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- Custer Battlefield Highway Badge, 1920-1930 - Founded in 1902, the American Automobile Association (AAA) lobbied for motorist-friendly legislation, promoted road and highway improvements, and encouraged automobile travel and tourism. This AAA badge promoted the Custer Battlefield Highway, which connected Des Moines with Glacier National Park. The 1,500-mile highway passed through Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
- 1920-1930
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Custer Battlefield Highway Badge, 1920-1930
Founded in 1902, the American Automobile Association (AAA) lobbied for motorist-friendly legislation, promoted road and highway improvements, and encouraged automobile travel and tourism. This AAA badge promoted the Custer Battlefield Highway, which connected Des Moines with Glacier National Park. The 1,500-mile highway passed through Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana.
- Northern Pacific Railroad Station, Gardiner, Montana, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of the Northern Pacific Railway's depot at Gardiner, Montana. Gardiner was a gateway to Yellowstone Park. From the railroad station, workers assisted visiting tourists through the park's north entrance.
- circa 1905
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Northern Pacific Railroad Station, Gardiner, Montana, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. It had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs, including this image of the Northern Pacific Railway's depot at Gardiner, Montana. Gardiner was a gateway to Yellowstone Park. From the railroad station, workers assisted visiting tourists through the park's north entrance.
- Pennant, "Virginia City, Mont.," 1940-1965 - Tourists purchase simple, inexpensive souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. Many pennants include a representative image that define a city, state or region. This pennant features an image of a cowboy on a bucking bronco to remind vacationers of Virginia City's western heritage.
- 1940-1965
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Pennant, "Virginia City, Mont.," 1940-1965
Tourists purchase simple, inexpensive souvenirs as proof of their travels. These mementos transport vacationers back to the places they visited and the things they did. In the mid-20th century, felt pennants were trendy. Many pennants include a representative image that define a city, state or region. This pennant features an image of a cowboy on a bucking bronco to remind vacationers of Virginia City's western heritage.
- Bear Paw Court Motel Sign, Chinook, Montana, 1987 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1987
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Bear Paw Court Motel Sign, Chinook, Montana, 1987
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- Glacier Park Pennant, 1950-1959 - Travelers often return home with souvenirs that serve as tangible reminders of places visited. Felt pennants were a popular choice of vacationing Americans in the mid-1900s. This example is from Glacier National Park in northern Montana. It depicts one of the park's glacial lakes and mountain vistas.
- 1950-1959
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Glacier Park Pennant, 1950-1959
Travelers often return home with souvenirs that serve as tangible reminders of places visited. Felt pennants were a popular choice of vacationing Americans in the mid-1900s. This example is from Glacier National Park in northern Montana. It depicts one of the park's glacial lakes and mountain vistas.
- Yellowstone Park Banner, 1930-1950 - Travelers often return home with souvenirs that serve as tangible reminders of places visited. Felt pennants or banners were a popular choice of vacationing Americans in the mid-1900s. This example is from Yellowstone National Park, which became a tourist destination soon after it was established in parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in 1871.
- 1930-1950
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Yellowstone Park Banner, 1930-1950
Travelers often return home with souvenirs that serve as tangible reminders of places visited. Felt pennants or banners were a popular choice of vacationing Americans in the mid-1900s. This example is from Yellowstone National Park, which became a tourist destination soon after it was established in parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho in 1871.
- Stagecoach, Harlem, Montana, circa 1900 - Discomfort, loneliness, and the ever-present danger of being robbed while jostling through the open West on a stagecoach can be easily imagined in this Detroit Publishing Company photograph of an outpost in northern Montana. But before railroads spanned the continent, many relied on stage lines for mail delivery and long-distance transportation.
- circa 1900
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Stagecoach, Harlem, Montana, circa 1900
Discomfort, loneliness, and the ever-present danger of being robbed while jostling through the open West on a stagecoach can be easily imagined in this Detroit Publishing Company photograph of an outpost in northern Montana. But before railroads spanned the continent, many relied on stage lines for mail delivery and long-distance transportation.
- "Bear's Paw" (Photograph of a Lithograph), circa 1850 -
- circa 1855
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"Bear's Paw" (Photograph of a Lithograph), circa 1850
- Miner Operating Pneumatic Drill, Anaconda Copper Mine, Montana, 1935 -
- April 15, 1935
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Miner Operating Pneumatic Drill, Anaconda Copper Mine, Montana, 1935
- Dunham's Gas Sign, Billings, Montana, 1980 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1980
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Dunham's Gas Sign, Billings, Montana, 1980
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.