Image of a man and woman dining at a table in the well-appointed railroad train dining car; an African-American waiter brings a tray towards the table with two glasses and a bottle of Nickel Plate beer, as the bottle already on the table is mostly empty; "Centlivre's Nickel Plate Bottled Beer" is printed on the tablecloth; a large single bottle of Nickel Plate beer resting on a frog railroad tie is pictured at bottom right of main image. Date supplied by cataloger based on company history; the company operated as the C.L. Centlivre Brewing Company from 1893 to 1918. "Ketterlinus, Philada"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 63.82 x 53.18 cm (25 1/8 x 20 15/16 in.)
Advertising--Beer Advertising--Beverages African Americans--Pictorial works Dinners and dining Railroad cars--Pictorial works Railroad travel--Pictorial works C.L. Centlivre Brewing Co Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Beverages Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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