
We’ve already seen Union Pacific’s post-war tour booklets featuring the Pacific Northwest and Alaska dated 1952 and 1959. Those two had photos of the Columbia River Gorge on their covers, while this one with Mt. Hood is dated 1963. Click … Continue reading
The cover of this booklet, shown below, has two beautiful color photos taken in Rocky Mountain National Park. This is actually the back cover; the rest of the booklet, including the front cover, has only black-and-white photos, though printed on … Continue reading
