
INVENTORY #127276
United Carriage Co. sales handbill
MCCORD, James
Regular price
$200.00
Sale
The American District Telegraph in San Francisco, incorporated 1876, bought up many of the citys carriages and consolidated them into the United Carriage Co., one of the first dispatch-oriented cab fleets anywhere. By controlling cab dispatch via telegraph, the UCC promised to reform the unruly occupation of hackdrivers. No doubt this was a great relief to new arrivals in the "wild west" who could be subject to "violence" or "extortion" from robbers upon their arrival. The system was short-lived, however, being superceeded by the telephone within a few years.
Publication Info
- Publisher: United Carriage Co.
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: nd. 1870s
- Place Published: San Francisco
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
One-sided 25 cm broadsheet. Horizontal crease and small edge tear.