Byron Harmon published this spiral-bound portfolio of eighteen black-and-white photos hand colored and printed using the Vandyck photogravure process. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the Vandyck process is and can’t find any information about it on the internet. Considering … Continue reading
The first pair of Byron Harmon postcards today shows both the entrance and the exit of the lower spiral tunnel. Unlike the trains in yesterday’s postcards, this one is traveling westbound. Click image to download a 134-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
Byron Harmon didn’t worked for the Canadian Pacific except, perhaps, on a contract basis. CP used one of his photos on a menu cover but mostly relied on other photographers. But for many years he was the leading photographer in … Continue reading
It’s 1955, and Canadian Pacific has replaced its heavyweight, steam-powered transcontinental passenger trains with the streamlined Canadian and Dominion led by the newest Diesel locomotives. Yet passengers on the Empress of France wouldn’t know it, being given this menu showing … Continue reading
We’ve seen both of these menu covers before, but they came with the menu I am showing tomorrow, which we haven’t seen. These two menus were used for dinner on the Empress of France on August 13 and 14, 1955. … Continue reading
Lunch on August 24 featured gaffelbiters (pickled herring), lobster on the half shell, and honeycomb tripe. We’ve seen this cover photo before on a Banff Springs Hotel menu. Click image to download a 924-KB PDF of this menu. Lunch for … Continue reading
No doubt because staterooms were small, many passengers on the Empress of Scotland checked larger pieces of luggage into a baggage room. For a few hours a day, the room was open so that passengers could get a change of … Continue reading
To return to Canada, Ms. Hruska left Liverpool on August 20, 1954. She kept this programme, one of which was printed for every day of the voyage, for August 20. It reveals that the trip from Liverpool to Montreal wasn’t … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover we haven’t seen before showing Yoho River Valley, with Takakkaw Falls in the distance. However, I am chagrinned to discover that a similar menu, also used on the Empress of Scotland but in 1957, is in … Continue reading
On her second night out, Ms. Hruska dined from this menu. Menus like this were often used on CP’s Atlantic steamships, but not in its dining cars. The menu shows Edinburgh’s Holyrood Palace. The menu doesn’t say so, but this … Continue reading
