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: Late 1970's New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) hard hat for Power Infrastructure Employee in excellent condition. The white hard hat features the NYC MTA emblem on either side. The adhesive disc is silver with a large...

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:...