Here’s another tiffin menu that must have been used on a different day on the same steamship trip as yesterday’s. The soup, salad, entrées, and desserts are all a little different. Click image to download a 496-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
Tiffin is a British Indian term for a light morning or mid-day meal. However, says Wikipedia, “When used in place of the word “lunch”, it does not necessarily mean a light meal.” This 1950 menu for CP steamship service from … Continue reading
This booklet has a page or more on each of eighteen hotels from the Lord Nelson in the east to the Empress in the west. The largest hotels, such as the Royal York, get three pages, while smaller ones, such … Continue reading
Most railroads gave away their along-the-way booklets, but the Canadian Pacific News Department sold this one for 35 cents–nearly US$4 in today’s money. Except for the quality of the paper it is printed on, there is nothing special about this … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific introduced the transcontinental Canadian in 1955. But, according to page 18 of this timetable, the railroad had a train of the same name in 1943. That train, however, only went between Toronto and Detroit. Click image to download … Continue reading
This is another portrait by Nicholas de Grandmaison. Unfortunately, there’s no identification of the names of either this Blackfoot chief or yesterday’s matron. However, the University of Lethbridge does have several interesting audio conversations between de Grandmaison and Alberta Indians. … Continue reading
Born in Moscow in 1892, trained in London and Paris, Nicholas de Grandmaison found his way to Canada where he painted the first of hundreds of portraits of Indians in 1930. Canadian Pacific put some of his portraits on its … Continue reading
The unsigned artwork on the cover of this menu belies the fact that it wasn’t used on a train but on Canadian Pacific’s steamship “triangle” service between Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria. Just as the cover advertises CP trains, the inside … Continue reading
This menu from the Mountaineer is unusual in that it is folded twice, like some greeting cards. When completely unfolded, the printing is all on one side and the other side is blank, so I’ve chosen to make the PDF … Continue reading
This menu shows a scene of Lake Louise, but was used on one of Canadian Pacific’s Alaska steamships. The menu (whose price must have been included in the fare) offers salmon, cod, finnan haddie, and (for those who don’t consider … Continue reading
