When Winter is King

Published for the 1917 Winter Season

"To be lazy is to freeze."

[Click on images for larger,
possibly readable, view.]

"There are some of us who do not properly
appreciate the winter."

"We slide, we coast, we skate, we ski,
we sleigh, we snowball, we walk, we run."

"Canaan is 125 miles from Boston. The Inn accommodates
100 people. Rates $3.00 per day; $14.00 to $20.00 per week."
"Snowshoeing, skiing, tobogganing."

"Come back this winter and tell your stories of slides,
tramps, tumbles and conquered mountains. Let the
stay-at-home envy you."

Boston and Maine Railroad

This seemed like a timely piece of memorabilia to post. 😊 Remember, Winter is King right now.

Linking up with Eileen's Saturday's Critters. Thanks, Eileen, for hosting and sharing!

The Chief Invites You

To Glacier National Park, 1929.

The Invitation sent out by
Chief Two Guns White Calf
for Season June 15th - Sept. 15th, 1929

The Chief extends his invitation in this booklet, published 1929, by the Great Northern Railroad.

I hope you can click on the images to see the large view ... which I hope you will be able to read. The Chief would not appreciate my sending out an invitation with print too small to read.

At least you should be able to enjoy the images. And, NO, I don't care if you copy them! 😊

The booklet was mailed from St Paul, Minnesota, in 1929, when postage for the booklet was 1 cent. Unfortunately, the postmark is smudged, so the exact date can't be determined.

I would sure like to know if Ella Schilling visited Glacier.

What is your guess?

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UPDATE: In my original post, above, I should have mentioned that the Chief’s Invitation is to visit both Glacier AND Waterton Lakes. Glacier is a National Park in the USA and Waterton Lakes is a National Park in Canada. They are adjacent and separated only by the International Border between Canada and the USA. The Glacier portion is in the state of Montana, and the Waterton Lakes portion is in the Province of Alberta.

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Linking up with these sharing parties ... thanks to the hosts ...

Michelle's Thankful Thursday

Eileen's Saturday's Critters

Visit Yellowstone 140 Years Ago

Through Yellowstone National Park

Published 1883

> Click on images for larger view <

Can you imagine travel 140 years ago?

Dinner in the Diner 100 Years Ago

Chairman's Special - Western Trip - October, 1923

Heaven's Peak from Granite Park
Glacier National Park

Dinner Menu - Friday, October 12, 1923
Great Northern Railway
Chairman's Special - Western Trip
> Grape Sherbet <

History Lesson:  Louis W. Hill was Chairman of the Board of the Great Northern Railway in 1923. One of Louis’ greatest legacies was his enthusiastic promotion of tourism and the national park system. He maintained an interest in the American Indian tribes of Montana and became a collector of Blackfoot material, now housed in the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Western Adventure - 97 Years Ago

Riding the Ridge of the Rockies - 1926

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Yellowstone's Original Explorer

 The Original Explorer

Riley's Northern Pacific Monograph #1
by Olin D. Wheeler
1901
25¢

This copy originally belonged to Wade B Dille
Just had to include this ... look at that signature!

First pages inside ...
Yellowstone National Park
World's Wonderland
by Olin D. Wheeler
St Paul, Minn
W. C. Riley, Publisher
1901

Note the illustration ...
A Train of Park Coaches
> This is the way they
saw the Park in 1901 <

Great Falls of the Yellowstone
Lower Falls
(ca 308 foot - 98 meter -drop)
One of my favorite spots in the Park.
Still awe-inspiring today.

I love old travel memorabilia. This little booklet, and the history it tells, fascinates me. 😊 

From the Oxford Dictionary …

memorabilia

/ˌmem(ə)rəˈbēlyə/

noun

objects kept or collected because of their historical interest, especially those associated with memorable people or events.

Closing thought ...

As we go through the winter months, it's my intention to focus John's Island on memorabilia from my collection. While I've stated that my primary reason for publishing a blog is to create a sort of virtual journal of memories, sharing booklets and printed material may not seem to fit. Quite the contrary. The collection (most of it) has to be stored away and having some of my favorite items here on the blog makes them much easier to access. 

Best regards to all of you.

John