Scrapbook: 1952 steamship vacation from Vancouver, B.C. to Queen Charlotte Islands

Scrapbook containing 46 color postcards, some linen, & 66 black & white postcards commemorating an American couple's 22-day vacation in June-July 1952 from Vancouver B.C. to Queen Charlotte Islands, including visits to the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, Oregon, & California. With another married couple able to afford first class continuous passage on the steamer Coquitlam, part of the Union Steamships Limited line, which included meals & berth, with no stopovers. It appears they traveled along the Inside Passage off the coast of Canada & Washington, leaving from Vancouver on a 6-day boat ride to Prince Rupert & Graham Islands, then back to Victoria, B.C. to Grand Coulee Dam, then home, with additional images documenting their travels along the coastal Highway 101 through Washington, Oregon, & northern California, including pictures of Prince Rupert Island/Graham Island, Princess Royal Island/Victoria, B.C; totem poles & Papooses, Butedale; coastal Oregon, Reedsport, OR; Power house construction at McNary Dam, OR; Deception Pass/Rosario Beach & Reservation Bay/Port Townsend/Olympic Mountains, WA; Crescent City, CA. Newspaper article about the defense boom barely touching Nome, AK, but no images of AK; Cape Flattery-Canada ; Redwood country in Northern California along the 101 Highway, & more. The scrapbook consists of 15 black paper double-sided pages, with postcards on both sides, usually 4 to a page, map & ship ticket stubs inside front cover, 4 postcards inside back; 2 spots are missing postcards, glue residue remains. Brown faux leather finding tied on left side with black cord through 2 reinforced rivets, stamped in gilt to front cover. Condition is VG: clean, with minor paper loss in the form of some chipping to corners or fore edge side of pages. Six pages have torn away from the binding at the punched holes. A well-preserved memento of a typical mid-20th-century vacation by Americans of some means. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Product Info

Year: 1952

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

GargoyleBooks

Address: 7525 Olive Place La Mesa, California

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Country: United States