I mentioned a few days ago that I sometimes acquire menus whose covers I already have either because they came with other menus or by mistake. I purchased these three by mistake thinking I didn’t have one of them when it turned out I did. But they still proved to be interesting as they were used in UP’s southern Utah park lodges.
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Even more interesting, all three menus are postmarked even though there is no mailing address. The above menu even has a 2¢ postage stamp that a close look reveals has almost exactly the same view of the Grand Canyon as is on the menu.
The first menu, which is a Grand Canyon lodge beverage menu, was postmarked Fredonia, Arizona on July 1, 1958. The second menu, a breakfast menu, is postmarked Springdale, Utah, Zion National Park, on July 31, 1958.
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The third menu was postmarked Bryce Canyon, Utah, on August 2, 1958. It has the same breakfast menu on the inside as the second one. Since I doubt many tourists hung around southern Utah from July 1 to August 2, I suspect these menus were collected by and postmarked for an employee of UP’s Southern Utah Parks company.
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