Travel commission for a Railway Mail Service clerk
Object Details
- Description
- This burgundy leather-covered identification document enabled T.E. Chase to travel on the designated rail line while on duty and when reporting for duty. The travel commission for 1900 issued to Railway Mail Service Clerk Chase was valid for the Minneapolis and Elizabeth route on the Chicago Great Western Railroad. The attached photograph of Chase is stamped “Railway Mail Service Office of [Superintendent] Jan. 1, 1900.”
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1900
- Object number
- 1996.2010.60
- Issuee
- T. E. Chasel
- Type
- Archival Material
- Medium
- leather; paper; ink; photo emulsion paper
- Dimensions
- 0.25 x 3.25 x 4.75 in. (0.635 x 8.255 x 12.065 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Topic
- The Gilded Age (1877-1920)
- Postal Administration
- Record ID
- npm_1996.2010.60
