This menu is a little smaller and printed on lower-grade paper than the menus of the last two days. It was used on a special train for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks on their way to their national … Continue reading
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This menu is the same size and printed on similar paper to yesterday’s. The back cover, however, prominently mentions the new Denver Zephyr, which–it says–“inaugurated 16-hour service between the Great Lakes and the Rockies May 31st.” That dates the menu … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Northern Pacific and Rio Grande menus featuring a photograph glued on to their front covers. Here is a similar menu from the Burlington Route. Gluing on a photo gives a slight three-dimensional quality to the cover, but … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a dinner menu that featured a painting of coneflowers and daisies on the front, with a smaller painting of gaillardia and cattails on the back. This menu has the same two paintings in reverse. These paintings, as … Continue reading
Here’s a 1966 Denver Zephyr dinner menu we haven’t seen before. This one has a painting of “Baneberry — flower and berry — and Chickweed” on the front cover and one of “Columbine and Deer Vine” on the back. We’ve … Continue reading
Slightly smaller than a postcard and printed on similar material, this card must have been placed on dining tables rather than inserted into menus, as inserts tended to be flimsier. The menu offers a meal of roast beef hash, noodles, … Continue reading
As I’ve noted before, when the Budd Company built the 1956 Denver Zephyr, it hired the Paul Crét architectural firm to design the interiors, which in turn commissioned Kathryn Fligg (now Kathryn Fligg Lee) to do 115 paintings of wildflowers … Continue reading
“The nicest train I have ever ridden on,” “the most pleasant railroad trip ever experienced,” and “the wonderful smooth feeling of flying through space” are just a few of the “voluntary expressions of commendation” for the first vista-dome train reprinted … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen Burlington booklets advertising the Cody Road entrance into Yellowstone Park from 1917, 1937, and 1946. This one happens to be from 1930. Click image to download a 5.1-MB PDF of this 12-page booklet. Young men may also … Continue reading
Although Burlington trains didn’t come any closer to Glacier Park than Billings, about 400 miles away, it issued a number of postcards advertising Glacier. Of course, the Great Northern, which did go to Glacier, owned nearly half of the Burlington. … Continue reading