Mount Rundle

It’s October, 1945, and the war is officially over. But that may not have been true when this menu was designed, as the back cover speaks of the war in the present tense. The recreationists shown on the front cover are perfectly appropriate as they are in uniform and, what is more, the photo is courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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The title on the menu cover is a combination of serifed (but in a font known as Stymie, not Bodoni) and script (but in a font then known as Grayda, now known as Genesis, which is also different from the earlier script cover faces) typefaces. Inside, the menu, which is marked for the Dominion, offers dinners for $1.00 and $1.25. Multiply prices by 11 to approximate today’s U.S. dollars.


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