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Here’s another menu I bought thinking I didn’t already have one when it turned out I did. Worse, like this one, the one I already had is a 1946 lunch menu. The good news is this one is a normal … Continue reading
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The grandiose building on the cover of this menu is now (and was in 1944 when the menu was issued) the Redstone Inn. It was built in 1902 to be the home of John Cleveland Osgood, an entrepreneur who made … Continue reading
I love these Rio Grande menus with the pasted-on color photographs. Although nowhere as numerous as the Union Pacific color photo menus, every time I think I must have them all I find a couple more. I’ve previously found 19, … Continue reading
I’m not sure that a defunct mine was the best way to advertise Colorado, especially as it is a tacit admission that the mineral revenues that helped pay the Rio Grande’s bills were drying up. In 1943, when this menu … Continue reading
Unlike the stories on the backs of the black-and-white photo menus shown in the past few days, the stories on the back of the pastel menus that Rio Grande began using in 1938 were related to the cover images. This … Continue reading
This menu was used on the same American Farm Bureau Convention trip as yesterday’s. The breakfast offered was simple: juice, cereal, roast beef hash or eggs, bread, and beverage. Click image to download a 1.0-MB PDF of this menu. We … Continue reading
The cover photo on this menu appears to have been taken by William Henry Jackson in 1873, more than 70 years before the menu was issued in 1936. The Mount of the Holy Cross was so distinctive to look at … Continue reading
The scene shown on the cover of this 1935 menu is one of the most beautiful and colorful in all of Colorado, but the muddy black-and-white photo doesn’t come close to doing it justice. Taken from near the location of … Continue reading
The front cover of this menu shows one of Colorado’s smaller mountains (less than 13,300 feet above sea level), which is located almost due west of Denver. The back cover tells a story from an 1857 expedition by then-Captain Randolph … Continue reading
Happy new year! Today, I’m starting to compile a visual database of the menu series used by western railroads. I’ve already compiled one of Union Pacific menu series, so it seems natural to look at other railroads too. I’ll begin … Continue reading