Postcard: Mount Rainier, America's noblest peak, massive white Mt. Rainier, Washington, bursts into view when the North Coast Limited tops Stampede Pass in the Cascade Mountains. 1930s.
The Digital Commonwealth, Massachusetts Collections Online from the Boston Public Library has a magnificent collection of digitized Tichnor Brothers postcards including many of states other than Massachusetts. The Boston based Tichnor Brothers must have had a contract to produce Northern Pacific Railroad postcards as the collection includes many of them, including this one.
At least in the case of Tichnor Brothers cards, the linen printed postcards are somewhat older than the 1950s dates I have been attributing. This is most likely based on a sketch or drawing, for one would never have this view from the actual railroad line.
Date:[ca. 1930–1945: Location:Boston Public Library, Print Department
Northern Pacific (shelf locator)Collection (local):The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Series:Northern Pacific Railway Postcards
Subjects:Mountains
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Places:Washington > Pierce (county) > Rainier, Mount
Extent:1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.Permalink:https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pk02cm62rTerms of Use:No known copyright restrictions.
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