1879 CBW business card
As I have yet to find any detail about this bridge besides Columbia Bridge Works being the builder, its approximate location, its 83' length, its superstructure bid of $1,162 and the June 3 Let date, I'll place this 1879 postmarked business card as a placeholder.
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Hi Nathan,
I think it was a stamp auction. The postmark and stamp apparently were identified as 1879 (not by me). I don't recall what is on the other one.
Happy New Year!
Art S.
Art, what is the source of this material, I don't recall seeing this historical business card online before.
Nathan,
I took a look at mine. I think it has always been yellow. It's actually an envelope, not a business or post card although about the size of one. The vertical writing says: "RETURN IF NOT CALLED FOR WITHIN TEN DAYS" so I'm guessing it's for some sort of preliminary response to a published request for proposals. If so, it contained a card with the company name on the front and a table with a series of blanks for outlining the RFP specification details (I have one of those cards FOR WIBCo. but not CBW). My CBW envelope is empty.
Regards,
Art S.