Scrapbook with poster stamps and decals that advertise companies and expositions chiefly in the American West, circa 1915. Companies represented in the scrapbook include American-Hawaiian Steamship Company; Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company; F A O Schwarz; Great Northern Railway Company (related to the See America First campaign for Glacier National Park); Volland Poster Stamp Co.; and W.P. Fuller & Co. There are also stamps and decals for expositions including the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Oregon, 1905; the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, 1915; and the Panama-California Exposition (later known as the Panama-California International Exposition) in San Diego, California, 1915-1917.
Description:
collector, investor, and author. He wrote
Subject (Geographic):
Glacier National Park (Mont.) and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, F A O Schwarz (Firm), Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), Heller, Alfred E., Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition--(1905 : Portland, Or.), Panama-California Exposition--(1915 : San Diego, Calif.), Panama-California International Exposition--(1916 :--San Diego, Calif.), Panama-Pacific International Exposition--(1915 : San Francisco, Calif.), Volland Poster Stamp Co., and W.P. Fuller & Co.