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Passengers riding in Great Northern Empire Builder dome car, ca. 1953
TitlePassengers riding in Great Northern Empire Builder dome car, ca. 1953
PhotographerHenrich-Blessing
Dateca. 1953
CaptionPassengers aboard the Great Northern's Empire Builder were able to enjoy views from the dome coach from Seattle all the way to Chicago. A series of dome coaches identical to this car operated in and out of King Street Station in Seattle.
NotesCaption on verso: The dome coach has seats for 24 passengers.
SubjectsPassengers--Washington (State)
Railroad passenger cars--Washington (State)
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
PlacesUnited States--Washington (State)
Digital CollectionNorthwest Railway Museum Image Collection
Accession Number93.04.05
Ordering InformationTo inquire about reproductions or permissions, please contact the Northwest Railway Museum at info@trainmuseum.org or write to PO Box 459, Snoqualmie, WA 98065.
RepositoryNorthwest Railway Museum
Physical Description1 photographic print: b&w; 20.5 x 25.2 cm
TypeImage
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
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