We’ve seen this menu before with a red background and blue and white illustrations of dinnerware. CN also had one with a black background and red and white illustrations. Today’s menu is undated, but I estimate these menus were issued … Continue reading
This 1949 lunch menu is in the same series as menus we’ve previously seen featuring British Columbia and western Canada (meaning Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, but not B.C.). There was also a menu in the series for the Canadian Rockies, … Continue reading
Canadian National issued six menus related to the 1937 coronation of King George VI. We saw three yesterday, and here are the other three. Click image to download a 510-KB PDF of this menu. Inside, all six of these menus … Continue reading
We’ve seen Canadian National’s 1937 coronation menus before, but they were from someone else’s collection. I’ve acquired a set of my own and I’ll present them in two groups. Click image to download a 510-KB PDF of this menu. These … Continue reading
Here is the 1974 version of the 1970 brochure presented here a few days ago. Much of the text is the same, but the marketing department managed to squeeze 24 photos into a brochure that previously had just 17, mainly … Continue reading
We’ve seen this menu cover before in a 1964 edition. Today’s is dated July 5, 1971, but both are identified as “gala dinners.” I’m still a bit ignorant about steamship cruises, so all I really know about gala dinners is … Continue reading
“Chief Shakes lived here,” says the photo caption erroneously. Shakes was not actually a specific individual but a title, one that had been held by seven different Tlingit Indians. What is known as Chief Shakes’ tribal house, the entrance to … Continue reading
This dinner menu is dated July 2, 1971, which appropriately enough was the day the Prince George was scheduled to tie up in Juneau from 3:30 pm to 11:30 pm. Mendenhall Glacier is located on the edge of Juneau, making … Continue reading
“Snug harbors and fishing boats almost outnumber the totem poles in Alaska,” says the back of this menu. Actually, I’m pretty sure that fishing boats greatly outnumber totem poles. The front cover photos also shows evidence of a logging industry: … Continue reading
While this menu was used aboard the Prince George in 1971, we previously seen similar menus from 1964. Both the 1964 and 1971 menus have black covers with photographs in a circle and both were used in service on the … Continue reading
