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Centennial Exhibition photographs and ephemera
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 celebrated the one hundreth anniversary of American Independence. Held in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, it was the first major U.S. world's fair. This collection contains Centennial Exhibition photographs, albums, scrapbooks, and ephemera
Century of Progress Exposition, Pennsylvania Railroad stickers
World Fairs or International Expositions are large-scale exhibitions highlighting technology, agriculture, and other innovations of national or cultural significance. The Chicago Century of Progress International Exposition was held along Lake Michigan and Northerly Island Park from May 27, 1933 to October 31, 1934. The collection consists of forty-five identical gummed stickers. The stickers feature an image of an approaching Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive.
Miscellaneous (mostly railroad) stock certificates
Historically, a stock certificate is a paper record of ownership in a company. Certain information is included on a stock certificate: number of share, identification number, a corporate seal, and signatures. This collection consists of predominantly unissued stock certificates for American railroad companies. There are also four certificates of tax free municipal bonds of the City of Philadelphia.
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- Canada Southern Railway Company 1
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) 1
- Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934 : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company 1
- Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company 1
- Cleveland & Toledo Railroad 1
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company 1
- Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company 1
- Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Rail Road Company 1
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway 1
- Little Falls & Dolgeville Railroad 1
- Mahoning Coal Railroad Company 1
- McKeesport and Belle Vernon Railroad Company 1
- Merchants Despatch Transportation Company 1
- Michigan Central Railroad Company 1
- Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company 1
- New York and Northern Railway Company 1
- New York and Ottawa Railway Company 1
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad 1
- Niagara Falls Branch Railroad 1
- Pennsylvania Railroad 1
- Peoria and Eastern Railway Company 1
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Company 1
- Ulster & Delaware Railroad 1
- Utica and Schenectady Rail Road Company 1
- Wallkill Valley Railroad 1 + ∧ less
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