Description: circa 1880 - "No Street Car using the FARE BOX is complete...." -- Wales Mfg. Co., Syracuse, N.Y. - Pat'd Nov. 20, 1877 & Nov. 11, 1879 ... "Our New Box No. 3." 1879 patent date, plus "Our New Box" = this card probably issued in 1880. "Fare Five Cents" (Front View / Back View) // "Change Receptacle: No Cold or Wind Enters the Car...." Historically Important RARE piece of history: Wales Manufacturing made Train & Railroad -related Equipment: Insulators / Fare Registers / Number Badges / Fare Boxes / Snow Plows / Locomotive Headlights / Ticket Punches / etc. (from: The Street Railway Journal, December, 1893) Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store * MORE GREAT pre-1900 Transportation / Train / Factory = use "Search within my store" or Visit my store: Click this Hot Link: Old Cards - Daves Great Cards Galore Condition: - - Assume every card has evidence of aging, flaws and wear. My cards are old... NO reproductions! Please ... SEE the HUGE SCANS to carefully note any and all FLAWS! All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original After 50 years of collecting, I'm thinning my archives of thousands and thousands of pre-1900 cards. My inventory includes items ranging from common and affordable to one-of-a-kind rarities that I have used to illustrate my over 150 articles that I have published, along with numerous books I've published, including My ... now out-of-print 1996 classic book that helped establish the name for the ebay category and helped define the hobby of Victorian Trade Card collecting: VICTORIAN TRADE CARDS HISTORICAL REFERENCE & VALUE GUIDE, by Dave Cheadle. Be sure to subscribe to my STORE NEWSLETTER and to add me to your favorites list! As a life-long collector and social historian, and as the founding editor of the Trade Card Collectors Association's journal, "The Trade Card Quarterly," I can certify that all items offered are authentic and fully guaranteed-- full refunds without question if not as represented. FREE Shipping with TRACKING and professional packaging within United States: - YES! NOTE: International and World-Wide Global Shipping is now handled with charges determined via the ebay International Shipping Program. More GREAT ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS, ephemera, vintage Colorado History Postcards, Historical Paper Americana, 19th Century and antique cards etc. always available right now for ~ Immediate Purchase ~ in my store as -- BUY IT NOW = More of the Best Cards on ebay ... Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store =======================================================================
Price: 85 USD
Location: Loveland, Colorado
End Time: 2024-10-08T15:54:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Size of Card: Approx. 3 x 5.5 inch / Shown by Ruler in Scans
Product Brand Name: Wales Manufacturing, Syracuse, New York
Antique Card Display Condition: Evidence of aging flaws and wear as shown in scans
Type of Advertising: Victorian Advertising Trade Card
Authentic Antique Card Guaranteed by: Dave Cheadle Card Store
Modified Item: No
Date of Creation: circa 1880 / Authentic 19th Century
Brand: 19th Century Advertising Card
