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
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
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
