This children’s menu was used at the El Tovar Hotel and Bright Angel Lodge in the Grand Canyon. Although it is undated, the prices (and a menu that I’ll present tomorrow) indicate it is from about 1968. Click image to … Continue reading
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This menu is similar to a 1950 menu we’ve seen in that the color photo of Colorado scenery on the front is paired with another color photo of a Rio Grande train on the back. In the 1950 example, the … Continue reading
As is the case of other menus in this series (such as the ones shown in the last two days), the cover photo is printed separately and pasted onto the menu. The Rio Grande speed letters on the front cover … Continue reading
This menu seems less an advertisement for tourists than one for farmers considering a move to Colorado. The back cover claims that, in the Rocky Mountains, “nature smiles on the industry of man–where fertile soil and ideal climatic conditions combine … Continue reading
The caption on the cover photo says that it depicts a “monument to a mining empire.” Today, people would call it mining scars in need of restoration. The back of the menu calls the mountain in the photo “Red Mountain,” … Continue reading
The back of this menu tells a story of the rivalry between the tunnel-digging crews from the east with those from the west over which one dug the most. It doesn’t say anything about how Denver politicians conned the state … Continue reading
Seaboard Coast Line was the result of a merger between direct competitors Seaboard Airline and Atlantic Coast Line that took place in 1967. This menu is therefore after that year; a printer’s code at the bottom left of the inside … Continue reading
The eastbound North Coast Limited shown on the cover of this menu is missing one of its four dome cars and one of its two flat-topped coaches, suggesting it is a winter consist. According to the Ron V. Nixon Photo … Continue reading
Like the menus presented in the last couple of days, this one is an 8-1/2″x11″ card. But unlike those menus, this one comes with the slogan, “Route of the Vista-Dome North Coast Limited,” so it is possible it was used … Continue reading
Here’s another menu that was probably used on the Mainstreeter. Compared with yesterday’s lunch menu, this one has a slightly more elaborate illustration of a train at the top of the menu rather than the bottom. The meals on the … Continue reading