View inside a Roadside Diner, 1927-1929
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Entrepreneurs could start a business easily by purchasing a fully outfitted diner. Wason Manufacturing Company, a noted streetcar and railway passenger vehicle manufacturer, produced the Royal Diner in Los Angeles, California, pictured here. Owners wanting to attract women and families purchased diners with space for tables or booths with more comfortable seating and hired waitresses to serve customers.
Entrepreneurs could start a business easily by purchasing a fully outfitted diner. Wason Manufacturing Company, a noted streetcar and railway passenger vehicle manufacturer, produced the Royal Diner in Los Angeles, California, pictured here. Owners wanting to attract women and families purchased diners with space for tables or booths with more comfortable seating and hired waitresses to serve customers.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1927-1929
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
85.79.3.24
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)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 9.75 in
Inscriptions
Inscribed in image, lower right corner: WASON MFG. CO. / SPRINGFIELD, MASS / ORDER #257, PHOTO 1381-D57
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