Walkor Lunch Car, New York, circa 1918

Summary

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

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

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

Inscriptions

written on back: 1918 / NYC? / owned by J O'M [Jerry O'Mahony] / Howard Cox. / Photographer / 30 East 20th St. New York

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