New Purchase - Interesting Token - One Way transfer to the cemetary

Mr_Spud

I guess if this Cemetary is your final destination there’s no need for a return trip 🤔

braddick

"175 Years of Excellence."
https://www.cavehillcemetery.com

messydesk

Do you need to put one on each eye or does one token cover the fare?

gumby1234

I want a round trip or I am not going.

coinsarefun

That is morbid but UBER cool!!

tokenpro

@gumby1234 said:
I want a round trip or I am not going.

Ask & ye shall receive:

ricko

Well now... Those are the first Cemetery Ride tokens I have ever seen. Keeps parking needs down to a minimum... I am sure they were not used for the honoree Cheers, RickO

CaptHenway

I have not seen a cemetery ride token either, but they may not necessarily have been used only at burials. Say you wanted to visit a loved one’s grave but did not or could not walk to it. For a small fee the cemetery would take you there.

CaptHenway

My first wife’s maternal grandparents are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery south of Chicago on the old Grand Trunk Railroad which had a stop there listed on railroad maps. They are a good half mile from where the station must have been.

tokenpro

Per Atwood-Coffee Volume II: "Rosehill Cemetery operated carriages within the cemetery, using horse-drawn service from 1862 to 1912 and gasoline buses from 1912 to 1942."

I'm sure the Cave Hill piece from Louisville was used in a similar manner.