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
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The three railroads that operated the California Zephyr issued numerous postcards in the two decades that train ran. Here are a few we haven’t seen before. Click image to download a 244-KB PDF of this postcard. The Alco locomotives shown … Continue reading
Today our postcard journey on the Western Pacific takes us east of the Sierra Nevada and back in time to the era of lithographic postcards. Click image to download a 175-KB PDF of this postcard. This card says “near Pilot, … Continue reading
All but one of yesterday’s postcards were lithographically printed based on black-and-white photos. Today’s cards are black-and-white photos themselves. I usually prefer color, but after studying the often muddy and sometimes heavily retouched pictures from yesterday there’s something refreshing and … Continue reading
The Western Pacific Railroad completed its line from Salt Lake City to Oakland in 1909, just two years after the Post Office allowed people to send postcards with messages written on the back. WP encouraged postcard companies to publish cards … Continue reading
Before the Moffat Tunnel opened in 1928, the Denver & Salt Lake Railway crossed the Rockies over Rollins Pass, which was more than 11,600 feet in elevation. Ascending and descending the pass required numerous tunnels, trestles, 180-degree curves, and at … Continue reading
Although Burlington trains didn’t come any closer to Glacier Park than Billings, about 400 miles away, it issued a number of postcards advertising Glacier. Of course, the Great Northern, which did go to Glacier, owned nearly half of the Burlington. … Continue reading
The first card today is postmarked April 6, 1916. The fact that it doesn’t have the “See America First” slogan in large letters or a little rhyme on the back suggests that the cards with that slogan were only used … Continue reading
Great Northern opened the Glacier Park Hotel in 1913 and popularized the “See America First” slogan to encourage people to visit the park instead of taking a trip to Europe. These postcards were part of this campaign and all have … Continue reading
Many Baltimore & Ohio streamlined trains were really just remodeled versions of heavyweight trains. This included the Cincinnatian, which began operating in 1947, when new equipment was hard to obtain because manufacturers were backed up with postwar orders. Click image … Continue reading