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Dining car, D.L. & W. R.R. [Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad] – Antique Wall Art

Dining car, D.L. & W. R.R. [Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad], [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Dining car, D.L. & W. R.R. [Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad], [between 1900 and 1905]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Dining car, D.L. & W. R.R. [Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Dining car, D.L. & W. R.R. [Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]

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Few railroad subjects were photographed as carefully as the dining car on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, shot on an 8 x 10 inch glass plate in the years between 1900 and 1905. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced this view, built a large catalog of American rail travel and scenery during that stretch, selling prints to tourists and railroads alike. Dining cars were then a relatively new comfort on long-distance trains, and the company's views often emphasized the polished woodwork, white linen and orderly service that set them apart from the rough coaches of earlier decades. The large glass negative captures that level of detail, which is why such plates remain useful to historians of travel and everyday life.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 042274. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69567

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