Banff Springs Hotel 1957 Lunch Menu

In the summer of 1957, Canadian Pacific had four Empresses, named for Britain, England, France, and Scotland, sailing between Montreal and Liverpool, allowing for as many as six departures a month. Each voyage took seven days, and at least three days separated them to allow for cleaning and revictualing the the ships. Dated June 14, 1957, this menu was used on the Empress of England, which was then CP’s newest oceanliner. That ship had departed Montreal on June 11 and was due to arrive in Liverpool on June 17.

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Although used on a steamship, this menu is of the standard size for many Canadian Pacific dining car menus of the 1930s through 1950s: 6-3/4″ by 9-3/4″. Like this one, many menus of this size in the mid-1950s had portrait photos on the cover surrounded by a broad white border, so it is likely that this cover was sometimes used on dining car menus as well.


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