Bus / tram ticket

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76145
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Bus / tram ticket : Printed, Handwritten, Molded : Beige, Black, White, Silver, Red ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 5,5 cm
Date
October 1938
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
object
Physical Description
Bus / tram ticket : Printed, Handwritten, Molded : Beige, Black, White, Silver, Red ; Ht: 10 cm x W: 5,5 cm
Other Title Information
Exchange Medium
Date
October 1938
Physical Condition
Good
Language
Polish
Notes
1 page, double-sided, within a metal frame. Frame extends around edges on verso, on recto it cuts across top edge, leaving 1.5 cm of paper above metal. Two holes punched in horizontal orientation in section above frame. Within frame, square b&w photo of passholder affixed to bottom half of recto by two metal grommets. Numbered 51276 at top of recto, with name of passholder handwritten underneath. Signature of director underneath. On verso, printed text in Polish indicating that document is a monthly tramway and bus pass, valid for October 1938. Number 51276 handwritten. Number 4325 printed on left side. Object is a monthly tramway and bus pass for Warsaw, Poland, issued to Chaim Reisberg. Narrative: The transit pass was found hidden in the wooden beams of the roof of a Jewish home in Poland. An uncle of the donor, Elizabeth Cicigoi, purchased the house after the war and discovered it. It had been hidden with a photograph, a letter, and two Jewish prayer books. Elizabeth's mother was Jewish; she was murdered during the Holocaust.
Accession No.
1995.32.01
Name Access
Cicigoi, Elizabeth
Places
Warsaw, Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
Less detail