At about 1-3/4″x2-1/4″, these are much smaller than luggage stickers, which were typically around 3″x6″. These stickers were probably applied to menus to call diners’ attention to selected items available from Great Northern kitchens.
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Judging from the number of times it was featured on menus of the 1920s, Great Northern seemed to be particularly proud of its chicken pies.
I suppose the important point for Great Northern is that its ham came from pigs grown in its home state of Minnesota.
I don’t drink coffee, but those who do may have appreciated the “special blend” used on board Great Northern dining cars. Of course, in those days the coffee was probably not roasted to within an inch of burning as it often is today.
Starting at least as early as the 1876 Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia, Western states referred to their farm lands as the “Zone of Plenty” to encourage immigrants into the region.