ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FAREWELL ADDRESS FROM1861 One of Abraham Lincoln's best know speeches which was presented at the Illinois Great Western railroad depot on February 11, 1861, the same day he departed for Washington...
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DEPARTMENT 56 FIGURE, RICKETY RAILROADSTATIONThis collectible porcelain building designed for the Snow Village Halloween collection, depicts a vintage and weathered railroad station, creating a spooky addition...
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GIERS NASHVILLE ARCHIVE 1 - ALBUM OFSTEREOVIEW IMAGESAn archive of images of Nashville, circa 1884, all mounted on album pages, most inscribed with identifying captions. Most are stereoview prints. 40 pages...
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NATIVE AMERICAN/WESTERN U.S. EXPEDITIONEPHEMERA1st item: "Map Showing the Location of the Indian Reservations Within the Limits of the United States and Territories" compiled from the Official and other Authentic...
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8 TENNESSEE MILITARY & SURVEY MAPSAssortedTN Military & Survey Maps, 8 items total. 1st item: "Survey of Cumberland River. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the survey of the Cumberland river....
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YEU-QUA CHINESE EXPORT PORTRAIT MINIATUREOF MARION STE...Yeu-Qua or Yeuqua (Chinese, fl. 1860-1885) miniature watercolor bust portrait of Marion Stewart Forsyth-Antisell of Detroit, Michigan (b. 1830-d.1882), as...
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "NATIONAL MAP OF THETERRITORY OF THE U...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "National Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean," 1867, hand colored lithograph on...
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AN VINTAGE MAP, "BLACK AND WHITE MILEAGEMAP OF TEXAS,"...AN VINTAGE MAP, "Black and White Mileage Map of Texas," CHICAGO, 1925-1950, ink engraving on paper, by Rand McNally & Company, showing mileage between towns...
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AN ANTIQUE MAP, "GENERAL TOPOGRAPHICALMAP, SHEET XXII,...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "General Topographical Map, Sheet XXII," WASHINGTON D.C., 1891-1895, lithograph on paper, from Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of...
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(VIEW - MA, TOPICAL & MISCELLANEOUS):BOXED LOT OF APPROX. 642 POSTCARDS EARLY TO LATE 20TH CENTURY BOXED LOT OF APPROX. 642 POSTCARDS, Early to Late 20th Century, Several real photos, early street scenes and...
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An Impressive Masterwork Andrew Clemens(American, 1857-1894) Labeled Sand Bottle
Made for Railroad Freight Agent Nicholas J. Goll (1840-1903), Dated 1889
visible through the top of the stopper of the bottle is...
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(VIEW) CAPE COD - BARNSTABLE: 33 POSTCARDSEARLY TO MID-20TH CENTURY, Early to Mid-20th Century, Real photo: West Barnstable: two railroad stations, "Residence of Frank Atwood West Barnstable, Mass.", Public Library,...
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4 PIECE GORHAM 'HANDS UP' PINKERTONSTERLING DESK SETCustom made by Gorham Manufacturing Special Department sterling desk set for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the set consists of a sterling silver topped...
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EMD STYLING DEPT 'CITY OF MIAMI' COLORSCHEME PROPOSALThe City of Miami (Late 1930s.)The City of Miami was inaugurated in December 1940 as a Chicago-Miami train jointly operated by Illinois Central and four other...
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ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION OF AN EMD GP7LOCOMOTIVE FOR C&EIHarry Bockewitz (1897-1982)Chicago & Eastern Illinois Locomotive #203 (Circa 1950.)Chicago & Eastern Illinois had already purchased quite a few Diesel locomotives...
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BEN DEDEK (1896-1973) SAUDI EMD COLORSCHEME PROPOSALBenjamin J. Dedek (1896-1973)General Motors Locomotive for Saudi Arabia Government (Circa 1953.)General Motors sold nearly all of the F-series locomotives to...
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BEN DEDEK (1896-1973) SEABOARD AIRLINEILLUSTRATIONBenjamin J. Dedek (1896-1973)Seaboard Airline Streamliner 4022 (1947)This painting shows the first of eleven F3 locomotives that General Motors delivered to Seaboard...
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26 LEATHER BOUND VOLUME SET, QUARTO,TITLED"SENATE: EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS FOR A RAILROAD ROUTE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN", 1855, PUBLISHED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. GILT...
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Capt. George Randolph Dyer AQM--Lincoln-SignedCommission and Pilot Knob Archive Comprising an early eagle mast head commission partially printed on vellum 12.25 x 15.75 in. matted framed and glazed 14.25 x 17.25 in. dated...
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FOUR RAILROAD PADLOCKS. American late19th-20th century. CM & STP RR heart shaped padlock marked ''Hansl Mfg. Co'' with key. 3.75''h.; RCo Signal Service padlock. 3''l. SO Ry Signal padlock. 3.5''l. and a padlock...
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Scrapbook with Piece of ConfederateFlag and Ellsworth Relic Scrapbook 3/4 leather with brown cloth boards approx. 8 x 10 in. Assembled by an unknown hand the album contains just over 40 pages of trimmed and...
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Civil War-Era Maps Including Harper'sMap of the Southern States Lot of 3 including:From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War the Map of the Southern States including Railroads County Towns State Capitals...
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A Large Collection of Maps of VariousRegions of America, 19th/20th centuries, including the South Atlantic and the South Central States, the New England States, the Middle States, North and South Dakota, Nebraska,...
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[Prison Art] Prisoner Carved Piece Takenfrom Kansas State Prison Coal Mine A piece of coal carved into the shape of a small book 4'' x 3'' x 0.75'' incised John Dodd on the spine This was taken from the Kansas...
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[Railroads] Railroads and Roads - Bookletsand Maps Lot of 6. Report to the Stockholders of the Union Pacific Railway Company for the Year 1883. New York: Rufus Adams & Co. 1884. With map of the Union Pacific lines...
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[Antique Map of Louisiana] "State ofLouisiana" 1876 by C. Roeser Department of the Interior Washington D.C. chromolithograph by Julius Bien New York showing details of towns cities and railroads as well as boundaries...
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Charles Hook Armco Steel Company Lotof Manuscripts & Documents Lot includes letters photographs pamphlets mostly from the late 1930s through the 1960s. Born in 1880 the youngest of four children of Henry and...
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[New Orleans Cotton Exposition Map]"The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition New Orleans LA USA Department of Installation Plan No. 2 Map of the City of New Orleans showing location of Exposition...
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