“First railway company to own and operate its steamships across Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Canadian Pacific is a pioneer in the air, too,” says the back of this menu in somewhat clipped fashion. In 1948, it was operating Douglas DC-3s, … Continue reading
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The gigantic Banff Springs Hotel, which had 600 rooms when this 1948 menu was issued (more than 750 today), looks like a toy in this expansive photo taken from the top, or near the top, of Sanson’s Peak. To take … Continue reading
Here’s another in this series of Canadian Pacific Alaska steamship menus that uses a photo we haven’t seen before of the Olympic Mountains as seen from Vancouver Island. The steamship in the photo is the Princess Victoria, which Canadian Pacific … Continue reading
We’ve seen this photo before on dining car menus, but the bottom half of the cover was yellow instead of cyan and the cover also had a brief description of the image. Both have longer, but far from identical, captions … Continue reading
We’ve seen this menu cover before on a 1950 Alaska steamship menu. Page 2 of the two menus are different, however: where the other menu had photos of the White Pass & Yukon Railroad, this one has Dawson City and … Continue reading
Though the cover has a photo of Lake Louise, this — like the menus of the previous few days — was for a Canadian Pacific steamship in Alaska service. The trip from Vancouver to Skagway took four nights, but I … Continue reading
Tiffin, says Wikipedia, “refers to a light tea-time meal at about 3pm, or to a light breakfast consisting of typical tea-time foods” or to a “the midday luncheon” which is not necessarily “light.” Since the meals on this menu are … Continue reading
Although the graphic on the top of this menu looks like a Hawaiian beach scene, the fine print on the bottom (not to mention the totem pole) indicates it was used in Alaska service. It is dated 9-47, but it … Continue reading
We’ve seen this cover before on a 1955 Alaska steamship menu labeled “Farewell Dinner.” Since it is neither the introductory night nor the farewell dinner, the Commander’s dinner must have been for one of the intermediate nights of the four-night … Continue reading
In 1948, someone took a cruise to Alaska about the Canadian Pacific’s Princess Norah and collected this menu along with several others that I’ll present in the next few days. The Norah was one of the smallest CP steamships in … Continue reading