Although my focus is on dining car menus, these Chung collection menus used on the Canadian Pacific steamships are so pretty that I wanted to include them as well. Since these steamship cruises were advertised on yesterday’s dining car menus, now seems an appropriate time. All of these menus are from 1932.
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First up is a breakfast menu card that was used on the Empress of Australia. It features Mount Assiniboine, which remains only accessible after an arduous, 17-mile hike from the nearest road. Its prominence on so many Canadian Pacific menus must be due to its resemblance to the famous Matterhorn. Continue reading