Chicago: Illinois Central Railroad Office, 1857. 8vo, original printed paper wraps with engraved vignette, two engraved maps, numerous in-text engravings. 80 pp., with 4 pp. of advertisements. Wear to wraps with some brown spots and chipping to edges of pages; some scattered browning throughout; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-08-12
Autographed letter signed ("A. Burnside"), one page, Chicago, November 16, 1858, on Land Department, Illinois Central Railroad Co. letterhead. The soldier, railroad executive, inventory, politician Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-05-07
Elaborate pieced and embroidered quilt, early 20th c. , titled The Homestead , signed F. Cochran , depicting a busy farmscene with animals Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-04-20
Original printed wanted poster, seeking the murderer of Alfred ["Jake"] Lingle, shot in the Illinois Central Railroad tunnel, Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, Chicago, June Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-11-18
Four Western Items, two railroad police badges, Chesapeake and Ohio, and The Illinois Central, an older Union Pacific Railroad guard badge (with early style clasp), Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2006-05-13
An archive of eight letters and documents relating to the Pullman Company and two relating to the Central Transportation Company [in 7 frames, one mat], Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
St. Paul, Standard Litho, ca. 1920. Billboard-size poster advertising the escape feats of Nicola, with vignettes of his daring escapades surrounding a full-length central portrait Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-02-04
Nicola (William Mozart Nicol). Nicola. Escape challenges. St. Paul, Standard Litho, ca. 1920. Gigantic color lithographed billboard (81 x 108") poster bearing a striking central Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-03-26
