Nine years ago, when I presented a beverage menu for the vista-dome Denver Zephyr with a columbine and deer vine painting on the cover, I noted that I had also seen one with wild rose and lupin. I then forgot about it until recently when I found this one.

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The wild rose and lupin painting was one of eight wildflower illustrations that were also used on Denver Zephyr dinner menus. As I’ve noted before, these are among 115 wildflower paintings done by Kathryn Fligg for the Budd Company, which built the vista-dome Denver Zephyr. These paintings were hung in the train’s bedrooms, compartments, and drawing rooms. Unfortunately, I’ve found no record of what the other 107 paintings were or what they looked like.

The inside of this menu, which is dated March 1970, is otherwise identical to the columbine menu, which was dated February 1970. In addition to alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, it includes snacks, cigars, cigarettes, and souvenir playing cards, probably like the one shown above.