(FOOD AND DRINK) Southern Pacific Company Special Recipes fo

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(FOOD AND DRINK.) Southern Pacific Company: Special Recipes for Guidance of Chefs on Dining, Cafe, and Coffee Shop Cars. [2], 225 pages plus 3 leaves of lined paper at the end for notes. Tall 12mo, original cloth-backed printed stiff card covers; pencil signature of early owner on inner cover. Np, 1944

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Later edition of a pocket guide for chefs on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The preliminary pages are filled with Southern Pacific's strict rules regarding everything from dress code and uniform to smoking and "free meals." One of the most powerful railroad companies, its chefs, waiters, and conductors were generally African-American.