Although the Empress of Scotland went from Montreal to Liverpool, Helen and Vilma Hruska got off in Greenock, Scotland, on July 5, a day before the ship arrived in Liverpool. They returned on the same ship, leaving August 21 and … Continue reading
Vilma and Helen Hruska, two sisters from a family of eight children, shared a house in North Bergen, New Jersey, in 1954. Vilma was a school teacher and had the summers off. Helen worked as a dental assistant and was … Continue reading
It’s 1955, and Canadian Pacific has replaced its heavyweight, steam-powered transcontinental passenger trains with the streamlined Canadian and Dominion led by the newest Diesel locomotives. Yet passengers on the Empress of France wouldn’t know it, being given this menu showing … Continue reading
We’ve seen both of these menu covers before, but they came with the menu I am showing tomorrow, which we haven’t seen. These two menus were used for dinner on the Empress of France on August 13 and 14, 1955. … Continue reading
To return to Canada, Ms. Hruska left Liverpool on August 20, 1954. She kept this programme, one of which was printed for every day of the voyage, for August 20. It reveals that the trip from Liverpool to Montreal wasn’t … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover we haven’t seen before showing Yoho River Valley, with Takakkaw Falls in the distance. However, I am chagrinned to discover that a similar menu, also used on the Empress of Scotland but in 1957, is in … Continue reading
On her second night out, Ms. Hruska dined from this menu. Menus like this were often used on CP’s Atlantic steamships, but not in its dining cars. The menu shows Edinburgh’s Holyrood Palace. The menu doesn’t say so, but this … Continue reading
On June 29, 1954, Helen Hruska boarded the Empress of Scotland on Montreal for a seven-day voyage to Liverpool. She returned on the same ship, leaving Liverpool on August 20. I don’t know whether she had done this before, but … Continue reading
This menu was used on the same voyage of the Empress of England, in fact on the same day, as yesterday’s menu. Unlike yesterday’s menu, it is unlikely that a menu like this was ever used in a Canadian Pacific … Continue reading
This menu was used on the Empress of France on September 14, 1957. We’ve previously seen a menu like this that was used on the Empress of France on August 12, 1956. It made sense to advertise the Chateau Frontenac … Continue reading
