Southern Pacific advertisement detailing the Taylor family's trip down the Pacific coast, [s.d.]

Photograph of a Southern Pacific advertisement detailing the Taylor family's trip down the Pacific coast, [s.d.]. A young boy can be seen from behind at right wearing a suit and hat. He is pointing at a map showing railroad routes across the United States. An inset at bottom left shows a cactus in the Arizona desert, while a depiction of crater lake can be seen at bottom. Photonegative sleeve reads, "S.P. Lord Thomas J. Logan. Printed".; Advertisement reads [part 1 of 2]: "The Taylor family pushes. The time had come when Sam Taylor decided something had to be done about it. Of course there was nothing wrong. His salary was livable, wife -- lovable, children -- adorable. Yet life just didn't click. An occasional discord sounded in the accustomed rhythm of his work. Something was dulling the sparkle in Mary's eyes. Certainly something had to be done. He needed...well...that was it! A change. A trip? Not one of those regular summer vacations to the same old nearby resort, but a trip that would open his mind, stir his pulses. He would go into that land he had long since visited in his imagination -- the West! That night he casually suggested to the family that this summer they might visit the Pacific coast. Sam will tell you now that the excited pleasure of that evening was worth every cent the trip cost him. The Taylor family journeyed West many, many times before they actually boarded the train. Mary wanted to see Santa Barbara and Del Monte, little Miss Margaret insisted that they visit Hollywood, Sam knew he must see the Pacific Northwest before he died, and if Junior didn't get to go through San Francisco's Chinatown, it would be much safer to stay at home. Sam had to find tickets that would include them all. The Taylor family went West, -- Southern Pacific. Their baggage bristled with golf clubs and tennis rackets. But the clean, brisk fun on cool fairways and tennis courts that overhung the Pacific's shore was only part of the vacation's reward. Days of hiking and riding, nights of dancing, merry tours to Mount Rainier's flower-edged glaciers, to Yosemite's half-mile high waterfalls, and to Los Angeles' movieland -- these, too, were but a part of the outing."; Advertisement reads [part 2 of 2]: "As they wandered through the many shrines America's history has left them -- Davy Crocket's Alamo to San Antonio; the old Missions of the heroic Padres; Ramona's Marriage Place at San Diego; the land of the Forty-Niners; the Mark Twain and Bret Harte country; Monterey; Lewis and Clark's mighty Columbia; they felt the full inspiration of this Western Land. Horizons fell back. These United States became their United States. Mary's eyes will carry forever the sparkle of mountain lakes. The thrill of new friends will live in their memories. The brave sweep of this Pacific