Travel And Tourism (21) from Eclectibles

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F.A. North & Co., 1890. Very good. Tape repairs, toning.. New and Revised Edition of the American Line March, a stately piece for piano by Fred T. Baker that advertises the steamship company of the same name. A splendid reminder of the awe such steamships inspired in the American public in the late nineteenth and early… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line, December 7, 1853. Fine; tape repairs to verso.. Bill of lading for "Romance of the Sea", one of several clipper ships owned by the Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line out of San Francisco, California. This particular clipper was launched November 15, 1853, and would mysteriously disappear en route to San Francisco after leaving… Read more about this item

Wilkes-Barre, PA, June 17, 1849. General wear. Letter folds. . A single-fold letter sheet detailing their departure from Philadelphia on the Steamer Trenton, before switching to a stage coach and traveling along the Delaware River. They continued traveling north at at this point, using various stage coaches over several days, and passed through Tacony, Easton, Bethlehem, Allentown, Stroudsburg,… Read more about this item

Paris, France: MP Marcel Picardo, 12-Jun-02. A single fold menu for Hotel de L'Empire located in Paris, France. The menu is most likely for their hotel restaurant and is dated June 12, 1902. That night dinners had a choice been Turbot (fish) in a cream sauce or chicken. The hotel was located at No. 7 Rue Daunou and is… Read more about this item

Sept - Nov 1855. Anna Morey was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Chadborne. She married an American inventor, Charles Morey on February 5, 1849 in Boston. Charles was killed on December 30, 1856 by a guard at Rue de Clichy, a debtor's prison, on the day he was to be released. Tragically Morey was being release because a judge… Read more about this item