Express Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 Railway Express Agency Driver / Messenger Hat Badge # 737. VINTAGE: Circa 1930. SIZE: About 1-15/16" in height by 2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with multi-enamel and black painted numbers...

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 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...

ARTIFACT: This is a 10 karat gold pin given to an employee with thirty-five years of service by American Express. The pin shows a globe and reads AMERICAN EXPRESS WORLD SERVICE 35 YEARS. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: 9/16" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1870's - 1880's Chase's Brookline Express brass baggage check made by R. Woodman of Boston. The tag shows the #78 in the center with black painted detail and above it is stamped: "CHASE'S BROOKLINE EXPRESS". The top edge features a...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1918 Railway Express Agency Route Agent business card from Kansas City, Missouri. The card reads: "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY". The Route Agent named on the business card is: "E. B. SIMS" and the bottom reads: "ROUTE AGENT KANSAS CITY, MO...