Since 2014, I’ve had a tradition of posting new Union Pacific menus beginning around August 1. Last August, I lamented that I had been able to acquire only five new menus in the previous year. Since then, I’ve found nine … Continue reading
The last menu I have for the Michigan Wolverine Club is a dinner menu dated January 6. The Los Angeles Limited would serve another breakfast and a lunch, before arriving in Chicago, presumably on January 7. This menu cover features … Continue reading
For lunch on January 6, Wolverine Club members ordered from this menu featuring the University of Colorado on its cover. We’ve seen this cover before, of course, but the menu on the inside is different as the previous one was … Continue reading
Breakfast on the Los Angeles Limited on January 6, 1951, featured this menu showing the University of Nebraska’s ivy-covered administration building. Like menus from the previous two days, this one is imprinted for members of the Wolverine Club returning home … Continue reading
Members of the Wolverine Club enjoyed dinner on the Los Angeles Limited using this menu on January 5, 1951. The sandstone building on the cover was the University of Wyoming’s Liberal Arts Building, now the Arts and Sciences Building, and … Continue reading
It’s hard to imagine today that the academically inclined University of California at Berkeley was once a football powerhouse, having rostered undefeated teams from 1920 through 1924 and appearing in three consecutive Rose Bowls from 1949 through 1951. Despite having … Continue reading
The image of the Great White Throne on the cover of this menu is from almost exactly the same location as earlier menus in the art nouveau series. But the previous images were hand-colored versions of black-and-white photos, while this … Continue reading
As noted yesterday, after 1932, Union Pacific dropped the word “system” from its logo, so these blotters date from 1933 or later. “The Overland Route” was removed from the logo in 1942, so these blotters from the Dale Hastin collection … Continue reading
Dated January 21, 1948, and marked on the inside for the Los Angeles Limited, which then carried the prestigious numbers 1 and 2, this is the earliest color-cover menu I have seen featuring Sun Valley. The image shows a lone … Continue reading
Union Pacific had menu covers for universities in every state that it served, including UC Berkeley, Kansas State College, Montana State University, University of Washington, and University of Wyoming. This one for the University of Denver is the only one … Continue reading
