During the Anglo-French War of 1627-1629, the British successfully captured all of Quebec but were unable to take Fort Lomeron, in what is now Nova Scotia. The fort was under the command of Charles de La Tour, whose father, Claude … Continue reading
“The first christening of land in British Columbia” refers to the first time a European saw and named a piece of land in what would become British Columbia. The fact that thousands of Native Americans already lived there and had … Continue reading
Apparently, the first meeting concerning the governance of a British colony in what became Nova Scotia took place aboard a ship, thus continuing the nautical theme of this series of menus. The back of the menu identifies the seven men … Continue reading
Here’s another Alaska steamship dinner menu whose cover, like yesterday’s, has more to do with the Caribbean than with the North Pacific. Barbados was claimed by the Portuguese in the 1500s but then abandoned after they enslaved most of its … Continue reading
A clichéd plot in several nineteenth-century novels and twentieth-century B movies involves some natives threatening to execute some invading Europeans when suddenly one of the Europeans remembers from astronomical tables that a solar eclipse is about to take place. The … Continue reading
This booklet closely resembles one that we’ve seen from 1932, but there are a few significant differences. The two cover paintings are obviously different, though they resemble one another because both were by the same artist, Charles W. Simpson. Click … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a booklet with this cover from 1932. This one is from 1931 and has many of the same illustrations and similar text, though they were completely rearranged in 1932. Click image to download a 9.9-MB PDF of … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen this cover on a 1927 menu that was used for a tour group. Today’s menu was used on a trip by Rockford, Illinois Shriners to the 56th annual Imperial Council in Toronto, which took place in 1930. … Continue reading
In 1927, Canadian National issued a series of postcards that featured recipes that supposedly “made the CNR dining car service popular.” Since 1927 was also the year that CN put Canada’s first 4-8-4 locomotives in service, the cards have a … Continue reading
The Baltimore & Ohio celebrated its centennial in 1927, the same year that Canada celebrated sixty years of confederation. B&O generously invited other railroads to participate in its Fair of the Iron Horse, which was attended by more than 1.3 … Continue reading
