Highlights of Potter & Potter's Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia auction on February 5 include:
A collection of American railroad and steamer passes, 1856 – 1936
An archive of more than 250 passes in a binder for various railroads and steamships in the United States, filled out in ink or type with bearer’s name. Includes Adirondack Steamboat Co., Chautauqua Steamboat Company, Clyde Steamship Company, Graham & Morton Transportation, Eastern Steamship Lines, Hudson River Day Line, Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co., Nahant Line, St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Co., Star Line Steamers, Isle of Pines Steamship Co., The Hollenden Cleveland, Armstrong Boston Transfer, and Western Union Telegraph Company.
Large collection of railroad ephemera from the 19th and 20th centuries
Around 300 items including Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines in the United States and Canada (1876), The Hamilton Match / The Rail Road Timekeeper of America” (1911), A Hand Book of Vacation Trips in Alaska and the Yukon on the White Pass and Yukon Route (ca. 1900s-1930s), letters, postcards, letterheads, invoices, brochures, and timetables.
American Railroad Journal and Advocate of Internal Improvements
The first Volume II – No. 25 from Saturday, June 22, 1833, and the second Volume III – No. 9 from Saturday, March 8, 1834. Each 16pp. folio.
