Walkor Lunch Car, New York City, circa 1918
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Stationary lunch cars like this one evolved from horse-drawn lunch wagons that appeared on city streets at night to feed workers. Unlike more primitive lunch wagons, these often featured such niceties as electric lights and built-in cooking equipment. The New Jersey-based firm Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars who manufactured this lunch car, would go on to become a leading diner manufacturer.
Stationary lunch cars like this one evolved from horse-drawn lunch wagons that appeared on city streets at night to feed workers. Unlike more primitive lunch wagons, these often featured such niceties as electric lights and built-in cooking equipment. The New Jersey-based firm Jerry O'Mahony Dining Cars who manufactured this lunch car, would go on to become a leading diner manufacturer.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1918
Collection Title
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Collections Gallery
Object ID
2019.72.412
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Richard J.S. Gutman Diner Collection.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Mounting
Color
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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