Business Card, W.R. Friend

Object/Artifact

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Picnooga

2022.012.001 Recto: Business card belonging to W.R. Friends, a conductor on the Queen and Crescent Railroad
2022.012.001 Recto

Business card belonging to W.R. Friends, a conductor on the Queen and Crescent Railroad

Name/Title

Business Card, W.R. Friend

Entry/Object ID

2022.012.001

Description

Cardstock business card for W.R. Friend, a conductor for the Queen and Crescent Railroad. The Q & C was a cooperative route through the Southeast that connected Cincinnati, Ohio to New Orleans, Louisiana and Shreveport, Louisiana. The name "W.R. Friend, Q.& C. Route" is at center, with Chattanooga, Tenn. at bottom right. The cardstock business card has a beveled, silver painted edge cut with decorative corners. There is a black ink engraving of Sunset Rock with a couple standing on the top of the rock formation. "Lookout Division" is at center of the drawing. "Bradi ENG" is written below the engraving. There is also a seal at the bottom for the Order of Railway Conductors Division 148. The ORC was a labor union that represented train conductors.

Collection

Railroad Collection