Holder, Card
- Object Name:
- Holder, Card
- Object ID:
- 2007.023.03
- Date:
- circa 1950
- Description:
- Card holder, for Boston Maine Railroad passes, used by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Webster (1882-1969) of Merrimack, NH. Black leather folder. Stamped in gold on exterior, "GENUINE MOROCCO". Stamped in gold on interior, "BOSTON MAINE RAILROAD / CLARENCE L. WEBSTER". Contains two paper cards, each 2.5" x 4", imprinted "BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD / FIFTY YEARS SERVICE PASS / OVER ALL LINES", signed by the railroad president; one is numbered "LS 1128" and issued to "CLARENCE L. WEBSTER / Agent"; the other is numbered "LS 1997" and issued to "MRS. CLARENCE L. WEBSTER / Wife of Agent / Boston and Maine Railroad"; each signed by the cardholder on reverse. Also contains a Boston Maine Railroad ticket, Manchester to Nashua, September 30, 1934.
- Material:
- Leather
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-2.9 W-4.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Clarence L. Webster (1882-1969) of Merrimack, NH, was a Boston Maine Railroad station agent and telegraph operator at the Reed's Ferry station in Merrimack. He began working for the railroad in 1902.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Janice Webster Brown
- People:
- Webster, Clarence L. (1882-1969)
- Subjects:
- Railroads, Railroad stations, Railroad employees
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