Punch marks of the railroad conductors of the world
Punch marks of the railroad conductors of the world
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- Description
- These four stock cards bearing railroad conductors’ punch marks were collected by Homer N. Lockwood. The inscription on one card explains: “These four cards, punched, I carried with me throughout the United States, thence to Mexico afterwards around the world, and thus preserved punch marks of the Railroad Conductors of the Globe.” One card is autographed by President Benjamin Harrison, its reverse by President Porfirio Diaz of Mexico. Another carries the autograph of Sanford B. Dole, a Hawaiian Islands lawyer and jurist.
- Bequest of Homer N. Lockwood, 1913
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- punch card, railroad
- associated person
- Dole, Sanford
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 8.5725 cm
- ID Number
- PL.014509
- catalog number
- 14509
- accession number
- 56368
- Credit Line
- Homer N. Lockwood
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Souvenir Nation
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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