Transportation Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s rectangular sign for Gallagher Trucking Service enameled in blue and white by Shank Sign Company of New York. It is a great old sign in hard-fired enamel.  VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 6" in height and 24" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful circa 1930s blazer patch for the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association (I.S.C.Y.R.A.). Established in 1922, the Star Class Association is known as the first one-design racing keel association. The patch is in...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1900's - 1910's trolley man hat badge from "The City Transit Co" of Dayton, Ohio. The oval shaped, enameled badge is slightly convex and shows the number: "795" in the center and above reads: "THE CITY TRANSIT CO." all in white detail...

ARTIFACT: This is a small but clear circa 1900 cabinet photograph of a Connecticut Railway & Lighting Company (CT. RY. & LTG. CO.) streetcar motor man in uniform. He is wearing a hat badge numbered 4This photograph is possibly from Bridgeport,...

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: 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: This is a circa 1970s-1980s trainman hat badge for the Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ, or Balgarski Darzhavni Zheleznitsi), in operation since 188The central device of the badge is the side view of a railroad car wheel. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1931 copy of the "Rules for the Government of the Operating Department" for Boston and Maine Railroad, a dominant New England railroad company dating from 183The pocket-sized book has some examples of blank forms, all regulations...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare and unique 1930's Railroad Chief Special Agent Presentation Badge of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, also known as the 'Cotton Belt Route', this badge was presented to C. S. A. T. J. McCormack. The 'Cotton Belt' carried mostly...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1910 Boston & Maine Railroad china dinner platter by Maddock China, Leominster, New Jersey (Trenton). The platter is oval shaped and reads: "BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD" along the top. The mark on the underside of the platter...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1900 Railroad mail handler badge from Chicago Union Station, which was a large, independent mail handling center in Chicago. The badge reads C.U.S. 1589 MAIL. VINTAGE: Circa 1900. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" diameter...