The map on the cover of this booklet shows only a small portion of Colorado–basically, Colorado Springs to Fort Collins and the northern part of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Union Pacific served Denver and Greeley, but … Continue reading
Like the California and Zion booklets, this one has a dozen color images. Unlike those other booklets, these appear to be actual color photos rather than hand-colored black-and-white photos. Modern Kodachrome wasn’t introduced until four years after this 1931 booklet … Continue reading
After introducing dome cars in 1956, Union Pacific reissued its color brochures with new photos to update pictures of the trains as well as hair, clothing, and automobile styles. The 1959 Pacific Northwest booklet is 52 pages, making it 8 … Continue reading
This colorful booklet is marked “Chicago and North Western Railway System,” but is in the same series as Union Pacific booklets. In fact, I have otherwise identical booklets but from different years that are marked “Union Pacific” and “Union Pacific/Chicago … Continue reading
For 1939, the cover of the Union Pacific Pacific Northwest booklet shows a map of Oregon and Washington indicating Union Pacific rail lines and some, but not all, connecting lines. Southern Pacific lines to California are shown, as is the … Continue reading
This 1929 Pacific Northwest booklet has a green cover reminiscent of the evergreen forests that blanket much of the Northwest as well as Southeast Alaska. The image embossed into the front cover is Oregon’s Multnomah Falls, which is visible from … Continue reading
This 1923 booklet is in the “painted-cover” format, and the back cover painting (shown below) includes representations of Alaska and Washington’s Mt. Rainier. Part of the front cover shows Multnomah Falls, but unfortunately someone clipped off half of the front … Continue reading
The perfection of color photography allowed Union Pacific to issue travel booklets filled with real color photos after World War II. The booklets were smaller in format than those from before the war–about 5-1/4×7-1/2 vs. 7×10–but sometimes made up for … Continue reading
Here is an example of the third generation of Union Pacific tour books, one with the map-on-cover. What were they thinking? For people who’ve been to California, a map might evoke some nice memories, but people who’ve already been somewhere … Continue reading
This is a 1927 update of yesterday’s booklet, and it would establish a pattern that Union Pacific would follow for at least a decade: 7″x10″ booklets made of particularly stiff paper, with covers color-keyed to their subject and embossed with … Continue reading
