Train Conductor's Ticket Punch
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
label: date made
content: ca. 1920
label: associated dates
content: 1910 / 1910
label: used date
content: 1920-1940
name: label: user
content: Southern Railway
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0119.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0119.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ticket Punch
label: Other Terms
content: Ticket Punch; Railroad; Fare Collection
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: 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