This item is a membership receipt stub from the Reading Company Railway Department Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) in Reading, Pennsylvania, dated November 13, 1928. Issued on aged, light-tan cardstock, the stub retains its original perforated top edge, indicating it was detached from a bound receipt ledger. The printed form, a standard transactional document of the era, includes fields for the date, member’s name and address, amount paid, and the signature of the cashier. The footer clearly states the stub’s purpose: “THIS STUB IS MEMBER’S RECEIPT: TO BE EXCHANGED FOR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP CARD,” confirming it served as a temporary voucher within the organization’s administrative workflow. The handwritten entries, executed in a clear, legible cursive typical of the period, provide the item’s unique biographical and transactional data. The member is identified as Ben W. Reichert, residing at 1139 Mulberry Street in Reading. The membership fee of $2.00 was received and recorded by M. L. Boasler, whose stylized signature appears in the “Cash Received by” field. This $2.00 fee in 1928, equivalent to roughly $35.00 today, granted a railway worker access to the amenities provided by the Railway Y.M.C.A., a common institution at major rail hubs that offered safe lodging, meals, and recreational facilities for crews between shifts. The reverse side of the cardstock is heavily faded, with only faint traces of a printed layout and publisher information remaining, a condition that further emphasizes the primary historical value found on the recto. The presence of minor foxing and light staining near the bottom center does not obscure the text, preserving the document’s integrity as a complete record of a specific transaction. This receipt stub functions as a tangible artifact of early twentieth-century corporate welfare, employee support systems, and the daily administrative practices of a major Pennsylvania railroad, documenting a moment in the life of a working man and the institutional infrastructure that served him.