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Verso. Brunswick & Albany Railroad Company (Georgia), 2 dollars, 1871

Title
Verso. Brunswick & Albany Railroad Company (Georgia), 2 dollars, 1871
Date
1871
Edition
Georgia, 1871
Language
No linguistic content
Description
Extent: 7.7 x 17.2 cm.
Materials/Techniques: ink on paper
paper
Subjects
Places
Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School
Abstract
Printed on white paper in black and green ink. Images include an African American laborer moving a large object; ornate "ONE"s in green ink; a large urban six story building with three American flags on masts and street scene with horse-drawn vehicles and railways.Verso: detailed scene of a railway station in green ink.
Genre
currencies
engravings
Notes
General note: Note in manuscript: issue number "3404" stamped in red ink.
Subject: Railroad currency
Inscription: "REDEEMABLE CURRENCY OF THE UNITED STATES BRUNSWICK & ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY. GOOD FOR TWO DOLLARS FOR FARES, FREIGHT & ALL DUES TO THE COMPANY. Brunswick, Ga. March 4th, 1871". ; Signatures of the Secretary and President also printed.
Rights: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School: These images may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the Historical Collections Department, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Appointment necessary to consult collection.

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