CP Breakfast Menus from 1926

Today we have several nice menus from the Chung collection that don’t seem to be a part of any series. These are all breakfast menus dated 1926 and most of the cover illustrations are very attractive.

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The first cover shows the Crystal Garden, a combination swimming pool, café, dance, and entertainment center located near the Empress Hotel in Victoria. The menu was for a tour group from the University of Montreal and is entirely in French.

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Next is a menu from the Mountaineer that shows a scene from southern British Columbia, possibly Lake Okanogan. This is actually the back of the menu; the front has two panels that open outward, like a double door, and each panel has a black-and-white photo from the B.C. area. The color painting shown above is signed J.M. Neekison.

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This is a dining car menu with a hand-colored photo of the Chateau Lake Louise and the lake itself with Victoria Glacier behind it.

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At first glance, this looks like the same cover, but it is cropped somewhat differently.


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