Artifacts and Ephemera from The Golden Age of Rail Travel

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RARE CUT GLASS PULLMAN CO ADVERTISING CIRCA 1890

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ILLUSTRATION ART FOR THE STREAMLINER 'EL CAPITAN'

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A CIRCA 1930 NORTHERN PACIFIC RR TRAVEL POSTER

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ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION ART FOR SP RR GOLDEN STATE

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A ROCK ISLAND DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE NOSE SIGN

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A CMStP&P ARRIVAL DEPARTURE BOARD CIRCA 1940S

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A BRASS PASSENGER CAR ASH RECEIVER MARKED PULLMAN

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A SCARCE SOUTHERN RAILWAYS ETCHED GLASS CARAFE

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SEVEN STAINLESS STEEL AND OTHER RAIL CAR PLAQUES

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NINE STAINLESS STEEL AND OTHER RAIL CAR PLAQUES

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RAILROAD COUPLER AND CAR WASHSTAND PATENT MODELS

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A PAINTED STEEL PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD GATE SOUND

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A CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY & STEAMSHIP PORCELAIN SIGN

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MINNEAPOLIS SUALT STE. MARIE & ATLANTIC WAX SEALER

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CAST BRONZE LETTERING OF BALTIMORE & OHIO C. 1920

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A WOODEN STEP BOX ATTRIBUTED FLAMBEAU 400

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A CIRCA 1900 OAK 'TRAIN NOTICES' BOARD

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ELECTRIC AND MECHANICAL FIRE GONG TYPE SIGNALS

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'BALTO. & OHIO R.R.' TIME BOOKS & TABLES 1876-1880

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A BALL RAILROAD GRADE WATCH WITH 14K GOLD CHAIN

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A MID 20TH CENT PENNSYLVANIA RR POSTER FOR PHILLY

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PULLMAN AND BUDD STAINLESS STEEL BUILDER'S PLATES

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AN EARLY FLUID BURNING CLASSIFICATION LAMP

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FIFTY WWII ERA MOVIE POSTERS AND LOBBY CARDS

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRAVEL POSTER TO WASHINGTON DC

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NYC R.R. 'THE DETROITER' & 'MONTREAL LTD' GATE SIGNS

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FOUR PLASTIC WWII ERA B&O TRAIN BULLETIN BOARDS

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LESLIE RAGAN 1946 CALENDAR FOR NEW YORK CENTRAL

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A PAIR BRASS PULLMAN TABLE LAMPS CIRCA 1920

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A GOOD ART DECO NICKELED BRONZE DOOR PUSH C. 1930

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TRAIN SCHEDULING BULLETIN BOARD SIGNS

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THIRTEEN RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR ASH TRAY LOGOS

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FOURTEEN RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR ASH TRAY LOGOS

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THIRTEEN RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR ASH TRAY LOGOS

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FOURTEEN RAILROAD PASSENGER CAR ASH TRAY LOGOS

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JUPP WIERTZ AIR TRAVEL PLACARD 1935 AND GERMAN RAILROAD

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HAMILTON 992 AND 992B RAILROAD GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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SANGAMO AND BUNN SPECIAL RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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WALTHAM AND HAMILTON RAILROAD GRADE POCKET WATCH

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A SCARCE ROCKFORD 18 SIZE RAILWAY KING POCKET WATCH

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HAMILTON 992B DISPLAY BACK WATCH PLUS ANOTHER

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A BRONZE THEODOLITE FOR BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD

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A BALL 23J OFFICIAL STANDARD RR GRADE POCKET WATCH

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WWII USMC BOLO AND ARMY AIR FORCES SEAT CUSHION

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AN ACRYLIC GATE SIGN FOR THE BROADWAY LIMITED

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CENTURY COMMODORE PASSENGER TRAIN GATE SIGN

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PENNSYLVANIA RR ATLANTIC CITY BAR HARBOR GATE SIGN

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B & O RAILROAD SILVER SPRING SIGN

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AN UNUSUAL FIVE COLOR CNW RY BROADSIDE C. 1882

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A BURLINGTON ROUTE C.B. & Q.R.R. BROADSIDE C. 1900 C.

