Here’s a menu cover that I knew existed but hadn’t added it to my collection before. We’ve seen this color photo before on a Art Nouveau-style menu, but here the cover is cleaned up to be more of an Art … Continue reading
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We’ve already seen this menu cover, but I picked this one up because it included some inserts that showed what might appear as daily specials. As with the previous Multnomah Falls menu, one side of the printed menu shows beverages. … Continue reading
Like yesterday’s menu, this one is marked for the Ambassador. The prices on this menu are the same as yesterday’s, so they were probably issued the same year. Based on the advertising for the “new Slumbercoach” on the back of … Continue reading
Featuring the Lincoln Memorial on the cover, this menu was used on the Ambassador, B&O’s train connecting Baltimore with Detroit. The back of the menu advertises “another new B&O feature: Slumbercoaches on the Columbian.” The B&O introduced Slumbercoaches in 1958, … Continue reading
The cover of this menu features what appears to be a demitasse cup of coffee (in B&O’s Centenary pattern) with the note that it was “on the house,” a “pleasant B&O tradition.” However, the menu itself says nothing about coffee … Continue reading
Baltimore & Ohio introduced “strata-domes” to the Columbian in 1949. Today we have two menus featuring a strata-dome on their covers. One is dated 1952 while the other is undated but must be from a little later considering some of … Continue reading
I presented a B&O menu card a couple of days ago that I guessed was from 1950 and was intended for lunch. I don’t have to guess the date of this one as it says 5-51, but it still doesn’t … Continue reading
This handsome menu is dated 12-50, which means that the train featured on its cover, the streamlined “new” Columbian, had been in service for a year. The original Columbian entered service in 1931 as the first air conditioned train in … Continue reading
This menu is undated but I suspect it’s from around 1950. It also doesn’t say what meal it is for, but lunch seems reasonable as many of the offerings are lunch-like: hot chicken sandwich, beef stew, mushroom omelet, and several … Continue reading
The colorful painting of the Jefferson Memorial on the cover of this Baltimore & Ohio menu is signed by Paul Burns (1910-1990), who is best known for his illustrations for women’s magazines such as Colliers. Often identified as Paul C. … Continue reading