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Market Street Railway Co. Stock Certificate Archive

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Stock & Bond - Transportation Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 3,600.00 USD
Market Street Railway Co. Stock Certificate Archive
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250.00USD+ (48.75) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2014 Nov 03 @ 10:50UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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240 issued and cancelled stocks! Most date in 1922 or 1924. Inc. in California. Green border with eagle vignette. Many have NY broker billheads attached, with stock transfer and/or revenue stamps. Punch-cancelled, with wrinkles, folds, and some tears. Dig through this archive and find the investors for this San Francisco company. The Market Street Railroad was chartered by Thomas Hayes in 1857. It opened in 1860 as a horsecar and steam train line. Leland Stanford took over in 1882 (Market Street Cable Railway Co.) and incorporated cable cars and cable power. In 1893, Southern Pacific Railroad took over (Market Street Railway Co.) and converted to electric streetcars. 1902 saw the switch to United Railroads, who eventually consolidated to just the Market Street Railway Co. They were known in the 1920s for painting the front of their cars white to combat problems caused by fog. In 1944, the city muni took over the company. (MAR-482-S-87 ic and MAR-482-S-90 ic) [Ref: http://www.streetcar.org/about/history.html] Date 1920s San Francisco, CA hwac 21030