Tag: Ticket

  • The Ferry from Harlem to Coney Island

    The Ferry from Harlem to Coney Island

    A recent item from a larger steamboat ephemera collection caught my eye. A ticket (punched, therefore used) for travel from Harlem to Coney Island. Note that the ticket uses N.R. (North River) rather than Hudson River – North River was a more common term, used in the 19th century. The interesting name “Iron Steamboat Co”…