For your consideration are Antique and Vintage Yellowstone National Park Ephemera, circa 1919 to 1939. Included is an Original 1919 United States Railroad Administration Yellowstone National Park travel guide featuring many original Haynes photographs, a 1920 Union Pacific Yellowstone National Park travel guide also featuring numerous Haynes photos, a 1926 Department of the Interior National Park Service Yellowstone National Park Rules and Regulations travel guide, a 1939 United States Department of the Interior Yellowstone National Park Wyoming travel guide, and four photo postcards including two hand-tinted. In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was created, the first national park in the United States. early tourism (1870s–1910s) was characterized by difficult, adventurous travel, primarily via stagecoach from Northern Pacific Railroad lines in Gardiner, MT. Early visitors were mostly affluent "pioneer tourists" or rough-it travelers who used tents or early, rustic accommodations. Before 1915, tourists traveled from railway terminals in Gardiner (1883) or West Yellowstone (1907) via horse-drawn stagecoaches, often operated by companies like the Yellowstone National Park Transportation Company. Railroad tourism in Yellowstone (1883–1917) transformed the park from an inaccessible wilderness into a major destination, dominated by the Northern Pacific Railway at the North Entrance (Gardiner, 1883) and later the Union Pacific at the West Entrance (1908). Tourists traveled by train to these, transferring to stagecoaches for tours before automobiles were allowed in 1915. The ephemera shows good condition overall, age tanning exhibited throughout. Largest guide measures 6.875"W x 10"L, smallest is 3.375"W x 5.375"L, collective weight is 10oz.