We’ve previously seen many dinner menus used on Canadian National steamships to Alaska, but I believe these are the first breakfast menus. These probably aren’t representative of foods served to Alaska tourists as they are dated February 1945, which is … Continue reading
Describing Canada’s army as “the dagger pointed at the heart of Berlin,” this menu lauds the “Ram,” a tank designed and produced in Canada and pictured on the menu cover. “The Ram is a 31-ton fortress armed with a tank-killing … Continue reading
Here are two menus whose covers we’ve seen before but the interiors are a little different. In the case of the first menu, the emphasis is on “little.” We’ve previously seen a 1938 menu with this cover. Click image to … Continue reading
During his royal tour of Canada, King George VI unveiled a memorial to soldiers fallen in the Great War. The two-decade tardiness of this memorial suggests that its real purpose was to bolster Canadian support for the newest war that … Continue reading
The 1939 Royal Tour of Canada (which also dipped down to Washington DC) aimed to shore up North American support for the British in World War II. It also helped give the king an aura of legitimacy after he ascended … Continue reading
The haunting photo on the cover of this menu is made even spookier by tilting it parallel to the diagonal borders rather than perpendicular to the vertical borders, which means all the water should be running off to the left. … Continue reading
Many Canadian National menus have a photo on the front cover and a brief description of the photo on the back. This one is unusual in that it has photos on both front and back covers with no description of … Continue reading
Today’s menu may be from the same voyage as yesterday’s as they are dated a few days apart. It features a scene of Prince Rupert or possibly Prince George heading north up Alaska’s Lynn Canal, the fjord between Juneau and … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a 1950 menu card for breakfast aboard the Prince George. This is a 1934 breakfast card for the Prince Rupert. Click image to download a 619-KB PDF of this menu. The ship was named for its home … Continue reading
In 1793, British explorer Alexander MacKenzie led the first party of Europeans across North American by land. When they first sighted the Pacific, MacKenzie said he painted the words “Alexander Mackenzie, from Canada, by land, the twenty-second of July, one … Continue reading
