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Ephemera - Railroad
Tickets
1729 Assortment of Early 20th and late 19th Century Railway
Tickets, Lot of 8.
Assorted lot of 8 used railway tickets from the
ealry 20th and late 19th Century, 3 New York Central Railroad, 2
Boston and Maine Railroad, 1 New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, 1 Pullman Co. and one half ticket from New York, Mixed
lot in Fine-VF condition. ................................................
Est. $10-20
Ephemera - Temperance
United States
1730 Prohibition Party Campaign Card, 1908.
1908, Prohibition
Party Campaign Card with party platform on back and picture of
party, J.H. Ford on front, On the back is the 14 point platform some
of the points; 1)Submission by congress to the several states of an
amendment to the federal constitution, prohibiting the manufac-
ture, sale, importation, exportation or transportation of alcholic
liqours for beverage purposes, 3)Election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people 4) Equitable graduated income and
inheritance taxes 9) Uniforma marriage and divorce laws
12)Prohibition of child labor in mines, workshops and factories
14)Preservation of the mineral and forest resources of the country
and the improvement of the highways and waterways. VF condi-
tion. .............................................................................
Est. $25-50
Ephemera - Trade Cards
1731Bird Related Advertising Cards.
American Singer Manufacturing
and Van Houten’s Cocoa Advertising Series featuring birds, 6 in Van
Houten lot and 12 in Singer lot, Beautiful full colored cards featuring
birds in their natural habitat and in the Singer series the birds egg,
Fine - VF condition. ......................................................
Est. $25-50
Ephemera - Western
Nevada
1732Daily Independent - Supplement, Virginia City, Nevada, 1874.
Nevada, 1874, Daily Independent- Supplement, Newspaper article
on Mines and Mining and history of the Sutro Tunnel delivered by
Adolph Sutro, Fine condition with spltting along folds and toning
and staining throughout paper. ....................................
Est. $35-70
1731
1732
1730
New York
1733Holladay Overland Mail & Express Co. Waybill and CD.
Both
are unissued certificates with date line Virginia City, Montana
Territory, 186x. Includes Certificate of Deposit of funds to company
(probably gold or gold dust). Black on white, plain form with no
vignettes. Also included is a waybill for shipping to the states of
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Washington ,
most probably by stage coach. Small print on bottom lists informa-
tion and that the company is not liable for loss, damage or detention
due to Civil or Military Authority, depredations of Indians, .... Both
are in VF to XF condition with light toning on edges or in the middle
in a couple of small areas. Rare early Western Fiscal and Stage
Coach documents. .......................................................
Est. $60-120
Ephemera - Whaling
1734 Murphy & Liscomb, Manufacturers of Sperm and Whale Oils
Letter or Bill Head.
Albany, New York, 1895, Beached Sperm
Whale vignette on left, XF condition. ...........................
Est. $50-100
Newspaper
Connecticut
1735Framed Connecticut Gazette Vol.XX Number 1010, March 21,
1783.
Connecticut, 1783, ‘Connecticut Gazette and the Universal
Intelligencer’ in black frame, Front section is more national in scope
covering Congressional matters with the reverse covering local
issues including the notice of a runaway slave, Print on front and
back, VF condition, Printed by Timothy Green. ............
Est. $50-80
Newspaper - Historical
Massachusetts
1736 Hampden Federalist, September 10th, 1812, Newspaper
With War of 1812 Content.
Massachusetts, 1812, One article dis-
cusses America declaring war on Britain as well as numerous other
reports on the status of the world. Also listed is the Surrender of
Detroit. Toned, foxing and minor edge tears, still historic content
and rare. .......................................................................
Est. $80-160
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Archives International Auctions, Part XII
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