Ostensibly published by the Franco-American Branch of the American Good Will Association, this booklet promotes the 1926 Columbia River Historical Expedition. The booklet claims the trip was “being organized under the leadership of” the governors of Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, … Continue reading
The territory covered by this booklet overlaps with yesterday’s, as the area identified as “Scott’s Country” on the map on page 11 includes Edinburgh and the Scottish lowlands. The area identified as “Burns Country” includes Glasgow and the highlands. Click … Continue reading
This British Railways booklet is in the same series as yesterday’s, and like yesterday’s is dated 1950. It covers the Scottish lowlands, which is basically Scotland south of Edinburgh. The cover says “Edinburgh,” but most of the booklet is about … Continue reading
In 1950, just two years after taking over most of Britain’s private railways, British Railways issued a series of booklets encouraging people to ride trains to vacation spots in Britain. This one is for hills and moorlands west of London, … Continue reading
The White Pass and Yukon was in its seventh year of operation when it put out this booklet describing its rail route from Skaguay (an older spelling) to White Horse by rail and White Horse to Dawson City by steamboat. … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1959 booklet listing rates at Jasper. This one has the same photos on the outside and inside front covers and the same text on page 3. However, it adds several paragraphs of text advising people “what … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen booklets like this one from 1949 and 1952. The text in all three is pretty similar, but the layout and photos used in the 1949 version is quite different from today’s 1951 edition. Click image to download … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s booklet about the Banff Springs Hotel, this one is filled with warm, color illustrations (but no etchings) of people enjoying the chateau and its surroundings. The art is unsigned but the style is also similar to yesterday’s, so … Continue reading
A few days ago, I suggested that using the covers of its booklets and menus advertising its various hotels to publish a political statement claiming its moral superiority over rival Canadian National was poor marketing. Today’s booklet is an example … Continue reading
This booklet is from my own collection. Each of the “expression” booklets advertising Canadian Pacific hotels have a translucent sheet of paper separating the cover from the inside material and advertising the then-forthcoming Empress of Britain. To make this easier … Continue reading
