{"product_id":"new-york-chicago-st-louis-railway-stock-transfer-receipt-from-1885","title":"New York, Chicago \u0026 St. Louis Railway Stock Transfer Receipts (sheet of 4x) from 1885","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is an original stock transfer receipt from the New York, Chicago \u0026amp; St. Louis Railway Company, dated October 7, 1885. Printed in purple ink on multiple attached receipt stubs, this document records the transfer of 100-share blocks between various shareholders. You will receive a full sheet of four attached transfer receipts, similar to the one shown in photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe document shows natural wear and aging consistent with 19th-century railroad paperwork, with multiple receipt stubs still attached as originally issued by the transfer agents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1885, the \u003cstrong\u003eNew York, Chicago \u0026amp; St. Louis Railway\u003c\/strong\u003e was one of the Midwest's most ambitious railroad ventures, stretching across three major commercial centers during America's great age of rail expansion. Better known as the \"Nickel Plate Road,\" the line was conceived by \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Kissam Vanderbilt\u003c\/strong\u003e as a strategic competitor to his own family's Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway — a bold move that pitted him against his uncle \u003cstrong\u003eCornelius Vanderbilt II\u003c\/strong\u003e in one of the era's most fascinating family business rivalries. The railroad connected New York's capital markets to Chicago's grain exchanges and St. Louis's Mississippi River commerce, carrying everything from Ohio coal to Illinois wheat across 523 miles of track. \u003cstrong\u003eJay Gould\u003c\/strong\u003e, the notorious railroad financier, briefly controlled the line in the 1880s before it was acquired by the \u003cstrong\u003eVan Sweringen brothers\u003c\/strong\u003e of Cleveland, who transformed it into a key component of their railroad empire that would eventually challenge the Pennsylvania and New York Central systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRailroad transfer receipts from the Gilded Age represent the daily mechanics of 19th-century finance, when stock ownership changes required meticulous paper documentation. These working documents offer collectors a glimpse into the administrative machinery that powered America's railroad boom. Offered as a collectible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ticker History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52250690486559,"sku":"INDU-XXX-SU-UNK-0000-001","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/8757\/1743\/files\/new-york-chicago-st-louis-railway-company-receipt-1885-back-1.jpg?v=1773711432","url":"https:\/\/shop.tickerhistory.com\/zh\/products\/new-york-chicago-st-louis-railway-stock-transfer-receipt-from-1885","provider":"Ticker History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}