The Economic and Business History Society (EBHS) held its 41st annual conference on May 26-28, 2016, in Montreal, Canada. The program is now posted on-line as a PDF. The meeting featured panels on such topics as "Of Politics and Trade"; "Banking and Money in the Early 20th Century"; and "Systemic Issues in Economic History," as well as several sessions presented in French. The keynote address at the meeting was given by Johanne Burgess of the History Department at the University of Quebec at Montreal, where she teaches courses on the economic, social, and urban history of Quebec and Canada in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For her talk, she spoke on "Business History and Montreal's Urban Landscape."
The Princeton University Library has digitized a number of posters from the Interborough Rapid Transit Subway Company . The posters, designed by the public relations firm Ivy Lee, were displayed in subway cars to provide information to riders about changes in fares and routes, safety issues, and other matters of interest. The collection consists of 385 images dating from 1918 to 1932; many of them provide financial information about rates, company dividends, and a general look at an early rapid transit system. October 29, update: Jonathan Rees over at "More or Less Bunk" was moved by this post to go off in search of a better site, and found the massive collection of the London Transport Museum , which displays over 5,000 items in a searchable collection .
