Just as yesterday’s Angus Shops menu represented Canadian Pacific’s railroad operations, the Empress of Japan menu represented its steamships, so this menu, with Banff Springs Hotel on the cover, represents its hotel operations. Thanks to Canadian Pacific, “from one end of the land to the other,” says the back of the menu, “magnificent hostelries have arisen, which give Canada a new and enviable opportunity to tell her story to those who come and see her beauties and opportunities at first hand.”

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The Indians and teepees on the cover represent live in western Canada before the arrival of the railroad. “Where only the Indians had hunted on the mountains,” notes the back, “now the great hotels at Banff and Lake Louise arrest the eye.” Although the cover appears to show two different Indians, a close look reveals they are both the same person, but one is somewhat less detailed — perhaps representing the fading of that style of life. Like the other two menus in the 50th Anniversary series, this cover was drawn by M. Leone Bracker.

Like yesterday’s, this is an a la carte menu for a mid-day meal on the Imperial. It wasn’t issued at the same time as yesterday’s, however, as the selections are a little different. While yesterday’s had broiled Pacific cod and salmon Hollandaise for fish, this one has cold salmon, sole, or halibut steak. Yesterday’s “Entrees, Roasts, Etc.” included roast chicken, omelet with asparagus tips, and vegetable dinner with egg (which means it’s not really vegetable) while today’s has Irish stew, jelly omelet, and mushrooms with bacon. Desserts are also different but most other items are the same on both menus.