Here is the first new Union Pacific wraparound-photo menus I’ve seen in more than a year. It shows the University of Kansas City, today known as the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Originally a private school, the university didn’t become part … Continue reading
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The City of Portland was the first transcontinental streamliner that the Union Pacific put into daily service, starting on February 15, 1947. This means it was in daily service when this menu was issued in April, 1947. Click image to … Continue reading
The City of Portland was not yet on a daily schedule when this menu was issued in November, 1946. In fact, it operated just five times a month each way between Chicago and Portland. Click image to download a 376-KB … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover that was missing from my collection and that I didn’t previously know existed. However, it is predictable that UP would include a photo of the Grand Canyon as one the covers in of its series of … Continue reading
Here’s a menu cover that I knew existed but hadn’t added it to my collection before. We’ve seen this color photo before on a Art Nouveau-style menu, but here the cover is cleaned up to be more of an Art … Continue reading
We’ve already seen this menu cover, but I picked this one up because it included some inserts that showed what might appear as daily specials. As with the previous Multnomah Falls menu, one side of the printed menu shows beverages. … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s menu, this one is marked for the Ambassador. The prices on this menu are the same as yesterday’s, so they were probably issued the same year. Based on the advertising for the “new Slumbercoach” on the back of … Continue reading
Featuring the Lincoln Memorial on the cover, this menu was used on the Ambassador, B&O’s train connecting Baltimore with Detroit. The back of the menu advertises “another new B&O feature: Slumbercoaches on the Columbian.” The B&O introduced Slumbercoaches in 1958, … Continue reading
The cover of this menu features what appears to be a demitasse cup of coffee (in B&O’s Centenary pattern) with the note that it was “on the house,” a “pleasant B&O tradition.” However, the menu itself says nothing about coffee … Continue reading
Baltimore & Ohio introduced “strata-domes” to the Columbian in 1949. Today we have two menus featuring a strata-dome on their covers. One is dated 1952 while the other is undated but must be from a little later considering some of … Continue reading