Moulding From The St. Louis & Suburban Railway
This piece of memorbilia was given to me by my father-in-law Ray Gehl. He
is a big collector of railroad items. He acquired this piece from a friend
and since it is his birthday this month I have decided to include this as
the January memorbilia piece along with a few other rail pages; check out
whats new on the 1904 World's Fair Page.
According to the information that is written on the back of the moulding
it is from the St. Louis & Suburban Railway Palace Car by the St. Louis
Car Company at the World's Fair 1904. The pattern is a Greek Fret and this
moulding was above the interior windows. The color is an olive green color
and I have tried to color correct the above image to best show color and
detail.
Street railways were one way in which a visitor could reach the fairgounds.
The street railways of St. Louis were operated by two corporations, the
Transit Company and the St. Louis & Suburban Railway Company. The former
touched the Fair Grounds at six entrances, the latter at three entrances.
Each system had its own transfers, but transfers were not interchangable
between the lines of the two companies. Passengers could reach the Fair
Grounds for a single fare from any portion of the city. North and South
bound car lines cross East and West bound lines (leading to the Fair) at
more than a dozen different points. Transfers were issued by conductors
of the Transit system at the request of passengers at the time the fare
was paid and not afterwards. Conductors on the Suburban system offered transfers
to all passengers when approaching transfer points.
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