Sticks in my mind that I saw a feature on lunch wagons and diners on CBS (Sunday Morning program perhaps) in the last month. Wish I had written it down. I am sure the producers of that program have lots of sources.

Philip Lord, Jr.
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New York State Museum
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  Hello again,

 I want to again check to see if anyone might have information for
unique sources to find out the histories of individual lunch wagons or
diners in your NY towns.
 Obviously i have found city directories, Sanburn maps and building
permit records to be valuable tools, but maybe someone else knows of
some other angle I can go at.
 Also, maybe someone like Warren Broderick(can you reply to this) who
works at the Archives, might know of what the Archives might hold to
help me with my quest.

For Diner makers, my two big areas are:

 Albert Closson(Glens Falls) ca 1903-1912.  Very possibly was bought out
and had his company moved to the Welch's plant in Westfield, NY
 Ward & Dickenson. ca 1923 to late 30's.  in Silver Springs, NY  The
best example of this type of diner is in Port Henry, NY, fine
craftsmanship!

Mike Engle
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