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Object Name |
Ticket, Transportation |
Title |
Texas Electric Railway Parlor Car Passenger's Receipt 7641 [Photocopy] |
Scope & Content |
Photocopy of a Texas Electric Railway Parlor Car Passenger's Receipt, No. A 7641, Dallas to Waco. "TEXAS ELECTRIC RAILWAY PASSENGER'S RECEIPT. TO BE RETAINED BY PASSENGER AS EVIDENCE OF FARE PAID. GOOD ONLY FOR ONE CONTINUOUS TRIP BETWEEN STATIONS PUNCHED. NOT REDEEMABLE. PUNCH MARKS INDICATE THE STATIONS BETWEEN WHICH FARE HAS BEEN PAID, AND THE AMOUNT THEREOF. IF MORE THAN TWO STATIONS ARE PUNCHED THIS RECEIPT IS VOID. IF ISSUED FOR CASH COLLECTED FOR PARLOR CAR SEAT, PUNCH MARKS WILL SHOW AMOUNT COLLECTED AND NUMBER OF SEAT ASSIGNED. PASSENGERS ARE REQUESTED TO PURCHASE TICKETS BEFORE BOARDING CARS. YOUR LOCAL AGENT WILL APPRECIATE IT AS IT WILL IMPROVE HIS STANDING. THE CONDUCTOR WILL APPRECIATE IT AS IT LESSENS HIS LABORS. FORM 72 H. G. Floyd SUPERINTENDENT M. R. Fewell GEN'L PASS'R AGENT." Listed stops include Dallas, Oasis, Lisbon, Grace, Henry, Wayne, Waverly, Lancaster, Valley View, Ardmore, Montclair, Red Oak, Kenwood, Sterrett, Grove Creek, Bradlee, Hilcrest, Waxahachie, Pierce, Penn, Stroud, Coleman, Hamlin, Forreston, Cooper, Watson, Italy, Center Point, Pearl, Milford, McDaniel, Harper, Wear, Rosson, Woodall, Piedmont, El?ington, Dond, Hillsboro, Scott, Orr, Conover, Chat, Dawson, Abbott, Steele, Glasgow, West, Park, Wilie, Sanger, Neale, Hoffman, Elm Mott, Marshall, Lakeview, Ralph, Wright, and Waco. Parlor Car seats are numbered from 1 to 30. Amount of Cash paid for seat on Parlor Car: $0.45, 0.40, 0.35, 0.30, 0.25, 0.20, or 0.15. |
Associated People |
Fewell, Mike R. Floyd, Horace Greeley |
Search Terms |
Dallas to Waco Ticket Form Form 72 Passenger Receipt Receipt Ticket |
Collection |
Johnnie J. Myers Collection |
Catalog Number |
CP.2006.CL.1-75 |