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Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Rail Road Company
Imprint: Philadelphia, American Bank Note Company, 1886 Dimensions 11 x 7 inches. Black ink, three vignettes: 1 - two women with a shield - center top, 2 - a bridge over a river - left bottom, 3 - a Grecian looking woman sitting by a river - right bottom, with decorative border. "Shares $50 Each" printed along top border. No. 11221, canceled, originally issued to Gordon Monges & Co. on March 5, 1886. Signed by the President, "Chas. Lafferty", and the Treasurer, whose name is obscured by several cancellation punch holes. The next day, March 6, 1886, Mr. Monges transferred the certificate to George T. Lewis. Gordon Monges was a stock broker, one of the partners in Brice, Monges and Company. Left edge has some discoloration, possibly from moisture. Top edge also darkened. Triangular cut from bottom edge. The Hestonville, Mantua & Fairmount Passenger Rail Road Company, AKA the "Arch Street Railway", provided street car service in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1859 to 1895, when it was acquired by the Union Traction Company.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015900.
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Stock Certificate for the Smokey Valley Mining and Milling Company Original beige paper with black and gilt ink printed on front and green ink printed on back. No date, circa 1916. 10" x 5 1/2." Certificate was folded in half vertically but is very clean and intact overall. Decorative borders on front and back. Front shows three black and white vignettes of people working and a town in a picturesque canyon with a mountain in the background. Gilt seal with no text or embossing in lower-left corner. "1,000,000 Shares; Capital Stock, $10,000.00, Fully Paid and Non-Assessable; 1c Each" This certificate is not issued and has no stamps or signatures. "Incorporated Under the Laws of Nevada, June 15, 1916" printed at the top.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 020191.
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Stock Certificate for 1 Share in the Chicago and Ohio River Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, American Bank Note Company, 1887 Dimensions 11 x 7 inches. Orange and black ink, vignette of steam locomotive at a station at center bottom, two winged female figures border the company name, with decorative border. "Shares $100 Each" printed along bottom border. No. 327, originally issued to Mrs. Mary E. Bell on April 12, 1887. Signed by the President, "Charles Stevens", and the Secretary, "William A. Cayes 2". Top edge darkened, fold lines. On back is signed "Mary E. Bell by her Atty Chs. H. Bell", no date. The Danville, Olney and Ohio River Railroad Company was reorganized into the Chicago and Ohio River Railroad Company in 1886, which in turn was absorbed by the Peoria, Dectur and Evansville Railway in 1893.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015901.
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Stock Certificate for the Mohawk Extension Mines Company, Limited Inscription: Signed, inscribed or annotated Original beige paper with black and gilt ink printed on front and green and black ink printed on back. No date, circa 1930. 10 3/4" x 8 1/2." Certificate was folded in half vertically but is very clean and intact overall. Decorative borders on front and back. Front shows a black and white vignette in the upper-left corner of men working in a mine. Black and white illustrated portraits of miners are incorporated in the decorative border on front. Gilt seal with no text or embossing in lower-left corner. "1,000,000 Shares; Par Value $1.00; Fully Paid and Non-Assessable." "Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Nevada, December 3, 1930" printed at the top. This certificate is not issued but has a stamp in the upper-left corner indicating this is Certificate No. "25." Certificate is also signed in black ink by the company president.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 020192.
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Stock Certificate for 50 Shares in the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company
Imprint: New York, Franklin Bank Note Company Circa 1880s. Dimensions 12 x 8 inches. Black and brown ink, vignette of a large factory next to a wharf with ships docked and decorative border. "Authorized Capital, $40,000,000" printed along bottom of border. No. B727, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway Company was created in 1881 to compete with the New York Central Railroad, controlled by the Vanderbilts. The New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway was quickly forced into bankruptcy by the New York Central, was bought by them and reincorporated as the West Shore Railroad in 1885.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-As New. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015904.
