Each week, Waltham Patch's Viewfinder column features a photo gallery with images of the lives of those living, working and passing through Waltham. We feature everything from local fundraising events to everyday people walking through the park.
This week's subject — Wilson's Diner on Main Street.
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on Main Street, was built in 1946 and numbered "819" by the Worcester Lunch Car Company in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The company built hundreds and numbered each, although according to legend they started somewhere in the 200s rather than one. There's more on this in a book about the Worcester Lunch Car company - and it's still being researched by Patch.
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Arthur Karrs bought Wilson's from his previous owner and has been working there seven days a week for the last 24 years. He said he was there for a few decades before he realized that the Worcester number, always on a stamped placard, was over the door.
Wilson's is a piece of history because it maintains almost all of the original interior and exterior.
These dining cars are seen all over New England and New York and even in the south.
