C.B.T. CO. SEP 1 1898 K.C. MO. C.B.T. Co. was the refrigerator car company controlled by Schwarzchild and Sulzberger, the 6th largest meatin...

ISAAC KUBIE & CO. JUNE 4 1900 X8 MAIDEN LANE, N.Y. *** From the web I've been able to track Isaac Kubie & Company to the chicle ...

CLEVELAND, CANTON & SO. R. R. AUG 30 1899 *** The Cleveland, Canton, and Southern Railroad was orgininally called the Youngstown and Con...

H. T. H. & CO. * AUG * * 29 * * 1898 * Morristown,N.J. ------ An unknown set of corporate of initials but a spectacular ...

Handstamped Hocking Valley Railway with manuscript date. Logo of the Hocking Valley Railway. As in the map below, the railway ran from To...

SPENCER KELLOGG AUG 27 1899 BUFFALO, N.Y. Above is a picture of the Spencer Kellogg, linseed oil king from Buffalo, New York. For a time Sp...

Hot Springs R. R. Co. AUG 26 1898 ---------------- The Hot Springs Railroad ran from Malvern, Arkansas to Hot Springs, Arkansas and was ope...

J. PIERPOINT MORGAN 1837-1913 J.P. MORGAN & CO. MAR 28 1902 N.Y. *** J. Pierpoint Morgan was the man who made late 19th and early 20th...

FREIGHT OFFICE L.S.&M.S. R'Y AUG 24 1899 SO. CHICAGO ILLS Running from Buffalo to Chicago and connecting in Buffalo with the New Yor...

F. NEUMANN & CO. AUG 23 1899 N.Y. *** I have no information on this company.

J. & W. Seligman & Co. 1899 Joseph Seligman Founder of J. & W. Seligman Co. Investment Banker *** You can still do business wit...

C. & C. V. R. R. CO. AUG 20 1900 *** Formed in 1888 in Cooperstown, New York, the railroad was orginally planned to operate from Coopers...

A great set of cancels from EE Hamilton. But I have no idea what sort of business they were in.

RAPHAEL BROS 1899 HOUSTON TEX Raphael Brothers was an insurance agency and was owned and operated by brothers Emanual and Mose Raphael in Ho...

The 40 cent documentary stamps were usually used by insurance companies on pricey policies or by brokers to make up fractions on taxes of la...

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul RY (aka The Milwaukee Road) CDS from August 16, 1899. A couple of months ago my family toured the US vis...

OK, so not really a Milwaukee Road passenger ticket.  But the branding logo is the same.  And the ticket entitled me to a ride along with ...

F. P. T. & CO. AUG 15 1898 CLEVELAND Another unknown company and set of initials. I am looking for information for this firm or can...

M. T. B. CEN. PASS. ASSOC. AUG 14 1899 CHICAGO Cartels of railroads created passenger associations like the Central to standardize and set p...

S. U. & N. AUG 13 189x INS. CO. ------ Looking for the names behind S, U, & N. Anybody know?

The Central Equipment Company was a railroad car leasing firm, much like previously featured companies including Continental Fruit Express a...

Tennis & Greeley of Wisconsin CDS. Town looks like Superior, a major logging port. I can't track this firm and am seeking informa...

Southern Iron Car Line AUG 8 1898 ATLANTA, GA. This is my favorite straightline handstamp I have in my collection. Just the name Sou...

Here is a neat CDS from Dubuque, Iowa from a firm called Bradley Brothers that seems to be lost to history, at least on-line history for the...

KINGMAN & CO. AUG 7 1900 *** Kingman & Company was a agricultural implement manufacturer with its main offices in Omaha, St. Louis,...

On April 30, 1902, the Marine National Bank absorbed the Buffalo Commercial Bank, so it ceased to exist not long after this pair of 4 cent s...

S. S. & T. AUG 6 1898 --------- A major Ohio-based oil company, and at the time of this cancel a large competitor of the Standard Oil...

Hall & Henshaw were insurance underwriters and were based in New York City. Hall & Henshaw had a 3 story loft building near Wall St...

I&S Wormser was a New York City-based banking and stock-brokerage house. I&S stood for the brothers Isidor and Simon, who emigrat...