On her return voyage from Scotland, Helen Hruska saved this menu showing Balmoral, a residence in Scotland that is unusual in that it is actually owned by the queen and not part of the crown estate. The land was purchased … Continue reading
This has absolutely no railroad content, but I’m including it here because it is the only evidence we have that the Hruska sisters’ trip to Europe included time on the continent instead of just in Britain. This brochure includes 11 … Continue reading
We’ve seen a painting of this ship before on a 1937 menu, at which time it was called the Empress of Japan, having been built in 1930 to serve Canadian Pacific between Vancouver and Yokohama and other Pacific ports. With … Continue reading
Although the Empress of Scotland went from Montreal to Liverpool, Helen and Vilma Hruska got off in Greenock, Scotland, on July 5, a day before the ship arrived in Liverpool. They returned on the same ship, leaving August 21 and … Continue reading
Vilma and Helen Hruska, two sisters from a family of eight children, shared a house in North Bergen, New Jersey, in 1954. Vilma was a school teacher and had the summers off. Helen worked as a dental assistant and was … Continue reading
This booklet has photos and descriptions of sights along the Canadian Pacific from Nova Scotia to Victoria. But what makes it most interesting is that, unlike booklets with the same name from 1957 and 1959, this one was issued before … Continue reading
Dominion Atlantic is the company that created Evangeline Park, which is now part of the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. Most of the history there was invented by the railroad taking advantage of a popular Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem. Though Dominion … Continue reading
A few days ago we had a menu with a black-and-white photo of horseback riders in Assiniboine Provincial Park. Today we have a color photo of skiers in the same park. The previous menu was probably from before 1935, meaning … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen that this colorized photo of a train in Kicking Horse Pass appeared on two slightly different menu covers: one with a script font and one with Bodoni font. The copy of the script font menu I previously … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific hotels weren’t just places for tourists to stay. Most of them also had facilities for large conferences and conventions. This booklet is specifically aimed at attracting convention business to the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec. Click image to download … Continue reading
