Punch marks of the railroad conductors of the world
notes: label: Description
content: These four stock cards bearing railroad conductors’ punch marks were collected by Homer N. Lockwood. The inscription on one card explains: “These four cards, punched, I carried with me throughout the United States, thence to Mexico afterwards around the world, and thus preserved punch marks of the Railroad Conductors of the Globe.” One card is autographed by President Benjamin Harrison, its reverse by President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico. Another carries the autograph of Sanford B. Dole, a Hawaiian Islands lawyer and jurist.
label: Description
content: Bequest of Homer N. Lockwood, 1913
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: China
label: associated place
content: Egypt
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content: India
label: associated place
content: Ceylon
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Souvenir Nation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Homer N. Lockwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.014508
label: catalog number
content: 014508
label: accession number
content: 56368
label: accession number
content: 281515
objectType: label: Object Name
content: punch card, railroad
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 8.5725 cm