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World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Manhattan Day Railroad Pass on the "John Bull" train and Saint Ni

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 Manhattan Day Railroad Pass on the  John Bull  train and Saint Ni
SOLD
110.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 May 23 @ 16:34UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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New York, 1893. Lot of 2 items, Includes: A Ribbon from the Saint Nicholas Society, Columbian Celebration Naval Review, April 27, 1893; and, Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Lines, I/C Ticket for the "John Bull" Train. John Bull is a historic British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, and became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution ran it under its own steam in 1981. Built by Robert Stephenson and Company, it was initially purchased by and operated for the Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad in New Jersey, which gave it the number 1 and its first name, "Stevens". (Robert L. Stevens was president of the Camden and Amboy Railroad at the time.) The C&A used it heavily from 1833 until 1866, when it was removed from active service and placed in storage. After the C&A's assets were acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1871, the PRR refurbished and operated the locomotive a few times for public displays: it was fired up for the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and again for the National Railway Appliance Exhibition in 1883. In 1884 it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution as the museum's first major industrial exhibit. (2). Sold "AS IS" no returns accepted.