Northern Pacific RR Dining & Sleeping Car Service Purchases 1965-1970 300 pages
Invoices all originate in St. Paul Minnesota.
Highly detailed orders for Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars, and Lunchrooms along the line.
Orders for china glassware, silver, and any serving related items, and all other items used in operating dining and sleeping cars.
Exceptional reference for NP research.
Vinyl three ring binder with 300 invoices or more
Invoices are both: 8" x 7", and 13 1/2" by 8". There are at least 300 invoices, compressed tight, there are 2" solid thick of invoices.
Invoices are to the Superintendant of the Dining Car Department W.F.Paar 1963-1967
Invoices are to the Director of purchases: W.S Bush Director of Dining & Sleeping Car Services 1968-1970
Example of part of an invoice with a number of different china items ordered with exacting specifications:
1963 order for Dining cars & Travelers Rest cars-Northern Pacific Railway Special Green Band design on narrow rim Shenango Ivory Chinaware with a 5/16" light green band between two fine brown stripes aand with N.P. New Crest in black and red coloring on each piece ordered from Aslesen company, Minneapolis
Everything from china, glass, silver, waiters' uniforms, liners for silver , brass uniform buttons, mops, cleaning supplies,kitchen cooking ,table cloths, napkins, pillow covers, towels, garbage cans, glassware from Mainline Dining Cars and N.P Lunchrooms(across the line)utensils, There are also some invoices to the Como Shops for refrigeration inspection, and repairs etc
Overall nice condition, the longer invoices have wear on bottom edges, and wear on some side edges.
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Guaranteed Old & Original.