Just go to www.google.com and try different combinations of
words and you will have more than a "plate full" of sites to check
out. Wish I had time to look at them today. Very interesting.

Try combinations of words and get a different group each time.
There are hundreds of sites up on these topics. There are also
converted RR dining cars still around.

Lunch Wagons  Dining Cars - 1,290 hits
Lunch Wagon Diners

Couple of hits:

The Diner - Vanishing Landmarks of the 1950's and 1960's
www.artsandmusicpa.com/travelpanyc/diners.htm

Origins of Diners
www.happywomanmagazine.com/Features

Other sites
www.29diner.com/history3.htm

www.restaurant.org/rusa/2000

Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI has one on display which was the
first McDonalds.


God Bless
Ruth Ann
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:07:48 -0500 Phil Lord <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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.
> Director, Division of Museum Services
> New York State Museum
> Albany, NY
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>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 02/20/01 05:21PM >>>
>   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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