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[Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car no. 30] – Historic Print

[Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car no. 30], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car no. 30], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car no. 30], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Pere Marquette Railroad parlor car no. 30]

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Parlor cars like Pere Marquette Railroad car no. 30 were the premium passenger equipment of their day, offering armchairs and a lounge for travelers who paid extra for comfort. The Pere Marquette was formed in 1900 by consolidating several Michigan and Ohio lines, and its passenger trains carried travelers across the Great Lakes region. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative between about 1900 and 1910, produced many such views for railroads and resort promoters, so the picture doubles as an advertisement for rail travel as much as a record of the equipment.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 233" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042683. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69762

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