Here are three more Santa Fe lunch menus. Two of them, like yesterday’s, were painted by E.I. Couse. Both show a Taos native in a squatting position supposedly working on a piece of art. In fact, it seems unlikely that … Continue reading
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We’ve previously seen the blanket weaver and arrow maker paintings on Texas Chief menus, but both were in sepia tones instead of full color. The color versions are much more impressive. (We’ve also seen a color Arrow Maker painting on … Continue reading
The Santa Fe Traveler continued into its second year starting with this issue. Like volume 1, number 1, this one is edited by Penrose Scull, but instead of being published by the Traveler Publishing Co. of Chicago, this one claims … Continue reading
Major airlines today all entertain passengers with in-flight magazines and Amtrak started its own on-board magazine, The National, in 2016. But the Santa Fe was way ahead of Amtrak, having started its own on-board magazine in 1950. Click image to … Continue reading
The MGM film Harvey Girls came out in 1946, and in its honor the Fred Harvey company asked artists Edgar Miller and Doris Lee to decorate its restaurant in Hollywood, California. Click image to download a 1.4-MB PDF of this … Continue reading
To round out yesterday’s lunch menu and the previous day’s … Continue reading
Here’s a lunch menu from the same era as yesterday’s breakfast menu, offering full lunches for just 30 cents (about $5.50 today). At that price, entrées were limited to Irish lamb stew with fresh vegetables or assorted cold meats with … Continue reading
In 1940, the Santa Fe advertised that passengers on the Scout could get “delicious Fred Harvey dining car meals for only 90¢ a day!” That breaks down to 25¢ for breakfast, 30¢ for lunch, and 35¢ for dinner. By 1941 … Continue reading
This lunch menu was used at Fred Harvey’s Bright Angel Lodge on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Bright Angel was a moderately-priced alternative to the famous El Tovar Hotel. Pictured on the cover is the Desert View Watchtower, … Continue reading
Here’s a mate to yesterday’s menu. The meals and prices are the same, but this menu is dated 1968, which indicates that yesterday’s was also from around that year. Do not demonstrate anger once these side effects take place. buy … Continue reading