Snowplow in San Bernardino Mountains

SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS IN WINTERTIME

A typical mid-winter scene along the world famous Rim O'World Highway that extends from Big Bear Lake to Lake Arrowhead and Crestline, California. One of the nation's most popular winter sports areas where the roads are kept open the year around.

Color Photo by Robert Burke

 

Winter Wonderland

The Winter Wonderland of

TRINKAUS MANOR

Restaurant & Lodge

RT. 69, Oriskany, NY

The Magic Castle and the Sleeping Princess, the Fairy Village, the animated 3 Pigs & the BIG BAD WOLF, Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs, Elves & Puppets, Goldilocks, the Candy Tree and many, many of the characters and places that create the Story Book Land that transforms the beautiful gardens of Trinkaus Manor into a Christmas Fairyland. It's our way of saying "Happy Holidays" to all of our friends. Please come and share with us. -----The Trinkaus Family.

Amish Sleigh

"Heart of Amishland"

AMISH HORSE-DRAWN SLEIGH

Amish use the old-fashioned sleigh when heavy snow covers the countryside.

Sno-Go in Mountain Pass

SNO-GO IN ACTION. Equipment such as this is used by the State Highway Department to keep the mountain passes open over the Cascade Mountain Passes in Washington.

Ektachrome by Josef Scaylea
7-18-56 handwritten on back 
 

Gateway Motor Inn

Gateway Motor Inn

The Gateway to Cape Cod — Rte #6 & 114A Seekonk Mass.

4 Miles Out of Providence, R.I. Take Rte 195 and Exit #7 Which Takes 

You on to Rte #114A and No. 6

We Accept A'' Credit Cards — Complimentary Breakfast — Pool — T.V.

Teloephones — Air Conditioned — Meeting Rooms

A.A.A. Approved

 

Lakeview Motel

They said it couldn't happen at

LAKEVIEW MOTEL

U. S. 90 West, Lake Charles, Louisiana

Beautiful Modern 52 Room Unit Overlooking The Lake. T.V., Radio, Central Heating, Air-Conditioning, Wall to Wall Carpeting, Heated Swimming Pool. Restaurant.

Two Minutes From Downtown

 

Maple Sugar Time

MAPLE SUGAR TIME IN VERMONT

(Gathering Sap)  "Cloudland Farm"

Vermont sugar makers climb up their maple mountains to drill the new "tap holes" into the hard rock maples. They select only the mature maples in the "sugar bush" to produce the sweet maple sap. Before a tree is mature enough to be tapped it mus be some 40 years old, "a foot through" and some 60 ft. tall.

photography by Tommy Lee Knappe

 

Wisconsin Dells Post House

THE POST HOUSE

On I.H. 90-94 in scenic Wisconsin Dells is this new Interstate Hiway Post House. The distinctive red-roofed  Cafeteria seats 128 persons, serving travelers, vacationers, local residents and Greyhound bus passengers. In addition to excellent food, souvenirs and gifts are also available. The Dells area is noted for scenic boat trips and Indian pageantry.

Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

 

Gathering Maple Sap

GATHERING MAPLE SAP IN VERMONT

Califormia Zephyr Crossing Sierra Nevada

The Vista-Dome California Zephyr crosses the Sierra Nevada range near the headwaters of the fabulous Feather River, on its thrill-filled 2500-mile Chicago-San Francisco journey.

BURLINGTON • RIO GRANDE • WESTERN PACIFIC

Storm King Snow Thrower

$5.00

FOR YOUR OLD SNOW SHOVEL

AS TRADE-IN ON THE 

STORM KING

SELF-PROPELLED

SNOW THROWER

 

Portage Glacier

PORTAGE GLACIER

near ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

Actual photo of a "Maid in Alaska" ice-berg (we mean the ice-floe — not the pulchritudinous young lady decorating this famous glacier 55 miles from Anchorage.

postmarked 1969

 

Gathering Maple Sap

GATHERING OF MAPLE SAP BEGINS WHILE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND

posttmarked Vermont, 1955

California Zephyr in Winter

A trip aboard the luxurious Vista-Dome California Zephyr during the winter months is filled with thrills, as the train travels for hundreds of miles through the very heart of the mighty Colorado Rockies during daylight hours.

BURLINGTON•RIO GRANDE•WESTERN PACIFIC

Big Powderhorn Mountain Sign & Statue

BIG POWDERHORN MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT

Located between Bessemer and Ironwood, Michigan

The tallest skier statue in the world (27 ft.) stands at the entrance of  Powderhorn Road. Big Powderhorn is one of the largest and most complete ski resorts in the midwest, with 23 trails and 8 double chair lifts. Accommodations for 3000.

Alaska Bush Pilot

Alaska's famed bush pilots have earned the respect of the Territory and the world.

ALASKA      THE FIRST . . . THE FINEST SERVICE TO ALL ALASKA
AIRLINES 

Amish Country Sleigh

GREETINGS FROM "The Amish Country"

AMISH Family in "one horse open sleigh." The sleigh is a common means of transportation during the winter.

Color Photo by Vincent Tortora

Horse Drawn Sleigh

A scene taken from the annual Winter Carnival at Newport, New Hampshire.

Photography by Carleton Allen

Tonto National Forest Sign

WINTER IN THE TONTO COUNTRY

A glistening mantle of white covers the hillsides, mountains and valleys of the Tonto National Forest during Christmas and the winter seasons.

Santa's Workshop

Santa's Workshop, North Pole, N. Y., is located on the Whiteface Memorial Highway in the Lake Placid region of New York State's beautiful Adirondack Mountains.