Here is an old photo from our collection of Yellowstone memorabilia. There is no information on the back so everything we know is just speculation from the photo. It appears the ladies on the train's platform are on a tour of Yellowstone hosted by Rt. Reverend ? ... we think that may be him on the right. (No pun intended.) The big round sign on the back of the train is known as a "drumhead" ... trains usually had their name and logo in this spot. In this picture we can read, on the drumhead, Yellowstone at the bottom and then, curving around the top Rt Rev ???? Tour. We tried to do some research to see if we could determine who the Reverend was, and some info about his tours. We guess the date to be in the 1920s or 30s. Even Google couldn't help us on this one, so maybe one of you may know more about this vintage photograph. In any event, the ladies all appear to be having a great time.
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| Ladies on the platform |
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| She is holding something that may be one of the very early fold-out cameras. |
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| We believe this gentleman is the Rt Reverend hosting the tour. |
More Recent Photos from the Neighborhood ...
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| Monday, June 8, 2015 Unusually clear afternoon sky. |
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| Trying to get Space Needle and Mt Rainier in one frame. |
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| Hanjin Freighter departing Elliott Bay June 8, 2015 |
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| Sunset, June 3, 2015 Sunset time for today: 9:01 PM PDT |
Thank you for stopping by John's Island.
Love the old photo postcard John. I'm pretty certain the woman in your last photo would never have contemplated a selfie. My how the world has changed! I absolutely love all your sky line photos today. The view of Mt. Baker is magnificent. Hope you are having a great lead up to your weekend. I hear it is supposed to be much cooler. At least where I live so am thinking it will be for you too.
ReplyDeleteAnother awesome postcard, John! And I love the Seattle shots. The view of Mt Rainier is beautiful. And I love the last sky shot. Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteLoved your neighborhood shots
ReplyDeletehere we are, wondering who all those adventurous women are. :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty blue sky and the sunset is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteJust to show how much difference just a hundred miles makes, our sunset tonight is at 9:13pm. And those old pictures are so much fun! Thanks, John. :-)
ReplyDeleteI hope that we leave enough info so that we don't have a perfectly good postcard with little or no information.
ReplyDeleteI love the old postcard, John...beautiful photos, too. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shots of the skyline and the sunset. I have been spending quite a lot of time recently,trying to capture sunset pictures.
ReplyDeleteGreat old postcard, John, with an interesting explanation.
ReplyDeleteVery nice the Seattle views!
Happy weekend!
Cool old postcard and love the beautiful sky shots of the mountain and space needle. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing old post card, John. The ladies do appear to be having a great time. As for the photographer...they could not ever imagine that they could talk on their camera, for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love those monochrome postcards, John!
ReplyDeleteLove your postcard with the beautiful ladies! And the sunset is super! Great photo!
ReplyDeleteNice shot of the space needle and Mt. Rainier! Neat postcard...and now we know who started all this gazing down at devices -- or do we? Cool find!
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