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[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad, buffet car] – Antique Wall Art

[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad, buffet car], c1900. — historic photograph
[Car interiors, Chicago and Alton Railroad, buffet car], c1900.. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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Interior views of a buffet car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, a line that linked Chicago with St. Louis and Kansas City, were part of the Detroit Publishing Company's railroad work around 1900. A buffet car combined a lounge with a serving counter, letting passengers get light meals and drinks without leaving the train. Railroads commissioned views like this to show off comfort and polished woodwork to travelers choosing how to make their trips. The large 8 by 10 inch glass negative preserves fine detail that makes it useful to historians of rail travel.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 30773. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042209. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan808 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69523

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