Lot 027 - Antique Orange County Traction Company Trolley Railroad Motorman Hat Number 18 With Leather Badge, Metal Numbers, And Brass Eagle Buttons, Newburgh, New York, Circa Early 20th Century

Lot 027 - Antique Orange County Traction Company Trolley Railroad Motorman Hat Number 18 With Leather Badge, Metal Numbers, And Brass Eagle Buttons, Newburgh, New York, Circa Early 20th CenturyAn antique motorman hat from the Orange County Traction Company featuring a black fabric crown with grosgrain ribbon trim and a leather brim. The front of the hat bears a leather badge reading "Motorman" with the number "18" in metal numbers and "Orange County Traction Company" below. The hat features brass eagle motif buttons on either side of the badge. The Orange County Traction Company operated trolley service in the Newburgh, New York, area in

Retains a beautiful aged patina with wear

and printed by David Carlisle for Caleb Bingham

Illustrated with multiple woodcut engravings

” depicting a man’s progression from infancy through youth

exhibiting a natural verdigris patina from age and oxidation

The leather hand strap is broken at one end

There is a rough edge around the socket and the socket appears short relative to some examples—this could be original to the pattern or the result of a cut/alteration

while the rest of the pin is painted black

and multiple locations in the White Mountains

Here is a great stereoscope used to view stereoscopic 3D cards that were popular at the turn of the century

surrounded by black cats

The door on the cage is missing the latch