Like yesterday’s North Dakota menu, this one promised meals that were all products of Montana. Unlike yesterday’s dinner menu, this one is for both lunch and dinner. Apparently, the entrĂ©es rotated as that part of both the lunch and dinner … Continue reading
Category Archives: Northern Pacific
“North Dakota needs new settlers,” wrote Governor Ragnvald Nestos on the back of this menu. “We have room for them to live and to succeed.” Nestos was governor from 1921 to 1925. Click image to download a 645-KB PDF of … Continue reading
This brochure advertises the short-lived all-Pullman train that Northern Pacific operated from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Gardiner in the park season, which would have been June 16 to September 15 in the year the brochure was issued. The six-panel brochure includes … Continue reading
Northern Pacific inaugurated the North Coast Limited in 1900, so 1924, when this brochure was produced, was the 25th year of operation. This six-panel brochure includes a dozen photos, a list of NP passenger representatives, and a letter to travel … Continue reading
Here are three more NP menus in the black & white photocard series. As previously noted, these were probably used as advertisements for the dining car and train more than as menus themselves. None of these are in my collection; … Continue reading
At 148 square miles, Lake Pend O’Reille is huge, so it is probably impossible to know where this particular photo was taken. The menu card spells the name with an apostrophe; it is usually spelled without one today. Like yesterday’s … Continue reading
“Camping in the Cascades” is the title of this Asahel Curtis photo with Mount Rainier in the background. Like the Mount Rainier menu card presented a few days ago, this one was contributed by Streamliner Memories reader Jake Barker. Click … Continue reading
As the Missouri River leaves the Rockies, it passed through a 1,200-foot-deep canyon that Meriwether Lewis called “Gates of the Mountains.” This photograph is titled “Gate of the Mountains,” but since “gates” implies more than one and only one of … Continue reading
We’ve seen a colorized version of this photo before on a Union Pacific menu. Northern Pacific also used a colorized version on one of its menu cards. It was also used on postcards, booklets, brochures, and magazine ads. It may … Continue reading
If these menu cards were printed using some sort of photographic process, as opposed to ink, it would explain the deterioration of the images. The bluish reflections on the edges of this picture, for example, are not artifacts from the … Continue reading