13pc Collection of Maritime and Railroad Travel Ephemera

Collection of maritime and railroad ephemera, primarily late 19th to mid-20th century, focused on East Coast and West Indies travel. The grouping includes a typed letter on Southern Express Company stationery dated 1900, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, featuring a printed eagle emblem; a Seaboard Air Line Railway letter dated 1901, from Portsmouth, Virginia, regarding advertising transportation; and a New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co. letter dated to the 1900s. The group features various promotional materials including a Metropolitan Line tri-fold brochure for the Harvard and Yale steamships between New York and Boston with a coastal map; an S.S. Columbia Panama Pacific Line multi-fold brochure advertising cruises to Nassau, Miami, and Havana; a Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co. Reference Book for the Steamer Mascotte containing local Massachusetts advertisements; and an Atlas Steamship Co. Bill of Lading dated 1900. Photographic materials consist of a black and white press photograph of the steamship Carolina with a typed reverse caption stating STEAMSHIP CAROLINA REPORTED ATTACKED BY U-BOAT OFF ATLANTIC COAST, bearing a JUN - 4 1918 N. E. A. reference department stamp. Dimensions: 9"W x 11.5"H Weight: 10.6 oz Condition Request Condition Report Good.

Estimate:£15.07

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