Asahel Curtis (1874-1941) was a photographer whose work focused on the growth of the Northwest, and Northern Pacific used many of his photos in its early advertising. Born in Minnesota, his family moved to Washington when he was 14. His … Continue reading
Category Archives: Northern Pacific
I’ve previously presented Northern Pacific menu cards like this one, with a black-and-white (sometimes colorized) photo on one side and a dinner menu on the other side. I’ve always been frustrated that the menus come with no indication of a … Continue reading
Seven years ago, I noted the strange fact that the North Coast Limited went over the Chicago & North Western between 1911 and 1918. This is peculiar because Northern Pacific owned almost half of the Burlington and for most of … Continue reading
The consolidation of what was once hundreds of railroads into just seven class 1 railroads today (plus Amtrak) was always controversial. In 1901, to protect his railroads from raiders such as Edward Harriman, James J. Hill created the Northern Securities … Continue reading
Here is Northern Pacific’s rather pathetic attempt at a “holiday menu” in 1967. We’ve seen this menu cover before. Inside, the menu has no holiday decorations but claims in large letters that it is a “Holiday Menu.” The menu says … Continue reading
This menu is dated 1963 and by this time NP has slightly simplified the border design around its menu cards, allowing printing to be done with one fewer color. The prices are higher than on yesterday’s 1959 menu but the … Continue reading
This menu card is designed the same as yesterday’s dinnerette menu. Someone has pencilled “4-11-59” on the back, suggesting it was used on that day. Click image to download a 367-KB PDF of this menu. In psoriasis, local release cheapest … Continue reading
This menu is too brief to have been used in a full dining car and it isn’t marked “Traveller’s Rest” so it wasn’t used in that car. I suspect it was used on the Mainstreeter Holiday Lounge car, which had … Continue reading
This menu has separate pages for dinner on June 21, 1929; breakfast, lunch, and dinner on June 22; and breakfast for June 23. It doesn’t say where members of the New Jersey Kiwanis were going, but that isn’t enough meals … Continue reading
A poem on the back of this children’s menu says the front portrays a “holdup bear” because his job is to “hold up the bill of fare.” The poem continues by promising to remember the children when they go to … Continue reading