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Chapel Car "Messenger of Peace" : Religion arrives on the frontier . . . by train
- Car, Passenger
- C.5
- Chapel Car "Messenger of Peace"
- One (1) wooden railway car. Commonly known as Chapel Car "Messenger of Peace" built by Barney and Smith in 1898 for the American Baptist Publication Society.... View Full Record
- Ad, Print
- 2013.032.001
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- Barney and Smith Car Co ad.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.248
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- Closing time at Barney and Smith Coach Works, Dayton, Ohio postcard. Factory where Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace was originally built. Image used as inspiration during restoration.... View Full Record
- Card, Business
- 2007.026.001
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- Business card for H. J. Geisler at a Dayton, Ohio saloon was found in the Chapel Car's roof sandwiched between the soffit, blocking, and roof decking. The Sample Room advertised "fine wine, liquor, and cigars," and claimed "Kentucky whiskey a specia... View Full Record
- Pamphlet
- 2009.024.001
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- Advertisement Brochure for "...The Gospel on Wheels..."
Chapel Car No.5, "Messenger of Peace", 1899
23 cm x 10 cm... View Full Record
- Calendar
- 2007.026.002
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- Calendar found in Chapel Car's roof.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.010
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- Exterior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner, the Ritz Limited Cafe. Man standing next to hay truck in front of diner.... View Full Record
- Letter
- 2007.026.003
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- Letter to Charles Pray, Department of State Police from CW Cutler at Grants Pass regarding a traffic issue.
Grants Pass Oregon, Mar 1, 1933
Hon. Charles P. Pray
Sup't. Department of State police.
Salem, Oregon.
Dear Mr. Pray,
I trust th... View Full Record
- Letter
- 2007.026.004
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- Walnut Grove Community Church housing problem. Related to Chapel Car's work.
THE WALNUT GROVE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Faces its TEMPORARY HOUSING PROBLEM.
Organized as a COMMUNITY CHURCH EASTER 1944- it now has 80 members. Its Bible School has avera... View Full Record
- Letter
- 2007.026.018
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- Letter about sale of Chapel Car 5.
Washington Baptist Convention
H.L. Caldwell, Executive Secretary
509 Ranke Building
Seattle 1, Washington
February 23, 1949
RECEIVED from STANLEY H. NOLAN, a certified check in the amount of THREE HUNDR... View Full Record
- Report
- 2007.026.005
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- History of the Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace. Created by a woman who worked as switchboard operator at the Everett Daily Herald.
The first chapel car was the realization of a dream of Rev. Boston W. Smith. In a new Minnesota town one of the rail... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.006
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- Interior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner, the Ritz Limited Cafe.
Diner counter with flowers on counter.... View Full Record
- Clipping, Newspaper
- 2007.026.012
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- Newspaper clippings about Chapel Car 5.
Approximately 2/25-30/1949
The Everett Daily Herald
Chapel ar Trucked to Restaurant Site
This big railway coach, the last of the famous Baptist mission cars which followed the rails west to open new chu... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.007
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- Interior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner, the Ritz Limited Cafe.
Waitress behind counter at till.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.008
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- Interior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner, the Ritz Limited Cafe.
Employees behind counter.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.009
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- Interior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner, the Ritz Limited Cafe.
Employees behind counter.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.026.011
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- Exterior of Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace when operating as a roadside diner with car and log truck parked outside.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.125
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.124
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Clipping, Newspaper
- 2007.026.015
- Diamond Jubilee Involves Baptists
- Newspaper article about Chapel Car 5.
April 8, 1967
Everett Herald
Diamond Jubilee Involves Baptists
CHAPEL CAR... wheeled for 34 years
What began as an incongruity in the raw stumpland of Everett has become a cherished tradition to memb... View Full Record
- Clipping, Newspaper
- 2007.026.013
- A New Role of 100–Year–Old Railcar
- Newspaper clipping about Chapel Car 5 and associated business card from Everett Herald.
Article:
A New Role of 100-Year-Old Railcar
By Ned Carrick
Staff Writer
Snohomish- Arthur H. Hodgins has one of the more unusual summer projects underway... View Full Record
- Receipt
- 2007.026.017
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- Receipt for trucking bill for moving Chapel Car 5.
Statement
Faulkner Hohuse Movers
7808 284th Atreet NW
Stanwood, Washington 98292
Phone 629-2241
May 14, 1971
Mr. A. H. Hodgins
319 Avenue F
Snohomish, Wash.
Move railroad car $700.0... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.043.018
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace move to Northwest Railway Museum, September 2007.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.043.048
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace move to Northwest Railway Museum, September 2007.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.043.097
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace move to Northwest Railway Museum, September 2007.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2007.043.127
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace move to Northwest Railway Museum, September 2007.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.004
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.010
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.014
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.039
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.060
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.096
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.099
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.121
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.182
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.194
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.226
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record
- Print, Photographic
- 2013.031.247
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- Chapel Car 5 Messenger of Peace restoration.... View Full Record