Maine Central R.R. Ticket Book
Utilitarian Object
Identifier:
OBJ.O.1991.35
Description
A clothbound booklet of perforated coupons, each worth 1 mile of travel on the Maine Central R.R., stamped as issued in 1912. The booklet would originally have contained 1,000 such coupons, with additional chits for baggage. Text inside the front cover reads, "Good for transportation on the Maine Central Railroad and leased lines for as many miles are are represented by attached coupons. Mileage coupons of this book must be detached in numerial order, and all distances traveled shall be computed and determined by the mileage table of the railroad dated February 1, 1907. Subject to conditions on inside back cover. Not good unless officially stamped. F. E. Boothby, Gen'l Pass'r Agent." The back inside cover details the terms of the contract under which passengers could use the coupon book.