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Stock Certificate for the Jumbo Extension Mining Company Original beige paper with black and gilt ink printed on front and green and black ink printed on back. No date, circa 1900-1920. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4." Certificate was folded in half vertically and there is a slight tear in the margin of the upper-right corner, but it is very clean and intact overall. Decorative borders on front and back. Front shows a black and white vignette of men working in a mine. Gilt seal with no text or embossing in lower-left corner. "Authorized Capital $500,000.00; Five Million Shares Fully Paid and Assessable." "Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Nevada" printed at the top. This certificate is unsigned and not issued but has a stamp in the upper-left corner indicating this is Certificate No. "1898." Ben Gill is listed as the Resident Agent in Reno, Nevada.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 020193.
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Stock Certificate for 2 Shares in the Peoria & Bureau Valley Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, Danforth, Wright and Co., 1855 Dimensions 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of steam locomotive running through the prairie with a group of Native Americans watching, with decorative border. "Shares $100 Each" printed along right border. No. 44, originally issued to A. Lee Merriman on June 26, 1855. Signed by the President, "M. R. Judd". Side edges darkened, fold lines. "Canceled" written in red ink across front, six punch holes. Mr. Merriman transferred the certificate to a brokerage firm on July 13, 1855. The Peoria & Bureau Valley Railroad Company built a short line (approx. 47 miles) from Peoria, Illinois, to Bureau Valley, Illinois, which opened in 1854. It was then turned over to the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company to operate.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015905.
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Stock Certificate for the Golden Slipper Mining and Milling Company of Bohemia, Oregon Two copies available, each is $20.00. One is stamped No. "191"; the other is stamped No. "183." Both are very clean and intact. Original beige paper with black, green, and orange ink printed on front and green ink printed on back. No date, circa 1900-1910. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2." Certificate is very clean and intact with minimal age wear and wrinkling. Fine copies. Decorative borders on front and back. Orange seal with no text or embossing in lower-left corner. "Capital $1,000,000.00; Shares 10 Cents Par Value; Non-Assessable." This certificate is unsigned and not issued. Fill-in date of "190_" in lower-right corner.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 020194.
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Stock Certificate for the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, Franklin Bank Note Company Circa 1880s. Dimensions 11 x 6 1/2 inches. Black and green ink, vignette of steam locomotive in a station next to a mountain and decorative border. No. 896, not issued, no stamps or signatures. Three punch holes. The Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company (AKA the 3I line) ran from Streator, Illinois, to North Judson, Indiana, and later into South Bend, Indiana, from 1881 to 1906. It eventually became the Kankakee Belt Route of the New York Central Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015906.
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Stock Certificate for the Michigan Central Railroad Company
Imprint: Chicago, Western Bank Note Co. Circa 1800s. Dimensions 13 x 9 inches. Black and green ink, vignette of steam locomotive rolling next to a lake with a city in the background, and decorative border. 3 hole punches. No. 136, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The Michigan Central Railroad Company was originally incorporated in 1846 to provide freight service from Detroit to St. Joseph, Michigan, where freight could be transferred to a ship for transport to Chicago. The company later decided to extend their rail line to Chicago, and this was completed in 1852. The Michigan Central Railroad Company eventually included lines through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ontario, Canada. After 1867, it was controlled by the New York Central.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015908.
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Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the United States Shipbuilding Company
Imprint: New York, Franklin Lee Bank Note Company, 1902 Dimensions 12 1/2 x 8 inches. Black and orange ink, vignette of battleship on the ocean, with decorative border. "United States Shipbuilding Company 1902" embossed stamp with anchor in center. No. 1538, originally issued to E. R. Chapman & Co. (a New York brokerage firm) on December 23, 1902. Signed by the President, "B. B. Lewis" and the Assistant Treasurer "Cyrus Wells". Signed by "E. R. Chapman" on back on December 29, 1902. The United States Shipbuilding Company was a short-lived trust company originally conceived and promoted by John Willard Young, son of Mormon leader Brigham Young. It consisted of 7 shipbuilding companies, a property owner, and a steel company. The stocks and bonds for this company were not attractive to investors, and it folded less than a year after its founding. Litigation over this debacle continued for several years.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015909.
