Hi-Way Diner in Holyoke, Massachusetts
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This diner was managed by the Hi-Way Diners Club of New England, established in 1928 to create a chain of good diners along national highways throughout New England.
This diner was managed by the Hi-Way Diners Club of New England, established in 1928 to create a chain of good diners along national highways throughout New England.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1927-1929
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Massachusetts, Springfield
Creator Notes
Photographed for Wason Manufacturing Company by Paramount Commercial Studios of Springfield, Massachusetts
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
85.79.3.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Alfred Wroblewski.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Green
Red
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed in image, lower right corner: WASON MFG. CO. / SPRINGFIELD, MASS / ORDER #248, PHOTO 1311 / c. 33 Stamped on back: PARAMOUNT / Commercial Studios / 148 Chestnut St. / Springfield, Mass. Stamped on center back: WILLIAM H. DODGE, JR. / SALES REPRESENTATIVE / 32 IRVING ST. CAMBRIDGE / Tel. Porter 02124[?] Handwritten in ink on back: Hi-Way Diner / Holyoke, Mass / 46' x 12'
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