Express Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful 1916 American Express Two-Sided Lithographed Call Card. While they offered services that involved the transport of money and other goods, there is no record of a dedicated "call card" specifically for requesting a...

ARTIFACT: This is a Scarce 1890's Wells Fargo Express Advertising Celluloid Lapel Stud. The Fargo Way VINTAGE: 1890s. SIZE: Approximately: 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid. ATTACHMENT: Stud. MARKINGS: N/A. ITEM NOTES: This is...

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare 1890's Wells Fargo Express Advertising Celluloid Lapel Stud by Whitehead & Hoag. VINTAGE: 1890s. SIZE: Approximately: 3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid. ATTACHMENT: Stud. MARKINGS: W&H C. NEWARK...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful 2015 Santa Fe Railway District Special Agent Retirement Badge # 55 by Entenmann Rovin.This beautiful badge was made almost 20 years after the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway ceased to exist. But, it was AUTHORIZED...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wonderful Old West 1870's - 1880's Denver Express Company Messenger Badge # 107 by Denver Maker.Maker Mark is Partially Obliterated by a heavy strike of the last "S" in EXPRESS, but most likely Read originally: KAUFMAN MAKER DENVERThe...

ARTIFACT: This is a Great Ca 1920 American Railway Express Special Officer Badge #This Badge was Made in, and Used in, the Philadelphia area as is evident by the Philadelphia Seal on Front and the Philadelphia Maker W.M.Davey & Son. On Back...

ARTIFACT: This is a Extremely Rare 1870's American Express "Bulldog" Messenger Hat Badge in Lead-Filled Brass. VINTAGE: Circa 1870's SIZE: Approximately 2" diameter CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Lead-Filled Brass. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal safety-style...

ARTIFACT: This is a Wells Fargo bronze heavy paperweight, featuring stagecoach the bank memorabilia, established since 1852. VINTAGE: Circa 1973. SIZE: About 3-1/2"x 2-3/8"x3/4". CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Bronze. MARKINGS: OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED AND...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Police badge #27. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in width by 2-1/2" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Chrome-plated nickel with painted details. ATTACHMENT: Vertical kick pin with a...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1930s Railway Express Agency (REA) Local Safety Committee member badge. REA was a conglomeration of smaller national express companies set up by the United States government in 1917, during World War I. The pin is in an...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1920's Railway Express Agency Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card shows the company logo in the top corner in red ink and reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY" in black and white detail. The opposite corner reads:...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Retired Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card features the company logo in the top corner in red ink, the center reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY". The Route Agent named on the business...