We’ve seen this painting by Nina Crumrine before on a 1947 dinner menu that identified the subject as a “Canadian Indian.” Today’s menus more narrowly define the subject as a “Stoney Indian.” The Nakoda tribe is closely related to the … Continue reading
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In 1966, Captain Kirk first called outer space “the final frontier,” but in 1944 the last frontier, according to Canadian Pacific, was air travel. In 1941 and 1942, CP had purchased ten “bush” airlines that served remote parts of northern … Continue reading
Although the three menus featured today all have the Empress Hotel on the cover, they were all used on Canadian Pacific dining cars, not in the hotel. And once again we have the menu in two different styles, one with … Continue reading
We’ve seen this colorized photo before on a 1941 dinner menu, but the first menu today shows the same distinctive characteristics — Art Nouveauish border and script type — that we saw in yesterday’s menu and the Indian Matron menus … Continue reading
Here are two menus whose photos we’ve seen before. As with the Indian Matron menus shown here a couple of days ago, these two are slightly different: the first is framed by Art Nouveauish lines and the words “Royal York” … Continue reading
Skiing was a new enough sport in 1941 that Canadian Pacific felt it was necessary to hyphenate the word, probably so people would know how to pronounce it. A previous CP menu, which I estimate to be from 1939 or … Continue reading
Today’s menu has the same photo on the cover as menus shown here a couple of days ago, but instead of merely advertising the Chateau Lake Louise, this menu was actually used at the chateau. Specifically, it was used for … Continue reading
The painting on this menu was by Mildred Thornton, who was better known for her paintings of Indians or, as they are known in Canada today, First Nations. Born in Ontario but later a resident of Vancouver, she also painted … Continue reading
Today we have three different menus with nearly the same cover showing the painting of “An Indian Matron” by Nicholas de Grandmaison. We’ve previously seen a 1941 breakfast menu with this cover marked for the Dominion. Click image to download … Continue reading
Today we have two menus with the same front cover but slightly different insides. The first menu is undated, but the cover photo was used on a 1939 booklet advertising a color photo contest, so I suspect it is from … Continue reading