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Bill O'Malley (American) ”The Nickel Fare Gets Off,” Original Ink Editorial Cartoon - Bill O'Malley (American) ”The Nickel Fare Gets Off, ” Original Ink Editorial Cartoon. Ink on paper, pencil sketch visible beneath. This piece references the? San Francisco’s Market Street Railway Company's raising of its long-standing 5-cent streetcar fare, an event widely covered in the press around 1917, when Market Street Railway increased fares after decades at five cents. Conductor's badge marked 377 / Market St. Ry. Co.”