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
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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
This cover painting by Maurice Logan also appeared on a 16-page, 1928 booklet titled “California for the Tourist.” This brochure has the equivalent of four pages and is aimed at southern Californians thinking of traveling to the San Francisco Bay … Continue reading
Southern Pacific announced a new simplified fare structure for its San Francisco commuter trains in 1957. Rather than have a different price for each city pair, it put the San Francisco-San Jose route into six zones, with one price from … Continue reading
The Peninsula, of course, is the San Francisco peninsula, which includes San Mateo County. SP commuter trains continued south of the peninsula to San Jose and other communities in Santa Clara County. This flyer lists fares; the Streamliner Memories reader … Continue reading
Dated November 1, 1942, this issue of West doesn’t promote any vacation destinations or announce new trains, which would have been inappropriate in the midst of the world war. Instead, it relates how Union Pacific and Southern Pacific ceremoniously “undrove” … Continue reading
A 1940 issue of West advertised that California was “throwing a winter party” consisting of “more than 300 colorful pageants, fiestas, celebrations, and sports events.” This one repeats the theme for the winter of 1941-42. No one knew that most … Continue reading