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Stock Certificate for 25 Shares in the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation
Imprint: New York, Rawdon, Wright & Hatch, 1841 Dimensions 9 x 7 inches. Black ink, one vignette, middle top, showing a river port, and another, left side, with a scene of a bridge over a river. No. 921, originally issued to John Farrar on September 10, 1841. Signed by the Treasurer "Henry Dalton". Fold lines. Mr. Farrar signed the back on October 10, 1854, included address" No. 921 Camellia (?)". The Boston and Providence Railroad was an early railroad line intended to connect Boston, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island. It was incorporated in 1831 and completed in 1835. Today the line is split between the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) and Amtrak.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015910.
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Stock Certificate for 50 Shares in the New-York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company
Imprint: 1836 Dimensions 9 x 6 inches. Black and brown ink, vignette of a woman sitting next to a shield with a steamboat on one side and a locomotive on the other, small vignette on left side of woman sitting next to a cog, decorative border. Foxing, fold lines, left upper corner missing, two peach colored spots, possibly adhesive residue? No. 144, originally issued to William H. Cary on May 6th, 1836. The New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, AKA "The Stonington Line" was chartered in 1832 and opened in 1837. It enabled people to travel from New York City to Boston without navigating through the rough waters of Point Judith, Rhode Island. Instead, people could take a steamboat over Long Island Sound to Stonington, Connecticut, and take this railroad to Providence, Rhode Island, and transfer to the Boston and Providence Railroad. The New York, Providence and Boston was acquired by the J. P. Morgan's New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893. It is now part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015912.
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Stock Certificate for the Keokuk and Western Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, American Bank Note Company Circa 1880s. Dimensions 11 x 7 inches. Black and brown ink, vignette of steam locomotive in a station with two griffins bordering the vignette, and decorative border. No. 2960, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The Keokuk and Western Railroad Company came into existence when the Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska was sold at foreclosure in 1886. The line ran from Alexandria, Missouri, to Van Wert, Iowa. In 1901, it was bought by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015914.
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Stock Certificate for 25 Shares in the Pullman's Palace Car Company
Imprint: New York, American Bank Note Company, 1898 Dimensions 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignettes of St. Pancras Station, London, and the Pullman Car Works in Detroit. The center vignette is covered by a green $1 and a brown 25 cent U.S. Internal Revenue Documentary stamp. At top of decorative border is printed "Boston Certificate". Multiple punch holes, including some arranged to say "Canceled 5-14-17", purple cancellation stamp. This certificate was originally issued to Benjamin C. Creelman on November 15, 1898, and transferred to Anna Creelman Swan on May 5, 1917, upon Benjamin's decease. Pullman's Palace Car Company was founded by George Pullman in 1862 to build sleeping cars for trains. The company was embroiled in the famous "Pullman Strike" in 1894. After Pullman's death in 1897, Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of President Abraham Lincoln, took over as Company president. The company bought several other companies, and reorganized as t "The Pullman Company" in 1900.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015916.
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Stock Certificate for the New York and Northern Railway Company
Imprint: New York, Franklin Bank Note Company Circa 1880s. Dimensions 11 x 7 inches. Black and brown ink, vignette of steam locomotive running by a lake, and decorative border. No. 1394, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The New York and Northern Railway Company emerged in 1887 after the New York, Westchester and Putnam Company went into receivership and was reorganized. In 1894, J. P. Morgan reorganized it again. It eventually became the Putman Division of the New York Central Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015917.
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Stock Certificate for the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, Lith. of Robertson, Seibert & Shearman Circa 1800s. Dimensions 10 x 5 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of steam locomotive top center, vignette of Native American girl crossing a stream bottom left, and decorative border. Not issued, no number, stamps or signatures. Three hole punches. Originally organized as the Cleveland, Warren and Pittsburgh Railroad in 1836, it was reorganized as the Cleveland and Pacific in 1845. Financial troubles caused the company to ask the city of Cleveland for municipal funds, which the residents approved in 1847. Still, the railroad did not begin operation until 1852. It was soon after leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015920.
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Stock Certificate for 14 Shares in the Germantown Passenger Rail Way Company
Imprint: New York, American Bank Note Company, 1929 Dimensions 10 x 6 inches. Black ink, vignette of bald eagle with wings spread standing on a stars and stripes shield top center, vignette of two horses being fed at a trough bottom center, and a bust portrait of a young lady on the right. 12 punch holes. This certificate was originally issued to Harold D. Cunningham on October 8, 1929. Embossed stamp, canceled stamp with illegible date, signature obscured by ink and punch holes. Incorporated in 1858, the Germantown Passenger Rail Way provided public transportation along 4th and 8th Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1881, it was leased to the People's Passenger Railway.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015921.
