We’ve seen this cover illustration before on one of Union Pacific’s Art Nouveau menus from 1934. In 1935, UP redesigned its menus in what I call the Moderne series using the illustrations and text from the Art Nouveau series. Although I’ve identified 17 Art Nouveau menu covers, until now I’ve found only six of those illustrations on Moderne menus. This would be the seventh.
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Also up until now, all of the Moderne series menus that I have are dated 1935, but this one was used in 1936 for a Shriner’s group, specifically the Almas Temple in Washington DC. The group was probably heading for a convention on the West Coast. This July 17 dinner menu gave the Shriner’s a choice of trout, chicken, lamb, or cold meats.