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It's probably not a cause-and-effect relationship, but it is interesting that there seems to have been a correlation between public dress and grooming standards, as evidenced in the accompanying photograph, and public manners and morals as evidenced in the latest nightly news.
Posted by: Ken | March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This print ad for the Santa Fe Super Chief Turquoise room was published in the March 14, 1955 edition of Life Magazine.
Posted by: DG | March 25, 2025 at 09:32 AM
Six of these private dining-lounge railcars were built for the Santa Fe Super Chief line. More info on Wikipedia at "Pleasure Dome (railcar)".
Posted by: DG | March 25, 2025 at 09:46 AM
Even with mirrors, a big window, and a tiny waiter it still looks cramped to me. I remember riding the rails to LA to visit grandparents during many Christmas breaks and in my memory the dining car was huge, had a dome, and was extraordinary sophisticated (but probably wasn't much different from this one).
Posted by: daniel taylor | March 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM