This brochure offers one-day, two-day, and three-day tours of Glacier National Park. The one-day tours cost $23.76 ($280 in today’s money) including bus transport in the park, boat fare on Two Medicine Lake, four meals, and one night’s lodging. Starting … Continue reading
Here is the 1974 version of the 1970 brochure presented here a few days ago. Much of the text is the same, but the marketing department managed to squeeze 24 photos into a brochure that previously had just 17, mainly … Continue reading
Instead of the pre-war booklets which were 20 or more pages long, in 1970 CN advertised its Alaska steamship service with this brochure, which opens up to the equivalent of about six pages. But those pages are filled with color … Continue reading
Despite the title, this brochure is in English and unfolds to the equivalent of a 12-page booklet. Filled with 22 color photos, it is a significant advance on the dreary Ontario booklet shown here a couple of days ago, which … Continue reading
This 1939 brochure unfolds into a massive 24″x33″ sheet that has slightly more space than one of Canadian National’s 20-page booklets. CN issued many 16- to 24-page booklets covering similar material, including one with the same name as this in … Continue reading
This joint Canadian National/Canadian Pacific brochure advertises “really low summer fares” to seasides and resorts in eastern Canada. However, they don’t appear to be that low to me. The roundtrip fare from Toronto to St. Andrews, for example, is CAN$30.85, … Continue reading
Issued in 1937 to advertise CN’s Alaska service, this brochure unfolds to about 21″x33″. The colors on the cover shown below extend the full 33-inch width of the brochure, though any details in the remaining part are covered up with … Continue reading
The left panel of the “cover” of this 1912 brochure shows the S.S. Princess Victoria, which served Canadian Pacific’s “triangle” between Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. The right panel shows Field, B.C., at the base of the one-time “big hill,” which … Continue reading
This brochure describes Canadian Pacific’s two premiere Rocky Mountain resorts in the equivalent of six pages of a booklet. We’ve previously seen a 1953 20-page booklet and a 1960 8-page booklet about the same resorts. The declining page count may … Continue reading
Although the Empress of Scotland went from Montreal to Liverpool, Helen and Vilma Hruska got off in Greenock, Scotland, on July 5, a day before the ship arrived in Liverpool. They returned on the same ship, leaving August 21 and … Continue reading