slope, its contrasts, people and natural wonders will stand behind them always. The Taylors became a family with a national background. In the fast developing Pacific slope Sam had visioned the possibilities of a branch factory for his firm. And, somehow, he knew he had gained the poise and self-confidence to make the dream real. To the casual observer, Junior carried home only two things from the West. A bit of western sunset in his cheeks and a strange imitation of two Chinamen in argument. But a few knew that his school-books had come to life. Glaciers, craters, mountain-passes and old trails were memory keys that opened new worlds for him. -- Why don't you invest in this trip West this summer? -- Sam Taylor, his wife and youngsters are mythical folks, of course, but the trip they might have taken is a very real trip that has been actually made by many a happy family. -- Deep in Arizona's mysterious desert winds the Apache Trail. A one-day motor detour on Sunset or Golden State route. -- Nature's mystery, Crater Lake, in the gorgeous Cascade range of Southern Oregon -- served by Southern Pacific's Shasta Route. This is one of the many fascinating side-trips that may be included in your journey to and along the Pacific Coast this summer."本数据集为一张南太平洋铁路（Southern Pacific）的广告照片，记录了泰勒一家的太平洋沿岸之旅，无具体拍摄日期。画面右侧可见一名身着西装、头戴礼帽的男孩背影，他正指向一张标注全美铁路线路的地图。左下角插页展示了亚利桑那沙漠中的仙人掌，画面底部则描绘了火山口湖（Crater Lake）。底片袋上印有文字："S.P. 托马斯·J·洛根勋爵，印刷品"。 广告正文（第一部分，共两部分）： "泰勒一家决意启程。彼时萨姆·泰勒已然意识到，必须做出些改变了。诚然，生活并无大碍：薪资尚可度日，妻子温柔可人，子女乖巧懂事。可日子却愈发索然无味，日常工作的节奏中偶尔泛起违和的杂音，玛丽眼中的光彩也正日渐黯淡。显然，他必须做出些什么。他需要的……没错，就是一次改变。一场旅行？并非那种每年夏季都前往熟悉近郊度假地的常规出游，而是一场能够开阔眼界、振奋心神的旅程。他要奔赴那片早已在想象中无数次造访的土地——西部！ 当晚，他便随口向家人提议，今年夏天不妨一同前往太平洋沿岸。如今萨姆定会告诉你，那个夜晚全家兴奋雀跃的模样，早已抵得上这次旅行的全部花费。在真正登上火车之前，泰勒一家早已无数次在脑海中勾勒这场西行之旅的模样。玛丽想去圣巴巴拉（Santa Barbara）和德尔蒙特（Del Monte），小玛格丽特坚持要游览好莱坞（Hollywood），萨姆则认定自己死前必须亲眼看看太平洋西北地区，而倘若小儿子（Junior）没法逛逛旧金山的唐人街，那还不如干脆待在家里。萨姆必须敲定一张能满足所有人愿望的车票。 泰勒一家踏上了西行之路——搭乘南太平洋铁路（Southern Pacific）。他们的行李中塞满了高尔夫球杆与网球拍。而在毗邻太平洋的清爽球道与网球场上收获的轻快愉悦，不过是这场假期馈赠的一部分。徒步与骑行的白日，翩翩起舞的夜晚，前往雷尼尔山（Mount Rainier）覆满繁花的冰川、优胜美地（Yosemite）半英里高的瀑布，以及洛杉矶的电影之城的惬意游历——这些，同样只是这场出行的诸多亮点之一。" 广告正文（第二部分，共两部分）： "当他们漫步于美国历史留下的诸多遗迹间——从圣安东尼奥的戴维·克罗克特（Davy Crockett）阿拉莫要塞（Alamo），到英勇传教士们建立的古老传教据点，圣迭戈的《拉莫娜》婚礼取景地，淘金者的故土，马克·吐温（Mark Twain）与布莱特·哈特（Bret Harte）笔下的西部乡野，蒙特雷（Monterey），刘易斯与克拉克远征途经的壮阔哥伦比亚河（Columbia River），他们深切感受到这片西部土地带来的精神感召。视野豁然开朗，这片合众国真正成为了他们心中的祖国。玛丽的眼中将永远留存着山间湖泊的澄澈光芒，结识新朋友的悸动也将永存于他们的记忆之中。这片太平洋沿岸斜坡的壮阔风貌、迥异景致、风土人情与自然奇观，将永远铭刻在他们心间。泰勒一家自此成为了拥有家国情怀的一家人。 在飞速发展的太平洋沿岸地区，萨姆已然预见了为公司开设分厂的可能性。不知为何，他深知自己已然获得了实现这一梦想的沉稳与自信。在外人看来，小儿子（Junior）从西部带回的不过两样东西：脸颊上沾染的一抹西部落日余晖，以及模仿两名华人争执时的古怪神态。但少数人明白，他课本中的知识已然鲜活起来。冰川、火山口、山口与古道，都是为他开启全新世界的记忆钥匙。 ——何不今年夏天就投身这场西部之旅？ ——当然，萨姆·泰勒、他的妻子与孩子们都只是虚构的人物，但他们本可以踏上的这场旅程，却是无数幸福家庭真正体验过的真实之旅。 ——深入亚利桑那州神秘沙漠风场的阿帕奇小道（Apache Trail），可在日落大道或金州路线上进行一日自驾绕行。 ——大自然的神秘杰作火山口湖（Crater Lake），坐落于俄勒冈州南部壮丽的喀斯喀特山脉，由南太平洋铁路的沙斯塔路线（Shasta Route）提供服务。这便是今年夏天您前往太平洋沿岸及沿线旅程中，可纳入行程的诸多迷人支线旅程之一。"