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WWII AAF TYPE D-1 LEATHER JACKET, PLUS ANOTHER

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ORNATE PASSENGER CAR HARDWARE AND FIXTURES

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A LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD DINING CAR MENU HOLDER

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A COLLECTION OF PATENT MODEL RAIL CAR TRUCKS

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1898 NICKEL PLATE BROADSIDE POSTERS

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SOO LINE AND C&NWRy BRASS TICKET VALIDATOR DIES

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PENNSYLVANIA RR & LONG ISLAND RR VALIDATOR DIE

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B & O RR VALIDATOR DIE AND FOURTEEN SWITCH KEYS

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A RAILROAD STOCK CAR PATENT MODEL PATENTED 1880

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A RAILROAD STOCK CAR PATENT MODEL PATENTED 1880

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C & NW BRONZE DOOR PLATE WITH ASSEMBLY CIRCA 1910

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RAILROAD FREIGHT CAR DOORS MODEL PATENTED 1879

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LOCOMOTIVE LAMP PATENT MODEL PATENTED OCT 10 1854

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AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY MOTOR COACH BUILDER PLATES

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A CARVED AND GILDED WOOD SIGN LETTERED LYNNHAVEN

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A SCARCE PLACARD FOR THE C.B. & Q. R.R - AND MORE

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GREAT NORTHERN PICTORIAL MAP OF GLACIER PARK

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AN ILLINOIS 60 HR BUNN SPECIAL POCKET WATCH

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HAMILTON 992 AND 992B MODEL RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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TWO HAMPDEN #105 RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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A HAMILTON U.S. GOVT. MOD 992 RR GRADE POCKET WATCH

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PAINTED STEEL GATE SIGN FOR THE FLORIDA SPECIAL

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A NICE HAMILTON MODEL 992 RR GRADE POCKET WATCH

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ELGIN BW RAYMOND RR GRADE WATCH, PLUS ANOTHER

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WALTHAM RIVERSIDE AND ELGIN RAYMOND RR GRADE WATCHES

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BW RAYMOND AND MOD 992 RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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TWO HAMILTON RAILROAD GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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PENNSYLVANIA GATE SIGN FOR THE NEW HAVEN EXPRESS

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A GREAT NORTHERN PRESSED ALUMINUM RAILROAD STEP BOX

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STEEL GATE SIGN ATTRIBUTED AS B&O SHENANDOAH

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TWO HAMILTON MODEL 940 RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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A TRAIN INDICATORS TRADE CATALOGUE CIRCA 1930

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MARIETTA & CINCINNATI. P.W. & B, OHIO & MISS AND OTHERS

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A DISPARATE COLLECTION OF PULLMAN ITEMS

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SIX SMALL RAILROAD DEPOT AND RAIL CAR SIGNS

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PENNSYLVANIA RR MERRY CHRISTMAS TRAVEL POSTER

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A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD GATE SIGN FOR BAR HARBOR

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FIVE ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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FOUR ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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FOUR ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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FIVE ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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FOUR ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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THREE ENGRAVED LETTER ACRYLIC TRAIN STATION SIGNS

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CELLULOID MAP FOR THE C. M.&ST. PAUL RY DATED 1900

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GREAT SOUTHERN MAIL BROADSIDE AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY

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A 1943 SELF-FRAMED RAILROAD AD FROM FORTUNE MAGAZINE

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MOPAC, NORTH WESTERN, CH&D RY ADVERTISING C. 1915

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THREE PLASTIC WWII ERA TRAIN BULLETIN BOARDS

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1940s BURLINGTON ROUTE CALENDARS WITH ZEPHYR

