Canadian Pacific Steamship Menus

Although my focus is on dining car menus, these Chung collection menus used on the Canadian Pacific steamships are so pretty that I wanted to include them as well. Since these steamship cruises were advertised on yesterday’s dining car menus, now seems an appropriate time. All of these menus are from 1932.

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First up is a breakfast menu card that was used on the Empress of Australia. It features Mount Assiniboine, which remains only accessible after an arduous, 17-mile hike from the nearest road. Its prominence on so many Canadian Pacific menus must be due to its resemblance to the famous Matterhorn.

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Second is a lunch card used on the Empress of Japan. The menu is decorated with Art Deco style images of people who are presumably eating in a steamship dining room.

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The Art Deco style was also used on the cover of this Empress of Japan dinner menu showing people walking down a grand staircase, presumably on their way to or from dinner. The table d’hôte menu itself lists 27 items by number, and in case anyone is unsure what they can order, it has “suggested menus” that include, in one case, smelt, beef tenderloin, and ham (which would be items 7, 11, and 13 on the menu), showing that diners need not limit themselves to just one entrée.

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Even more art deco graphics decorate this cover on an Empress of Japan menu. The menu is dated two days after the previous one, suggesting they were probably used on the same trip. This one has 44 numbered items. Entrées include omelettes, mutton chop, black pudding, calf’s feet, and many others. Also available were turbot steak, baked pumpkin, and apricot ice cream.

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Though this menu is of a completely different style, both inside and out, it was also used on the Empress of Japan, though the date indicates it was a different sailing. The cover painting is signed Ronald Jackson (1902-1992), whose work we’ve seen before. Since the painting is dated “1930,” he must have been about 28 years old when he made it. The menu itself offers such delicacies as banana fritters, punch a la Norman (like this?), roast quail, Henry IV souffle (made with chicken and mushroom sauce), and roasted chestnuts.


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