Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, Jan. 1969.

Archive

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, Jan. 1969.

Entry/Object ID

2015.008.0011

Scope and Content

Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Company, Dining Service, Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, January 1969. Printed cardstock, single folio, 6" x 10" high. Inprinted at the bottom of inside on pp [2-3]: Arthur L. Elwyn, Supt. of Dining Cars, Passenger Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Date at lower left of page [2]: 1-69. The dining car service was for long distance trains along the route to Chicago and other points (note the "Snooze Special" regarding a pillow for a fifty cent service charge which "P.S. - You may take the pillow with you as a memento of your trip."). As the Erie Lackawanna Railway (it was renamed Railway from Railroad in 1968) this company existed from April 1968 to April 1976, but it only operated long distance passenger service until the first week of January, 1970.

Acquisition

Accession

2015.008

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1969 - 1969

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1969 Date(s): 1969

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-03-23