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- Hoo Am I? A Look at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon - Learn a bit about Greenfield Village's circa 1890 Owl Night Lunch Wagon, believed to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- May 15, 2012
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Hoo Am I? A Look at the Owl Night Lunch Wagon
Learn a bit about Greenfield Village's circa 1890 Owl Night Lunch Wagon, believed to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Tin Peddler in Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1900-1920 - Tinsmiths came up with ingenious ways to sell their wares, retailing them in their shops, at local general stores, and through traveling peddlers. Some peddlers worked directly for or under contract to a tinsmith, but many were independent. They bought stock from tin shop owners and sold it in open markets or from portable carts or wagons like the one shown here.
- 1900-1920
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Tin Peddler in Horse-Drawn Wagon, 1900-1920
Tinsmiths came up with ingenious ways to sell their wares, retailing them in their shops, at local general stores, and through traveling peddlers. Some peddlers worked directly for or under contract to a tinsmith, but many were independent. They bought stock from tin shop owners and sold it in open markets or from portable carts or wagons like the one shown here.
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930 - This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- March 11, 1930
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Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930
This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930 - This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- March 11, 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930
This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930 - This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- March 11, 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1930
This lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the wagon in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Interior View of Central Lunch Car, 1910 - Diners trace their origins to horse-drawn lunch wagons, that appeared on city streets at night to feed workers. One of New England's premier diner builders, the Worcester Lunch Car Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, began producing lunch wagons in 1906. This 1910 photograph shows an interior view of the Central Lunch Wagon manufactured by this company.
- 1910
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Interior View of Central Lunch Car, 1910
Diners trace their origins to horse-drawn lunch wagons, that appeared on city streets at night to feed workers. One of New England's premier diner builders, the Worcester Lunch Car Company of Worcester, Massachusetts, began producing lunch wagons in 1906. This 1910 photograph shows an interior view of the Central Lunch Wagon manufactured by this company.
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1938 - This Owl Night Lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- March 11, 1938
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Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1938
This Owl Night Lunch wagon originally operated in Detroit, serving food to nighttime workers. Among its customers was Henry Ford, a young engineer working at Edison Illuminating Company during the 1890s. Ford acquired the Owl in 1927 and moved it to Greenfield Village. Today, it is thought to be the last remaining horse-drawn lunch wagon in America.
- Man with Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagon, circa 1890 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s. This example, made by C. W. Lowry around 1890, shows a man near a horse-drawn "Parcel Delivery" wagon.
- circa 1890
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Man with Horse-Drawn Delivery Wagon, circa 1890
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867, and people soon preferred these photographic prints on cardboard stock to the earlier, smaller cartes-de-visite. American commonly collected and exchanged cabinet photographs through the early 1900s. This example, made by C. W. Lowry around 1890, shows a man near a horse-drawn "Parcel Delivery" wagon.
- Toy Horse Drawn Wagon, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
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Toy Horse Drawn Wagon, 1900-1910
- Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1982 -
- 1982
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Owl Night Lunch Wagon in Greenfield Village, 1982