Union Railway Company tickets (three), undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

Location Note

Ephemera / tickets and cards of admission / train tickets

GUSN

GUSN-389627

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Description

These three small tickets are printed on yellow or grey paper. One has red ink, another blue and a third black ink. Two have a value of 6 cents and one 8 cents. The verso of all three tickets bear the printed signature of F.T. Stevens Jr. The tickets are undated.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
street-railroads
horsecars
tickets
tickets

Physical Descrption

2.25 x 1 inch tickets

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

2023

Reference Code

EP001.11.12.002.005

Acqusition Type

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Frances Wetherell, 2023

Record Details

Originator

Union Railway Company (Issuing body)

Material Type

tickets

Other Organizations

Union Railway Company

Subjects

Transportation

Conservation Note

Item was rehoused for long-term preservation

Description Level

File

Location Note

Ephemera / tickets and cards of admission / train tickets

Historical/Biographical Note

Historical/Biographical Note

Union Railway leased the Cambridge Railway from 1853 to the late 1800s then was consolidated with several street railways including the West End Railway and later passing under the control of the Boston Elevated Railway in 1897.

Sources


Cambridge Railroad. (2025, June 27). In Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Railroad

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