Morristown & Erie RR 1932 Ledger Essex Falls NJ Railroadiana Accounting
A nice touch is the subtle embossing you notice on some of the business cards.
A nice touch is the subtle embossing you notice on some of the business cards.
You will find that the Zig-Zag mark is present, and it just makes sense here.
This letter, written on the official letterhead of the Philada. & Reading Railway Co., is a piece of internal corporate correspondence from March 1894. The pre-printed form, marked “Form 4—No. 1” at the top left, indicates a standardized system for inter-office reporting, a practice that reveals the bureaucratic structure of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway, a corporation then heavily involved in both anthracite coal transport and passenger service across Pennsylvania.