Baltimore Transit Company $100 bond certificate 1960s (Maryland) - now MTA

Baltimore MD streetcars and buses. Nice vignette of an American Bald Eagle perched with wings spread at the center, flanked by a streetcar and a bus (reflecting both modes of transportation that were used). Vignette is in the same color as the border (orange). Vertical format. Issued and cancelled. Perforation and stamps on the face. Some wrinkles and light tears outside of border. Dated 1970s. Folds from storage. Measuring approximately 10 x 15.5 inches. Company seal at bottom notes 1899 and 1935, referring to the history of ownership noted below. 

The Baltimore Transit Company (BTCO) was a privately owned public transit operator that provided streetcar and bus service in Baltimore from 1935. It was the successor to the old United Railways and Electric Company, formed in 1899 to consolidate and operate Baltimore's streetcar lines.

The company was purchased in 1948 by National City Lines and the streetcar system was then run down in favor of buses, a process repeated in many places, which became known as the Great American Streetcar Scandal. The last streetcar ran in 1963. Between 1940 and 1959, Baltimore Transit also operated trolley buses on six lines, including Howard Street and Federal Street.

BTCO was absorbed by what is now the Maryland Transit Administration in 1970. The BTC oversaw the elimination of streetcar service in favor of bus service in 1963 when the last streetcar routes, (Catonsville to Towson) and (Overlea to Walbrook Junction) were eliminated on November 3, 1963.

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