Robbins Cylindrical Steel Passenger Car Co Atkinson Railroad Train Card Boston

Description: circa 1800's "B.A. Atkinson & Co.'s Private Steel Car... Boston, Mass." -- (see below: Robbins Cylindrical Steel Car Company / Railway Train Railroad Passenger Coach) NOTE: Displays well, but flaws, wear and tear as shown in HUGE scans - please study scans carefully! Historically Important RARE piece of history: B.A. Atkinson & Co., 827 Washington St., Boston, MA "Private Steel Car ... Is the only car cylindrical in shape, and the only Steel Passenger Coach in the world.... "... absolutely indestructible by fire or in collision, being built of solid steel plates.... "... handsomest private car ever built... magnificent upholstery and furnishing... by ... Atkinson...." NOTE: See history below on the fascinating Steel Car Company (railroad passenger car manufacturer).NOTE: I am listing more 100+ year old "Transportation" cards from the 1800's through Turn-of-the-Century.Over 1,000+ fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store. To See More 19th Century Train Cards Click Here: (( MORE TRAIN CARDS )) ====================================================================================== Steel Car Company -- Robbins Cylindrical Steel Car Company: (from www Steel Car Company) The ill-fated Steel Car Company was founded at Boston, Massachusetts, about 1884/85, but never got good traction. The assets of the Robbins Cylindrical Steel Car Company were acquired by Byron A. Atkinson, a well-to-do Boston furniture dealer, who had some background as a machinist, and as a furniture repairman, which no doubt gave him expertise in furnishing the car's elegant interior. The cylindrical car, as it was generally called, was shown at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Although almost $40,000 had been spent on it (close to $1 million in today’s buying power), when the exposition closed, it was abandoned on the fairgrounds and sold by the firm that dismantled the Exposition. Previously, Perky had organized an exposition, to be called the National Railway, Electric and Industrial Exposition, more popularly known as the “New Era Exposition.” The “New Era Exposition” was set up on the grounds of the Steel Car Company, with the western portion of its building, which was two stories tall, as the main hall of the exposition. But in 1889 a fire of undetermined origin swept through the main building of the exposition, which was also the Steel Car Company’s shops building.====================================================================================== * MORE GREAT pre-1900 Transportation / Train / Ship / Furniture = use "Search within my store" or Visit my store: Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store ====================================================================================== ====================================================================================== Condition: - Displays with evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans far above. Please ... SEE the above HUGE SCANS to note any and all FLAWS! Size: -- see ruler in the scans. All of the Dave Cheadle Card Store cards are Authentic Antiques = 100% Guaranteed Original After over 40 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 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! International Global Shipping now handled and charges determined via the ebay Global Shipping Program. More GREAT ADVERTISING TRADE CARDS, ephemera, vintage Colorado History Postcards Historical Paper Americana, 19th Century and antique cards etc. like this right now for ~ Immediate Purchase ~ in my store as -- BUY IT NOW = Visit the Dave Cheadle Card Store: Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store ======================================================================= MORE! Pre-1900 ~ GREAT CARDS ! = Visit the Dave Cheadle Card Store: Click this Hot Link: Dave Cheadle Card Store =======================================================================

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