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- Walkor Lunch Car, New York City, circa 1918 - 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.
- circa 1918
- Collections - Artifact
Walkor Lunch Car, New York City, circa 1918
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.