The front cover of this menu features “youths” hanging on a dude ranch corral while the back cover discusses Rainier National Park. I don’t understand why NP didn’t use the back covers of this menu series to further describe the … Continue reading
We’ve seen this cover before but with a red cover instead of orange and on a dinner menu instead of lunch. It shows a plaza behind Oregon’s Timberline Lodge with a horse standing next to a table where people are … Continue reading
Here’s the first of three more Northern Pacific menus that I photographed at the Minnesota History Center. These are from what I call the “Rustic Photo” series in which sepia-toned photographs are pasted onto the menu covers. The menus are … Continue reading
This menu introduces a new gateway to Yellowstone, the “Red Lodge HIGHRoad,” now known as the Beartooth Highway. We’ve previously seen a 12-page booklet about the road that NP also published shortly after it opened in 1936. Both the booklet … Continue reading
This lavender-colored cover with a photo of dude ranch cabins on a Montana river makes me want to go to Montana — and I live on a former dude ranch in Oregon! The back cover of the menu invites people … Continue reading
This undated booklet is filled with somewhat muddy black-and-white photos and interesting little art nouveau-style graphics. The booklet features the National Park Inn that was an early accommodation for those who wished to visit the park and Paradise Inn that … Continue reading
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 entrées rotated as that part of both the lunch and dinner … Continue reading
“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
