Saturday, March 13, 2021

CPRR box car plate, 1865

From: "Steven Craig Alvord" scalvord1@mindspring.com

How many of those 1865 box car plates have been found?

CPL Iron Plate

CPL Iron Plate, verso
Photo's of the front and back of the unknown.



Compare with the real deal:

CPRR Baggage Car Plate, 1865.  Courtesy of the G. J. Graves Collection.
CPRR Baggage Car Plate, 1865.
Courtesy of the G. J. Graves Collection.