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At the front of the car was a four-seat drawing room. The interior featured wood paneling, characteristic of Milwaukee Road designs. [4] The Milwaukee Road contracted with Pullman-Standard for six sleeping cars based on the parlor-lounge design. The sleeping cars featured reduced seating in the solarium to make room for eight double bedrooms.
Here are seven forthcoming 2025 models that are well-suited to seniors, all of which should retail for under $50,000. ... The rear legroom and trunk room remain ample and are compared favorably to ...
A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained, and an alternative name for a living room. The name is derived from the 16th-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the 17th century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. [ 1 ]
Reaching retirement age often means rewarding yourself for the hard work and sacrifices you made during the previous four or five decades. For some seniors, one of those rewards is getting a new ...
According to the U.S. Census, about one in six people in the United States were aged 65 and older in 2020 and between 2010 and 2020, this age group grew 38.6%. It is estimated that by 2025, the ...
In large, formal homes, a sitting room is often a small private living area adjacent to a bedroom, such as the Queens' Sitting Room and the Lincoln Sitting Room of the White House. [ 4 ] In the late 19th or early 20th century, Edward Bok advocated using the term living room for the room then commonly called a parlo[u]r or drawing room , and is ...
Sweetheart chair, as used in soda shops, also known as a "parlor chair" and an "ice cream chair" (from use in ice cream parlors); the wire frame in the center of the back curls in a manner to suggest a heart design but the term "sweetheart chair" also has a more generic usage and refers to any chair with a heart-shaped design in the center of ...
The Hi-Level cars continued in service after the Santa Fe combined the El Capitan and Super Chief in 1958. [14] The Santa Fe also converted six single-level baggage cars to baggage-dormitories (Nos. 3477–3482), with a spoiler at one end to create a visual transition. [15] The cars dated from the 1938 version of the El Capitan. [16]