We’ve already seen a 1927 booklet about Jasper National Park. That one was large — almost 8″x11″ — and contained several color illustrations. Today’s booklet is also from 1927, but it is smaller — about 5-1/2″x7-3/4″ — and has no … Continue reading
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We’ve previously seen a booklet for Jasper Park Lodge from 1924 and one about Jasper from 1927. This one, dated February 1926, is completely different from either of these. One or two photos in the 1924 edition may also be … Continue reading
The cover of this booklet seems designed to attract people interested in Canadian history. Two of the six figures at the top are recognizable as Alexander Mackenzie (third from the left) and David Thompson (fourth from the left), both early … 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
This has absolutely no railroad content, but I’m including it here because it is the only evidence we have that the Hruska sisters’ trip to Europe included time on the continent instead of just in Britain. This brochure includes 11 … Continue reading
Vilma and Helen Hruska, two sisters from a family of eight children, shared a house in North Bergen, New Jersey, in 1954. Vilma was a school teacher and had the summers off. Helen worked as a dental assistant and was … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific hotels weren’t just places for tourists to stay. Most of them also had facilities for large conferences and conventions. This booklet is specifically aimed at attracting convention business to the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec. Click image to download … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen booklets advertising Canadian Pacific’s chain of hotels from 1947, 1949, and 1957. This one is from 1937. Click image to download a 4.7-MB PDF of this 24-page booklet. The postwar booklets all list the hotels in geographic … Continue reading
The Banff Springs Hotel is an incredible place. It’s chateau-style architecture would look completely out of place in a U.S. national park, but somehow it fits in Canada’s Rocky Mountain National Park (later called Banff). This booklet describes many of … Continue reading
After the Grand Canyon, California must have been Santa Fe’s leading tourist destination, yet we’ve previously seen only one Santa Fe booklet dedicated to that state, from 1938. This one is from two years later, and other than the cover … Continue reading