Scenic Alaska Deluxe Souvenir Folder / Accordion Postcard Set

PACIFIC NORTHWEST. 
Accordion Postcard Set Folder, Souvenir, c. 1960s. 

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A late version of this once ubiquitous and wildly popular mailed travel souvenir, this set of full color photograph postcards is in pristine shape. It was clearly never utilized for its intended purpose: as a trip memento sent back to those at home. But in that we are the beneficiaries. Covering the “49th state,” these visuals lean into a view of Alaska that few have, its (albeit short) spring and summer months: a montage of beautiful wildflowers, a paddle-wheel steam boat on, likely, the Yukon River, plus multiple lush green and wildflower strewn foregrounds running out to distant horizons capped by mighty snow-topped peaks. But the folder would be remiss without engaging with the state’s northern climes with photos of dog sledding, snow-bound fishing vessels, and perhaps our favorite: a time-lapse showing the perpetual horizon-bounce of the midnight sun. There is also the important inclusion of a traditional “Indian Long House” showing off the creative skill of Coastal First Nation art, their imaginative mythic renderings of local sea life and fauna, and the spiritual weight they represented to the Pacific Northwest tribes … Postcard accordion folders became ubiquitous in step with the popularity of motorized tourist travel. The first postcard folders trace to the early 20th-century. But it was in the mid-1930s when these fold-out mailers gained brilliant color. From that point through into the 1960s, and by way of far-flung post offices the nation over, a flood of these postcard folders found their way to friends and family from tourists taking in the diverse sites and attractions all across North America. The sharp commercial-art style illustration indicative of mid-century America, with covers printed on a tough linen paper, makes the souvenir sets of especially the late 1930s-1950s pop over half a century later—full-color photographs having arrived to these postcard folders by the 1960s … [Condition: Like New. Considering the quality of the printing and vibrancy of color, we pin this set to the very end of postcard folders run as a souvenir favorite, with a possible creation date as late as 1970.] 

Condition: Like New. 
Local / Regional Areas. 
Dimensions: 6" wide x 4.25" high