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American Express

GROUP OF FOUR (4) DEATH NOTICES FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXPRESSMEN'S AID SOCIETY:; Each giving the name of the deceased, his position with American Express Company, cause of death, family, &c.

Cincinnati: Office of the Secretary, E.A.S., 1882-1888. Original documents. Small broadsides, 8.5" x 5.5", text ruled in black, docketed on versos. Memorials to: (1) Chas. E. Goodrich; died at Milwaukee, June 14, 1882 of consumption; joined American Express as scrip-clerk soon after the close of the War, rose to position... More about GROUP OF FOUR (4) DEATH NOTICES FOR MEMBERS OF THE EXPRESSMEN'S AID SOCIETY:; Each giving the...

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American Iron and Steel Association

A COLLECTION OF FRESH FACTS, CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY ON THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION, THE PRICES OF STEEL RAILS, WOOLEN AND COTTON GOODS, SALT, AND OTHER ARTICLES, THE WAGES OF LABOR, ETC., ETC. Tariff Tract No. 2, 1882 [cover title].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 28pp. Contents: The cost of transportation of western farm products; The price of steel rails; The tariff on wool and woolens; The tariff on cotton goods; The dairymen and the tariff; A tariff reminiscence; The duty on cotton ties; Wages... More about A COLLECTION OF FRESH FACTS, CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF THE PROTECTIVE POLICY ON THE COST OF...

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Atlantic City Railroad

TWO (2) FREE PASSES ISSUED TO A TRANSITMAN FOR THE READING RAILROAD, BY THE ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD COMPANY IN 1928

Atlantic City, NJ: AC RR Co., 1928. Original editions. Two printed passes, accomplished by typewriter. Issued to Kennard W. Gregory, a Reading Company transitman, residing in Philadelphia. Both issued December 16, 1928. The first, #AF85265 is for passage from Atlantic City to Philadelphia. The second, #AF85269 covers a trip from... More about TWO (2) FREE PASSES ISSUED TO A TRANSITMAN FOR THE READING RAILROAD, BY THE ATLANTIC CITY...

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Boston & Albany Railroad

BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD, BOSTON & WORCESTER DIVISION. NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES. EXTRA TRAINS TO HARMONY GROVE, SOUTH FRAMINGHAM....; No. 201 On Wednesday, Aug. 10th, a Passenger train will go to Main St. Crossing on Grand Junction R.R. It will leave Boston at 7.45 A.M., Cottage Farm Junction 8.00, Main St. 8.30....This train must not obstruct Main St. while taking and leaving its passengers....These trains will avoid all regular passenger trains, but Freight trains...Gravel trains and all other extras must keep out of their way. Boston, August 8, 1870. A. Firth, Ass't Sup't.

Boston: Boston & Albany RR, 1870. First Edition. Broadside, 7-3/8" x 6-7/8" [Not recorded by WorldCat.]. More about BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD, BOSTON & WORCESTER DIVISION. NOTICE TO EMPLOYEES. EXTRA...

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Boston & Albany Railroad

BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD, BOSTON & WORCESTER DIVISION. NOTICE.; No. 201. On Wednesday, November 17th, and on every succeeding Wednesday...excepting in severe snow storms, the 7 P.M. Passenger Train from Boston will run through Milford....Returning, will leave Milford at 8.55 P.M....and reach So. Framingham at 9.30 P.M. Boston, November 15, 1875. W.H. Barnes, Ass't Sup't.

Boston: Boston & Albany RR, 1870. First Edition. Broadside, 6.75" x 7.5" [Not recorded by WorldCat.]. More about BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD, BOSTON & WORCESTER DIVISION. NOTICE.; No. 201. On Wednesday,...

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Bureau of Railway Economics

A LIST OF REFERENCES TO LITERATURE RELATING TO THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. August 15, 1922.

Newton, MA: Crofton Publ Co, nd. Reprint. Hardcover. pp: (viii), 299 with appendices and index, 23 legal case references. Bound in blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. 11.25" x 8.5" This Bibliography of the Union Pacific System comprises two parts: I-Union Pacific Railroad; II-Oregon Short LIne Railroad. More about A LIST OF REFERENCES TO LITERATURE RELATING TO THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM. August 15, 1922

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Central Vermont Railroad

TWO LETTERS SIGNED (TLS)...LOCAL FREIGHT DEPT & SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE...ST. ALBANS, VT., 5 DEC 1879 & 10 JULY 1882...

St. Albans, Vermont: 1882. Original manuscript. Two letters, each one page on CVR letterhead. The letter signed by E.A. Chittenden, Superintendent of Local Freight Traffic, is re tariff and a shipment of sleds. The letter from the General Superintendent tells one H.R. Barney, Agent at Chester, Vermont, to increase his..... More about TWO LETTERS SIGNED (TLS)...LOCAL FREIGHT DEPT & SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE...ST. ALBANS, VT., 5...

