Good point. We used a remanent component of Banner Linen Services to get replacement mattresses for both our Huron lightship and for our D&C stateroom display. Ironically, I think banner originally supplied much of that materail to the D&C back in the twilight of Great Lakes passenger travel.
TJ
> It was pointed out to me a while back that
> so-called "odd" mattresses are
> still used in what we might call industrial
> applications, such as prisons, college
> dorms, etc. I remember having to order an
> odd size of bedsheets for my college dorm
> bed in the 1980s, and they seemed oddly
> close to Pullman berth size, based on the
> Pullman day coaches I've worked in. So if
> you get nowhere with "normal"
> bedding, see who supplies bedding in
> quantity to dorms, motels, etc. You might
> get lucky and be able to acquire seconds of
> the right size.
Port Huron Museum
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