posted on June 17, 2006 08:10:36 PM
need some help on how to describe this item,
not sure how old it is maybe in the 30's thanks ahead of time for any info on this.
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posted on June 17, 2006 08:35:26 PM
Very cool. She looks like one of the upper crust ladies, and I'm thinking 1920 to 1940. Have you googled the railroad to see when they added air conditioning?
posted on June 17, 2006 08:56:52 PM
road will try the google and see what comes up spark thanks for the date was not sure
of it, not sure why there the lady on one side and the other has the penn railroad
posted on June 17, 2006 09:04:06 PM
It could possibly be an early form of an I.D. card, identifying this person as a VIP customer of the railroad. Maybe the predecessor to the frequent flyer's club of the airlines?
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posted on June 18, 2006 06:35:17 AM
Yesterday was our 39th anniversary so I was out celebrating yesterday and did not see this thread. When I read the original post I thought, "I Know! I Know"" but then I saw the link and realized that someone beat me to it.
If you are listing you should include "photo booth" and "Mutoscope" in addition to the railroad name. This will have cross collectible interest I think. It should appeal to collectors of photo booth pictures as well as railroad advertising.
As a matter of interest there was still an old style photo Mutoscope booth in the Baltimore train station as late as the 1980s. We have pictures we made then but the frames were plastic.
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