Unseen Service

The Unseen Service - A story of the commissary

This GN pamphlet is stamped "Great Northern Railway, RECEIVED Aug 29, 1930, Western Advertising Agent, Seattle, Wash.".  I picked this up at a recent local GNRHS get-together in the Seattle area.  It describes a "back stage look" at how the GN Commissary Department gathered supplies to maintain their dining cars.

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Cover Page

Title Page

Silver service, cutlery and flat silver

Assembling and checking supplies - Saint Paul Commissary

The shelves of dishes remind one of a crockery store

Linens and jackets, spotlessly white

Sorting soiled linens

The ice machine for the refrigerator rooms

"--glistening jewels in settings of chipped ice"

Meat is scored to insure steaks of equal size

Where fresh meats are truly fresh

The steward gets a square deal

Fresh milk makes healthy people

Minnesota mushrooms - one of the many rare treats to be had on the diners

This refrigerator holds only the best the farm can offer

Root cellar where the jumbo potatoes are stored

Bread wrapped and sealed stays fresh and sanitary

Bottled goods - very soft

At the end of the meal - a perfect cigar

The crockery shelves - Seattle commissary

The linen supply room