URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/37225
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Let's get the black market's hand out of the traveler's pocket! The underground sale of sleeping car space is a national scandal. The railroads cannot escape responsibility. The C&O Lines offer a solution that will kill the racket - if other roads will join ...
Item Title Let's get the black market's hand out of the traveler's pocket! The underground sale of sleeping car space is a national scandal. The railroads cannot escape responsibility. The C&O Lines offer a solution that will kill the racket - if other roads will join ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Date Created 1943/1945?
Description Drawing of a traveler being pick-pocketed by a large hand labelled "sleeping car ticket racket."
Subject(s) Passenger traffic Social aspects Railroads United States Pullman cars Transportation Black market World War, 1939-1945 Sleeping cars (Railroads) Rationing, Consumer
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 4090
Record Number XX343.27601
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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