Wikipedia says the 1916 Hotel Vancouver was built in an Italian Renaissance style. It was replaced in 1939 by an even grander chateau-style hotel. This contrasts with the Royal Alexandra, which was closed in 1967 and not replaced, leaving Canadian … Continue reading
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The Chateau style of the Empress Hotel, featured in yesterday’s booklet, as well as the Chateau Frontenac, has always been a favorite. This contrasts sharply to the more blocky style of Winnipeg’s Royal Alexandra Hotel even though the Alexandra was … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a menu whose cover is almost identical to this booklet. Nothing on the two covers discloses whether they are a booklet or a menu. We’ve also seen a booklet similar to this one that has Lake Louise … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s tourist class was supposed to be a cut above third class but not quite as good as second class. Normally third class consisted of shared rooms with 8 to 12 beds. CP’s tourist-class rooms had just two to … Continue reading
After World War II, Canadian Pacific resumed its West Indies and Mediterranean cruises from New York but not its world or South America-Africa cruises. The earliest cruises documents in the Chung collection are from 1953, but it seems likely that … Continue reading
As noted yesterday, Canadian Pacific doesn’t seem to have held a Mediterranean from New York in 1939, probably due to European troubles. Instead, the company offered a summer cruise of major North American destinations, including Cuba, Panama, Mexico, Hawaii, and … Continue reading
Unlike the booklets advertising the world cruises, the 1930s West Indies cruise booklets we’ve seen didn’t have lavish paintings on their covers. However, the Mediterranean cruise booklets are more impressive. This may be because the West Indies cruises were short, … Continue reading
As I have mentioned previously, the addition of the second Empress of Britain to Canadian Pacific’s ocean liner fleet in 1931 was a momentous enough occasion that I am using that year to divide the 1920s from the 1930s. The … Continue reading
In early 1938, Canadian Pacific thought that it could do a standard world cruise in 1939. But in July, increasing hostilities between Japan and the Soviet Union, as well as continuing troubles in China, led CP to revise the itinerary. … Continue reading
Canadian Pacific’s 1938 world cruise was also its last true round-the-world cruise. It was 128 days long, three days longer than in 1937. Hilo and Havana were still off the itinerary, as in 1937, but the stay in Los Angeles … Continue reading