Travel Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: Lovely, late 19th century ivory stag carving from Konigssee, Bavaria. The exquisitely detailed stag stands on a patch of grass and cobble stone, atop a rocky promontory that reads: "KONIGSSE" along the base in carved and painted...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa late 1960s United Air Lines vinyl travel bag promoting the airline's travel route to Hawaii. The background of the bag is in a red and black tapa cloth design. The bottom of the bag has fields in which to write the bag...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by S. (Stan) L. Doepke, a Pan Am pilot for thirty years from Washington State. Doepke passed away in 200The certificate was issued to Frederick H. Jewell for crossing the equator in a trip from...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by aviation pioneer Gilbert "Gib" Bynum Blackmore. Blackmore, piloting with Pan Am for three decades, flew the Dixie Clipper carrying the first-ever passengers in a transatlantic flight...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful and humorous circa 1950 travel/promotional poster for Central African Airways (CAA). Established in 1946, the airline evolved from a Rhodesian airlines (RANA) and communications squadron of the Rhodesian Air Force. The...

ARTIFACT: This is an early American Airlines "Admiral of the Flagship Fleet" frequent flyer appreciation certificate. John Squibb was the recipient of this certificate dated April 25, 1940. The certificate comes in its original wooden frame, and bears...

ARTIFACT: This is a cool circa 1930s I. Schwimer Company seltzer bottle from New York, New York. The bottle has an intertwined "IS" logo on the front and a siphon marked Nathan Ozer N.Y. The bottle is heavy, and was made to hold about 26 ounces of...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1960’s Beverly Hilton room key and fob for room 657. The fob shows a stylized star burst-like raised detail on the front and the reverse reads: “BEVERLY HILLS/CALIFORNIA”, “THE BEVERLY HILTON”, “PLEASE DROP IN ANY MAILBOX RETURN...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1920s sheet of unused hotel stationery from the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Rockingham Hotel was a luxurious establishment started by larger-than-life local hero Frank Jones and which operated until 1973...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, circa 1900 beer mug from Max & Jacques Boston Restaurant Café de la Bourse.. The mug reads: “AIN’T IT HELL TO BE POOR” along the top and beneath it reads: “CAFÉ DE LA BOURSE MAX & JACQUES BOSTON”, the bottom shows the number “10”...

ARTIFACT: Lovely circa 1907 Hotel Thorndike in Boston Massachusetts bead plate by Wedgwood. The nicely detailed plate has a center that depicts two griffin-like creatures holding a shield topped with a crown and beneath a banner reads: “HOTEL...

ARTIFACT: Lovely circa 1890’s New Victoria Hotel creamer mug by Dunn Bennett & Co. Burslem, England. Dunn & Bennet & Co. was established in 1876 and was known for selling hotel china, earthenware, and Ironstone in both England and America. The creamer...