On August 20, 1939, someone enjoyed dinner from this fine menu at Jasper Park Lodge. The photo shows the Columbia Icefield, which had been made accessible by a road from Jasper not long before this menu was issued. We’ve previously … Continue reading
Most of the previous Jasper Lodge menus we have seen have been cards, but this one is a folder. As the cover shows, the menu was used at conference of the Sun Life insurance company, so it may be that … Continue reading
Whether due to the Depression or some internal cost-cutting measure, this booklet isn’t as fancy as the 1934 booklet presented here yesterday. That booklet included several paintings in beautiful colors by Canadian fine artist Charles W. Simpson. Today’s booklet has … Continue reading
This booklet is beautifully decorated with four full-color paintings by Charles Walter Simpson, whose work we have seen before for both Canadian Pacific and Canadian National. The cover painting (which is on the back cover) was obviously commissioned by the … Continue reading
Though the cover claims this is a map of Canada, it doesn’t include any of the northern territories or even the northern parts of Canada’s major provinces. It does show all of the 48 states and (in an inset) most … Continue reading
Canadian National and its subsidiary, Grand Trunk, had a line from Montreal to Portland, Maine, including about 160 miles in New Hampshire and Maine. Via its subsidiary, Central of Vermont, CN had another line from Montreal to Windsor, Vermont, including … Continue reading
This menu is 16 pages long, but only the centerfold has the actual menu. Ten pages are dedicated to pictures and little poems parents could use to entertain their children. The inside front and inside back covers credit the poems … Continue reading
This menu dedicated to the Maritime provinces — which the back cover explains are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island — has a painting of eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century sailing ships on the front cover and an industrial … Continue reading
At first glance, this menu appears to be in the same series as the ones shown in the past three days, but it does have a couple of differences. Like the others, it has a front-cover painting of a historic … Continue reading
The front cover of this menu shows a graffiti artist practicing his trade in front of some other hooligans while the back cover shows Canadian National’s Vancouver train station, which offered huge expanses of stone walls for aspiring graffiti artists. … Continue reading
