Let’s Go Ski-ing

Skiing was a new enough sport in 1941 that Canadian Pacific felt it was necessary to hyphenate the word, probably so people would know how to pronounce it. A previous CP menu, which I estimate to be from 1939 or 1940, spelled skiing without a hyphen, but in 1941 the company was no longer sure how to spell it.

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A sheet glued into this lunch menu offered meals for 75¢ (salad), 85¢ (fish), and $1.00 (meat or omelet). Multiply prices by twelve to convert to today’s U.S. dollars.


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