CTA Validating Machine
notes: label: Description
content: Machines such as this were used throughout the CTA's rapid transit system, allowing passengers to stamp a paper transfer that provided a reduced bus fare. Chicago's four early rapid transit "L" lines were privately owned and operated, each serving a different area of the rapidly growing city. The first line opened in 1892, the last in 1900. In 1897, Chicago's Union Loop elevated tracks were put into operation, allowing all the rapid transit lines to bring passengers into the city's central business district. The entire system was municipalized in 1947, when the newly formed Chicago Transit Authority took control of most of the city's rail and street transit operations.
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Donald A. Bruno
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.3068.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.3068
label: catalog number
content: 2002.3068.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: validating machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red (validating machine color)
label: Physical Description
content: black (stand color)
label: Measurements
content: validating machine & stand: 51 1/2 in x 15 in x 12 1/4 in; 130.81 cm x 38.1 cm x 31.115 cm
label: Measurements
content: validating machine: 11 3/4 in x 10 1/2 in x 12 1/4 in; 29.845 cm x 26.67 cm x 31.115 cm
label: Measurements
content: stand: 40 in; 101.6 cm