Women in high heels, dresses, skirts and hats pose on furniture inside the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad dining lounge car refurbished from an ex-Western Pacific car, possibly parked in Denver railroad yard. Interior decorated with Art Deco arm chairs, sofas, tables, lamps, smoking stands and ornate metal wall partitions. Upholstery features floral and geometric motifs.
Date
Summer, 1939?
Notes
Formerly 2028/4.; Nitrate shows deterioration.; Photographic reproduction of an Edmund B. Cooper Photo.; Title from discarded negative sleeve with four nitrates; additional information: "arrangement for dining cars: James Peak, Mt. Yale, Mt. Havard, Mt. Massive, Mt. Antero, and Mt. Timpanogos all rebuilt from ex WP diners in 1936, probably summer 1939;" "File #2028/1, 1-3 1/2 sec. argon, 1-3-5-7-9-11-13-15-16-18-20 off; 2028/2, 1-7 sec. argon 7-9-12-16- 18-20; 2028/3, not printed; 2028/4, not printed."; R7001373587
Description
1 photonegative : nitrate ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Western Pacific Railroad Company--1930-1940.; Railroad dining cars--1930-1940.; Women--1930-1940.
Source
Source: Jackson C. Thode.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
