Placemat: Lackawanna Railroad. The Route of Phoebe Snow. No date, ca. 1951-1960.

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Hoboken Historical Museum

The Route of Phoebe Snow dining car placemat

The Route of Phoebe Snow dining car placemat

Name/Title

Placemat: Lackawanna Railroad. The Route of Phoebe Snow. No date, ca. 1951-1960.

Entry/Object ID

2015.001.0007

Scope and Content

Placemat: Lackawanna Railroad. The Route of Phoebe Snow. Used by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad for dining car service, circa 1951-1960. (Dining Car Department was headquartered in Hoboken; in late 1960 the Lackawanna Railroad became the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad.) Color printed linen-finish paper, 11" x 17" wide, scalloped edge. Depicts locomotive DLW 820 (model EMD E8A, built May 1951) which was used in advertisements, timetables, etc. throughout the 1950s. This placemat may have been in general use on long distance passenger trains other than the Phoebe Snow.

Acquisition

Accession

2015.001

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1951 - 1960

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 1951-1960 Date(s): 1951-1960

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2015-02-04