The Salad Bowl A Dining Car Feature Originated by Southern Pacific Original Railway Poster
- 1930
- Fred Ludekens (1900-1982)
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16 x 23 inches ~ (40 x 58 cm)$1,900
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $80 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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In addition to changing the way Americans traveled, the railways also affected the way America ate. It was the Southern Pacific Railroad that originated the "salad bowl" in the late 1920s, a "help yourself, all-you-could-eat" scenario, in their dining cars.
The railroad promoted this feature ubiquitously in magazine advertisements, on matchbooks and even on extraneous cards (substitute jokers) in decks of Southern Pacific playing cards, but this is the only poster to boast of this historic culinary innovation. Train buffs will also appreciate the detail of the colorful hues of the table cloth, a feature on Southern Pacific trains such as the Sunset Limited.
