Some of these blotters, all but one of which are from the Dale Hastin collection, continue to show “Northern Pacific cities” along with some Montana scenery. Click image to download a PDF of any blotter PDFs average about half a … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection were doubly useful, both to sop up ink and check the date. The first three shown here also have a pretty background pattern showing Old Faithful, Indian teepees, and a simplified North Coast … Continue reading
Harvey Wiley was a chemist in the Department of Agriculture who helped persuade Congress to pass the Pure Food & Drug Act of 1906, leading President Roosevelt to name him the nation’s first Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Frustrated with … Continue reading
Rocky replaced Old Bill in 1936, so all of these blotters from the Dale Hastin collection are from that year or later. The first two are simple, with the only difference between them being the color. Unusually for blotters, the … Continue reading
In 1929, GN completed its 7.9-mile Cascade Tunnel, as commemorated in the blotter below. This blotter is from the GN archives at the Minnesota History Center, so I can definitely date it to 1929. Click image to download a 356-KB … Continue reading
The first two blotters today are from the 1928 files in the GN archives at the Minnesota History Center. Click image to download a 225-KB PDF of this blotter. Chief Two Guns White Calf somewhat resembled the face on the … Continue reading
As a big shipper of apples from the Wenatchee Valley, GN loved to promote National Apple Week with special menus, recipe cards, and in this case a blotter. This and the other blotters shown today are from the Minnesota History … Continue reading
All but one of these blotters are from the Great Northern archive at the Minnesota History Center, so I can confidently date them to 1928. Since the history center does not allow the use of scanners, I copied these using … Continue reading
These blotters from the Dale Hastin collection are from the 1910s to the early 1920s. The first two are dated 1915, and include photos of Marguerite Motie, who was named Miss Spokane in 1912. … Continue reading
Here is an elegant blotter that uses the same logo and typeface as a piece of on-board stationery that I posted here more than two years ago. As I noted then, they show the Golden Gate before the construction of … Continue reading
