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Buffet and lounge car

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Repository
LaBudde Special Collections
Member of
J.E. Lynn Railroad Memborabilia Collection
Image Credit
Lawrence S. Williams
Date (Unspecified)
1905-05-06
Filename
umkc_lsc_lynn_photo-016.tif
Notes
1953
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Photographer's stamp on verso: Lawrence S. Williams, Photographer, 411 Maryland Ave., Havertown, PA., Hilltop 6-2263, Neg. #962. Text on inserted sheet with photo: VISTA-DOME BUFFET-LOUNGE CARS ON THE KANSAS CITY AND AMERICAN ROYAL ZEYPHRS; This stainless steel Budd-built car has about everything that the traveler needs. Pictured here is the buffet where daytime and evening snacks - also breakfast, are served. Here also is the entrance to the Vista-Dome which provides passengers with the newest thrill in railroading. To the right of the stairway is the passage to the rest of the car. These new trains operated by the Burlington start in service Sunday, February 1 between Chicago, Kansas City and St. Joseph on new faster schedules.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Genres
Black & white photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Group portraits
Type
photographs
English

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