Early streetcar shines on transportation ticket
By Neil Shafer Have a look at how one of the California Street Cable Railroad Co.’s streetcars looked in 1898, the date this company check for $4.90 was written. The…
By Neil Shafer
Have a look at how one of the California Street Cable Railroad Co.'s streetcars looked in 1898, the date this company check for $4.90 was written.
The rendition shows great detail even though the check is only lithographed. It is from the Spanish-American war period, when two-cent revenue stamps were affixed to the back of each check to help pay for that short-lived conflict.
There is also a 1937 ticket illustrated from this very same company.
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