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Light blue glass ashtray from the dining car service of the Union Pacific Railroad's City of Kansas City on its last run across Kansas. Service ended may 1, 1971 with the establishment of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (now Amtrak). The presentation was made at Kansas City's Union Station at the completion of the train's run.
Date: between 1961 and 1971
Item Number: 220926
Call Number: 1971.53.19
KSHS Identifier: 1971.53.19
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Dining cars
Collections - Museum
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Furnishings - Household Accessory - Ashtray
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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