Souvenir of Rainier National Park, Washington. . . .

by [AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL -- MOUNT RAINIER]. [NOWELL, Frank H.; CURTIS, Asahel, MILLER, Walter, TOLES, Herbert L. (Photographers).]

$250 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

[Seattle, WA: Lowman & Hanford, 1913]. 4to. 6.5 x 8.5 in. [16 pp (unpaginated)]. With colour-photo illustrations throughout, most w/ photographer’s credit w/in negative, and printed captions identifying photographers. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of gate leading into Mount Rainier w/ two Brass Era automobiles, colour illustration on back cover of automobiles on road to Mount Rainier (some wear, minor scuffing, light creasing), still VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce brochure touting automobile tours and ascent of Mount Rainier, also issued by Nowell under the title of “Souvenir of Mount Tacoma.” Images include Mirror Lake, automobile on Government road, touring cars filed with passengers driving through the rustic log entrance, parked at the National Park Inn, as well as climing the glaciers on Mt. Rainier, and even “Snowballing” snow ball fights. Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) was one of three founders of The Mountaineers, organized climbs through the Cascades, and by 1917 had become chief guide at Mount Rainier National Park. His studio output was prodigious, and many of his images of Mount Rainier include the Curtis & Miller studio credit of when he partnered with Miller. Frank H. Nowell (1864-1950) began gold mining with his father Thomas Nowell on Douglas Island around 1886, and in 1900 went to Nome, where he turned his photography hobby into a profession, later becoming the official photographer for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. No co

• Publisher: Lowman & Hanford,
• Year: 1913
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: paperback

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