Collections Item Detail
Tickets, transportation, 4: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Weekly Commutation Ticket, between Hoboken & Ridgewood or Gladstone, July, Aug. 1974.
Archive
Railroad tickets, four: Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., Weekly Commutation Ticket, 2 between Hoboken and Gladstone; 2 between Hoboken and Ridgewood; July; August, 1974. Form varies.
Printed cream cardstock in red with type in black ink, 2" high x varying wide. Single punch on each for gender of user. Purchase validation stamp varies, see below. Serial numbers.
Note the machine printed ticket now carries the new name of Railway rather than Railroad. The name of company changed from Railroad to Railway in the spring of 1968. See archives 2013.001.0088.03 for more detail about the machine printed tickets applied to the weekly form.
1. Ridgewood; week 27; week ending July 6; Form WC; EL RY validation stamp; 3-1/4" wide.
2. Ridgewood; week 28; week ending July 13; Form WC; EL RY validation stamp; 3-1/4" wide.
3. Gladstone; week 34; week ending August 24; Form WCT; machine printed ticket applied; no validation stamp.
The base ticket is 3-5/8" wide with a 2" high x 2-1/2" wide machine ticket applied to blank panel on the right side. Also, unlike Form WC, it has its serial number printed on the back. The machine ticket is pink with green printing.
4. Gladstone; week 35; week ending August 31; Form WC; old validation stamp: Erie R.R. Co; 3-1/4" wide.
Donald Campbell, Manager, Suburban Traffic.
Purchaser name.
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2013.001.0093.02
2013.001
Purchase
Purchase
Museum Collections.
1974 - 1974
Date(s) Created: 1974 Date(s): 1974
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-12-04