Name/Title
AC Transit local fare tokens, 1961Entry/Object ID
2025.85.1Description
Acc. No. 25.85.1 A through G
Subject Category: Transportation, public; busses, AC Transit
Date or Period: 1961
Object: tokens
Description: 7 flat circular brass objects, with two openings in the center, with embossed logo featuring an A and C, with on one side embossed: ‘Good for One Local Fare’, and on the other side: Alameda Contra Costa Transit District 1961.
Size: diameter c. 1/2”
History of Object: 1961 AC Transit tokens for local fare. Tokens were introduced after a bus driver was robbed, and pre-date AC transit. In November 1956, citizens voted to establish the Alameda Contra Costa Transit District. Funding for the District was initially provided in 1959 through a voter-approved bond of $16.5 million that allowed AC Transit to acquire the bankrupt Key System from the California Public Utilities Commission in 1960. The tokens were found among the belongings of the father of the donor, David Maxey, who moved to Alameda in 1945 to work at NAS-NARF and worked there for 55 years. He died 4/28/2025.
Acquired from: Estate of David Maxey
Donation Date: 6/15/2025
Catalog Date: 8/14/2025