These cards are distinguished from yesterday’s solely by the fact that they are printed portrait style (taller than wide) rather than landscape style (wider than tall). The backs, of course, are still printed landscape style. Click image to download a … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen some of Great Northern’s series of See America First postcards. In addition to having GN’s See America First logo on the back, many also had a little rhyme about Glacier Park, such as “Where Nature speaks from … Continue reading
Pyramid Mountain is 9,075 feet high, which makes its summit about 5,600 feet above the town of Jasper, just six miles southeast of the peak. As such, it appears in many photos of the town and the nearby area, including … Continue reading
Located in Wrangell, the totem pole pictured on the cover of this 1926 booklet is one of the most famous in Alaska. Originally carved in 1890 and known as the Kicksetti or Kiksadi totem, it is described in detail in … Continue reading
We’ve seen a booklet with the same cover as this one from 1950. This one is dated 1955. For the first 33 pages, there are almost no differences between the two. Even the graphic of a steam-powered passenger train on … Continue reading
I’ve previously written about the technologies that made streamliners possible, including Diesels, metallurgy, and air conditioning. One other technology worth mentioning is the paint or, more specifically, the lacquers that gave most streamliners their bright colors and brand identities. Even … Continue reading
Here are three more Byron Harmon real photo postcards that seem intriguing. First is a photo of a passenger train emerging from the lower spiral tunnel. Above it are some cars that appear to be part of the same train, … Continue reading
Here are some examples of Byron Harmon’s photos showing sights around Banff. All of these are hand colored; black-and-white versions of all of them exist but I only have the color versions. Click image to download a 225-KB PDF of … Continue reading
The first pair of Byron Harmon postcards today shows both the entrance and the exit of the lower spiral tunnel. Unlike the trains in yesterday’s postcards, this one is traveling westbound. Click image to download a 134-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
Byron Harmon didn’t worked for the Canadian Pacific except, perhaps, on a contract basis. CP used one of his photos on a menu cover but mostly relied on other photographers. But for many years he was the leading photographer in … Continue reading
