Steamboat on the Mississippi

Steamboat on the Mississippi at Hannibal, Missouri. Steamer "Gordon Greene," a stern-wheeler. "Great volumes of the blackest smoke are rolling and tumbling out of the chimneys — a husbanded grandeur created with a bit of pitch-pine just before arriving at a town." — from "Life On the Mississippi," by Mark Twain. Islands and Illinois shore in background.

Ektachrome by John Winkler

 

Hello from Chicago

S. S. NORTH AMERICAN

THE GEORGIAN BAY LINE

IN THE CHICAGO RIVER NEAR ENTRANCE TO LAKE MICHIGAN

WITH CHICAGO SKYSCRAPERS IN BACKGROUND

DeLuxe Great Lakes Cruises — every Saturday, June to September from South End of Michigan Avenue Bridge, Chicago. Cruises between Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac Island, Munising, Houghton, Duluth and Chicago.
All Outside Cabins— Oil Fueled — Radar — Ship-Shore Phone — Exclusively Passenger Service — Unsurpassed Cuisine.

Grayline New York Highlights

SUNSET OVER NEW YORK CITY

Dramatically beautiful, this scene shows some of the bridges over the East River connecting Manhattan to Long Island.

Delaware Memorial Bridge

NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE. Approach to Delaware Memorial Bridge by Rte. 40 on Delaware side of Delaware River.

postmarked 1967
 

California Zephyrs Meeting

East and west-bound California Zephyrus meet daily in beautiful Glenwood Canyon of the Colorado River — near the half-way point on the scenic route between Chicago and San Francisco.

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Mohave River-Bed Trail

STORY OF THE MOHAVE TRAIL

The great MOHAVE DESERT ranges over 50 blistering valleys and wind scarred hills. In ancient geologic time great chains of warm lakes was linked by the Mojave River. The area supported a life of tropical verdure and roaming prehistoric animals. Today the road follows the dry Mojave River, passes numerous small desert towns, rises several times over low mountain chains and crosses over cracked mud flats and dry lakes.

 

Northern Pacific Train in Montana

Northern Pacific Railway Company's famous Vista-Dome North Coast Limited train crossing the Noxon Bridge over the Clark Fork River, in Montana. The Noxon Bridge is about 135 miles west of Missoula, Montana.

Route of the Vista-Dome

NORTH COAST LIMITED

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The Delta Queen

THE DELTA QUEEN . . . A Mississippi River stern-wheel excursion steamer.

 

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Hello from the Mississippi River Parkway

S.S. MISSISSIPPI — One of the last stern-wheel river boats to retire from active service. Now a floating museum on St. Louis Riverfront, adjacent to the Gateway Arch.

S.S. DELTA QUEEN — Owned by the Greene Lines of Cincinnati, Ohio, makes regular passenger excursions, including cruises, on the Mississippi.

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California Zephyr at Feather River Canyon

The California Zephyr winds through California's famed Feather River Canyon for over 100 unforgettable miles. Upstairs in the streamliner's five Vista-Domes, passengers can look up, look down, look all around at the magnificent scenery.

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World's Largest Pelican

The world's largest Pelican is at Pelican Rapids, Minnesota on the Pelican River which flows through the Pelican chain of Lakes. Built of Steel and Cement. The huge bird stands 15-1/2 feet high — an exact proportion of 5 to 1 of a Mounted Pelican. Pelican Rapids is in Ottertail County which claims 1,000 of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes.

Photography by Zierke Studio, Pelican Rapids

St. Croix River

 

Looking East across the New Bridge at Taylors Falls, Minnesota.

Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge

ROYAL GORGE SUSPENSION BRIDGE, world's highest bridge, over the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River near Canon City, Colorado, offers a spectacular and thrilling scene to its thousands of visitors each year. Length of structure 1,260 ft. Length of main span-880 ft. Width-18 ft. Height of towers-150 ft. Height of bridge above river, 1,053 ft.