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Fargo, Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes, 1885. Albumen stereoview by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "First View of Bad Lands" is number 502 in the series, "Northern Pacific Views". The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with very minimal soiling on the mount. Provenance: From the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection, many of which can be viewed on the library's website.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by F. Jay Haynes. Photo.

Various Cities: Various Companies, 1912. The 4 railroads and dates on the checks are: Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Co. (June 25, 1912); Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Co.(April 17, 1928); Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (July 22, 1957); and Erie Railroad Company (October 25, 1957).  All are in very good used condition.. SIGNED. Original. Paper. Collectible-Very Good+. 3 1/2" X 8 1/2". Manuscript.

Fargo, Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes, 1880. Albumen stereoview by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "Gibbon Falls--Gibbon River" is number 1025 in the series of Yellowstone National Park views. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with very minimal soiling on the mount. Provenance: From the collection of Robert N. Dennis, who was one of the most important stereoview collectors in the U. S. The New York Public Library's "Robert N. Dennis Collection" includes more than 70,000 stereoviews from his collection, many of which can be viewed on the library's website.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by F. Jay Haynes. Photo.

Various Cities: Various Companies. Collectible-Very Good. 1911. Original. Paper. 2 1/2" X 4" Manuscript Six annual railroad passes, plus a bonus of various individual RR tickets, baggage claim, and 2 annual passes for Greyhound Bus.  Railroads include Illinois Central System, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Southern Railway Company, Norfolk & Western Railway, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad..  All are in good to very good used condition. .

Antwerp (?): Unknown Publisher, 1835. Hand-colored illuminated vue d'optique. 6 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 inches. Prior to the invention of photography perspective views, called "vues d'optiques" by the French, were a specialized approach to engraving that exhibited a heightened perspective to approximate a 3-dimensional effect. Those precursors to photographic stereoviews frequently were hand-colored. Most of them were designed to be viewed via mirrors in a device like a zograscope. Less common were translucent prints that had to be backlit (for example in a "peep-show" box) to be seen as perspective views. Such "illuminated vues d'optiques" are now much more scarce. The vue d'optique offered here is a circa 1831-1835 view of a section of railroad track (with a steam engine) that is almost certainly an artist's conception of a proposed rail line between Liege, Belgium and Aix-la Chapelle (Aachen), Germany. It is a very attractive view that is in… Read More

Denver, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1880. Stereoview number 65, a view on the line of the Colorado Central Railroad, published by photographer Charles Weitfle, operating from his studio in Denver followin a move from Central City, Colorado, circa 1880. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal soiling on the mount.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Weitfle. Photo.

Dearborn, Michigan: Unpublished, 1940. A typed agenda for a Christmas 1940 Ford Motor Company ceremony planned by Ford employee Bernard Deplanche. The agenda was personally approved by Henry Ford, who has SIGNED the agenda and written the word "Good." PROVENANCE: from the collection of longtime (1906-1958) Ford Motor Company employee Charles H. Niepoth. Purchased from his great granddaughter in 2015.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paper. Collectible-Very Good. 8" by 5". Manuscript.

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 171 pages. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Mississippi historian Percy Lee Rainwater. First printing of this history of the development of the Illinois Central Raiload from New Orleans to Cairo. The author's thesis is that the railroad was intended to open markets for cotton in the American northwest, thereby assuring the dominance of "King Cotton" and the endurance of slavery. He concludes that the ultimate completion of the route came 30 years too late for the accomplishment of those objectives. The book is clean and tight, with one bumped corner of the front cover; lightly worn at corners and head and foot of spine.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Central City, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1879. Stereoview number 355 published by photographer Charles Weitfle in Central City, Colorado, circa 1879. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal soiling on the mount.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Weitfle. Photo.

Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing, 2000. vI, 106 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated and comprehensive examination of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company's passenger service in its most signficant years--from the Great Depression until the early years of Amtrack. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Portsmouth, Virginia: John C. Emmerson, Jr., 1949. XI< 453 pages. A detailed account of the second decade of steamboats on the lower Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, James River, and the Albemarle Sound, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Frank Myers. The book is clean and tight.. SIGNED. First Edition. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1949. 455 pages. A detailed account of early steamboats in Virginia and North Carolina, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Frank Myers. As the extended subtitle indicates, the book also provides details "of some stage lines that joined with the steam boats to form through routes of inland communication, or provide service for towns aside from the waterways; of some hotels and taverns that catered to travelers in the steam boats; and of some notable passengers who rode them." The book is clean and tight.. SIGNED. Second Printing. Paperback. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Unpublished, 1950. Vintage photograph by New York City Photographer Al Macy (1899-1970).  8 inches by 8.5 inches.  Stamped on the verso: "From the Estate of Al Macy."  The image is of New York's Third Avenue Elevated train tracks at the intersection of the Bowery and Doyers Street circa 1950-1955.  The Third Avenue El, which ran alongside the Bowery, was supplanted by the Subway System and torn down in 1955.  The photo is in excellent condition: clean, bright and crisp; a hint of toning on the verso.. Original. Paper. Collectible-Very Good+. Illus. by Al Macy. 8" X 8 1/2". Photo.

Staunton, Virginia: Jed. Hotchkiss, 1896. Printed by The Norris Peters Co. in Washington, D.C. Designed and published by Jedediah Hotchkiss (1824-1898), the Confederate cartographer who spent the post-civil war years promoting the industrialization of the state of Virginia. This 1896 map represents one of his failed projects: the Virginians Railway, a railroad which he promoted to tie together ports, iron ore mines, smelters, and manufacturing centers in Virginia and to ship iron to the rest of the country. Investors were not interested in the low-quality iron ore in Virginia; so, the railroad was not built. The map appears to be rare--WorldCat locates only one copy (that one at the University of Virginia). The folded map is in near-fine condition: clean and bright, with barely a hint of edgewear. There is one barely discernible pinhole sized tear at the intersection of 2 fold lines.. First Edition. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Jedediah Hotchkiss. 21 inches by 40 Inches. Map.

Silver Spring, Maryland: Old Line Graphics, 1995. 128 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated (with color photographs) story of the Virginian Railway, which hauled coal from southern West Virginia to Hampton Roads harbor in Virginia. Beginning in 1989, the author set out to photograph every interesting location on what remained of the Virginian Railway's tracks. After two years of travel and photography, that goal was accomplished; the result was this book. It is SIGNED (without inscription) and dated by the author on the first blank page. The book is in virtually as-new condition. The dust jacket is clean and bright, with several short closed tears on the top edge; it is now protected in a clear mylar dust jacket cover.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Kurt Reisweber. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Lynchburg and Clifton Forge, Virginia: TLC Publishing and Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2001. xii, 132 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated and detailed comparison of these articulated steam locomotives: the Chesapeake & Ohio's 2-6-6-6, the Virginian Railway's 2-6-6-6, the Norfolk & Western's Class A (2-6-6-4) and the Union Pacific's "Big Boy" (4-8-8-4). The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.