In the 1960s, many Empress menu covers featured historic forms of transportation, including ships, primitive aircraft, a penny-farthing bicycle, and two early steam locomotives. Today’s menu presents an ornate horse-drawn carriage from 1786. The menu calls this a chariot and … Continue reading
We’ve seen this photograph before on a 1954 dinner menu that had “Canadian Pacific dining car service” in the lower right corner. Today’s 1960 menu says “Ski High. . .” on the cover in Bodoni typeface and was used on … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific may have used menus featuring cover images of the Empress of France only on that ship and the Empress of Scotland only on that ship. But otherwise menus found on one would likely be found on the other. … Continue reading
Today we have the last menu used on the April 27-May 3 voyage of the Empress of France and the first menu used on the May 24-May 31 voyage of the Empress of Scotland. Steamship arrival times were probably a … Continue reading
Here’s an April 30 menu featuring Katy’s Cove, a private beach for guests at the Algonquin, Canadian Pacific’s hotel in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick. We’ve previously seen a menu with this cover that was used on the Empress of Scotland. … Continue reading
Today’s Yoho Valley lunch menu was used on April 29, 1957, the fourth day of the Empress of France‘s voyage from Montreal to Liverpool. The menu has the usual amazing range of foods. Click image to download a 768-KB PDF … Continue reading
The Empress of France was scheduled to leave Montreal at 11 am, and this menu offered lunch just an hour later. We’ve seen the photo on this menu cover at least twice before, both on 1954 Empress of Scotland lunch … Continue reading
On April 26, 1957, someone left Montreal on a seven-day trip to England on the Empress of France. After staying in England for about 20 days, they returned on the Empress of Scotland, arriving in Montreal on May 31. Along … Continue reading
Although it is possible to drive from St. John, New Brunswick to Digby, Nova Scotia, thanks to the Bay of Fundy which separates them, the trip is nearly 400 miles and takes nearly 6 hours. The same trip is only … Continue reading
Although the front cover of this menu is labeled “the city of Quebec” in French, the photo mainly shows the part of Quebec that Canadian Pacific most cared about, the Chateau de Frontenac. This hotel, the back cover explains, was … Continue reading
