Travel Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a football trophy from Brooklyn Preparatory School named to Ed Walsh and dated 191The trophy has a classic urn-like shape with two handles. A gold-filled coat-of-arms at center reads SANITAS SCIENTIA SANCTITAS. VINTAGE: Circa 1914...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s member badge for the Touring Club of France (TCF). The TCF was primarily a bicycling association, but essentially became a pioneer bureau of tourism through its promotion of everything from maps to camping to road signage...

ARTIFACT: This is a vintage shoulder patch for American Youth Hostels (AYH), a group started in 1934 in Northfield, Massachusetts. The group was modeled after the German concept from decades earlier of giving young people a pastoral outlet to escape the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s leather wallet from the New York City Police Benevolent Association. It shows the seal of the City of New York on its front, and has a billfold and celluloid sleeves for photos. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1960s deck plan pamphlet for the Greek Lines' T.S.S. Olympia. The Olympia was Scottish-built and launched in 1953, the only passenger ship ever constructed exclusively for the Greek Line. She later became the M. S. Regal...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s shipyard worker badge from the engineering firm of Hinzmann & Waldmann Marine Contractors of New York City. The badge is numbered 250. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/16" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1890's West Chop Light Treen Pin Holder in the form of a miniature bellows, also known as Mauchline ware. Original pieces of Mauchline ware were produced by the Smith family of Mauchline, Ayrshire, now Strathclyde, Scotland. The...

ARTIFACT: 1940's – 1950's Amelia Earhart luggage key, lock #208The top of the key features the numbers, 2086, beneath it reads: "AMELIA EARHART" and depicting the front view of a plane propeller and the reverse of the key features her initials...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1911 nursing pin from St. Luke's Hospital of New York City by Schumann & Sons. The St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing was incorporated in 1898, just over a half century after the birth of St. Luke's Hospital (now St...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified large, almost 3-D American Indian Chief Badge from Glacier National Park in silver plated brass. Possibly an early ranger hat or breast badge. The chief is wearing a beautifully detailed feather headdress, around his neck a...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1954 Louis Roederer champagne cruise souvenir in the form of a miniature ice bucket. The silver-plated souvenir was made in France by Argit. The name of the traveler, who appears to be a descendant of the famous Reims champagne maker,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1943 edition of a French/English travel guide to Casablanca, the capital of Morocco (Guides Maroc Presse). This copy is named to Staff Sergeant Paul G. Humphrey, United States 5th Army. Humphrey noted that he was in town for...