Like many western railroads, the Great Northern commissioned works by a number of artists. But the one that proved to be most popular with the public was Winold Reiss, a German portrait painter who came to America to paint a … Continue reading
This 1943 menu has the same cover as the 1949 Oriental Limited menu that I posted a few weeks ago. Inside is very different with lower prices, advertisements for “victory bonds,” and a sticker proclaiming May 17-22 as “National Cotton … Continue reading
Like the Little Chief Mountain menu shown here previously, this menu is from 1941. While the two are not exactly the same, the main entrées seem to have been simply rearranged. Click image to download a 652-KB PDF of this … Continue reading
To commemorate the 175th anniversary of the birth of James J. Hill, who built and managed the Great Northern Railway, here is a video about Hill produced by the Minnesota Historical Society. The first person interviewed in the video is … Continue reading
This menu has the same cover photo as yesterday’s, but is for the Empire Builder instead of the Oriental Limited. Dated 1943, it’s selection of meals is similar to the 1949 Oriental Limited menu, but at far lower prices: $1.25 … Continue reading
While the streamlined Empire Builder began using menus featuring Charlie Russell paintings, the Oriental Limited inherited the Empire Builder‘s Glacier Park menus. This dinner menu from 1949 features bear grass and the Going to the Sun Road on the cover. … Continue reading
Judging from the logos, this letterhead was from the post-war Oriental Limited, before it was replaced by the Western Star in 1951. The paper These associate nations cricket should be generic levitra cialis appreciated by ICC for their performance on … Continue reading
The Oriental Limited was the Great Northern’s premiere train from 1905 through 1929, when it became secondary to the Empire Builder. The Empire Builder himself, James J. Hill, always had his eye on the Orient, briefly owning steamships Dakota and … Continue reading
GN used one more of Reiss’ full-sized portraits on a menu, this one of two Indians named Many White Horses and Eagle Calf. The original of this 80″x36″ painting recently sold at auction for $187,000, and was only the second-most … Continue reading
Today’s lunch menu features two Blackfeet Indians, After Buffalo (also known as Peter After Buffalo) and Nightshoots (or Night Shoot). After Buffalo was born in 1863, which would make him 54 years old when Reiss painting this portrait. Nightshoots may … Continue reading
