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
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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
I presented a B&O menu card a couple of days ago that I guessed was from 1950 and was intended for lunch. I don’t have to guess the date of this one as it says 5-51, but it still doesn’t … Continue reading
This handsome menu is dated 12-50, which means that the train featured on its cover, the streamlined “new” Columbian, had been in service for a year. The original Columbian entered service in 1931 as the first air conditioned train in … Continue reading
This menu is undated but I suspect it’s from around 1950. It also doesn’t say what meal it is for, but lunch seems reasonable as many of the offerings are lunch-like: hot chicken sandwich, beef stew, mushroom omelet, and several … Continue reading
The colorful painting of the Jefferson Memorial on the cover of this Baltimore & Ohio menu is signed by Paul Burns (1910-1990), who is best known for his illustrations for women’s magazines such as Colliers. Often identified as Paul C. … Continue reading
After closing the Place Viger hotel in 1935, Canadian Pacific didn’t own a hotel in its headquarters city until 1967, when it opened the Chateau Champlain in time for the Montreal Expo. This October 1966 dining car menu advertises the … Continue reading
In another good example of cross-advertising, this menu publicizes the Banff Indian Days festival to passengers aboard Canadian Pacific’s Great Lakes steamship Assiniboia (whose name itself is an effective advertisement for a mountain in the Canadian Pacific Rockies). The Assiniboia … Continue reading