Notice to builders of houses on the Edinburgh-Glasgow Railway

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This notice to builders offers free season tickets to builders of houses near stations on the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway. It dates from the 1850s. A year's free travel for each £100 of the house's value encouraged commuter traffic.

Printed notice in a wooden frame issued by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway offering free tickets to people prepared built houses near the line, by Hugh Paton, Edinburgh, probably 1850's

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• Online ID: 000-100-082-751-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1995.33
• Date: 1850s
  Probably 1850s
  
• Material: Paper printed in red and black; wooden frame
  Notice / frame
  
• Dimensions: 282 mm x 250 mm
  
• What: Notice / frame
  
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• Who: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway (Commisioner)
  Hugh Paton, 10 Princes Street, Edinburgh (Printer)
  
• Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh (10 Princes Street)
  
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