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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company

STATEMENT OF THE EXISTING CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO LINES OF RAILROADS FROM CINCINNATI TO LAKE ERIE.; (Submitted by S.S. L'Hommedieu, President.)

Cincinnati: Cincinnati Gazette Company Print, 1854. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. Covers lightly dusted; two spine holes for binding. 9" x 6" More about STATEMENT OF THE EXISTING CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO LINES OF RAILROADS FROM CINCINNATI TO LAKE...

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Cochrane, John

RAILWAY PATENT CLAIM REPORTER. Published for the Use of Subscribers to the Railway Protective Agency, for the Examination of Patents. Vol. I, No. 5, October, 1860.

New York: Published by the author, 1860. First Edition. Original Wrappers. (32)pp; 11 illustrations, birdseye view on back cover showing the Newark Terminal of the New York, Harlaem [sic] & Albany Railroad. Bound in printed tan wrappers; dampmark to cover and first several leaves. 9" x 5.75" Contents: Our Agency... More about RAILWAY PATENT CLAIM REPORTER. Published for the Use of Subscribers to the Railway Protective...

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Colorado / Chamberlain, William Gunnison

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW OF CLEAR CREEK CANYON: Colorado Mountain Scenery.

Denver: W.G. Chamberlain, circa 1875. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on green card stock, 4" x 7". Dampmark on verso. Printed slip on verso: "Clear Creek Canyon. This canyon is traversed by the Colorado Central Rail Road with an ascent of 106 to... More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW OF CLEAR CREEK CANYON: Colorado Mountain Scenery

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Colorado / Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND QUIT-CLAIM DEED FOR A RAILROAD RIGHT-OF- WAY IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO, 1895

1895. Original manuscript. Two items, quarto and folio. (1) ALS on letterhead of The Florence & Cripple Creek Railroad Co., datelined Victor, Colo.,, May 20th, 1895, enclosing a "quit claim deed for a right of way over and across the 'Granite' Lode Mining Claim #7861 Gov. Survey. Mr. V.H. Cour... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND QUIT-CLAIM DEED FOR A RAILROAD RIGHT-OF- WAY IN ARAPAHOE COUNTY,...

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Colorado / Gurnsey, Byron H.

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW OF "LITTLE CHIEF" IRON SPRING, ONE MILE FROM MANITOU HOUSE, MANITOU, COLORADO. Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway.

Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1880. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock, 4" x 7" "Exterior view looking northeast of the original 'Summer House' at Ute Iron Springs in Manitou Springs, Colorado; a shingle roofed pavilion (1880) with latticed balustrade and... More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW OF "LITTLE CHIEF" IRON SPRING, ONE MILE FROM MANITOU HOUSE, MANITOU,...

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Colorado / Gurnsey, Byron H.

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, GLEN EYRIE--FROM THE NORTH. Showing Echo Rock, Garden of the Gods, and Cheyenne Mountain. Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway.

Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1872. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock, 4" x 7" Glen Eyrie Castle, built by Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, is seen on the mountaintop overlooking the rugged landscape and Arkansas River in the foreground. More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, GLEN EYRIE--FROM THE NORTH. Showing Echo Rock, Garden of the Gods, and...

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Colorado / Gurnsey, Byron H.

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK--THE CRATER. Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway.

Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1872. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock, 4" x 7" At the right is a man seated on a rock, overlooking the canyon below. [OCLC finds only a similar (snow-covered) view, held by Pike's Paak Library District.]. More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK--THE CRATER. Scenes on the Line of the Denver &...

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Colorado / Gurnsey, Byron H.

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, THE UTE PASS: One Mile from Manitou House, Manitou, Colorado. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views...Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway.

Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1872. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock, 4" x 7" More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, THE UTE PASS: One Mile from Manitou House, Manitou, Colorado. Gurnsey's...

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Colorado / Gurnsey, Byron H.

STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, PIKE'S PEAK, 14,336 FEET HIGH: Looking through Templeton's Gap, 16 Miles, Air Line, to Summit. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views...Scenes on the Line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway.

Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1872. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock; old dampmark in sky portion of image. 4" x 7" Mountain lion seen on rock in foreground. More about STEREOSCOPIC VIEW, PIKE'S PEAK, 14,336 FEET HIGH: Looking through Templeton's Gap, 16 Miles,...

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Davis, T.E.

FROM NEW JERSEY TO CALIFORNIA, '97: A History of the Journey of the New Jersey C.E. Special to the Sixteenth International C.E. Convention, at San Francisco, July 6-12, 1897.; Compiled by the New Jersey Transportation Manager, Rev. T.E. Davis, of Bound Brook, N.J.

