Object Details
- Southern Railway
- Description
- The Bonney-Vehslage Tool Co. made this ticket punch that was used on the Southern Railway's Murphy Branch line during the 1920s. This punch makes an “L” shaped hole in the ticket. A conductor's punch cancelled the passenger's ticket stub and also cancelled the main portion of the ticket retained by the conductor. Each conductor had his own punch, which made a specifically shaped hole. The hole shape differed from punch to punch. In this way, if a passenger presented a stub and claimed his ticket had already been taken, a conductor could verify who in fact cancelled the ticket. A railroad conductor on a passenger train was (and is today) the supervising officer of the train and supervisor of the entire train crew. In addition to this supervisory role, the passenger-train conductor serves as the pursar, in charge of seeing to it that all fares are collected.
- ca 1920
- ca. 1920
- associated dates
- 1910 / 1910
- used date
- 1920-1940
- ID Number
- 1990.0119.01
- catalog number
- 1990.0119.01
- accession number
- 1990.0119
- Object Name
- Ticket Punch
- Other Terms
- Ticket Punch; Railroad; Fare Collection
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 11.43 cm
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- Exhibition
- America On The Move
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1061199
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-e57a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
