Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, Nov.15, 1968.

Archive

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Hoboken Historical Museum

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front cover

Name/Title

Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, Nov.15, 1968.

Entry/Object ID

2011.005.0207

Scope and Content

Menu: Erie Lackawanna Railway Company, Dining Service, Dinner Menu. Issued Hoboken, November 15, 1968. Printed cardstock, single folio, 6" x 10" high. Inprinted at the bottom of inside, pages [2-3]: Arthur L. Elwyn, Supt. of Dining Cars, Passenger Terminal, Hoboken, N.J. Date at lower left of page [2]: 11-15-68. 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

2011.005

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1968 - 1968

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1968 Date(s): 1968

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-11-25