Minaki Lodge was a misbegotten effort by CN predecessor Grand Trunk Pacific to build a resort in the middle of nowhere. Although Minaki is in Ontario, it is only 114 miles east of Winnipeg but 1,244 miles west of Toronto. … Continue reading
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This menu was used on the same trip of the American Association of Railroad Ticket Agents as yesterday’s. While the back of yesterday’s menu noted that hunting was illegal in Jasper Park, this one points out that fishing was “not … Continue reading
“Shooting” in this case means shooting photographs with a camera. The back cover of this menu explains that Jasper Park mountains, wildlife, rivers, and glaciers, such as the Angel Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell shown on the cover, are all … Continue reading
Today’s menu features a painting of Yellowstone Falls glued on the front cover. While it is a pretty painting, the colors don’t look anything like the actual colors of the rocks around Yellowstone Falls, which makes me think the artist … Continue reading
Veterans of the 33rd Division going to the 1938 American Legion convention were served lunch from this menu, which has a photograph of a Colorado lake glued on the cover. Unfortunately, I don’t immediately recognize the lake. Click image to … Continue reading
The 33rd Division was the 33rd Infantry Division, formed from the Illinois National Guard in 1917 for service in the Great War. Members of the division received nine Medals of Honor during the war. “Black and gold” refers to the … Continue reading
This came with yesterday’s menu, but yesterday’s was a breakfast menu and this is for dinner, so they were probably collected on the same trip. The paper clip mark at the top of this menu shows that it was once … Continue reading
After the Union Pacific’s post-war color photo menus, the largest series of dining car menus on a U.S. railroad was probably the Rio Grande’s glue-on photo menus, of which I’ve so far found 35. Since the Rio Grande menus are … Continue reading
This wine list and cocktail menu is decorated with two different images of Northwest Indian art. I’m not a Native American and I think the problem with cultural appropriation tends to be overblown, but I still cringe a little bit … Continue reading
Canadian National must have used dozens of different pictures on its Jasper Lodge menus over the years. This menu is from 1964 and shows an aerial view of the lodge, a photo that would have been difficult to take in … Continue reading