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Marcus railroad yard restaurant , March 20, 1941.

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Title Marcus railroad yard restaurant , March 20, 1941.
Creator Unknown
Date 1941
Description Caption included with image: 'MARCUS MOVES"-- WPA clearing oprations have reached the historic town of Marcus. One of the last meals served in the Marcus railroad yard restaurant by James Mullen and his wife before closing the doors for the last time on March 20th, was to their son, Charles. Mr. Mullen first came to Marcus in 1895 and has operated the depot's restaurant, or "Beanery", with his wife, for the past 18 years. They are going to New Marcus and "rest for a while". They remember boom...
Subject Restaurants--Washington (State)--Marcus; Restaurant workers--Washington (State)--Marcus; Coffeepots; Counters--Washington (State)--Marcus; Stools--Washington (State)--Marcus Beanery (Marcus, Wash); Mullen, James; Mullen, Charles
Coverage United States--Washington (State)--Marcus
Relation Grand Coulee Dam Collection
Source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Grand Coulee Dam Photograph Collection. PH Coll 478
Type Photograph
Format silver gelatin, b&w Scanned from a photographic print at 100 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 768x512 ppi or scanned from original text at 400 dpi in JPEG format and resized to 600 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2000.
Identifier http://content.lib.washington.edu/u?/grandcoulee,9

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