Toll Collector's Badge, circa 1980
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Artifact Overview
This badge was worn by toll collectors on the Merritt Parkway, a 37 1/2-mile toll road in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Parkway opened in 1938 and is one of the oldest parkways in the United States. Toll officials, stationed in toll plazas and booths, collected fees from drivers until 1988.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Badge
Date Made
circa 1980
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driving America
Object ID
88.238.10
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Blakeslee Arpaia Chapman, Inc.
Material
Metal
Plate (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 1.5 in
Inscriptions
Outer front: CONN. HIGHWAY DEPT. / TOLL COLLECTOR
Inner front: QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET
Lower inset: 1
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