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Associated person:
Dole, Sanford  Search this
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
Object Name:
punch card, railroad
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
Credit Line:
Homer N. Lockwood
ID Number:
PL.014509
Catalog number:
14509
Accession number:
56368
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
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-456f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_523987