In the immediate post-war years, Burlington issued menus featuring scenes from Glacier and Rocky Mountain national parks as well as other scenic areas along its route. This photo of Yellowstone Falls on this one seems to be accompanied by a … Continue reading
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The cover of this menu is decorated with a “Cartoon Map depicting one man’s gay (if slightly inaccurate) impressions of a Summer Vacation Trip through the great playgrounds served by The Burlington.” The “cartoon map” seems to be signed “Rendoll” … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen a dinner menu featuring Bonneville Dam on its cover. While the dinner menu was printed in 1-58, this one was printed in 2-58. Click image to download a 936-KB PDF of this timetable. Like Hoover Dam, Bonneville … Continue reading
We’ve seen this menu before with a red background and blue and white illustrations of dinnerware. CN also had one with a black background and red and white illustrations. Today’s menu is undated, but I estimate these menus were issued … Continue reading
This 1949 lunch menu is in the same series as menus we’ve previously seen featuring British Columbia and western Canada (meaning Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, but not B.C.). There was also a menu in the series for the Canadian Rockies, … Continue reading
Canadian National issued six menus related to the 1937 coronation of King George VI. We saw three yesterday, and here are the other three. Click image to download a 510-KB PDF of this menu. Inside, all six of these menus … Continue reading
We’ve seen Canadian National’s 1937 coronation menus before, but they were from someone else’s collection. I’ve acquired a set of my own and I’ll present them in two groups. Click image to download a 510-KB PDF of this menu. These … Continue reading
We’ve seen this menu cover before in a 1964 edition. Today’s is dated July 5, 1971, but both are identified as “gala dinners.” I’m still a bit ignorant about steamship cruises, so all I really know about gala dinners is … Continue reading
“Chief Shakes lived here,” says the photo caption erroneously. Shakes was not actually a specific individual but a title, one that had been held by seven different Tlingit Indians. What is known as Chief Shakes’ tribal house, the entrance to … Continue reading
This dinner menu is dated July 2, 1971, which appropriately enough was the day the Prince George was scheduled to tie up in Juneau from 3:30 pm to 11:30 pm. Mendenhall Glacier is located on the edge of Juneau, making … Continue reading