Today’s Canadian Pacific city menus from the Chung collection fall into two groups: two have a portrait orientation and three have a landscape orientation. Two of the landscape menus continue with the archway theme that was found in several of the previous city menus.
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The first menu today features Winnipeg. Although the main illustration shows the Canadian Pacific rail yards in Winnipeg, they really could be anywhere. Smaller images show the interior of CP’s Royal Alexandra Hotel and the provincial capital. The art nouveau decoration around the archway might actually be found in a window somewhere in the world, though probably not in Winnipeg. Continue reading