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This is the 1931 edition of yesterday’s booklet, which was from 1927. One major change is that, instead of having a centerfold map of Alaska, this one has photos on the center pages and a much larger map that unfolds … Continue reading
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We’ve previously seen booklets promoting the Alaska Railroad from 1934 and 1939. This one is from 1927, which was just four years after the line between Anchorage and Fairbanks was completed in 1923. Click image to download an 17.5-MB PDF … Continue reading
The painting on the (back) cover of this booklet was by Sam Hyde Harris, who made many posters and other artworks for the Southern Pacific. Inside, the booklet focuses on Palm Springs and nearby areas and is illustrated by 33 … Continue reading
“Now you can reach Crater Lake by either Siskiyou Line or new Cascade Line, Shasta Route,” advises this booklet. We’ve previously seen the Maurice Logan painting on the cover (which is the back cover) on a poster. Inside are 20 … Continue reading
In the late 1920s, the Rock Island started a Vacation Travel Service Bureau that attempted to compete with Union Pacific and Burlington’s escorted tours by offering unescorted tours whose transportation, accommodations, and meals were fully prepaid in advance. This booklet … Continue reading
The purpose of this booklet isn’t entirely clear. The main cover shown below (which, this being the Rock Island, is the back cover) is boring and uninformative. The front cover is the painting of Carriso Gorge by W.H. Bull, which … Continue reading
Rock Island faced stiff competition over all of its major routes and was at a disadvantage over most of those routes. Between Chicago and Denver it had to cover many more miles than the Burlington or UP and couldn’t compete … Continue reading
The 1949 Tropical Trips booklet has its name on both the front and back covers. While the front cover has flamingoes (which were also on the back cover of yesterday’s 1948 booklet), the back cover features flamingoes in the water … Continue reading
“Florida . . . and the Sunny South,” reads the front cover, but the real title of this booklet is on the back cover: Tropical Trips. The Atlantic Coast Line published an annual booklet of that name at least since … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a large (9-2/3″x13-1/2″) 1931 booklet encouraging people to take a seven-day tour of historic sites in Virginia and Washington DC. At 4-1/5″x7-2/3″, this undated booklet is more compact but covers the same ground. Perhaps falling into the … Continue reading