Cafe to Fly Pacific--This old C-54 fuselage was loaded today for a trip to the West Coast after serving for years as a roadside cafe. It will be fitted once again with the necessary equipment to make it fly and will be used by an airline operating between Seattle and Tokyo. High prices and difficulties in obtaining new planes were given as reasons for the reconversion plan.

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Title:
Cafe to Fly Pacific--This old C-54 fuselage was loaded today for a trip to the West Coast after serving for years as a roadside cafe. It will be fitted once again with the necessary equipment to make it fly and will be used by an airline operating between Seattle and Tokyo. High prices and difficulties in obtaining new planes were given as reasons for the reconversion plan.
Title (alt.):
Diner Into Liner-This old C-54 fuselage, used as a roadside cafe for several years, is going to the Pacific coast to be rebuilt into a plane for an airline. Planes of this type are hard to get.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Diners
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. January 1952]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Diners (Restaurants)
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 210 x 256 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/vh541537t
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Roadside . Stands Cafes etc
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001125_0002
Barcode:
39999088103708