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Thirty day excursion (roundtrip) ticket of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., March 19, 1917.
Object/Artifact
Thirty day excursion (roundtrip) ticket of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., March 19, 1917. 4-5/8" wide x 1-7/8" high. Two part ticket perforated vertically; printed one side in two colors. Reverse unprinted. Dated validation stamp on each part. Punched hole.
A reduced fare ticket allowing a round trip between Newark and Hudson Terminal (N.Y.) or Jersey City or Hoboken, but not to be used at the uptown stations of the H & M except in connection with the H & M's two-cent ticket. The price of this ticket is not indicated.
It was apparently sold at the Church Street station as indicated by the "Ch.-1" on the lower left side of each part of the ticket.
Serial numbered bottom: 725054. Note that the faint security pattern background is the repeated cross-section tunnel view of the head of a train. Printed by Rand McNally & Co., New York.
2003.001.0008
2003.001
Kennedy, Terry
Gift
Gift of Terry Kennedy
1917 - 1917
Date: 1917-1917
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2007-10-02