In the 1960s, many Empress menu covers featured historic forms of transportation, including ships, primitive aircraft, a penny-farthing bicycle, and two early steam locomotives. Today’s menu presents an ornate horse-drawn carriage from 1786. The menu calls this a chariot and … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific may have used menus featuring cover images of the Empress of France only on that ship and the Empress of Scotland only on that ship. But otherwise menus found on one would likely be found on the other. … Continue reading
Today we have the last menu used on the April 27-May 3 voyage of the Empress of France and the first menu used on the May 24-May 31 voyage of the Empress of Scotland. Steamship arrival times were probably a … Continue reading
Here’s an April 30 menu featuring Katy’s Cove, a private beach for guests at the Algonquin, Canadian Pacific’s hotel in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick. We’ve previously seen a menu with this cover that was used on the Empress of Scotland. … Continue reading
Today’s Yoho Valley lunch menu was used on April 29, 1957, the fourth day of the Empress of France‘s voyage from Montreal to Liverpool. The menu has the usual amazing range of foods. Click image to download a 768-KB PDF … Continue reading
The Empress of France was scheduled to leave Montreal at 11 am, and this menu offered lunch just an hour later. We’ve seen the photo on this menu cover at least twice before, both on 1954 Empress of Scotland lunch … Continue reading
On April 26, 1957, someone left Montreal on a seven-day trip to England on the Empress of France. After staying in England for about 20 days, they returned on the Empress of Scotland, arriving in Montreal on May 31. Along … Continue reading
Whoever collected yesterday’s lunch menu must also have kept this menu from their return trip aboard the Empress of Scotland, which left almost six weeks after they arrived in England on the Empress of France. The Scot departed Southampton on … Continue reading
This lunch menu was used for third-class passengers on the Empress of France on July 23, 1930. The Empress had left Quebec City on July 16 and was scheduled to arrive in Southampton on July 23, so this may have … Continue reading
Here’s a menu in what I call the Artist’s Series. We’ve previously seen Shakespeare, John Constable, and Robert Burns, all of which were dated 1957. This one honors John Milton and is dated 1961. Since all of the other steamship … Continue reading
