Token, Transportation
Object number2008.89.1
Date1922
Mediumbrass
Credit LineGift of Audry Johnson Pedergrass
DescriptionCircular brass token with triangle cut out in middle. Obverse: embossed company name and year with image of trolley in center. Reverse: embossed value information.Dimensions0.75 x 0.75 in. (1.9 x 1.9 cm)InscriptionsObverse: embossed, "PITTSBURGH / RAILWAYS CO. / 1922".
Reverse: embossed, "3 / GOOD / FOR ONE / FARE / 3".
Historical NotesPittsburgh Railways streetcar token given by donor Audry Johnson Pedergrass who lived in Edgewood. People used the 64 or 66 street car to travel into Pittsburgh from Edgewood. Tokens were three for 25-cents.
Related institution
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Terms
On View
Not on view
c. 1940
1920-1929
after 1893
c. 1950
before 1893
