University of Portland Breakfast Menu

The University of Portland football team had a terrible season in 1939, winning just one game. That game took place in San Francisco and was quite possibly the occasion for this menu, as only one other game would have required an overnight trip on the Southern Pacific. The University of Portland, sometimes called UP, is located in the University Park (UP) neighborhood overlooking the Albina Yards of the Union Pacific (UP) railroad.

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This menu advertising the Golden Gate Exposition features five full breakfasts and an extensive a la carte section. The most expensive meal offers a choice of a lamb chop or breakfast steak with potatoes, fruit, cereal, bread, and beverage for $1 ($18 in today’s money).

Inserted into this menu was a separate card, also advertising the Golden Gate Expo, specifically for the University of Portland football team. This unpriced menu basically offers meal number 3 on the first menu: two eggs, or ham or bacon and one egg, or griddle cakes with bacon or sausage, with fruit, cereal, bread, and beverage. This meal cost 75¢ (about $13.50 today) on the priced menu, but must have been included in the package price for the football team’s travel.

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