Regina Lunch Menu

This menu is apparently part of Canadian Pacific’s city series, which included menus for many of the major cities along the CP. I’ve previously shown a dozen menus in this series dating from 1926 to 1928. All but one or two of those menus were from the Chung collection at the University of British Columbia, but for some reason Mr. Chung doesn’t seem to have a copy of this menu.

Click image to download a 1.3-MB PDF of this menu.

Like the other menus in this series, this one looks up the scene through what appears to be an arched window. Oddly, the scene doesn’t show Regina but instead wheat harvesters, with a ghostly image of what must be the Saskatchewan parliament building looking over their shoulders.

This 1928 menu was used on the Imperial, then CP’s premiere year-round train. Instead of being labeled “lunch” or “luncheon,” it says it is for “mid-day.” It is entirely a la carte; presumably a table d’hôte insert was included when it was used in the dining car.


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