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Stock Certificate for 54 Shares in the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company
Imprint: Boston, American Bank Note Company, 1876 Dimensions 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of Massachusetts state seal, with a Native American in a frame, with an arm with a sword above and a banner with the state motto, center bottom, decorative border. Embossed stamp dated 1876. Fold lines. No. 616, originally issued to Charles Burleigh on August 16, 1876. Signed by the Treasurer "Laurence G_____" and the President "Solomon H. Howe". Mr. Burleigh transferred the stock to the Worcester North Savings Institution as collateral for a loan on September 7, 1876. The Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad was formed in 1876 from the merger of the Boston, Clinton, and Fitchburg Railroad with the New Bedford Railroad. In 1879, it was leased to the Old Colony Railroad, which absorbed it outright in 1883. Solomon Howe was a successful mill owner in Boxford, Massachusetts. Charles Burleigh (1824-1883) was a business man and machinist in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and one of the first directors of this railroad. In 1865, he invented the Burleigh Rock Drill and Patent Air Compressor for use on the Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts. He established the Burleigh Rock Drill Company in 1867. The Burleigh Rock Drill was used in mining and tunneling all over the world, including the Comstock Lode and the Transcontinental Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015922.
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Imprint: Philadelphia, Breuker & Kessler Co., 1907 Dimensions 14 x 9 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of horse drawn streetcar passing a federal style building, decorative border. Several punch holes obscuring the signatures of the company officials, and also spelling out "Canceled 7-30-08" This certificate was originally issued to Francis Olcott Allen, Jr., M.D. on August 14, 1907. Dr. Allen transferred 5 shares to Emeline Fries and 5 to Edgar Fries on July 28, 1908. Dr. Allen (1874-1953) was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School (class of 1900) and, at one time, a resident physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015923.
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Stock Certificate for 5 Shares in the State Line and Sullivan Railroad Company
Imprint: Providence, Rhode Island, E. L. Freeman & Son, 1907 2 items - First item is a stock certificate, dimensions 11 x 8 inches. Black ink, vignette a steam locomotive going past a couple of farmers, center, and one of a farmer behind two horses and a plow, left side, decorative border. Fold lines, rust stain from a paper clip upper left. Embossed stamp, 4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Stock Transfer Tax stamps on back. Signed by Richard W. Hale, Treasurer, and O. A. Baldwin, President. Signatures crossed with pink ink, "Canceled Dec. 14, 1933". No. 1012, issued to Richard W. Hale on January 22, 1907. On second item, dimensions 8 1/4 x 6 1/2, Mr. Hale transfers the stock to Charles H. Davis on January 26, 1907. The State Line and Sullivan Railroad was incorporated in 1874 from the Sullivan and Erie Canal and Railroad Company. In 1884, it was leased to the Pennsylvania and New York Canal and Railroad Company.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015924.
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Stock Certificate for 1 Share in the Old Colony Rail Road Corporation
Imprint: 1846 Dimensions 8 x 7 inches. Black ink, no vignette, decoration on left side. Red ink stamp "Old Colony Rail Road Corporation Incor. March 16 1844". Fold lines. No. 744, this certificate was originally issued to John W. Lincoln on April 1, 1846. Signed by the President, "Nathan Carruth" and the Treasurer, "Addison Gilmore". Both of these signatures have strike lines through them. The Old Colony Railroad was a major railroad system in southeastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island. It ran from 1845 to 1893, when it was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and became the "Old Colony Division" of this larger railroad. Its mainline from Boston to Providence is still used for passenger service by Amtrak and MBTA.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015926.
