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Full listing > Accession MC2009/35a| Accession # | MC2009/35a | | Topic | Railroad: Nickel Plate Road, Menus, | | Title | Manchester College Student Menus from Pullman Restaurant Car Service Via the Nickel Plate Road, October 1938 | | Location | IS, Unit #9, Objects Shelf in the History Section | | Citation | Manchester College Student Menus from Pullman Restaurant Car Service Via the Nickel Plate Road, October 1938 , MC2009/35a, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Unknown, in Archives prior to April 2006. | | Scope and Content | 1. One Dinner menu, 7 October 1938. 2. One Breakfast menu, 8 October 1938.
Train and Railroad: See Also, "Memories of...Manchester." by Otho Winger for the story of the Big Four Tragedy, pg. 179. | | Date of Accession | 12 February 2009 | | Bio History Note |
The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company traveling over the "Nickel Plate Road," starting as a single road built with cash, and ended with four districts as a result of acquisitions made over the years. It evolved into a leader in the delivery of freight with its renowned "Nickel Plate High Speed Service."
The menus provided in this small collection wre printed for "Manchester College Students" and reflect "specials" offered to the same. The train passed through the northern area of the campus and made stops here.
| | Archivist Note | Description prepared 12 February by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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