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The Worcester Lunch Car Company
by Richard J. S. Gutman 2020-04-20 10:31:31
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The Worcester Lunch Car Company monopolized the thriving New England market with its colorful diners.Although Worcester sent a smattering of diners as far as Florida and Michigan, the cars were most popular in their home territory. From 1906 to 1961,... Read more
The Worcester Lunch Car Company monopolized the thriving New England market with its colorful diners.Although Worcester sent a smattering of diners as far as Florida and Michigan, the cars were most popular in their home territory. From 1906 to 1961, the company built six hundred fifty-one diners, with as few as ten or as many as seventy seats. Known for their small size, solid construction, and old-fashioned styling, the cars featured oak and mahogany woodwork, intricate ceramic tile patterns, and a backbar of stainless steel. Their distinctive porcelain enamel exteriors with names emblazoned on them proudly proclaimed their presence along the roadside. Day and night, these diners fed generations of New England's working class; today, fewer than one hundred lunch cars still operate. Less
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  • 9.32x6.46x0.34inches
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  • Arcadia Publishing (SC)
  • 9780738535838
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