Here are two linen-era postcards distributed by the Milwaukee Road. The first shows a heavily (and not very accurately) colorized image of Yellowstone Falls and Canyon. Did people really dress like that when they visited national parks in 1940? Park visitors certainly don’t dress that way today.
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The number in the margin, “0B-H1134,” is a Curt-Teich printer code. According to the Newberry Library’s postcard dating guide, the 0B (which is zero-B, not oh-B) indicates the card was issued in 1940.
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The second card shows an even more heavily retouched and colorized photo of a deer and some flowers in Mount Rainier National Park. The printer code, 0B-H1136, shows that this card was also issued in 1940.
No, I doubt if they dressed like that once off the “Olympian Hiawatha” and the connecting bus. However, on the train, even in coach, people dressed to travel and did into the 1960’s. Now, we look like refugees even in first class air.