Since ocean voyages are supposed to be romantic, Valentine’s Day was a natural holiday celebration during the winter cruises of Canadian Pacific steamships. Here are three dinner menus used on different Empress ships. Click image to view and download a … Continue reading
When Donald Smith drove Canadian Pacific’s last spike in 1885, the city of Vancouver did not yet exist and Port Moody, the railroad’s original terminus, housed only about 250 people. All of British Columbia held about 50,000 residents, half of … Continue reading
Why would a Canadian company celebrate a U.S. president on one of its steamship menus? One answer is that a lot of its customers may have come from Boston, New York, and other U.S. cities that admired Lincoln (and not … Continue reading
I’m interrupting this week’s series of posts on Florida trains to remind you that today is the 264th birthday of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet. On this day, Scots traditionally have a Burns supper, a meal that is centered on … Continue reading
I’m interrupting the tale of Chicago-Pacific Northwest railroads to wish you a Happy New Year and present this menu from a 1931-1932 Canadian Pacific world cruise. The menu was used on the practically brand-new Empress of Britain, which between 1931 … Continue reading
Happy holidays to Streamliner Memory readers. Here are some Canadian Pacific Christmas menus from the University of British Columbia’s Chung collection. Although these menus are over an eight-year period and one is aboard a steamship and the other two are … Continue reading
Here are two more breakfast menus from the same voyage of the Empress of England whose menus have appeared in the last few days. Unfortunately, I don’t have lunch or dinner menus for these days. Click image to download a … Continue reading
Today’s Empress of England menus are all dated Friday, September 9, 1961. As with yesterday’s menus, we’ve seen the breakfast and lunch menu covers before but the dinner is new. Click image to download a 260-KB PDF of this menu. … Continue reading
Today’s Empress of England menus are all dated Friday, September 8, 1961. We’ve seen the breakfast and lunch menu covers before but the dinner is new. Click image to download a 266-KB PDF of this menu. A close comparison of … Continue reading
In Spring 1819, the S.S. Savannah, which had been built in her namesake city in Georgia, became the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. This was less impressive than it sounds, however, as the ship relied mainly on sails and … Continue reading
