The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 49National Geographic Society, 1926 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... The flash of lightning was caught by the camera during a time exposure . Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens LEAVING ROCK SPRINGS ,. NORTH PLATTE , 3 A. M. THE EFFECT OF A HURRICANE ON A NIGHT MAIL PLANE. ON THE TRAIL OF THE AIR MAIL 29.
... The flash of lightning was caught by the camera during a time exposure . Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens LEAVING ROCK SPRINGS ,. NORTH PLATTE , 3 A. M. THE EFFECT OF A HURRICANE ON A NIGHT MAIL PLANE. ON THE TRAIL OF THE AIR MAIL 29.
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Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens LEAVING ROCK SPRINGS , WYOMING , THE AIR MAIL PLANE PASSES BY THIS HIGH TABLE - LAND The winds from the west , pouring over ledges into the valley north of Rock Springs , in which the Air Mail Field ...
Photograph by Captain A. W. Stevens LEAVING ROCK SPRINGS , WYOMING , THE AIR MAIL PLANE PASSES BY THIS HIGH TABLE - LAND The winds from the west , pouring over ledges into the valley north of Rock Springs , in which the Air Mail Field ...
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... leaving Cheyenne . " I braked on the U. P. for six months through here , but I never guessed that the country looked like that ! All them lakes , and mountains , and snows , why , it - it just made my blood tingle all over ! " Rawlins ...
... leaving Cheyenne . " I braked on the U. P. for six months through here , but I never guessed that the country looked like that ! All them lakes , and mountains , and snows , why , it - it just made my blood tingle all over ! " Rawlins ...
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... Leaving Green River , the Union Pacific swings northward , hugging the valley of Blacks Creek , while we struck boldly west across the most desolate and inhospitable section of any we had thus far seen . For 40 miles the course lay ...
... Leaving Green River , the Union Pacific swings northward , hugging the valley of Blacks Creek , while we struck boldly west across the most desolate and inhospitable section of any we had thus far seen . For 40 miles the course lay ...
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... leaving a slit in the center through which the head of the wearer can be thrust . My description may not give the im- pression of an elaborate , nor yet an ele- gant , garment ; but I have never seen any- thing more expressive of ...
... leaving a slit in the center through which the head of the wearer can be thrust . My description may not give the im- pression of an elaborate , nor yet an ele- gant , garment ; but I have never seen any- thing more expressive of ...
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Page 72 - Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 306 - dust. The worldly hope men set their hearts upon Turns ashes, or it prospers ; and anon, Like snow upon the desert's dusty face, Lighting a little hour or two, is gone.
Page 67 - I heard a stock-dove sing or say His homely tale, this very day; His voice was buried among trees, Yet to be come at by the breeze; He did not cease, but cooed and cooed, And somewhat pensively he wooed; He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin and never ending; Of serious faith and inward glee, That was the song, the song for me.
Page 174 - Paracelsus": Are there not . . . dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of a diver, One—when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge. One—when, a prince, he rises with his pearl? The
Page 304 - with whom a thousand years are as one day and one day as a thousand years—
Page 549 - and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate can e'er return.
Page 571 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out"; and
Page 457 - of the National Geographic Society by the first of the month to affect the following month's issue. For instance, if you desire the address changed for your May number, the Society should be notified of your new address not later than April first.
Page 191 - To enjoy true happiness, we must travel into a very far country, and even out of ourselves, for the Pearl we seek for is
Page 611 - summit was ever seen, we took the liberty of giving it a name. It will appear on our maps as Mount Logan, in honor of Sir William E. Logan, founder and long director of the Geological Survey of Canada.