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dining car receipt – Antique Print

dining car receipt — historic image
dining car receipt. Historic image from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This rare historic image captures dining car receipt in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

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A small paper receipt from a railroad dining car is a modest survivor of a once-common ritual of travel. Dining cars on American passenger trains spread in the late 1800s, serving meals at fixed tables, and the printed slips given to diners recorded each order and its cost. Paper like this was rarely kept, so a receipt such as this one offers a direct glimpse of the menus, prices and daily routines of long-distance rail travel.

Original scan3,000 × 4,026 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi
Reference157828850_2d216fcb9d_b dining car receipt

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