This menu is for the last evening meal on a 1955 trip of the Princess Louise from Vancouver to Skagway, Alaska. The 1953 timetable indicates that this steamship sailed three times a month in May through September, stopping in Prince … Continue reading
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Canadian Pacific proudly put a Diesel-powered Dominion on the cover of this 1953 menu, finally conceding that Diesels would soon completely replace steam. Diesels were “the latest contribution to the ease and comfort of passengers,” said the back cover of … Continue reading
Here’s a menu featuring the Banff Springs Hotel on the cover that was used on the Mountaineer some time in 1952. The bottom of the inside says “Canadian Pacific – Soo Line,” emphasizing that the Mountaineer went from Minneapolis-St. Paul … Continue reading
A cute Teddy bear named Rags, pictures of CN’s streamlined Northern locomotive, and nursery rhymes about riding the CN fill most of the eight pages of this 1948 menu. The menu itself occupies just two halves of the centerfold. Click … Continue reading
The colorized photo on this menu cover shows a train, probably the Dominion judging by the minimal head-end cars, approaching the summit of Kicking Horse Pass in the Rocky Mountains with Popes Peak in the background. The back of the … Continue reading
The scarlet jacket of the RCMPs, or mounties, is known throughout the world, and Canadian Pacific loved to show it off in its advertising. Beneath the photo on this 1941 menu are the words, “Karsh Ottawa, Courtesy McLean’s Magazine.” Karsh … Continue reading
From 1908 through the mid-1950s, Canadian Pacific offered steamship service on a “triangle route” between Vancouver, Seattle, and Victoria. This menu from that service offers a table d’hôte dinner with a choice of nine entrées for $1.50. Among others, the … Continue reading
Whereas yesterday’s menu had a code of “V-11-36” and advertised the Empress Hotel, this one has a code of “V-14-36”–which I interpret to mean it came out later–and advertises Canadian Pacific’s Chalet-Bungalow Camps in the Rockies. These included Emerald Lake … Continue reading
Although this menu has a photograph of Victoria’s Empress Hotel on the cover, the menu itself was used aboard a dining car on the Dominion, which was CP’s premiere train after the cancellation of the Trans-Canada Limited in 1931. The … Continue reading
This menu for the Trans-Canada Limited has the same date code as the previous two menus. Despite the fact that it is an evening menu while the other two were for mid-day, this one is physically only about half as … Continue reading