The twelve-day tour recommended by this 1953 brochure spent two-and-one-half days in Yellowstone Park and five days in Waterton-Glacier national parks. This bias towards Great Northern-owned facilities was obvious, but any traveler fit enough to enjoy mountain hikes in Glacier … Continue reading
Folded or unfolded, this 1953 brochure is about the same size as Great Northern’s 1947 Puget Sound brochure. When folded, both are slightly larger than the “tiny” four-color brochures that GN would issue in the late 1950s, but the older … Continue reading
The cover photo on this menu is nearly the same as the one from a couple days ago, but judging from the clouds was taken on a different day and from a slightly different angle — and of course without … Continue reading
In 1950, when this menu was issued, the Red River left St. Paul at 5:30 pm and arrived in Grand Forks just before midnight; then left Grand Forks at 7:30 am and returned to St. Paul at 2:00 pm. The … Continue reading
This menu was used for a group movement of Illinois members of the Knights Templar (masons) to an annual convention in San Francisco. Great Northern was even kind enough to print the group’s logo on the front and back covers. … Continue reading
This menu features a detail of the same photo, though in black-and-white, that was used on the day-before-yesterday’s Oriental Limited menu. It seems strange for Great Northern to glorify Grand Coulee since the Northern Pacific, not Great Northern, shipped a … Continue reading
Most of Great Northern’s color-photo menus feature pictures of Glacier National Park. Yesterday’s Grand Coulee menu and today’s Mount Rainier menu are the only exceptions I have found so far. Someone at Great Northern must have liked fishing, because — … Continue reading
In 1942, when Grand Coulee Dam was completed, it was a proud symbol of American technological prowess. But I can only think of it as a money-losing project that completely wiped out one of the biggest and most valuable salmon … Continue reading
In a 1920 menu shown here recently, Great Northern called this flower “Indian basket grass,” but by 1949 it was using the more common name of bear grass. We’ve seen this menu cover before on a 1946 Empire Builder menu, … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen this menu cover on a Western Star menu, but the format was first created for the 1947 Empire Builder. Looking it over now, I have to say it is a masterpiece of design. Click image to download … Continue reading
