Boston & Albany early Baggage Tag

One of the earliest types of baggage tags used on the Boston & Albany Railroad. This exact shape and size was used by the predecessor Western Railroad up to 1867 so the Boston & Albany continued to us

An early Thomas patent Albany & Susquehanna Railroad brass baggage tag with a number of 1526. This tag pre-dates the Delaware & Hudson Railroad takeover of this line. It shows pitting and could be cle

A pair of brass baggage tags from New England: (1) Armstrong Transfer with Boston & Albany #1016 - has small "Eastern" on reverse so this was used by Armstrong between the B&A and Eastern depots in Bo

An eclectic tray lot of paper that includes an 1880 Eastern Railroad timetable, 1883 Boston & Albany rule book, 1919 Boston & Maine Conductor Roster, cardstock baggage tags from the M&WR, P&O, B&SR an

A very early brass baggage tag from Lockport, New York. It is number 1603. The Lockport name is in small lettering on the front. The reverse has small NYCRR letting in an arc across the bottom. It is

A pair of brass baggage tags and a watch from a specific Boston & Maine Fireman: (1) New York Central & Hudson river brass baggage tag with original leather strap and 2 cardstock inserts showing routi

A group of 8 items all but one from Maine: Boston & Bangor Steamship baggage tag #238, Portland & Kennebec baggage tag Portland #208, 3 Bethel Inn coat tags, Boston YMCA coat or towel tag, a ship stam

An small group of small hardware items that includes: (1) Boston & Maine brass baggage tag (2) North Stratford, New Hampshire Railway key (3) Grand Trunk brass switch key, (4) Harvard Club brass coat

A pair of very early New England baggage tags. They are made of a soft metal that could be lead or sometimes called German Silver in the 1850s catalogs. I have a pre-Civil War catalog with this type o

# brass baggage tags: (1) Fitchburg shell tag with no maker (2) Joint Boston & Maine with Fitchburg reversible srap check #128 made by John Robbins (3) small Boston & Maine 59727 made by John Robbins

We are fortunate to have several matching pair brass baggage tag sets in this auction. They are all the older "Depot" style tag with just the destination of the traveler. Note the different shapes for

A great baggage tag from the time that the Boston & Lowell Railroad controlled the Boston Concord & Montreal Railroad. The markings are fantastic. It is tag number 12255 and it has a John Robbins hall

Early St. Louis rail road baggage tag. Vih & St. Joe & N.M. R.R. 1890 to 1930

An inter-line tag used for baggage that was moved from some point on the Boston & Maine Railroad to Bridgton, Maine. It's a strap check (used on the actual baggage) so it is double sided with reverse

A "shell" tag from the Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad with an odd home location of Albany New York. Very nice condition for this Northern New York brass baggage tag.

Fine early Santa Fe Route "Duplicate" brass baggage atg. Small 1 5/16" square tag made by C. H. Hanson in Chicago.

Exeter New Hampshire brass baggage tag. For use on travel over the Concord & Portsmouth and Boston & Maine railroads. It is a heart shape with shaved base. It has a J. Robbins hallmark on the top. It

2 pairs of brass baggage tags: (1) Saybrook Junction to/from Narragansett Pier – New Haven, New York Providence & Boston, Narragansett Pier railroads – uncleaned original as found condit

A brass baggage tag from the Vermont based Montpelier & Wells River Railroad. This is number 659 and it was made by john Robbins in Boston. The reverse is blank. Some slight discoloration.

A brass baggage tag used for travel between Saratoga New York and New Haven, Connecticut. The route was over the New Haven & Northampton (Canal Line) and he Boston Hoosac Tunnel & Western. The tag has

2 Hudson River boat brass baggage tags: (1) large Peoples Line generic tag with no number (2) Steamer Albany that went into service in 1880 with number 650 and Coat Room. It's odd that a boat tag woul

A group of Boston & Albany Railroad timetables and notices that includes 2 early broadside depot style timetables from 1871 and a later wide 1926 Riverside Branch (used the unusual tank locomotives an

This is a Shell style tag with Albany as it's home. I don't think of Albany when I think of the RW&O so that's interesting. It measures 2 3/4" by 2 1/4". It has an American Railway Supply Company hall

A reversible strap check used for travel between Greenwich and Whitehall, both in New York. The roads used were the Rensselaer & Saratoga, Troy & Boston and the Greenwich & Johnsonville. The back side