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Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, American Bank Note Company, 1887 Dimensions 11 x 8 inches. Black and green ink, vignette of steam locomotive, decorative border. Fold Lines, purple "Canceled" stamp, two diamond shaped punch holes. Some darkening on left border. No. 2712, this certificate was originally issued to F. A. Bradley on September 6, 1887. Signed by the President, "W. Birch Dumau" and the Secretary, "___ Walsh". The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was first chartered in 1848 to provide railroad service from Mobile, Alabama, to the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois. It reached Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River in 1861. It was appropriated for military use during the Civil War and was almost completely destroyed and went into receivership. It emerged in 1883, after having built the extension to Cairo, and acquired the St. Louis and Cairo Railroad, so now it had a line all the way from Mobile to St. Louis. The railroad ran into trouble during the Great Depression, and was eventually merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1940.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015928.
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Stock Certificate for the Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railroad Company
Imprint: New York, Rawdon, Wright & Hatch Circa 1840s. Dimensions 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of steam locomotive top center, vignettes of buffalo grazing in top and bottom left corners. Not issued, no number, stamps or signatures. Three hole punches. The Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railroad was incorporated in 1834, and finally reached Niagara Falls in 1840. It was leased to the New York Central Railroad in 1853 and merged in 1855. The line is still used by Amtrak.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015929.
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Stock Certificate for 1 Share in the Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation
Imprint: New York and Boston, American Bank Note Company, 1877 Dimensions 9 x 7 inches. Black ink, one vignette, middle top, showing a river port, and another, left side, with a scene of a bridge over a river. Fold lines, several punch holes. No. 15860, originally issued to Charles W. Stone on December 7, 1877. Signed by the Treasurer "P. P. Torrey" and the President, "Henry Whitney". Mr. Stone signed the back on October 1, 1878, to transfer the share to "Royal Rich" of Warren, Massachusetts. The Boston and Providence Railroad was an early railroad line intended to connect Boston, Massachusetts, to Providence, Rhode Island. It was incorporated in 1831 and completed in 1835. Today the line is split between the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) and Amtrak. Charles Warren Stone (1843-1912) was a prominent Pennsylvania politician, having served the state as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and as Lieutenant Governor.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015930.
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Stock Certificate for 50 Shares in the New York and New England Railroad Company
Imprint: Boston, American Bank Note Company, 1894 Dimensions 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Black and green ink, vignette of steam locomotive rolling through the countryside, decorative border. Fold Lines, 2 purple "Canceled" stamps dated April 11, 1894, five S-shaped punch holes and five round. No. 50804, this certificate was originally issued to Charles G. Dobbs on March 27, 1894. Signatures obscured by punch holes. Mr. Dobbs transferred 30 shares to Jud T. Lee and 20 shares to A.J. Lawrence, both of 60 Broadway, on April 9, 1894. The New York and New England Railroad was chartered by a special act of the Massachusetts Legislature on April 17, 1873, to reorganize the bankrupt Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad. It ran from 1873 to 1895 and provided transportation from New York to Hartford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island and Boston, Massachusetts. It went bankrupt in 1895 and was reorganized as the New England Railroad.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015932.
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Imprint: Philadelphia, American Bank Note Company, 1884 Dimensions 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Black ink, vignette of woman sitting next to picture of Independence Hall with a Militia man sitting next to a picture of a ship and an angle bearing a trumpet between them, top center, and a vignette of two horses pulling a street car past an imposing building, bottom center. 14 punch holes and a diamond shaped cut out. Fold lines, embossed stamp, left edge cut unevenly. Hole punch canceled stamp dated January 18, 1913. This certificate was originally issued to Martha Thomas on April 4, 1884. Signatures obscured by punch holes. The Frankford & Southwark Philadelphia City Railroad was chartered in 1858 by Act of Assembly to take over the Philadelphia and Delaware Railroad. It was the first real passenger street railway in Philadelphia, serving the citizens of the city. In 1863, it began using steam-driven engines, called "dummies" because the route was too long for horses. It was also known as the 5th and 6th Street Lines.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015933.
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Stock Certificate for the Bay City & East Saginaw Railroad Company
Imprint: Detroit, Calvert Lith. Co. Circa 1860s. Dimensions 12 x 6 inches. Black ink, vignette of steam locomotive rolling by a lake, decorative border. Not issued, no number, stamps or signatures. The Bay City and East Saginaw Railroad was chartered in 1864 and completed its 13 mile track from East Saginaw to Bay City, Michigan, in 1867. It was leased to the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad in 1868 and bought outright in 1872.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 015936.
