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Ticket sample: D.L. & W. R.R. monthly commutation between station to be entered & N.Y.; Oct. 1944.
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Ticket sample: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad monthly commutation ticket between station to be added and New York, for October 1944. Form MCB.
Yellow card stock, printed two sides in black and red, 2-1/2" x 7-3/16" wide; four conductor's punches; inkstamped on reverse as noted below.
A three piece ticket with the middle part being the monthly ticket. Blank spaces are present on all three pieces for entry of a station name. Reverse is inkstamped:
Sample
Sep 12 1944
Rand McNally & Co.
Tickets to or from New York required taking the railroad's ferry to or from Hoboken where the Lackawanna Terminal was located. The ferry fare was included in price of fares to or from New York. This is covered in the terms and conditions on the back which on this example is obscured by remains of adhesive and paper from a previous album mount.
W.H. Dominick, Passenger Traffic Manager.
2011.005.0259
2011.005
Lukacs, Claire
Gift
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
1944 - 1944
Date(s) Created: 1944 Date(s): 1944
Good
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2011-12-16