Here are four brief, silent films showing a variety of Western and “tourist” vehicles. I hope you’ll agree that it’s really quite amazing to see these vehicles in action.
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First, tourists in Yellowstone Park in July 1897 …
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And coaches arriving, and passengers disembarking, at Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, also in July 1897. Might these be some of the same tourists as in the previous film?
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Finally, a group of tourists at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, Calif., c. September 1897 …
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