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Stock Certificate for 10 Shares in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Imprint: Philadelphia, American Bank Note Company, 1930 Dimensions 12 x 8 inches. Black and orange ink, vignette of State of Pennsylvania Coat of Arms. Several punch holes, fold lines, embossed stamp, minor tears and discoloration along edge. This certificate was originally issued to Mildred M. Cox on January 17, 1930. Signatures of President and Treasurer. Ms. Cox transferred the stock to Pershing and Co. on May 3, 1950. Several stamps and signatures on back. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was founded in 1846 and grew to become the largest railroad in the United States in the first half of the 20th century.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016012.
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Stock Certificate for the Gold Valley Main Tunnel & Mining Company
Imprint: 1867 Dimensions 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches. Black ink, decoration on left side. Not issued, no stamps or signatures. The Gold Valley Main Tunnel and Mining Company was incorporated in 1867 to perform hydraulic mining in the Poverty Hill Mining District, California. Poverty Hill is in Sierra County, though the certificate says Plumas County.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016020.
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Stock Certificate for the Murray Creek Mining Company
Imprint: 1893 Dimensions 10 1/2 x 6 inches. Black ink, decoration border. No. 68, not issued, no stamps or signatures. According to the certificate, the Murray Creek Mining Company was incorporated in 1893 in Calaveras County, California. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016023.
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Stock Certificate for 200 Shares in the Golden West Lumber Company
Imprint: San Francisco, A. Carlisle & Co., 1925 Dimensions 9 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Black ink, vignette of eagle with wings spread upper left, decorative border. Fold lines, embossed stamp. No. 50, this certificate was originally issued to the Mrs. L. Hindringer on May 18, 1925. Signed by secretary Russell Fotara (?) and president C. W. Greene. No signs of transfer or cancellation. According to the certificate, the Golden West Lumber Company was incorporated in California on April 12, 1924.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016027.
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Stock Certificate for 100 Shares in the Market Street Railway Company
Imprint: Pittsburgh, Pa., Republic Bank Note Co., 1922 Dimensions 12 x 8 1/2 inches. Black and green ink, vignette of eagle with wings spread center top, decorative border. Cancellation punch holes, chipping along edges, one small tear hole, fold lines. No. N.Y.51, this certificate was originally issued to Foster and Adams, on June 26, 1922, and then transferred to Day & Heaton, 42 Broadway, New York, the same day. Signed by Assistant Secretary and Vice President, signature illegible. Under various names, the Market Street Railway Company had been engaged in public transportation in San Francisco, California, since 1860. In 1918, it reorganized under the name Market Street Railway Company and operated electric streetcars throughout the city, the Powell Street cable cars and several buses. In 1944, it sold all its assets to the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni).. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016030.
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Stock Certificate for the Jumbo Extension Mining Company Circa 1910s. Dimensions 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Black ink, vignette of miners working underground, decorative border. No. 1904, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The Jumbo Extension Mining Company was involved in litigation over the mining rights outside Goldfield, Nevada, in 1915.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016033.
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Stock Certificate for 40 Shares in the Three-Way Oil Company
Imprint: New York, The Brown-Green Co., 1927 Dimensions 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches. Black and orange ink, vignette of oil field with multiple derricks center top, decorative border. Embossed stamp. Fold lines, tear along fold, some chipping. No. 391, this certificate was originally issued to C. C. Smart, on April 15, 1927. It was transferred on April 28, 1927 to a company, name illegible. Signed by treasurer Edward Barbour and president Walter Beck.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016034.
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Stock Certificate for the El Dorado Mining Company
Imprint: 1875 Dimensions 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches. Black ink, Mexican eagle symbol center top, American eagle symbol left center, decorative border. Fold line, small brown spots. No. 489, not issued, no stamps or signatures. According to the certificate, this El Dorado Mining Company was incorporated November 6, 1875 to run a mine in Lower California, Mexico. Its principal place of business was San Francisco.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Stock number: 016036.
