1890 Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Company $500 bond
by A.B. Stone, President; Geo. M. Law, Treasurer
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- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Seibert & Bro. Co., 1890. Printed certificate. 17 x 12¼ inches. Printed recto and verso. Blind seal. Previous folds; very good.
Large and graphic. A five-percent bond issued by The Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Company of New York City. The railway opened in 1891, offering surface transportation in Manhattan connecting ferries on the East and Hudson Rivers. This certificate with a rubber stamp endorsement referring to the railway's refunding mortgage of 1902. A vignette illustration depicts one of the railway's horse-drawn cars with buildings and a church in the background.
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- Bookseller
- Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3733267
- Title
- 1890 Metropolitan Cross-Town Railway Company $500 bond
- Author
- A.B. Stone, President; Geo. M. Law, Treasurer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About the Seller
Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
About Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
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- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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