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Title
Combination sleeping berth/commissary of the Pullman Palace Car "Gem", ca.1880
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the combination sleeping berth/commissary of the Pullman Palace Car "Gem", ca.1880. The right side of the car is shown converted into beds, while the left remains arranged for dining. Photoprint reads "Tables are placed between the birth seats, providing 'dining room' facilities".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12065
USC-2-1-1-12217 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43690
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12065
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43690.jpg
Subject
Pullman
Railroads--Cars
Railroads--Dining-car service
Railroads--Sleeping-cars
Transportation--Railroads--General
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
USA
Source
43690 [Accession number]
CHS-43690 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
isla id: 84-1-2154 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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