Lunch Wagon by the Railroad Depot, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, circa 1916
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Wheeled, horse-drawn lunch wagons served simple, affordable food to customers on the go. Intended to be brought out onto city streets at night after regular restaurants closed, some -- like this lunch wagon in Fitchburg, Massachusetts -- became permanent fixtures, open day and night. These were the forerunners of diners.
Wheeled, horse-drawn lunch wagons served simple, affordable food to customers on the go. Intended to be brought out onto city streets at night after regular restaurants closed, some -- like this lunch wagon in Fitchburg, Massachusetts -- became permanent fixtures, open day and night. These were the forerunners of diners.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
20 April 1916
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
87.9.23.376
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Printing (Process)
Handwriting
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.375 in
Inscriptions
on front: Depot, Fitchburg, Mass. printed on back: Depot. This passenger station is on the train line of the Fitchburg division of the Boston & Maine Railroad and is the terminal of a branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford. It is near Lower Common, at the junction of Main and Water Streets, and was erected in 1877. handwritten message on back: got home allright found all well Rose was sick for two weeks went up to her sisters is better now was good to see me my sister Annie was up sunday she said all was well from Minnie
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