This menu uses the exact same photo that was used in a 1947 menu but cropped to fit on the front cover rather than wrap around to the back, with the result that one of the towers of the bridge … Continue reading
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At first glance, this menu cover has the same photo as one we’ve seen from 1958. But a closer look reveals that the photos are different and were taken some years apart. This photo is zoomed out a bit to … Continue reading
This cover was on last year’s list of missing menus, and naturally was used on the City of San Francisco. Inside, the menu uses a combination of fonts we’ve only seen once before. There are certain properties that are special … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s breakfast menus, these two have identical lunch menus dated March, 1959, while the cover photos are ones we’ve seen before. First is the rose garden in Portland’s Washington Park, which we’ve previously seen on a 1959 breakfast menu … Continue reading
Two more menus whose covers we’ve seen before and whose backs are identical breakfast menus. The first shows Seattle’s Lake Washington and the floating bridge, which we’ve previously seen on a 1960 lunch menu. Click image to download a 1.6-MB … Continue reading
The cover of this menu is identical to one we have seen before, but this particular one was issued in January 1959, five months after the other one. The menu offerings are a little different: salmon, omelet, lamb chops, ham, … Continue reading
Here are two menus whose covers we’ve seen before but whose menu sides we haven’t. The first, featuring the Great White Throne, is dated December 1958 for lunch service in the City of Portland cafe-lounge car. We’ve seen this cover … Continue reading
The menu sides of these items are all identical to yesterday’s, while the cover photos are all ones we have seen before. Click image to download a 1.7-MB PDF of this menu. This photo of aspens in Rocky Mountain National … Continue reading
This attractive scene shows two woolen-garbed skiers looking out over their balcony at a line of Union Pacific buses bringing more guests from the latest UP train at Shoshone, Idaho. The 1958 timetable shows both westbound and eastbound Portland Roses … Continue reading
These three menus have two things in common: first, the menus themselves are identical to yesterday’s; and second, we’ve seen all of the cover photos before. Like yesterday’s, all three of these menus are marked for the City of Portland. … Continue reading