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3771: 1890 Silverton Railroad Silver Pass / Watch Fob.

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1890 Silverton Railroad Silver Pass / Watch Fob. This 1.25" x 1.5" fob depicts a train running through a wooded mountain valley. Blue-enamel "banners" at top and bottom are inscribed "Rainbow Route Silverton Railroad". A rainbow appears overhead, with pink, blue and yellow enamel. Issued in 1890 to "La Barthe," Number 543. The fob has blue-enameled scrolls above, lettered RAINBOW ROUTE, and below, lettered SILVERTON RAILROAD. The passenger, La Barthe, was almost certainly Jules La Barthe, chief clerk for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Express Company in 1890. He was born in Kentucky circa 1847 and died in California in 1923. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved


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1890 Silverton Railroad Silver Pass / Watch Fob. This 1.25" x 1.5" fob depicts a train running through a wooded mountain valley. Blue-enamel "banners" at top and bottom are inscribed "Rainbow Route Silverton Railroad". A rainbow appears overhead, with pink, blue and yellow enamel. Issued in 1890 to "La Barthe," Number 543. The fob has blue-enameled scrolls above, lettered RAINBOW ROUTE, and below, lettered SILVERTON RAILROAD. The passenger, La Barthe, was almost certainly Jules La Barthe, chief clerk for the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Express Company in 1890. He was born in Kentucky circa 1847 and died in California in 1923. HID03101062020 © 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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