3469

Lake Tahoe RY Passes, 1912, 1914, 1915 [133643]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Railroadiana, Trains Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 600.00 USD
Lake Tahoe RY Passes, 1912, 1914, 1915  [133643]
SOLD
600.00USD+ (132.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Feb 13 @ 15:59UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. Shipping and handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing as it is based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping and handling costs, if required, will be re-invoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size.SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size a...
Three of the classic Tahoe RR passes signed by Walter, Duane or C. Bliss. The 1914 and 1915 passes are issued to Charles Phillips, Los Angeles agent for the El Paso & Southwestern. The Bliss family is well known to Tahoe historians. Duane L. Bliss Sr. started as huge lumber business that fed the Comstock Rush and all the needs of the growing Nevada and eastern California mining camps. His sons were very active in the businesses. After 1893, Bliss moved his logging trains that operated in and around Glenbrook, over to Tahoe City where he started a commercial railroad, the Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company., subject of these passes. Gary Nelson Collection.