As previously noted here, the Forty-Niner was a heavyweight train run to handle first-class passengers during the 1939 and 1940 Golden Gate Exposition. This is one of a series of menus, all of which have notable engravings on the covers, … Continue reading
Unlike most menus in this series with black-and-white photos on the covers, this one’s cover photo didn’t wrap around to the back. Instead, the front cover shows a scene outside of Mexico City while the back cover photo shows a … Continue reading
With a 1935 date, this is the oldest menu I’ve found in this series of Southern Pacific black-and-white photo menus (the newest I have are from 1939). Every menu I’ve found in this series was used for a special tour … Continue reading
This isn’t really railroad memorabilia: the cover says “with compliments of the Southern Pacific,” but it wasn’t published by the railroad. In fact, it doesn’t say who it was published by, but there is a large ad on the back … Continue reading
The Californian was the local counterpart to the Golden State Limited on the Rock Island-Southern Pacific route between Chicago and Los Angeles. It began operating in 1910, was cancelled in 1930 due to the Depression, then was revived in 1937 … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s cover, this menu cover showing the “fountain of phantom arches” exaggerates the gold and yellow colors of the subject matter. Known as the Tower of the Sun, the tall building in the background was the centerpiece of the … Continue reading
In 1939, Southern Pacific issued a series of menus advertising the Golden Gate International Exposition, which was held on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. This menu features a large statue called “Pacifica,” which was meant to symbolize the connections … Continue reading
Here is a previously unknown menu photo that I found just a few weeks ago. The photograph looks very much like the one of Fisherman’s Wharf shown yesterday, but this photo is taken from a slightly different angle at a … Continue reading
Union Pacific issued at least three menus featuring San Francisco’s Nob Hill on the cover. This is one of the two that were among my missing menus. This particular menu was used on a 1963 “Caribou Country Special,” a special … Continue reading
Here are some blotters whose scans were contributed by the same reader who gave us the Southern Pacific menus a few days ago. The first one features a January, 1927 calendar, but from the Merry Christmas message it clearly was … Continue reading
