Mar 27, 2014 - Sale 2342

Sale 2342 - Lot 224

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
"OPERATOR MUST NOT TOUCH OR ASSAULT A PASSENGER" (CIVIL RIGHTS--SEGREGATION.) VIRGINIA. Virginia Electric and Power Company. Rules and Regulations for Separation of White and Colored Passengers. To Norfolk and Portsmouth Bus and Car Operators. Card, 6-7/8 x 3-5/8 inches, printed on both sides of a piece of stiff cardstock. Virginia, May 1, 1942
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a rare survival of the era of "separate but equal." The wording on this card is strangely polite, given the motive.