Sign - Refreshment Room
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Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Description
A rectangular shaped sign with hand painted lettering, blue with yellow shadowing, and numbers painted green with black shadowing. The sign is framed.
Classification
COMMERCE Advertising sign
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Wood
Signature/Marks
BOWL OF SOUP \ 10c
History and use
This Refreshment Room sign came from the refreshment rooms at Toowoomba Railway Station which operated from 1887 to 1971.
Refreshments were often provided at railway stations for passengers as food was not available on most train services. Short stops would be made to service locomotives and load luggage and freight. Passengers could alight from the train and purchase a meal at the Railway Refreshment Room before continuing on their journey. The station at Toowoomba was one of several across the state that boasted these facilities. Roma Street, Townsville, Rockhampton and Mackay all had Railway Refreshment Rooms where substantial meals were served to travellers.
Refreshment rooms were in operation from the 1860s until the 1980s. At their height in the late 1930s, there were nearly 100 refreshment rooms in operation across the state.
Refreshments were often provided at railway stations for passengers as food was not available on most train services. Short stops would be made to service locomotives and load luggage and freight. Passengers could alight from the train and purchase a meal at the Railway Refreshment Room before continuing on their journey. The station at Toowoomba was one of several across the state that boasted these facilities. Roma Street, Townsville, Rockhampton and Mackay all had Railway Refreshment Rooms where substantial meals were served to travellers.
Refreshment rooms were in operation from the 1860s until the 1980s. At their height in the late 1930s, there were nearly 100 refreshment rooms in operation across the state.
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R4083
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