Speeding the Growth of a Nation

Like a menu shown here a few days ago, this one is eight pages long with the interior four pages printed on slightly smaller paper than the cover. The previous one was for a special tour but this one is for regular dining car patrons.

Click image to download a 2.5-MB PDF of this 8-page menu.

Page 3 of the previous menu had a lengthy statement defending the railroads from their critics. The same page on this one is even more self-serving, focusing on how Canadian National contributes to Canadas growth by “spread[ing] its web of shining rails throughout Canada’s vast agricultural and wheat-raising areas—-its boundless cattle lands its throbbing industrial centres—-its great lumber, pulpwood and mineral developments.”

The menu itself is all a la carte. The inside front cover advertises Jasper and the inside back cover advertises Alaska cruises. While I suspect the totem pole on the cover represents a real one that was found in Wrangell, Ketchikan, or another southeast Alaskan city, I haven’t been able to identify the one it is based on. The closest one is in Saxman Totem Park in Ketchikan, but other than the outstretched wings this one is quite different.


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