by nyandw
It's from June 26th, 1947 with a 10¢ fare. Any comments on this item?? Thank you.
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MACTRAXX wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 9:29 pm Steve - Interesting ticket that looks to be printed like a reciept...
Do you have this specific ticket or is this a Brad Phillips item?
The photo is sharp enough to see the LIRR keystones on the paper stock for authentication...Where there cash register type machines used at some ticket offices back then? The date is June 26, 1947 - the number 1860 intrigues me - is it a ticket number (more probable)or could it be a 24 hour clock time stamp (18 would be 6 pm-00 to 59; 7 PM exactly would be 1900) possibly? This may be a rare LIRR ticket variation...MACTRAXX
nyandw wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 9:45 pmSteve - Did you save the EBay listing on this ticket? MACTRAXXMACTRAXX wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 9:29 pm Steve - Interesting ticket that looks to be printed like a reciept...
Do you have this specific ticket or is this a Brad Phillips item?
The photo is sharp enough to see the LIRR keystones on the paper stock for authentication...Where there cash register type machines used at some ticket offices back then? The date is June 26, 1947 - the number 1860 intrigues me - is it a ticket number (more probable)or could it be a 24 hour clock time stamp (18 would be 6 pm-00 to 59; 7 PM exactly would be 1900) possibly? This may be a rare LIRR ticket variation...MACTRAXX
This was an eBay posted for sale item..
jhdeasy wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:33 pm A short journey of two stations on the Atlantic Branch. As indicated, fare was 10 cents.I’m figuring that the closest station to FBA was Lafayette Avenue on the subway.. Eight stops to get to Broadway-East New York station on the IND subway and then a two block walk south to the LIRR East New York station. I think the LIRR was/is the way to go.
The IND subway line runs roughly parallel to the LIRR Atlantic Branch, a few blocks to the north. Subway fare was still 5 cents in 1947.
LIRR would have been the quicker trip, for the cost of an additional nickel over the subway fare.
Kelly&Kelly wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 6:45 amThis ticket caught my eye too on ebay. Never saw one like that. Probably printed at Flatbush Avenue, as the East New York line on the ticket seems to be the one that was variable, along with the price. That line looks to have been printed with a separate ink ribbon.While the ticket number appears to be printed by the machine, it's unusual that there is no control number on the blank stock. Somewhere there would have been a bulletin explaining these ticket types.Can the 1860 be the control number as all tickets must be accounted for? Time of issue isn’t a critical element as the ticket is good for one year.
ExCon90 wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 10:15 pm Control number seems a likelier possibility. Afaik nobody -- not even Canadian National -- was using the 24-hour clock in 1947 (and I don't see the LIRR as a trail-breaker in that area), and in any case the next minute after 1859 is 1900.