We start today with what may be the oldest menu in the Chung collection, one showing “Canadian National Park.” Banff National Park was created in 1885 and, according to Wikipedia, was originally called Rocky Mountains National Park. But this dining … Continue reading
As I was collecting new Canadian Pacific menus for posting here, I discovered the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection, one of the best collections of digitized rail memorabilia on the web. Wallace Chung’s grandfather immigrated to Canada … Continue reading
This 1927 booklet tells of hikes, climbs, horseback rides, and scenic motorcar tours from Lake Louise. A centerfold map shows a trail network through the mountains to other lakes in the area. Canadian Pacific also had three tearooms, three bungalow … Continue reading
Instead of trying to cram both French and English into one brochure, Canadian Pacific published two: one in English and one in French. It appears that the French wore the same ridiculous clothes as hair styles in the 1970s as … Continue reading
This three-panel brochure is undated, but the hair and clothing styles are obviously (and embarrassingly) from the 1970s. VIA took over Canadian Pacific passenger operations in 1978, so the brochure is from sometime before that. Click image to download a … Continue reading
As this one illustrates, Canadian Pacific’s postwar menus differed in several way from the prewar versions. While the subject matter was often the same, the postwar menus used real color photographs printed using the four-color process. The photos were positioned … Continue reading
We’ve seen these three menu covers before, but they came with yesterday’s Royal Train menu, so I’m including them here together. All four menus were used on an American Express Banner Tour. Click image to download a 1.10-MB PDF of … Continue reading
A month ago, I presented a 1952 Canadian Pacific Alaska steamship menu that had a cover illustration of the Royal Train used by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (parents of the current queen). Here is a September, 1939 menu … Continue reading
In 1927, Banff began holding an annual Highland Gathering and Scottish Music Festival at the end of August. By 1931, when this menu was issued, the festival was in its fifth year. I don’t know how many years it continued, … Continue reading
While it doesn’t say so, this menu was clearly used in the full dining car rather than the Skyline coffee shop, as it has higher prices and a slightly wider array of selections. The main addition to the menu is … Continue reading
