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Interborough-Metropolitan Co. & Manhattan Transit Co. Specimen Stock Certificate Trio, ca. 1911-16

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Interborough-Metropolitan Co. & Manhattan Transit Co. Specimen Stock Certificate Trio, ca. 1911-16
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New York, ca. 1911-16. 3 pieces: Manhattan Transit Co., Odd Shares Specimen Capital Stock Certificate in orange; Interborough-Metropolitan Co. Odd Shares Specimen Temporary Preferred Stock Voting Trust Certificate in brown; and Interborough-Metropolitan Co. Odd Shares Specimen Preferred Stock Voting Trust Certificate in blue. All have red specimen overprints, 00000 serial numbers, and POCs, and are printed by ABNC. The first streetcars in Manhattan were the horse cars of the New York and Harlem Railroad, which began operations on Bowery on November 26, 1832. By the end of 1865, Manhattan had eleven north-south lines on most of the major avenues, and several crosstown lines, operated by twelve companies. The New York City Interborough Railway began operating street railways in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan on May 31, 1906, feeding the stations of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which controlled it. Prior to this, in January 1906, the Interborough and Metropolitan agreed to consolidate their holdings, and the Interborough-Metropolitan Company was incorporated on January 24 and acquired a majority of the stock of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Metropolitan Street Railway, and Metropolitan Securities Company. The Panic of 1907 toppled the system, and on September 24, 1907 the New York City Railway entered receivership.