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SS PRES WARFIELD/EXODUS, HANS MARX STEAMSHIP ITEMS

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WALNUT AND BRASS 19TH C. RAIL CAR TRUCK MODELS

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A BRASS AND WALNUT PATENT MODEL OF SAW MILL HEAD

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THREE 19TH CENTURY PATENT MODELS - AS FOUND

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CNJ JERSEY CENTRAL EXCURSION BROADSIDES TO 1916

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PENNSYLVANIA RR EXCURSION BROADSIDES TO 1897

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A COLLECTION OF 23 NICE B&O BROADSIDES 1916-1953

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CNJ JERSEY CENTRAL EXCURSION BROADSIDES TO 1916

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B&O RAILROAD EXCURSION BROADSIDES TO 1910

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ERIE, NYC, WEST SHORE RR BROADSIDES 1899-1943

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TWENTY-ONE RAILROAD EXCURSION BROADSIDES TO 1887

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IOWA, W. MARYLAND, C.ST.P.M&O.RY BRASS CHECKS

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A GRAIN CAR DOOR PATENT MODEL PATENTED MARCH 1876

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A COLLECTION OF HARDWARE STAMPED B & O RR

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GERMAN STATE RAILWAYS CALENDARS 1936, 1938, 1939

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BOOKS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO B&O RR AND OTHERS

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B & O, WASHINGTON TERMINAL AND SOO LINE BUTTONS ETC

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A COLLECTION OF 21 UNION PACIFIC DINING CAR MENUS

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A COLLECTION OF 36 VARIOUS RR DINING CAR MENUS

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SANTA FE, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, UPRR, ETC DINING CAR MENUS

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FRISCO, SOUTHERN PAC, PRR, ETC, DINING CAR MENUS

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B&O, UNION PACIFIC, RAILROAD DINING CAR MENUS (21)

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18 MOPAC, BURLINGTON, ROCK ISLAND DINING CAR MENUS

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FOURTEEN PIECES B&O RR EPHEMERA DATING TO 1913

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FIVE 1880s BALTIMORE & OHIO SUMMER TOUR BOOKS

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PORCELAIN ENAMEL SIGN 'YOUR CONNECTION...JERSEY CITY...

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CINCINNATIAN AND OTHER 1940s B&O EPHEMERA

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CHESAPEAKE & VIRGINIA 1920s TIMETABLES & MENUS (16)

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B & O RR CINCINNATIAN MENUS AND EPHEMERA (36PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA EPHEMERA

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B & O CINCINNATIAN AND OTHER EPHEMERA (17PCS)

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VARIOUS RAILROAD EPHEMERA DATING TO 1894

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PRR AND VIRGINIA BEACH TRAVEL ADVTG (18PCS)

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BALTIMORE CHESAPEAKE & ATLANTIC RY PROMO BOOKS

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA (48PCS)

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THE SENTINEL AND OTHER B & O RR EPHEMERA (12PCS)

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SOUTHERN RY, C&O, OTHER WASHNGTON DC TRAVEL PROMO

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA (36)

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA (27PCS)

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF B & O RR EPHEMERA (51PCS)

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF 1930s B & O RR EPHEMERA (44)

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A LARGE COLLECTION 1930s B & O RR EPHEMERA (53PCS)

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF B & O RR EPHEMERA (42PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF PENNSYLVANIA RR TRAVEL EPHEMERA

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A 1947 CINCINNATIAN PHOTO SCRAP BOOK AND PLACARD

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RR TRAVEL ADVERTISING (12PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA (26PCS)

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1880s AND 1890s B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA

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A COLLECTION OF GOOD 1880s B & O RR ADVERTISING

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TEN 1890s B & O RAILROAD TIMETABLES

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SEVEN B & O RR TIMETABLES CIRCA 1889

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA C. 1890

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PENNSYLVANIA RR ADVERTISING AND EPHEMERA (28)

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FLORIDA EAST & ATLANTIC COAST LINE EPHEMERA (35PCS)

