There are three different styles of postcards here, but all say to use a one cent stamp, so all are from before 1951, when the price was raised to two cents. They are also all from after World War II. … Continue reading
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These postcards depict Sun Valley in the winter. Most are undated though all but one appear to be post-war. Since UP sold Sun Valley in 1964, it is likely that none are after that year. Click any image to download … Continue reading
Some of these postcards depict scenes at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Others mention the exposition on the back. Still others have postmarks from around the time of the expo. But all of them have a similar grayish-and-white … Continue reading
Today’s postcards all depict the streamliner City of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland. Although the City of Los Angeles was technically Union Pacific’s premiere train, and no doubt carried more passengers, the railroad featured the Portland … Continue reading
The first card today appears to date from the pre-World War I era when most cards were printed in Germany. The divided back indicates it is from 1907 or later. It was not railroad-issued, but prominently mentions the Oregon, Washington … Continue reading
These cards date from the 1910s to the 1950s or 1960s. The first is probably from the late 1910s. There is more than one Japanese garden in Pasadena, but the one shown here is probably the Huntington garden (which is … Continue reading
All but one, or possibly two, of these postcards appear to date from the 1910s or 1920s. The first one has an almost completely unrecognizable photograph of San Francisco. While many of the buildings in the picture may still exist, … Continue reading
These five postcards date from the late 1910s to the 1960s. The first shows someone feeding a black bear, behavior that the Park Service actively discourages today. The person feeding the bear, though apparently a woman, is wearing pants and … Continue reading
The cover of this brochure resembles this … Continue reading
This folder opens up to show 18 hand-colored photos of scenes along the Union Pacific. Half of the photos are of Union Pacific train stations, which were not necessarily the most scenic sites along the route. Click image to download … Continue reading