YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK ON VINTAGE SOUVENIR FOLDERS


Souvenir folders, also known as postcard folders, consist of about 10 to 18 pictures on a long piece of paper accordion folded and sandwiched between thicker paper covers. For the folders exhibited here there is a scan of the folder cover and of two selected views in the folder.


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"Scenic Gems of Yosemite National Park, California". Color printed souvenir folder, 18 pictures. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Printed by C. T. & Co. Number 2883. Unused. Probably circa late 1920s.
               


"Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Yosemite National Park". Color linen-texture printed souvenir folder, 18 pictures. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by C. T. Co. Number D-104. Unused. Probably circa 1930s.
               


"Scenic Gems of Yosemite National Park". Color linen-texture printed souvenir folder, 18 pictures. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal. Printed by C. T. & Co. Number D-1293. Unused. Probably circa 1930s.
               


"Natural Color Scenes. Yosemite National Park, California". Color printed souvenir folder, 16 pictures. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago. Number D-9106. Unused. Copyright 1949.
               


"Welcome to Yosemite Valley. Picturamic color reproductions of Yosemite National Park, Calif.". Color printed souvenir folder, 16 pictures. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago. Number D-11870. Unused. Copyright 1958.
               


"Yosemite National Park Big Trees. Mariposa Grove - Glacier Point - Picture Tour". Color printed souvenir folder, 16 pictures. Published by Western Publishing Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago. Number D-12525. Unused. Copyright 1959.
               


"Greetings from Yosemite, "The Incomparable Valley"". Color printed souvenir folder, 12 pictures. Published by 5 Associates, Redwood City, CA 94062. Printed by H. S. Crocker Co., San Bruno, CA 94066. Unused. Copyright 1962.
               


"Yosemite High Sierra". Color printed souvenir folder, 12 pictures. Published by 5 Associates, San Francisco. Printed by H. S. Crocker Co., San Francisco, Calif. Unused. Copyright 1963.
               


"Yosemite National Park, California". Color printed souvenir folder, 10 pictures. Published by Western Publishing Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by Curt Teich, Chicago. Number D-17937. Unused. Copyright 1972.
               


   
"Mariposa Grove of Big Trees. Yosemite National Park". 18 individual small color linen-texture printed picture cards (3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches in size), in a souvenir thin cardboard box-like folder. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Printed by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago. Unused. Probably circa late 1930s.


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