Somerville, N.J. C.H. Bateman, 1897. First Edition. Original Cloth. 150pp; frontispiece with six portraits. Bound in green cloth, gilt lettering and monogram on cover, patterned endpapers; lower tip of cover discolored. 7.75" x 5.75" Includes chapters on: Sleeping Cars (detailing the 14 occupied by this group); San Francisco; Monterey and... More about FROM NEW JERSEY TO CALIFORNIA, '97: A History of the Journey of the New Jersey C.E. Special to...

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Delaware / Wilmington and Western Railroad

WILMINGTON & WESTERN R.R., DELAWARE'S OLD-TIME STEAM LINE... NINE-MILE ROUND TRIP...HISTORIC RED CLAY VALLEY...1966...

Yorklyn, Delaware: Historic Red Clay Valley, 1966. Original edition. Broadside, printed in black ink on green paper; illus from old engraving. 14" x 5.5" The line operated hourly on weekends, May 28 to October 30, 1966, boarding at Greenbank Station, five miles west of Wilmington, also the site of Greenbank... More about WILMINGTON & WESTERN R.R., DELAWARE'S OLD-TIME STEAM LINE... NINE-MILE ROUND TRIP...HISTORIC...

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Flandrau, Grace

THE STORY OF MARIAS PASS

Great Northern Railway, (1925). First Edition. Softcover. pp: 22, (1); portrait of John F. Stevens, explorer of Marias Pass; six other illustrations, route map on final leaf. Printed stiff wrappers. 9" x 6" Marias Pass cuts through the Rocky Mountains on the southern boundary of Glacier National Park. The Great... More about THE STORY OF MARIAS PASS

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France

ATLAS P.L.M. - VALLEY OF THE RHONE:; Lyons, Vienne, Orange, Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Aigues, Mortes.

Paris: Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, 1918 (?). First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. 20pp; centerspread map in color, two color plates, illus throughout from photographs. 10.25" x 7.25" A handsome travel brochure. More about ATLAS P.L.M. - VALLEY OF THE RHONE:; Lyons, Vienne, Orange, Avignon, Arles, Nimes, Aigues, Mortes

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Griggs, Walter Samuel, Jr.

A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH HILL TUNNEL

Richmond, Virginia: 1963. Original manuscript. (19)pp quarto, stencil from typescript of this thesis/dissertation. Text begins: "In April of 1865 the Confederate Army under General Robert E. Lee moved slowly out or Richmond, the fallen capital of the Confederacy...." 8.5" x 11". Paper-clipped, not bound. The author, a law professor, has... More about A HISTORY OF THE CHURCH HILL TUNNEL

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Illinois Central

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 2,000,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS, IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS, & AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAIL-ROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

New-York: Isaac J. Oliver, Printer, 1856. First edition thus. Softcover. 64pp, sewn. Self-wrappers, string tied; faint foxing to first and last few leaves. 8.5" x 5.5" [Sabin 34317--more acreage was offered in 1854 and 1855. Buck, Travel & Description, locates five copies with this variant imprint by Oliver.]. More about THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL-ROAD COMPANY, OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 2,000,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING...

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Illinois Central Railroad

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING AND WOOD LANDS IN TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, TO SUIT PURCHASERS, ON LONG CREDITS AND AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, SITUATED ON EACH SIDE OF THEIR RAILROAD, EXTENDING ALL THE WAY FROM THE EXTREME NORTH TO THE SOUTH OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. 80pp. Bound in at front: Outline Map of Illinois; Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Rail Road Lands (double-page map); woodcut frontispiece, "Prairie Scene in Illinois." Six woodcuts in the text. Bound in at back: four pages of broadside-style ads... More about THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OFFERS FOR SALE OVER 1,500,000 ACRES, SELECTED FARMING AND...

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Illinois, Chicago

TO THE MERCHANTS OF CHICAGO, AND THE RAILWAY MANAGERS OF THE NORTH-WEST. In Reply to "An Interior View of the Buffalo Convention: its bearing upon North-Western Interests. By a Member of the Convention" [cover title].

Pittsburgh? s.n., 1859. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Bound in printed tan wrappers. Covers dusted; two spine holes for binding. 8.75" x 5.5" [Dated at end: Pittsburgh, April 27, 1859. Sabin 12668.]. More about TO THE MERCHANTS OF CHICAGO, AND THE RAILWAY MANAGERS OF THE NORTH-WEST. In Reply to "An...

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Kinne, George R.

KINNE'S IMPROVED ENGINEMEN'S GUIDE, TIME AND POCKET BOOK:; Showing a Practical Way of Becoming a First-Class Fireman....

Hornellsville, NY: Tuttle & Bunnell, Printers, 1902. Original manuscript. Full-Leather. pp: 45 + 97; engraving of locomotive. Bound in the original wallet-style case of cordovan leather; carried in a pocket and showing some signs of use. 6.5" x 4" Begins with 45 pages of printed text, "...giving the Proper Method... More about KINNE'S IMPROVED ENGINEMEN'S GUIDE, TIME AND POCKET BOOK:; Showing a Practical Way of Becoming a...

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