This is the final postcard in the Wyoming series.
This unused postcard has a copyright date of 1929 the same year that Congress created Grand Teton National Park. This image of Grand Teton, the centerpiece of the range is printed on a linen finish, white border postcard.
The postcard was published by Haynes. There is a card number, 5A-H514.
Did you know that the publishers of poscards started using the white border style because it used less ink and therefore cost less to print.
Postcard #4 in the Wyoming series.
This postcard view of Jackson Lake and the Teton Range is unused and undated. Published by the Union Pacific Railroad these postcards were distributed by the Railroad to spread the word of the wonders of the West. (In other words, an advertising postcard).
It is a “linen finish” postcard. Linen finish postcards have a range of from 1930 through 1944.
There is a card number in the stamp area, 81896.
Postcard #3 in the Wyoming series
This postcard was written by me to my Grandmother in 1959. I was 22 years old, a college student, on a road trip with two of my friends. We had driven from California to Colorado and Wyoming and were seeing the sights. My message to my Grandmother sounds a bit like my teen-age years extended into my 20s.
The message I wrote is: “Hi The cold weather of the Rockies go to us and we are staying in this lodge. We are coming home a week early so have a cake for me (please) Jon”
The image is of the Great Room at Jackson Lake Lodge. You enter this lodge at a lower level, walk up a massive staircase and suddenly this panorama of the Tetons appears before you.
This postcard was published by Intermountain Tourist Supply, there was no card number.
Today’s posting is the second in the Wyoming series.
This is not a postcard but in fits right in with this series of ephemera from Wyoming. Part of a series of info cards on the 48 states this 1891 publication shows and describes scenes of life on the Wyoming frontier.
This series of cards was published by The Youths Companion
This is the first in a series of vintage postcards from Wyoming. I had hoped to post some Halloween postcards this week but when I checked my collection, I found that I had used them all in prior years.
This postcard is postmarked 1950 and is addressed (I guess) to my Aunt Loretta and Uncle, Ted Englehart. The address is a bit confusing though. It looks like Uncle Ted was an afterthought.
The message is hard to read but I’ll give it my best shot. “Sept 7, 50 Dearest Sis & all: We are having breakfast at the Old Faithful Cafeteria & having a nice trip. Today we expect to go fishing & see some of the Falls here. Yesterday we saw a lot of the Geysers & are they odd. Everywhere you walk is a hot place in the ground. Give some of the chocolate (?) to Alma & Ray, Leta will you please. Hope you like it. Lots of Love Vi & Casey”
The title on the postcard is Main Lodge at Square G Ranch, Jenny Lake, Grand Teton N.P. The lodge looks like Jenny Lake Lodge – My wife & I stayed there once in the 60s, maybe it changed it’s name.
There is no publisher or card number listed.