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Call Number	GB-7358
Title	Interior view of diner lounge
Creator(s)	Beam, George L. (George Lytle), 1868-1935.
Summary	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
Physical 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	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Nitrate negatives.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700137358
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	2028/4 DPLW
Filename	00137358.tif

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