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Railroad Ephemera

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MKT RR Stock Cert.
$45.00
Blue & gray. Vignettes of steam engine & RR fireman stoking boiler. "Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company". 50 $100.00 shares issued Nov., 1907. Signed by officers, circle cut cancels. No folds. MKT history included. (Cat. #17281)
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1881 Baldwin Locomotive Catalog
$385.00
1881 Baldwin Locomotive Catalog - Title on hard maroon cover & spine in gold. 100 pgs filled with drawings & lithos of engines in Baldwin's line & the specs for each one. Great historical info. Titled "Baldwin Locomotive Works, Illustrated Catalog". Inner leaf: typed letter from co. to individual, presenting this book in return for a photo. Super condition.
5 5/8" x 8" (Cat. #15562) Sale: Was $550.00, now $385.00
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2 Stock Railroad Business Cards
$45.00
Shows a steam engine and three cars in three colors (red, gold & black). Never printed with the user. Each mint, 3 7/8" x 1 3/4". 
c. 1880's (Cat. #13952) Sale: Was $70.00 pr., now $45.00 pr.
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Railroad Giant, E.H. Harriman Booklet
$34.00
Soft cover, "Forty Years After, An Appreciation of the Genius of Edward Henry Harriman (1848-1909)" by R.A. Lovett, 1949. 32 pgs covers highlights of this finacier & rail mogul. 6" x 9". Also, a presentation card sent to recipient from E. Roland Harriman, C.O.B., Union Pacific RR 
(Cat. #15312) Sale: Was $45.00, now $34.00
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1904 Illustrated Railroad Related Letter
$24.00
Green illus. of different types of rail clamps. "Eliot Frog & Switch Co...Railroad Crossings, Frogs & Switches...East St. Louis, Ill." Typed letter to Supt. of KC, MO Union RR Station, who rubber stamped it. Re: a frog order for the station. 8 1/2" x 11". 
(Cat. #15305) Sale: Was $35.00, now $24.00
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Railroad Related Group
$64.00

a. Illus. billhead, unused, c.1870s. View of a hand lantern from "Adams & Westlake Co." Makers of "RR Lanterns, Headlights, Domes for Locomotives". 8 1/4" x 5".
b. Cigar box lid label. Red, gold & black "Red Line" on a box car "Rapid Tranist" (typo) & train on banner.
(Cat. #11114) $95.00, now $49.00 pair

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1890 Railroad Depot Dedication
$44.00
Steel engraving of depot "Shrewsbury Park Station, St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad". Engraved on 5 1/2" x 8" card stock from St. Louis. Inked 5/8/(18)90 at top. A printer's proof.
(Cat. #11112) Sale: $80.00, now $44.00
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Illustrated Railroad Related Letterhead
$24.00
Illus. of a RR rail apparatus. "Ajax Forge Company...Frogs, Crossings, & Split Switches, Patent Steel Rail Braces & Foot Guards". Typed 1890 letter to Supt. of KC Belt RR, replacing some rail braces that failed 
8 1/2" x 11" (Cat. #15303) Sale: Was $35.00, now $24.00
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Railroad Assoc. Membership Certificate
$145.00
Folksy rendering that was then printed & tinted. Paste-on pix of member at top. Several RR related drawings complete the poster. "(member) Initiated May 5 1901. Chickasaw, 347, B.R.R.T., Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen...Memphis, Tenn." A 3" tear at bottom (repaired) & some corner folds. Mounted on foam backing. 14 1/4" x 22 1/2". 
(Cat. #15739) Sale: Was $195.00, now $145.00