Along with yesterday’s U of O menu, I picked up a menu for the University of Nevada at Reno. The cover shows the Clark Memorial Library, which has since been turned into the Clark Administration Building with the construction of … Continue reading
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For a couple of years now, I’ve hypothesized that Union Pacific had menus featuring colleges and universities for every state it served, and specifically for the University of Oregon, Oregon State College, and the University of Nevada at Reno. So … Continue reading
We’ve previously seen this menu cover on an example taken from the collection of the New York Public Library. The cover of that one also noted that it was for “Southern Pacific Service.” This one doesn’t say whether it is … Continue reading
This beautiful menu seems to have been printed in at least four colors–blue, green, purple, and yellow–which were also combined to print a fairly realistic-looking color photo on the back cover. The inside pages were printed in just green and … Continue reading
This Union Pacific menu is from what I’ve been calling the Modern series but really should be called the Moderne series. This series of menus, of which I’ve documented just five, used the same photos and text of the Art … Continue reading
This Art Nouveau menu offers “luncheon” on the Los Angeles Limited, Union Pacific’s then-premiere train. The left side of the menu is a la carte, while the right side lists beverages. This is similar to other Los Angeles Limited dinner … Continue reading
Since 2014, I’ve had a tradition of posting new Union Pacific menus beginning around August 1. Last August, I lamented that I had been able to acquire only five new menus in the previous year. Since then, I’ve found nine … Continue reading
We’ve seen menus similar to this one before with aqua coloring for the cover illustration. This one has the same illustration but uses a deep blue coloring in honor of the recently adopted Big Sky Blue paint scheme. My previous … Continue reading
Here’s another dinette menu that offers a similar range of items at similar prices to one presented here a few days ago. The a la carte sides are identical while the “special combination” side has two of the same entrĂ©es … Continue reading
This menu has no date code, and it offers more items than shown on yesterday’s breakfast menu, but those items that are in common have the same prices. It also has the same Tilden ad on the back, suggesting it … Continue reading