Evans ya tattara katunan akwatinan hoto a duk rayuwarsa yayin shekarun zinariya daga 1900 zuwa 1920s.
Wannan lamarin ya faru ne sakamakon hukuncin da ma'aikatar gidan waya ta Amurka ta yanke a shekarar 1907 cewa bangaren da ba komai a jikin katin ba zai iya hada adireshin wanda aka karba da kuma sako.
A lokaci guda, Ofishin Gidan waya ya sanya farashin hatimin ¢ 1 on akan wadannan akwatin gidan waya.

Wani fa'idar shine faɗuwar kuɗin biyan kuɗi mai ƙarancin launi wanda ya ba katunan kwalliyar kamannin hotuna masu launuka iri-iri, tare da shuɗi mai laushi, shuke-shuke da ja.

A wannan lokacin, nau'ikan katin-hoto sun hada da otal-otal, wuraren shakatawa na bazara, tashoshin jirgin ƙasa, motoci, titunan tituna, manyan tituna a ƙauyuka, manyan hukumomin jihar, masana'antu, sana'o'i, da ƙarin batutuwa da yawa. Mafi kyawun waɗannan katunan otal ɗin an samar da su ne ta kamfanoni biyu: Curt Teich & Company, Inc., Chicago da Tichnor Brothers Inc., Boston dukansu waɗanda aka rufe a cikin shekarun 1970s. An kiyasta cewa Curt Teich & Kamfanin sun buga wasu ra'ayoyi daban-daban 400,000 na Amurka, Kanada da otal-otal na ƙasashen waje a tsawon shekaru saba'in da bakwai.

'Yan uwan Tichnor sun samar da katunan otal 25,000 mafi yawa daga dukkan jihohin. A rundown na Manyan otal-otal na Amurka a lokacin Zinariyar Zinariya ta hoton-hoto ya bayyana a cikin “Wish You Are Here: Yawon Bikin Manyan Otal-Otal na Amurka A Lokacin Zinar Zinar Hoton Katin Hoton” Masu Buga Jarida, Inc. (New York 1990).

“Amma a cikin katunan, duk otal-otal suna cikin farkonsu, Wannan tafiya ce ta faɗin Amurka wanda har yanzu za mu iya ɗauka. Zamu iya tunanin cewa shine mu iyo a gaban Marlborough - Blenheim akan zinaren zinariya, rairayin bakin teku na Atlantic City ko kuma yawo a cikin kyawawan lambunan Lambun Camelback Inn na Phoenix ko kuma jin daɗin kallon duwatsu ta cikin tagogin windows na Prince of Wales Hotel a cikin Kanada na Waterton Lakes National Park. Shin ba teburinmu bane a cikin ɗakin cin abinci mai bishiyoyi ba, kusa da rafin gurguntaccen da yake bi ta cikin gidan a Brookdale, California? Wannan tarihin gani ne, rikodin rayuwar matafiya na zamanin da. ”

Abin farin ciki, yawancin otal-otal na gargajiya suna adana a cikin waɗannan katunan katunan ban mamaki na musamman a cikin littafin "Wish You Were Here" Ga mafi kyawun su:

ABUBUWAN DA ZA KU GUDU DAGA WANNAN LABARI:

Za mu iya tunanin cewa mu ke yin iyo a gaban Marlborough - Blenheim a kan Atlantic City ta zinariya, bakin teku mai yashi ko yawo ta cikin kyawawan lambunan cactus na Phoenix's Camelback Inn ko kuma jin dadin kallon tsaunuka ta cikin dogayen tagogin otal din Prince of Wales a cikin filin shakatawa na Waterton Lakes na Kanada.
Hukuncin da ma'aikatar gidan waya ta Amurka ta yi a shekara ta 1907 ne ya haifar da wannan al'amari na cewa gefen katin waya na iya haɗawa da adireshin mai karɓa da saƙo.
Takaitaccen tarihin manyan otal-otal na Amurka a lokacin Golden Age na hoton hoton hoton ya bayyana a cikin Barry Zaid's “Wish You Were Here.