Intensely decorated with red and yellow on one side, but only yellow on the other, this brochure also has an image of Jasper Park Lodge that resembles, but is not identical to, the one on a 1937 menu shown here … Continue reading
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Though the cover claims this is a map of Canada, it doesn’t include any of the northern territories or even the northern parts of Canada’s major provinces. It does show all of the 48 states and (in an inset) most … Continue reading
In 1956, the Alaska Railroad still had trains called the Aurora (now spelled AuRoRa to emphasize the railroad’s initials) and Midnight Sun, but they operated on very different schedules than in 1931. In the earlier year, both trains went from … Continue reading
In 1957, Palm Springs was served twice daily by the Golden State and Imperial. Both of these were Southern Pacific trains, yet this brochure claims that the resort area was “served by Union Pacific Railroad.” Putting it mildly, that’s a … Continue reading
Yesterday’s brochure featured giant Boulder Dam; today’s features giant Hoover Dam. Of course, they are both the same dam; the name simply depended on whether the Democrats or Republicans were in control of Congress. Of the two, Hoover was probably … Continue reading
This 1951 brochure contains gorgeous color photographs of scenery and drab black-and-white photographs of the interiors of UP passenger trains. I can’t help but think this did not show the railroad at its best. Click image to download a 2.2-MB … Continue reading
When completed in 1936, Boulder Dam was the largest concrete structure ever built. This generated feelings of national pride and the Union Pacific happily took advantage of this by encouraging people to stopover in Las Vegas so they could tour … Continue reading
The cover’s reference to “plenty to shoot at” means with a camera. “Wherever you turn from wherever you are a new picture presents itself in the Utah-Arizona national parks,” says the inside of this 1936 brochure. I’d have to agree: … Continue reading
The underlying theme of this brochure is that the south rim of the Grand Canyon that was served by the Santa Fe was open year round. Unmentioned except by implication is that the north rim that was served by Union … Continue reading
This brochure describes rodeos in Bozeman and Ellensburg (both of which were on the NP main line), Coeur d’Alene (not far from the Northern Pacific station in Spokane), Cheyenne (served by Union Pacific but reachable by NP to Billings and … Continue reading