This booklet lists 67 dude ranches (less than half the number found in the UP’s 1955 dude ranches booklet) and another 40 “camps, lodges, and resorts.” The brands shown on the cover are actual brands of some of the dude … Continue reading
Although the title of this booklet includes “and Alaska,” the booklet actually gives more space to Idaho (which is part of the Northwest but not the Pacific Northwest) and Sun Valley than to Alaska. But this should be expected considering … Continue reading
We’ve seen Western Wonderlands booklets dated 1931 and 1938 and Western Wonderlands brochures dated 1953 and 1958. This booklet from 1935 is shorter than the 1931 edition but contains more information than the post-war brochures. Naturally, it covers all the … Continue reading
Although this booklet has a Union Pacific logo on the cover, it was actually published by the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce. Union Pacific probably ordered a special run with its logo or had the logo added later. The … Continue reading
Here is the 1929 edition of a booklet we’ve seen before in a 1931 version. This edition has fifteen black-and-white photos and six color lithographs, which are hand-colored versions of black-and-white photos. Technology had changed by 1931, as that edition … Continue reading
Except for some slight changes in dates, the first nineteen numbered pages of this booklet are virtually identical to those of the 1925 edition. Most of these nineteen pages promote a tour of Yellowstone, with four pages discussing a trip … Continue reading
Unlike later summer tour booklets that offered a half-dozen or more different escorted tours, this 1922 edition — the earliest one I have — details just one 14-day tour to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain parks. It does suggest some possible … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1921 booklet with a cover similar to this one. Yet the text and nearly all of the interior photos in the two booklets are completely different. Click image to download a 14.6-MB PDF of this 44-page booklet. … Continue reading
The Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Northwest was the home of giant women at least 1,000-feet tall, at least judging by the back cover of this brochure. The image is meant to convey the feeling of being “on top of the world,” … Continue reading
“No matter how your hopes may reach out to distant places and strange scenes–no matter what longing dreams of wonderlands beyond the humdrum daily life may be yours–here is a swift road that will sweep you away to your longed-for … Continue reading
