Item #12823 NOTICE. On and After This Date the System of Return Tickets from Carrollton and Bowdon Will Be Discontinued... [caption title and beginning of text]. Georgia, W B. Berry, Co., Railroads.
Unrecorded Georgia Railroad Broadside

NOTICE. On and After This Date the System of Return Tickets from Carrollton and Bowdon Will Be Discontinued... [caption title and beginning of text].

Newnan, Ga: October 1, 1870. Broadside, 7.75 x 9 inches, with engraved vignette at center. Old folds, moderate foxing and dust-soiling, light staining. Short closed tear to bottom edge. Overall very good. Item #12823

A delightful mid-19th-century Georgia railroad broadside advertising changes to the ticketing system for one of the southern rail lines owned by William Byrd Berry. Here, rates for travel between Berry's hometown of Newnan and Carrollton or Bowdon are specified, and the rates for children under the age of 10 are noted as half price. Further, the broadside stipulates baggage is capped at fifty pounds and the excess will be charged "Express rates." The work is signed in type by "W.B. Berry & Co." and dated October 1, 1870 in Newnan. The text is enhanced with a striking central vignette of a locomotive pulling several railcars through a mountainous region. William Byrd Berry (1831-1902) was a prominent businessman and landowner born and raised in Newnan, Georgia. He served as president of various banks and was involved in a number of railroad interests in the state. As far as we can tell, the present broadside is unrecorded.

Price: $650

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