Street Railway Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890s badge for the street railway motorman division of The City Railway Company of Dayton, Ohio. Dayton was one of the first American cities to use electricity to power transportation, beginning in 188The badge is numbered 3...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Wheeling Traction Company Conductor badge. The shield shaped, black celluloid badge reads: "CONDUCTOR 258 WHEELING TR. CO." in white detail. The reverse reads: "HEEREN BROS. & CO. PITTSBURGH, PA. W.C. PATENTED" and...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1910's – 1920's Wheeling Traction System (street railway) employee badge. The oval shaped badge reads: "WHEELING TRACTION SYSTEM EMPLOYEE" in black painted detail and the center shows the number: "719". The...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous Portsmouth Electric Railway conductor hat, badge, key ring and ticket puncher. The PER served the Portsmouth areas from 1899 through 192The hat is a dark blue wool and has a large brass plate on the front that reads CONDUCTOR...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and extremely rare circa 1900 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Electric Railway Conductor hat badge numbered 2The convex, brass hat badge reads: "CONDUCTOR PORTSMOUTH ELECTRIC RY" and shows the number: "21" in the center, the lettering and...

ARTIFACT: 1910's United States Post Office Department Railway Mail service clerk badge in stamped nickel. The center of the badge is an oval with the letters: "U.S." overlapping in the center surrounded by thirteen stars and the words:...

ARTIFACT: This is an Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway advertising sign for bus service from the early 1950s. As transportation modes progressed, streetcar lines were slowly replaced with bus routes. The sign is aluminum painted in a bold orange, blue...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice blue and white china soup bowl by Greenwood China for the Hampton Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This bowl is circa 1890s, and at that time the Casino was owned by the Exeter, Hampton & Amesbury Street Railway (E.E. & A...

ARTIFACT: This is a great patriotic member badge of the Bus and Trolley Drivers' Union Division 627 from Cincinnati, Ohio. The badge is sterling silver enameled in blue and white with a bus and a trolley passing each other at its center. The badge's...