Railroad Postcards of YellowstoneThe fastest way to travel long distances in the beginning of the 20th century was by railroad. Railroad companies competed to attract business and vacationing travellers by advertising in brochures and issuing postcards. The postcards included railroad logos and descriptions of Western adventures that travellers would experience by booking with a particular rail line. The Northern Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad have provided some of the most captivating images of the unique Yellowstone National Park (YNP) hydrologic, geologic, and geothermal features. The Union Pacific Railroad built the full-scale Old Faithful Lodge at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915; the National Park Service data show the YNP attendance more than doubled in that year. Both the Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Route provided high-quality postcards to promote their routes to visit YNP. The Burlington Route and Northern Pacific Railroad included American Indian-related postcards for diversity. |
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access to Yellowstone back font back logo set back text reads bison BUFFALO BILL COUNTRY Burlington Route Burlington Route Direct CHICAGO MILWAUKEE Cody Road Courtesy Bob Evans depot dude ranch entrance to Yellowstone eruption Exposition Falls feet front logo front text Gallatin Canyon Gallatin Gateway Gardiner Gateway Gardiner Station Giant Geyser Golden Gate Grand Canyon Haynes HEADQUARTERS FOR RANCH Line to Gardiner Mammoth Hot Springs Milwaukee Road Montana National Park Service NORTH COAST LIMITED Northern Entrance NORTHERN PACIFIC OFFICES Northern Pacific Railroad Northern Pacific Railway Old Faithful Geyser Old Faithful Inn ORTHER Panama-Pacific PLACE STAMP postcard set postcards of Yellowstone postcards related postmarks RANCH INFORMATION REACHED VIA UNION related to Yellowstone ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE Scenic serial number Shoshone Canyon SHOSHONE IRRIGATION Shoshone River TETON MOUNTAINS travelers Union Pacific Railroad UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Upper Geyser Basin visitors West Yellowstone Wyoming YELLOWSTONE LAKE Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone Park Yellowstone River Zephyr