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This menu with a painting of the Empress of France on the cover was actually used on the Empress of France in June, 1956. Like the Empress of Canada, the Empress of France was originally a duchess, in this case … Continue reading
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These menus are dated June 20 and June 22, 1954, which puts them midway through the Empress of Scotland‘s seven-day voyage from Liverpool to Montreal. The Empress was launched in 1930 as the Empress of Japan, but of course the … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific proudly began operating the Empress of Australia in 1953, cross-promoting it with these 1954 menus. But the ship was hardly new, having been originally launched in 1924 as the SS De Grasse. For Canadian Pacific, the ship was … Continue reading
This menu advertises CP’s great ship in its heyday, when it was carrying a couple of trainloads of passengers between Liverpool and St. Johns, New Brunswick per five-day trip. The painting doesn’t has a signature because the bottom portion was … Continue reading
The ship pictured on this dining car menu cover would not go into service until almost a year after this menu was used for a “Through the Wonderland of the West” tour. This would be the second Canadian Pacific ship … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific added the Empress of Britain to its fleet in 1956 in response to competition from Cunard, which had put a new ship, the Saxonia, into Montreal-Liverpool service in 1954. Launched by Queen Elizabeth II herself (who was not, … Continue reading
This 1957 menu for what was presumably a trip between Canada and Europe contrasts sharply with CP’s hotel and dining car menus. Since the price of meals was included in the fare, the menu offers table d’hôte only with five … Continue reading
As the “world’s greatest travel company,” Canadian Pacific had steamships and airplanes as well as trains and it happily cross-advertised between these modes. This menu from the steamship Empress of France features the Chesley Bonestell illustration of the Canadian on … Continue reading