Unlike the previous two booklets of Christmas carols, this one has a date: 1959. It also has a different publisher: Osborne, Kemper Thomas, which was also a calendar printer. Each of the Christmas carols also has its own individual illustration … Continue reading
It’s Christmas season, and if you had been in Sun Valley sixty years ago, you might have been invited to sing Christmas carols out of one of these booklets. The inside front cover says, “Wishing You A Merry Christmas/May Good … Continue reading
We’ve seen a 1950 dude ranches booklet; not surprisingly, this one is nearly identical. All of the photos and basic layout are the same, though of course some of the ranches have changed. Click image to download a 7.6-MB PDF … Continue reading
We’ve seen 1917 and 1946 booklets advertising the Cody Road to Yellowstone; here is one from 1937. The 1937 and 1946 booklets follow the same outline and share some photographs and text, but also have many photos that are unique … Continue reading
Burlington’s 1927 escorted tours booklet briefly described an Alaska tour and noted that “Complete details with day-to-day itinerary are given in a special Alaska folder which will be mailed gladly upon request.” This is that special folder. Click image to … Continue reading
In 1884, Northern Pacific began promoting the Northwest in general and Yellowstone Park in particular with a Wonderland theme. At first, the railroad made a direct connection to Alice in Wonderland. In 1885, it published a romance in which a … Continue reading
Canadian National had Dieselized its mainline trains with the introduction of the Super Continental in April, 1954, two months after this publication was issued. While images of that train is shown on the front and back covers, page 2 shows … Continue reading
This edition of Canadian National’s Jasper Park booklet seems to be channeling Great Northern’s later Big Sky Blue color scheme, as a dozen or so pages heavily rely on blue which is apparently meant to indicate blue skies in otherwise … Continue reading
The 7″-by-10″ booklet consists mainly of 87 full-page, black-and-white photographs of scenery along Canadian National’s route. Unlike later booklets that emphasized the spectacular scenery in the Rocky Mountains, this one includes only about ten photos in the Rockies, fewer than … Continue reading
Financed by the profitable Grand Trunk Railroad, which operated in Canada’s most heavily populated provinces, Canadian National predecessor Grand Trunk Pacific was the most significant threat to Canadian Pacific’s dominance of transcontinental traffic. It terminated at Prince Rupert instead of … Continue reading
