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Dated 1917, this booklet is similar to one we have seen from 1923 and not quite so similar to one from 1935. Although this booklet has a color cover, while the 1923 booklet is sepia, many of the graphics in … Continue reading
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Just to make sure there is no mistake, the masthead for this issue of the Goat says it “is not an employee magazine” but is for people interested in industrial traffic and travel by the railway. Being another winter issue, … Continue reading
As suggested by the cover photo, this issue of the Goat emphasizes winter sports. This includes another article about Timberline Lodge in Oregon plus a curious one-page article about skiing at Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. That’s curious because the Snoqualmie … Continue reading
The Great Northern published the Goat for “individuals and organizations engaged directly or indirectly in the handling of industrial traffic matters and travel by railroad.” In other words, it was more likely to be seen by travel agents than the … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Great Northern dude ranch booklets from 1935 and 1940. This one from 1950 includes a brief description of 45 different dude ranches. Most of them are in Montana, but there are five in Washington, two in British … Continue reading
“It is highly probable that your successful farming future lies in one of the new farming areas of Oregon,” says this booklet published by the Great Northern Railway’s Department of Agricultural and Mineral Development. Designed to encourage men returning from … Continue reading
This booklet has the same introduction by Mary Roberts Rinehart that was used several years later in The Call of the Mountains, but otherwise appears to have different text and photos. It still contains the usual blend of stories, photos, … Continue reading
One of the photos in yesterday’s postcard folder showed fly fishing on the Skykomish River. This was an important enough activity that Great Northern devoted a whole booklet to it in 1909. Click image to download an 26.8-MB PDF of … Continue reading
“All boys want to be real locomotive engineers someday,” said Southern Pacific. So it put together this 16-page introduction to SP locomotives and operations and offered boys an opportunity to be a “junior engineer.” Click image to download a 3.8-MB … Continue reading
Published by the Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company, this little booklet has four pages of text followed by two dozen full-page photos plus a centerfold photo of Yosemite Valley. Though nominally black-and-white, most of the photos are printed in a … Continue reading