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Imprint: Stockholm, Sweden, Granbergs Konst-Industri-Aktiebolag Text is in Swedish. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations of three crowns on the front cover. No date, circa 1900-1910. 9 3/4" x 7 1/4." Publisher's information also impressed on the back cover. Thirty unnumbered pages, complete. Black and white reprinted photographs and illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Some of the gilt lettering on front cover has been rubbed off. Some pages have a few faint spots. The illustrations show scenic views and landmarks in and around Stockholm, Sweden. The views include buildings, statues, waterways, parks, and streets.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover Stock number: 021906.
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Sturtevant Products: General Catalog No. 195: B.F. Sturtevant Co.
Imprint: Boston, Mass., Sturtevant Engineering Series, 1914 Original printed wrapper. 6 1/2 X 9 inches. 115 pages which include 2 pages of index. Black and white illustrations on nearly every page with descriptions and a few charts. Printed on high quality paper. Covering is starting to tare or has come off from the spin. however the binding it tight. There is a slight tare approx 1 inch on the bottom of page 77, otherwise copy is clean, tight and complete.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 016966.
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Imprint: (Diamond Paints and Dyes) No date, but circa 1905. What and how to dye and paint. Printed at bottom front cover: "Compliments of P.J. Kelly, Druggist, 841 Broadway, Oakland, Cal." Attractive cover printed in red. Three pages at end for "Paine's Celery Compound" and "Lactated Food" both produced by Wells Richardson Co., Burlington, VT, plus full page advertisement, illustrated, for Lactated Food on back cover. 27 pages, plus covers. 4 3/4 x 6 inches.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 018873.
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Superior Drop-Forgings and Drop-Forged Tools.
Imprint: New York, J.H. Williams & Co., 1937 Original black and orange wrapper. Black lettering on both covers and spine. 4 X 6 inches. 184 pages. Black and white illustrations throughout with 14 pages of black and white photographs. Some of the items featured are, wrenches, pipe vises, boring bars and cutters and "C" clamps. Bottom of spine is slightly cracked, however it is still tight and intact. All pages are very clean and complete, binding is tight.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 017357.
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Sutter County and the First National Bank of Yuba City, 1873-1926
Edition: 1st Edition
Original publisher's gray wrapper. No date, circa 1926. 6 1/2" x 10." Fourteen pages, complete. Red and white illustrations, complete. Beautiful book with gray sewn binding. Pages are very clean and printed on Old Stratford paper. Former ownership inscription on a front flyleaf by collector A. T. Leonard dated 1926. This book is a brief history of the Farmers Cooperative Union of Sutter County and how it eventually formed into two banks, The First National Bank of Yuba City and the Savings Bank of Sutter County.. Illustr.: Todhunter, Francis. Book. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 019380.
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Syracuse Gas Engine Works; Makers of Syracuse Marine Motors, Catalogue No. 18
Imprint: Syracuse, New York, Syracuse Gas Engine Works Original printed wrapper. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 . 30 pages. Has many black and white drawings, diagrams and charts describing the 2 cycle and 4 cycle operations of the Syracuse engine. Clean and tight throughout.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 016869.
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Syracuse Gas Engine Works; Makers of Syracuse Marine Motors, Catalogue No. 18
Imprint: Syracuse, New York, Syracuse Gas Engine Works Original printed wrapper. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 . 30 pages. Has many black and white illustrations, diagrams and charts describing the different types of operations of the Syracuse engine. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 017486.
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Taylor Quick Adjusting Self Locking Clamps. Catalog and Price List No. 17
Imprint: James L. Taylor Manufacturing Co., 1941 Original brown wrapper with an illustration of a man and a clamp on the front cover. Dark brown and orange lettering on front cover. 4 1/2 X 8 inches. 22 pages which include 1 page of a list of industries that use Taylor Clamps. Copy is in brown text and illustrations. Illustrations on nearly every page with descriptions of each clamp. Tacked down on the inside of the front cover is a price change list for this catalog. The date on the price list is Dec. 1, 1941. Both covers are slightly dirty. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 017420.
