Historical information

Photograph shows uniformed MTOC conductor with cap, number badge, bell-punch and strip slips pinned to his jacket. He is preparing to open an exterior door into a brick building. The caption below indicates he is about to deposit his takings and trip slips. It was the practice of MTOC that each time a return trip was completed, the conductor entered the Receiver's Office at the car house (usually at the suburban terminus) to pay-in. The coins were held in the conductor's jacket pockets, which may account for the bulge in his right pocket. The company was ever vigilant to the possibility that the conductor or a thief would steal his cash. This is a photograph taken of a newsprint photograph from an unnamed newspaper.

Significance

Yields information about conductor's work.

Physical description

Black and white photograph with note below photograph.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed below photograph: "Conductor at the end of his journey going to deliver takings and checks."