Classic Diners of Massachusetts

by Larry Cultrera

Book Overview

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts was birthplace to the burgeoning night lunch wagon manufacturing industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These horse-drawn food carts eventually evolved into classic American diners. For many years, diner builders like the Worcester Lunch Car Company and J.B. Judkins Company operated in the Bay State, while few new diners opened for business after 1960. This left the state with a high concentration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609493230
• ISBN13: 9781609493233
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"