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That Reminds Me Again: A Second Collection of Tales Worth Telling
Imprint: Philadelphia, PA, George W. Jacobs and Company, 1912 Original publisher's green cloth binding with illustration on the front cover. 4 3/4" x 6 1/2." 238 pages, complete. Former owner's handwriting, a date of "July 1, 1914," is in a center space on the title page. A gilt sticker of a clover leaf is tipped in under the inscription on the title page, which covers an original emblem. Pages and covers are clean and intact overall. Lettering on spine and illustration on front cover are a little faded. This is a collection of short stories featuring early-twentieth-century humor.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Stock number: 021929.
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The Advantages of Prayer. No. 234.
Imprint: New York, American Tract Society Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1850s. 4" x 7." Twelve pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, and light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract about the benefits of prayer. No author cited on publication. Tract No. 234 of the American Tract Society. The American Tract Society (ATS) is an evangelical organization that was founded in 1825 as the result of a merger between the New York Religious Tract Society (founded in 1812) and the New England Religious Tract Society (founded in 1814). Upon its founding, ATS became the first organization in the United States whose express mission was to hand out Christian tracts. ATS is still active to this day and has since had its publications printed in over 100 languages in seventy different countries.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 025330.
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Imprint: London., Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1890 Original green cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. Also on front cover, in black, is an illustration of machinery. Back cover, again in black lettering and illustrations of tools. 5 X 7 1/2 inches. 243 pages which include 3 pages of index. Copy has 153 black and white illustrations. A sticker on the inside front cover reads "Zion Methodist, New Connexion Sunday School, Glossop, Presented to Albert Ardern As a 2nd Prize for 98 marks by the Superintendent and Teachers for Good Conduct and Attendance, Christmas 1900." Minor ware on covers. All pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Stock number: 017284.
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The Ames Side Crank Engine. Bulletin No. 65-B
Binding: Softback Original white wrapper with black lettering. 8 1/2 X 10 3/4 inches. 12 pages. 21 black and white illustrations of different types of engines and descriptions. A previous owner wrote notes, "Ammonia Plant", "File Copy" and "H-1-2-3-4-38" and "Also S-35" on the front cover with black ink. 2 holes punched along the spine. Pages are slightly dirty, however complete.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 017575.
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The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Vol. IX.--March, 1862.--No. III.
Imprint: Boston, MA, Ticknor and Fields, 1862 Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 273-400, complete. Eight additional pages of advertisements for a variety of products and services in back. Printed on front cover: "The Atlantic Monthly, Devoted to Literature, Art, and Politics. March, 1862." Pages are clean and intact except for light age toning, some browning and bumping along edges of text block, and a few former owner's pencil notations. Covers are clean and intact overall but have moderate chipping to edges and corners, splitting along spine, and small closed tears along edges. A Very Good copy. The Atlantic Monthly was founded in 1857 in Boston as a magazine specializing in literature, art, and politics. Among its founders were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Francis H. Underwood, and John Greenleaf Whittier. Its first editor was James Russell Lowell. The magazine is still published to this day as the Atlantic. This is the March 1862 (Vol. IX, No. III) issue of the Atlantic Monthly. The following are the titles of the articles or features in this issue: "Fruits of Free Labor in the Smaller Islands of the British West Indies," "A Story of To-Day" [Part VI of a fictional series], "Mountain Pictures" [poem], "The Use of the Rifle," "Agnes of Sorrento" [Chapter XXIII of a fictional series], "Methods of Study in Natural History," "The Southern Cross" [poem], "Concerning the Sorrows of Childhood," "The Rehabilitation of Spain," "A Raft That No Man Made" [short story], "Fremont's Hundred Days in Missouri," "Birdofredom Sawin, Esq., to Mr. Hosea Biglow," "Taxation," "Voyage of the Good Ship Union" [poem], and "Recent American Publications.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 025320.
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The Barlow Hardware Company Ltd, Wholesale Iron and Steel. Catalog No. 9
Imprint: Corry, Pa, Barlow Hardware, 1902 Original printed wrapper. 5 1/2 X 7 3/4 inches. 204 pages. Catalog if full of black and white illustrations and descriptions regarding items for blacksmiths', millmen, lumbermen supplies, plus bicycles, carriages and wagons. Catalog is missing back cover, however catalog is clean and tight and complete.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover Stock number: 016909.
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