Stock Certificate for Five Shares of the Fort Wayne and Elmwood Railway Co. of Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit, 1875. Item #99-1759

Oblong 6.5 x 12, vignette and state seal of Michigan by Calvert Litho., black on cream background. Cancellation marks, left margin cropped, toning esp the left margin, tiny edge tears, light creasing, lacks the revenue stamp. Certificate is addressed to Mr. Hiram Clark and is signed by company president F. (Frederick) Buhl and the secretary J. (James) S. Stridiron. Vignette shows a horse-drawn streetcar with people in the foreground and commercial buildings in background with another streetcar off to the right, state seal of Michigan in the lower left corner. The Fort Wayne and Elmwood Co. had been originally called the Fort Street and Elmwood Railway Co. which had begun operations in Sept of 1865.

Price: $65.00

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