DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of Borden's all-metal, streamlined refrigerated milk tank car, no place (Hoboken?), February 1936. 8" x 10" print. Photograph taken by International Commercial Photo Co., New York, N.Y. Mounted on reverse is a four paragraph typewritten carbon story about the car. Also dated file inkstamp: Ref. Dept. 2-17 36 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association] Apparently a press release photograph with description and details about the car. See notes for full text of their story. Place where photo was taken is not stated, possibly Hoboken but probably at the Borden shops (where they built the exterior cover on an existing car.) Story does state that it was placed in service in Hoboken. A heavily retouched photo (removing the background) with enhanced detail including lettering on car, access door, rails and handles and outlining the distinctive fin along the top. Lettered: Borden's; Milk Tank Car. B.F.I.X.-537. This tank car was not the first refrigerated milk tank car, but the streamlined design was a first. Only 35 were ever made and the fin along the top was removed during World War II as part of scrap metal drives for war production. Also noteworthy is that the capacity was stated in the story on the back as "two 12,000 quart" tanks, although the car body itself was marked in gallons: Cap. 6000 Gal. Paint scheme is not stated. See library 2010.007.0077 for an August 1941 B+W photo of this style tank car (B.F.I.X. 534) in the passenger shed at Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken. Published with caption on page 23 in Railway Milk Cars. Volume 4. (DL&W Milk Cars Part 2.) By Robert R. Bahrs. [Ansonia, CT]: [Bob's Photos], (2005). ---- The shape of the car's outline has led to it being nicknamed the "Butter Dish" or "Butterdish" milk car.