The booklet advertising the 1935 world cruise featured faux luggage stickers, likely drawn by CP staff artists. The largest sticker on the back cover is for Angkor Wat, the Cambodian ruin that was an optional exclusion in both the 1934 … Continue reading
Leaving New York on December 3 and returning on April 11, the 1932-33 world cruise was 129 days long, two days longer than in 1931-32. The first 20 pages of the booklet below re-introduces us to the new Empress of … Continue reading
During the 1931 season, the Empress of Britain made nine round trips between Southampton and Quebec. For its last westbound trip of the season, however, it headed straight to New York, where it was prepared for its first world cruise. … Continue reading
The introduction of the second Empress of Britain was so momentous in Canadian Pacific ocean liner history that I’m using 1931, rather than 1930, to divide the ’20s from the ’30s in these posts documenting the empress fleet. The Britain, … Continue reading
South America-Africa was the last cruise added to Canadian Pacific’s offerings, first taking place in 1928. Although the cruise visited some famous sites, including the pyramids and Mount Vesuvius, these were also visited by the world and Mediterranean cruises. Otherwise, … Continue reading
This brochure describes around-the-world tours people could take using Canadian Pacific trains across Canada, Canadian Pacific ships from Vancouver to Hong Kong or Australia, and Canadian Pacific ships from Liverpool to Montreal. The brochure lists other carriers that could complete … Continue reading
It’s 1892, and the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway has changed its name to the Great Northern, signifying a completely different set of ambitions. But James J. Hill has not forgotten the importance of the Red River Valley, which … Continue reading
To promote construction of a northern railway, Congress in 1864 offered the most generous land grant in U.S. history: roughly 44 million acres consisting of every other square mile of land within 20 miles on either side of the rail … Continue reading
Whereas pre-war brochures assumed that the only easy way to get to Glacier Park was by train, GN devoted a fifth of the front of this brochure to promoting the Western Star, which was having to compete with auto travel … Continue reading
There are “four ways to see Glacier Park,” says this 1939 brochure: hiking, motoring, horseback riding, or boat. Each of these are illustrated by one or more of the eight black-and-white photographs on the front of the brochure. Click image … Continue reading
