![[1940 Lionel Train Catalog]. The Lionel Corporation.](/pictures/thumb/3727608_1.jpg?v=1537378144)
[1940 Lionel Train Catalog].
Colorful trade catalog for Lionel trains issued by The Lionel Corporation, makers of the iconic American children’s toy railroad system. This pre-WWII catalog touts the... Read More
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![[1952 Lionel Train Catalog]. The Lionel Corporation.](/pictures/thumb/3727607_1.jpg?v=1537378144)
[1952 Lionel Train Catalog].
Colorful trade catalog for Lionel trains issued by The Lionel Corporation, makers of the iconic American children’s toy railroad system. Highlights of this post-WWII catalog... Read More
Special Excursions to the Sea-Shore and Mountains. Season of 1883.
The Pennsylvania Railroad is trying to drum up business in 1883 and here make their appeal to the excursion committees of churches and societies. In... Read More
Great Western Route. 1859. Boston & Worcester & Western Rail Road Line.
The Boston & Worcester Rail Road Line was the first passenger train in New England, offering full service in 1835. Here, in 1859, on this... Read More
![Professional Thieves and the Detective [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton]. Allan Pinkerton, 1819–1884, Robert Allan Pinkerton, 1848–1907, Francis “Frank” Horatio Stott, 1832–1900.](/images/noimage-req.png)
Professional Thieves and the Detective [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton].
Autobiography and crime memoir by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), noted Scottish-American private detective and spy. This copy has a presentation inscription from Pinkerton’s son and successor... Read More
![The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton]. Allan Pinkerton, 1819–1884, Robert Allan Pinkerton, 1848–1907, Francis “Frank” Horatio Stott, 1832–1900.](/pictures/thumb/3726640_1.jpg?v=1534362431)
The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives [Autographed by Robert A. Pinkerton].
The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives is a fictionalized crime detection story written by Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884), noted Scottish-American private detective and spy. This copy... Read More
[Circus Photographs, 1946–1959, collected by a Baltimore Member of the Circus Fans Association of America].
Large archive of 188 behind-the-scenes, parade, and performance circus photographs kept by Edward Ruppert of Baltimore. A member of the Circus Fans Association of America... Read More
Memorial Edition of The Life of Richard Trevithick [cover title].
Memorial biography of early 19th century British railroad and mining engineer, Richard Trevithick (1771–1833). The biography was published under the auspices of the Richard Trevithick... Read More
![[Engineering Letterbook kept 1878 to 1879 for the Cerro de Pasco Copper Mining Company based in New York City]. Cerro de Passo Mining Company, James. R. Maxwell, F. M. Wilbor, Chief Engineers.](/pictures/thumb/3724597_1.jpg?v=1534362291)
[Engineering Letterbook kept 1878 to 1879 for the Cerro de Pasco Copper Mining Company based in New York City].
Letter transfer copy book kept during the formative years 1878 to 1879 by successive Chief Engineers of the Cerro de Pasco Mining Company in the... Read More
Report on an Investigation of the Tunnels of the Rapid Transit Railroad in Park Avenue, N. Y.
A deadly dynamite explosion and a tunnel collapse on Park Avenue during the construction of a section New York City’s subway “...impelled the property owners... Read More
![[Original Hand Drawn and Illustrated Manuscript:] Map of Lots on the Ocean Front of Poverty Beach, in Cape May City, New Jersey Track of the Cape May and Sewell’s Point Railroad, Hotel and Grounds of the Company. Showing the Yacht Landings and Sailing Grounds. C. E. N. C. Price.](/pictures/thumb/145827_1.jpg?v=1534362280)
[Original Hand Drawn and Illustrated Manuscript:] Map of Lots on the Ocean Front of Poverty Beach, in Cape May City, New Jersey Track of the Cape May and Sewell’s Point Railroad, Hotel and Grounds of the Company. Showing the Yacht Landings and Sailing Grounds.
In 1880, The Cape May & Sewell’s Point Railroad Company was incorporated by real estate developer and railroad and steamship owner, Jonathan Cone. This original... Read More
![[Archive of 53 Letters and Documents from Stock and Exchange Brokers, John E. Fox & Co. of Philadelphia, to one investor, Henry A. Kelker, 1866 –1873; accompanying this archive is a group of 21 additional letters and documents, 1869 –1874, mostly concerning the recovery of a debt owed to Kelker]. Broker John E. Fox.](/pictures/thumb/145413_1.jpg?v=1534362278)
[Archive of 53 Letters and Documents from Stock and Exchange Brokers, John E. Fox & Co. of Philadelphia, to one investor, Henry A. Kelker, 1866 –1873; accompanying this archive is a group of 21 additional letters and documents, 1869 –1874, mostly concerning the recovery of a debt owed to Kelker].
Valuable Philadelphia Stock Exchange history. An important archive of letters and documents, most concerning railroad investments on the during the years 1866–1873, presents a significant... Read More
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