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New security measures, from 'On the train,' published in Le Charivari, September 1, 1864

NEW SECURITY MEASURES.

Each first class traveller, when buying a ticket, has the right to bring two pistols.

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962

September 1, 1864
Lithograph on newsprint; second state of two (delteil)
23.0 x 21.3cm
62.650.372
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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