Like yesterday’s booklet, this one is dated 1886. But information in the back describes the tourist season of 1887, so this one must have been published at the end of the year while yesterday’s was at the beginning. There is … Continue reading
The intrepid-looking fellow standing on the cover of Northern Pacific’s 1886 Wonderland booklet is supposed to be Frederick Schwatka, who is credited with writing more than half the booklet. As a U.S. Army lieutenant, Schwatka achieved fame for leading the … Continue reading
“This is a world of wonders!” opens this 1885 booklet. “Beyond the Great Lakes,” it continues, “lies a region which may justly be designated the Wonderland of the World.” In saying so, this booklet is referring not to Yellowstone but … Continue reading
Passengers on Great Northern trains were allowed to stopover at Glacier National Park at no extra rail fare, at least when this booklet was issued. The booklet briefly describes one- to seven-day tours people could take in the park, but … Continue reading
As previously noted here, the Dominion Atlantic Railway had been a wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific since 1911. The railway served Nova Scotia, which had once been occupied by French-speaking Acadians. During the French & … Continue reading
The Chung collection has a Canadian Pacific booklet about resorts in the Canadian Rockies dated 1906. Between the Chung collection and archive.org are annual editions of the booklet from 1910 to 1933. From 1911 to 1923, these have a color … Continue reading
This is a strange booklet that really comes in two parts. First is a cover that is about 6-1/2″x9.2″. The fine print says the cover was printed in Canada. Second is the interior portion which is about 12″x9.2″. It was … Continue reading
This booklet followed the same design as yesterday’s 1922 booklet: a front cover that covered only half of the width of the booklet and whose illustration wrapped around to a full-width back cover. Together, as shown in the image below, … Continue reading
This booklet is unusual in that the front cover is only half the width of the interior pages while the cover illustration wraps around to a full-width back cover. We’ve previously seen a 1924 Jasper Park booklet that was also … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1932 booklet describing 23 dude ranches and lodges in “Buffalo Bill country,” meaning in and around Cody, Wyoming. This one is from 1925 and includes 15 dude ranches and lodges, 10 of which are also in … Continue reading
