The front cover of this menu shows a bunch of seniors looking pretty serious about eating all of the food that has been placed in front of them. None of them look particularly happy to be on board the Prince … Continue reading
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The back cover of this menu has a caption for the front-cover photo vaguely saying “a northern stream comes home to rest in the clear, green Inside Passage.” The back cover also has a photo of two children and a … Continue reading
In 1964, the Red Dog Saloon greeted tourists getting off of cruise ships in Juneau, just as it does today and had done for several decades before. In fact, it has been recognized as the “oldest, man-made tourist attraction in … Continue reading
Of the four main Alaska ports of call for the Prince George and other inside passage steamships, Wrangell was second-smallest, but much less interesting to most tourists than the smallest, Skagway, as the latter was the Gateway to the Yukon … Continue reading
The photo on the cover of this 1957 menu shows “the Prince George in the Gardner Canal.” According to Wikipedia, the Gardner Canal and adjacent Douglas Channel make up “one of the largest fjord-complexes in the world.” The Prince George … Continue reading
Or possibly Prince George, as the two ships were nearly identical. This fanciful illustration is on a dinner menu that, unusually, is mimeographed on the card. The menu card is designed to be folded into thirds and mailed as a … Continue reading
These two menus were used in the Banff Springs Hotel in 1956. One of them has a photo we have seen before on a Canadian Pacific dining car menu, so it is possible that the photo on the other was … Continue reading
This menu is undated, but page 2 advertises “short sea trips” on various CP princess liners. It specifically mentions the “magnificent, new and specially appointed sisterships Princess Joan and Princess Elizabeth” that did night service between Vancouver and Victoria. Those … Continue reading
Here’s a menu in Canadian Pacific’s trifold series that we haven’t seen before — and a second one that we have. Both were from the 1937 American Express Banner Tour that also went to Santa Fe and Los Angeles. Click … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, I presented some menus from a 1937 American Express Banner Tour, noting that the tour had started by taking the Santa Fe from Chicago to Los Angeles. The tour must have taken an “Indian Detour” to … Continue reading