In anticipation of the 7.9-mile Cascade Tunnel, which opened in 1929, Great Northern electrified 73 miles of its line between Wenatchee and Skykomish. These two menus depict early electric locomotives, one pulling the Oriental Limited and one pulling an unseen train.

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Although these menu covers might have been used in dining car service, neither of these particular menus were used on a train. The first was used for a 1928 dinner meeting of the Great Northern Railway Club and included the words to some songs on the back, one of which was the “Great Northern Railway No. 1” song (meaning the club was the best club “in any region”).

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As it says on the cover, the second was used for a meeting of the Des Moines Passenger Club during which the club would get to listen to the latest broadcast of “Empire Builders,” Great Northern’s radio show. This was the first dramatic show to be broadcast nationwide, and the February 18, 1929 episode, which the Des Moines Passenger Club got to hear, would have been the sixth episode of the series. As noted on the inside front cover of the menu, that particular episode was about the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Note that the 1929 menu does not use the Art Nouveau-style backgrounds to frame the cover photos and inside sections. Although we have seen an Art Nouveau cover as late as 1929, I haven’t seen any after that year and these menus suggest that the Great Northern began moving away from that style in 1929.