CPR Menu

Name/Title

CPR Menu

Entry/Object ID

998.12.1

Archive Items Details

Description

-Menu from Canadian Pacific Dining Car Service. -The Dominion: Breakfast suggestion menu (left side). -The Dominion: A-La-Carte Menu (right side). -Prices and choices of items are printed in blue colour on cream coloured background. -Each section is framed with "Gold" coloured design around it. -There are "2" fold over flaps on each side when opened, giving information on the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian Rockies. -These same flaps when folded in the centre, give the history of the Cannaught tunnel on the left side, and the spiral tunnels on the right flap. -On back is a coloured picture of the spiral tunnels as they wind their way through the mountain side. -Dotted lines form an imaginary "track" the train would take through the mountains. -A train is shown coming out of the lower tunnel. -Menu is in good condition, coloured on front and back when folded. -Mountains and trees showing the rail lines and the direction they take going through the tunnel.

Date(s) of Creation

1925 - 1940

Dimensions

Height

24.9 cm

Width

49.6 cm