Passenger Train Menu

[anonymous]

I have attached a Missouri Pacific Menu that was for Dinner on August 8, 1930 for a special. The special was:

Pennslyvania Farmer
First Annual Western Tour
Via
Missouri Pacific Lines
Pueblo – St. Louis

[Charles Duckworth]

I guess one has to assume that farming season was over and the Pennsylvania farmers were more than ready to take a trip in an air conditioned train I know I would be. First annual trip to Pueblo…I wonder if there was a second annual trip? I wonder too if they then boarded a Rio Grande special for a trip out to the Royal Gouge.

[Richard Ryker]

I’m guessing “Pennsylvania Farmer” was a magazine and this was a sponsored trip.

There’s plenty of farming to do in August, so the date of the trip is an interesting question.

[Charles Duckworth]

@dickryker wrote:

I’m guessing “Pennsylvania Farmer” was a magazine and this was a sponsored trip.

There’s plenty of farming to do in August, so the date of the trip is an interesting question.

Dick, you were right it was a magazine. http://www.pastpaper.com/List-MiscMagsFarmPAFarmer.htm

[anonymous]

The odd thing is that Google pulled up nothing for Pennsylvania Farmer Magazine.

[Richard Ryker]

There are hundreds of dead periodicals that may not have an epitaph on the world wide web.

[huelsingdavid]

Thanks for posting the menu, stuff like that is great. I downloaded a copy for the MPHS Digital collection.

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