The most expensive item on this 1956 Indian Warfare (aka For Supremacy) menu was a $3.25 (about $27 in today’s dollars) “special dinner” featuring broiled lobster tail and hot butter, complete with soup or juice; potatoes; vegetable; salad; biscuits; dessert; … Continue reading
This 1957 Indian Warfare dinner menu included the exact same Lenten Special as the lunch menu. This one is stapled inside instead of paper clipped, so rather than harm the paper I left it in. Curiously, the a la carte … Continue reading
Here is a 1957 lunch menu that has a “Lenten Special” paperclipped inside. A sockeye salmon loaf doesn’t sound like much of a sacrifice for Lent; diners who didn’t like salmon could still have a choice of tuna salad sandwich, … Continue reading
The five Russell paintings used on Great Northern menus (and reproduced in the observation cars) were painted between 1895 and 1899. Russell married in 1896 and his wife Nancy soon took over the business side of his art, helping to … Continue reading
Desperate Stand does not depict any particular battle but was a typical cowboys-and-Indians story that Russell imagined, probably because action portraits like this were popular. Click image for a larger view. In contrast to the action on the menu cover, … Continue reading
The Great Northern needed five complete train sets to protect the streamlined Empire Builder‘s 44-hour schedule between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest. The observation cars on the 1947 Empire Builder were named Mississippi River (car number 1190), Missouri River (1191), … Continue reading
The fifth Charles Russell menu in the series has a painting on the cover called Indian Women Moving. Russell painted at least two other paintings titled “Indian Women Moving Camp”; though this one lacks the word “Camp,” it obviously depicts … Continue reading
This blog has been somewhat chronological: first were pre-war streamlined trains; then post-war streamliners; then post-war domeliners. Before taking the logical next step of describing the decline of streamliners in the 1960s, I want to pick up some streamlined memorabilia … Continue reading
Here are a couple of posters using Hedrich photographs, one of which we’ve already seen on a postcard. I’m not certain whether these posters were distributed to members of the public, Great Northern customers, or just used in GN offices … Continue reading
Although domes were first added to the Empire Builder in May 1955, the Great Northern didn’t place this two-page spread in National Geographic until October. This is probably because the ad featured the full-length dome which wasn’t included in the … Continue reading
