Though the front of this menu shows a field of poppies in California, the back has an extensive and humorous discussion of the state of Texas. This is unusual in this menu series, whose backs sometimes have beverage menus but … Continue reading
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It’s 1946, and the Southern Pacific is clearly off of wartime rationing as this menu has far more options than yesterday’s 1943 menu. These include four table d’hôte dinners (fish, braised beef, chicken marengo, and lamb), two plate dinners (halibut … Continue reading
We’ve seen this cover before on a 1940 menu marked for the San Joaquin. This 1943 menu doesn’t say what train it was used on (which is more common for this menu series), but it offered a remarkably limited selection … Continue reading
Most menus in this series don’t identify the train they were used on, but this one says it was for the Beaver, Southern Pacific’s overnight economy train between Portland and Oakland. Probably inspired by the Challengers, this train began operating … Continue reading
The Lark was Southern Pacific’s overnight counterpart to the Coast Daylight, leaving San Francisco and Los Angeles at 9 pm each evening for a 9 am arrival in Los Angeles or San Francisco. Most people have eaten dinner by 9 … Continue reading
This 1944 menu from Bill Hough’s collection is one of Southern Pacific’s series of color photo menus printed on rather flimsy paper. All of the ones previously shown here are dated between 1940 and 1950 and, like this one, most … Continue reading
Unlike yesterday’s menu, this 1940 menu is clearly marked for the San Joaquin. This was a heavyweight train when this menu was issued in 1940, but became the streamlined San Joaquin Daylight the very next year. Click image to download … Continue reading
We’ve seen menus like this before featuring cover illustrations of such things as redwoods, the Monterey coast, Mount Shasta, and prickly pear cactus, among others. This one shows the more famous saguaro cactus. Click image to download a 1.1-MB PDF … Continue reading
This lunch menu was used at Fred Harvey’s Bright Angel Lodge on the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Bright Angel was a moderately-priced alternative to the famous El Tovar Hotel. Pictured on the cover is the Desert View Watchtower, … Continue reading
Here’s a mate to yesterday’s menu. The meals and prices are the same, but this menu is dated 1968, which indicates that yesterday’s was also from around that year. Do not demonstrate anger once these side effects take place. buy … Continue reading