1979.19

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Details

ID Number

1979.19

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

exchange medium

Item Name

ticket

Maker

S. & W. Passenger Railway

Materials

PAPER, UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 2 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in

Description

Rectangular paper [.1]pink with black printing (see Marks) Advertisement on back (see Marks) [.2]peach with blue printing (see Marks); smaller than .1; plain back

History

S&W Passenger railway/good for/five fares/Windsor & Court House/Good for one ride/Sandwich, Windsor/and/Amherstburg Ry. The Sandwich Windsor & Amherstburg Railway Co. was purchased by the Detroit United Railway in August 1901. The line to Amherstburg was opened in 1903, the line to Tecumseh was opened in 1907, the same year it began to carry mail between Windsor and Amherstburg. On April 1, 1920, it was taken over by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Amherstburg (Ont.) place

Detroit (Mich.) place

Sandwich (Ont.) place

Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company organization

Transportation / Transport subject

Windsor (Ont.) place