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Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R. – Historic Reproduction

Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R., c1894 Jan. 27. — antique lithograph
Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R., c1894 Jan. 27.. Antique lithograph from the Cincinnati 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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This antique lithograph of Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Pullman compartment cars through trains -- interior of dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R.

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Interior views of the dining cars on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, shown in this color lithograph, offer a close look at how a Pullman through train served meals in the mid-1890s. The Pullman Palace Car Company built and operated sleeping, parlor and dining cars, and by this period its dining cars offered set tables and attentive service to travelers who might otherwise have eaten at station lunch counters. The print was registered for copyright in January 1894, and its subject headings also name the railroad porters who staffed the cars.

Created / publishedc1894 Jan. 27.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1890-1900.
NotesZ6569 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Library has two impressions, one mounted in a B-size folder, and one mounted in a C-size folder. DLC Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 46. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2005.
SubjectsEating & drinking--1890-1900. Railroad dining cars--1890-1900. Railroad porters--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan937 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176777

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