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1940s/50s EASTERN AIR LINES BROCHURES ETC (24PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF EASTERN AIR LINES EPHEMERA

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MID TO LATE 20C. AIRLINE TRAVEL EPHEMERA (49PCS)

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COLLECTION OF ATLANTIC COAST LINE RR EPHEMERA (17)

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD MENUS AND BROCHURES C. 1950

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CIRCA 1940 ATLANTIC COAST LINE RR EPHEMERA

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1920s/30s ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD EPHEMERA

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22 PCS OF MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD EPHEMERA

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1930S ATLANTIC COAST LINE AND GULF COAST RR (28PCS)

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BLUE RIDGE LINES, WB&A RR, OTHER MARYLAND TRAVEL

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PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL AIRLINES AND OTHER AVIATION

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1920s READING LINE RR ADVTG FANS, BROCHURES (17PCS)

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B&O RR STREAMLINERS TO WORLDS FAIR EPHEMERA (22)

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1930s B & O RAILROAD BROCHURES & EPHEMERA (42PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF 1930s MOPAC RR EPHEMERA (23PCS)

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1920s-1940s MISSOURI PACIFIC RR EPHEMERA (16PCS)

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B & O RR MOTOR COACHES, MENUS, BLOTTERS, (34PCS)

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B & O RR WORLD'S FAIR & OTHER EXCURSION BROCHURES

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1899 - 1930s B & O RR TRAVEL TIMETABLES & EPHEMERA

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RR MENUS & EPHEMERA (40PCS)

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A COLLECTION OF 26 PIECES READING LINE RR EPHEMERA

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF B&O RR EPHEMERA 1889-1947

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD MENUS & EPHEMERA

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A COLLECTION OF 1930s STEAMSHIP TRAVEL TO ALASKA

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CIRCA 1940 STEAMSHIP TRAVEL TO ALASKA BROCHURES

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CIRCA 1940 SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILWAY TIMETABLES ETC (49)

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1920s SEABOARD AIRLINE RAILWAY EPHEMERA (16PCS)

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FLORIDA EAST COAST RR EPHEMERA (21PCS)

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SEABOARD RAILWAY MENUS AND EPHEMERA (21PCS)

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CIRCA 1920 SOUTHEAST US TRAVEL BROCHURES (22PCS)

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MID TO LATE 20C STEAMSHIP TRAVEL EPHEMERA (18PCS)

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AIR TRAVEL EPHEMERA INCL CONCORDE (30PCS)

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B & O RR AND C&O MENUS AND EPHEMERA (25PCS)

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A GATE SIGN FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA RR TRAIN THE SENATOR

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A HAMILTON MODEL 992 RR GRADE POCKET WATCH

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BALL OFFICIAL STANDARD AND MODEL 999 POCKET WATCHES

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TWO ELGIN FATHER TIME RR GRADE POCKET WATCHES

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A RAIL NUT LOCK RAILROAD PATENT MODEL PATENTED 1882

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B&O RR AND BALTIMORE SUBJECT BOOKS 1827-1947

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A PULLMAN ADVERTISING POSTER CIRCA 1941

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HY HINTERMEISTER ILLUSTRATED PENN RR TRAVEL POSTER

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A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD PAINTED STEEL GATE SIGN

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B&O PLACARD WITH 1870s CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RR ADVTG

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RY. EX, AGY. INC WAX SEALER OAKLAND MARYLAND

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JACKSONVILLE (FLA) & UNIONVILLE (CLEV. O) TERMINALS

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COMMEMORATIVE BAGGAGE TAGS STAMPED GOLDEN SPIKE

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PENNSYLVANIA RR MEDALS AND MORE 1880-1930

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PATENT MODEL FOR CRANE TO UNLOAD VESSELS 1880

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CIRCA 1950 ADVERTISING FOR THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO

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AN ACRYLIC SIGN FOR ILLINOIS CENTRAL 'CITY OF MIAMI'

