occupant counts

Early in the 20th century when muscle and motor power modes coexisted on the roads vehicle classification at toll facilities was complex. That is nicely displayed in this photograph of a posted toll schedule.

The black and white photograph from the Library of Congress collection is rather overexposed or else the print has faded. But fiddling with it in Photoshop (taking Contrast up to about 130) it becomes more or less legible:

TARIFF OF TOLL RATES
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