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Image of an elevated interior view of a busy restaurant counter in a train station with men in bowler and top hats frantically eating and drinking coffee and tea; a train conductor holds a pocket watch in the doorway and African-American waiters serve beverages from coffee urns labeled "The Great American Tea Co's Celebrated Sultana Coffee" and "Use the Great American Baking Powder"; portraits of United States presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are hung on the wall, and steam locomotives are visible through the open doorways; a sign on wall reads, "The Teas & Coffees used in this establishment are from the Great American Tea Co." and a sign on the door frame reads, "The bell rings 2 minutes before the train starts.""Copyright 1886, by the Great American Tea Co. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
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Last, Jay T., donor
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