Transportation Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s or early 1960s painted cast iron paperweight advertising Horn's Trucking Company. The paperweight is in the shape of a truck and has HORN'S painted on the side of the box in blue lettering. This item was found in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old 1950s Gateway Transportation Company truck driver hat badge. The badge shows an eagle and reads GATEWAY TRANSPORTATION CO. MERKL. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: 2-1/2" in height x 2-7/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

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 1940 Wings Cigarettes card from Set T87: Series A, Number 3The card features the Beechcraft D 17 plane. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height by 2-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Heavy stock paper...

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: 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 "M" in the...

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...