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Railroad miscellany

 Collection — manuscript box: 32 - folder 1
Identifier: 1140m

Scope and content

A ticket from Mansfield, Ohio to Ashland on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, September 3, 1889; ticket from Niagara Falls to a suspension bridge on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, August 28, 1886; and two tickets written out by hand in the form of passes for Henry Rulison, one to Detroit and back on the NYC & HRR (September 11, 1885), and the other to Clifton Springs, New York and back on the NYC & HRR (August 27, 1885). Also, a railroad timetable for express trains running west of Buffalo, New York, with the stamp of Niagara Falls ticket agent F.C. Belden on the back; Belden's business card, stamped by the NYC & HRR (evidently serving as a free pass), August 27, 1886; and two pocket-size lists, one a list of members of the American Ticket Brokers' Association, the other a list of the Association's officers for 1886/1887.

Dates

  • 1885-1889.

Language of Material

In English.

Extent

8 items. (8 items.)

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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