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1930s HAND COLORED WESTERN VIEW PHOTOGRAPHS

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD ADVERTISING POSTER AND SIGN

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HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS ADVERTISING BROADSIDES CA. 1900

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A HAMILTON 992 RAILROAD GRADE POCKET WATCH

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A WALTHAM VANGUARD RR GRADE POCKET WATCH

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ACRYLIC GATE SIGN FOR THE BROADWAY LIMITED

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NEW YORK CENTRAL CALENDARS CIRCA 1950s

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MID 20C. SANTA FE AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING

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TWENTY-NINE TIN CEREAL BOX RAILROAD LOGOS C. 1960

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A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY SOUTHERN RR HEADREST COVERS

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MIXED COLLECTION OF SEAT HEADREST COVERS

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AN 1883 HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH ILLUSTRATED TIMETABLE

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NYC HUDSON AND MILWAUKEE RD LOCOMOTIVE PROMOTIONALS

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LEHIGH VALLEY AND READING RR EXCURSION BROADSIDES

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A COLLECTION OF RAILROAD SOUVENIR PLAYING CARDS

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GLASS, PORCELAIN, BRASS AND OTHER RR LOGO ASHTRAYS

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B & O RAILROAD HANDBOOKS FOR AGENTS, CONDUCTORS, ETC

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1880s B & O RR PROMOTIONAL BOOKLETS AND ALBUMS

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1886 AND 1891 OHIO & MISSISSIPPI RY TIMETABLES

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A MoPAC RR 'SUNSHINE SPECIAL' ADVERTISING PRINT

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BINOCULARS M17, BARR & STROUD 1900A and M13A1

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B & O RAILROAD ANNUAL REPORTS CIRCA 1844 TO 1875

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SEVEN RANDOM CAST BRONZE LETTERS CIRCA 1920

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SIX LARGE GAMEWELL CALL BOX KEYS INCLUDING B&O RR

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WASHINGTON TERMINAL BRASS ASH RECEIVER

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A COLLECTION OF B & O RAILROAD EPHEMERA CIRCA 1905

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BOOKS FOR THE 1893 WORLDS FAIR VIA B&O RAILROAD

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A COLLECTION OF MID 20C. AIRLINE TRAVEL EPHEMERA

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EARLY 20TH C. WASHINGTON DC TRAVEL BROCHURES

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A TIN LITHO MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES CALENDAR

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CIRCA 1935 ALASKA TRAVEL EPHEMERA (12PCS)

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EARLY 20TH C. STEAMSHIP TRAVEL BROCHURES (15PCS)

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1920s EAST COAST OF FLORIDA TRAVEL BROCHURES (11)

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A MANASSAS GAP RAILROAD SWITCH KEY

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ROCK ISLAND AND MILWAUKEE ROAD HEADREST COVERS

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FIVE B & O ROYAL BLUE SEAT HEADREST COVERS

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DENVER AND CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR HEADREST COVERS

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UP AND SOUTHERN PAC, RAILROAD DINING CAR MENUS (16)

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MORE THAN 130 PULLMAN TICKETS AND SERVED BY CARDS

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1930s GOLF, POLO AND OTHER RECREATIONAL TRAVEL (20)

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VARIOUS BURLINGTON ROUTE ZEPHYR PRINTS

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WESTERN PACIFIC AND SANTA FE EPHEMERA - AS FOUND

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TWELVE DIFFERENT GRIF TELLER CALENDAR TOPS FOR PRR

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TWELVE DIFFERENT GRIF TELLER CALENDAR TOPS FOR PRR

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AN EASEL BACK ADVERTISEMENT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC

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A 59-INCH NEW YORK CENTRAL LOCOMOTIVE PANORAMA

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PORCELAIN SIGNS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF RAIL TRAVEL

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PRR AND A.T.&S.F. ADVERTISING POSTER AFTER GRIF TELLER