Dining Car, Pennsylvania Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1900
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Artifact Overview
Railroads took pride in their dining cars. They were expensive to operate, but quality food and service helped a railroad distinguish itself from competitors. For African Americans, working on a railroad dining car was one of the few avenues available to enter the Black middle class in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Date Made
circa 1900
Subject Date
circa 1900
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
95.97.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Card stock
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Printing (Process)
Color
Tan (Color)
Sepia (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 3.438 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
front, lower edge:
Dining Car, Pennsylvania Limited, P.R.R.
front, left:
Sold only by Griffith & Griffith / PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, LONDON, HAMBURG, GER., MILAN, ITALY
front, right:
William H. Rau, Publisher / Philadelphia, Pa.
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