Transportation from Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art

Staunton, Virginia: Jed. Hotchkiss, 1896. Printed by The Norris Peters Co. in Washington, D.C. Designed and published by Jedediah Hotchkiss (1824-1898), the Confederate cartographer who spent the post-civil war years promoting the industrialization of the state of Virginia. This 1896 map represents one of his failed projects: the Virginians Railway, a railroad which he promoted to tie together… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1880. Stereoview number 65, a view on the line of the Colorado Central Railroad, published by photographer Charles Weitfle, operating from his studio in Denver followin a move from Central City, Colorado, circa 1880. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal soiling on the mount.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good.… Read more about this item

Fargo, Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes, 1885. Albumen stereoview by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "First View of Bad Lands" is number 502 in the series, "Northern Pacific Views". The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with very minimal soiling on the mount. Provenance: From the collection of… Read more about this item

Central City, Colorado: Charles Weitfle, 1879. Stereoview number 355 published by photographer Charles Weitfle in Central City, Colorado, circa 1879. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with minimal soiling on the mount.. First Edition. Stereoview. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Weitfle. Photo.

Antwerp (?): Unknown Publisher, 1835. Hand-colored illuminated vue d'optique. 6 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 inches. Prior to the invention of photography perspective views, called "vues d'optiques" by the French, were a specialized approach to engraving that exhibited a heightened perspective to approximate a 3-dimensional effect. Those precursors to photographic stereoviews frequently were hand-colored. Most of… Read more about this item

Fargo, Dakota Territory: F. Jay Haynes, 1880. Albumen stereoview by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railroad. "Gibbon Falls--Gibbon River" is number 1025 in the series of Yellowstone National Park views. The stereoview is in very good condition: clean and bright, with very minimal soiling on the mount. Provenance: From the collection of… Read more about this item

Portsmouth, Virginia: John C. Emmerson, Jr., 1949. XI< 453 pages. A detailed account of the second decade of steamboats on the lower Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, James River, and the Albemarle Sound, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1949. 455 pages. A detailed account of early steamboats in Virginia and North Carolina, compiled from early Norfolk newspapers by John Cloyd Emmerson, Jr. (1891-1980), who was a Portsmouth, Virginia amateur historian and journalist. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Frank Myers. As the extended subtitle indicates, the… Read more about this item

Dearborn, Michigan: Unpublished, 1940. A typed agenda for a Christmas 1940 Ford Motor Company ceremony planned by Ford employee Bernard Deplanche. The agenda was personally approved by Henry Ford, who has SIGNED the agenda and written the word "Good." PROVENANCE: from the collection of longtime (1906-1958) Ford Motor Company employee Charles H. Niepoth. Purchased from his great… Read more about this item

New York: Unpublished, 1950. Vintage photograph by New York City Photographer Al Macy (1899-1970).  8 inches by 8.5 inches.  Stamped on the verso: "From the Estate of Al Macy."  The image is of New York's Third Avenue Elevated train tracks at the intersection of the Bowery and Doyers Street circa 1950-1955.  The Third Avenue El, which ran alongside the… Read more about this item

Various Cities: Various Companies, 1912. The 4 railroads and dates on the checks are: Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Co. (June 25, 1912); Boyne City, Gaylord & Alpena Railroad Co.(April 17, 1928); Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (July 22, 1957); and Erie Railroad Company (October 25, 1957).  All are in very good used condition.. SIGNED. Original. Paper. Collectible-Very Good+. 3 1/2" X 8… Read more about this item

Various Cities: Various Companies. Collectible-Very Good. 1911. Original. Paper. 2 1/2" X 4" Manuscript Six annual railroad passes, plus a bonus of various individual RR tickets, baggage claim, and 2 annual passes for Greyhound Bus.  Railroads include Illinois Central System, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Southern Railway Company, Norfolk & Western Railway, and Chicago & Eastern Illinois… Read more about this item

Lynchburg and Clifton Forge, Virginia: TLC Publishing and Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, 2001. xii, 132 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated and detailed comparison of these articulated steam locomotives: the Chesapeake & Ohio's 2-6-6-6, the Virginian Railway's 2-6-6-6, the Norfolk & Western's Class A (2-6-6-4) and the Union Pacific's "Big Boy" (4-8-8-4). The book is in… Read more about this item

Lynchburg, Virginia: TLC Publishing, 2000. vI, 106 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated and comprehensive examination of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company's passenger service in its most signficant years--from the Great Depression until the early years of Amtrack. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 4to -… Read more about this item

Silver Spring, Maryland: Old Line Graphics, 1995. 128 pages. First printing of this profusely illustrated (with color photographs) story of the Virginian Railway, which hauled coal from southern West Virginia to Hampton Roads harbor in Virginia. Beginning in 1989, the author set out to photograph every interesting location on what remained of the Virginian Railway's tracks. After… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 171 pages. SIGNED by the author and inscribed by him to Mississippi historian Percy Lee Rainwater. First printing of this history of the development of the Illinois Central Raiload from New Orleans to Cairo. The author's thesis is that the railroad was intended to open markets for cotton… Read more about this item