Details
Creator Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920.
Contributor Griffiths & Griffiths, distributor.
Title Dining car, Pennsylvania Limited. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : William H. Rau, publisher ; Sold only by Griffith & Griffith
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1900
Date [ca. 1900]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (3.5 x 7 in.) (stereograph format)
Description View showing the interior of a dining car of a train of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Two African American waiters, wearing mustaches and attired in white suits, stand among tables adorned in table cloths and with seating for four. In the background, a beverage service, including bottles, silver ice buckets, silver bowls, and possibly a decanter are visible. View also includes hooks above the car windows and light fixtures on the ceiling. One of the waiters carries a bottle of champagne on a tray. In June 1887, the Pennsylvania Limited began running between New York and Chicago, which was replaced by the Pennsylvania Special in 1902 and by the Broadway Limited in 1912.
Notes Title from item.
Copyrighted.
Additional places of publication printed on mount, including St. Louis and Liverpool, Eng.
Griffith & Griffith, established in Philadelphia in 1896, expanded in 1908 to included offices in St. Louis and Liverpool. The non-Philadelphia offices were relocated in 1910.
Purchase 2013.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Pennsylvania Railroad.
African American men -- United States.
Railroad dining cars -- United States.
Waiters -- United States.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1890-1900.
Stereographs -- 1890-1900.
Printer Griffiths & Griffiths, distributor.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Rau - Transportation [P.2013.1]
Accession number P.2013.1