I have a cover with 16 views from Southern Pacific Lines ... written in 1943 ... called Scenic Grandeur of the West. It has a price tag of 75 cents. Do you know who I could talk to about this? I would like to sell this as well.
—John Kellum, Seaside, Oregon
"Folio– Contains sixteen colored views of points of interest along Southern Pacific Lines"
ReplyDelete" ... pictorial folder (cowboy looking at train) containing 16 colorized 8x10 inch photographs of sites such as Palm Springs, Union Station in Los Angeles, oil wells near Santa Barbara, Golden Gate Bridge, Oakland Bay Bridge, the Daylight Limited, etc."
Also see, All Aboard: The Role of the Railroads in Protecting, Promoting, and Selling Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks by Joshua Scott Johns
ReplyDelete"Streamliner City of San Francisco Crossing Salt Lake
ReplyDeleteDaylight Limited, San Francisco and Los Angeles
Roosevelt Dam, Arizona
Union Station, Los Angeles
San Joaquin Daylight on Tehachapi Loop, Southern Pacific Lines
Homes of Ancient Cliff Dwellers, Arizona
The Wawona 'Tunnel Tree,' Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park
Cypress Point, Monterey
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Oil Wells Near Santa Barbara
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. [From Yerba Buena Island]
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Half Dome From Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park
Palm Springs, California
Giant Cactus, Arizona"
Images can be seen online at the Harry Oliver Fandom Center, Memorial Archive.
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