- GASS HOPPERS ROD & CUSTOM SHOW ENGINEERING
GASS HOPPERS ROD & CUSTOM SHOW ENGINEERING AWARD3rd Annual International Rod and Custom Show Chicago, 1964, Master of Mechanics Engineering Achievement presented by the Sturtevant Co., mounted with a Torque Wrench. H. 16 in. x 19 3/4 in. John Bucci
- JOHN BUCCI, THE TRIESTE, FIBERGLASS
JOHN BUCCI, THE TRIESTE, FIBERGLASS CONCEPT CARJohn Bucci (Illinois, 1935-2019), the concept car made in the 1960's, and driven throughout Italy by Bucci in 1967, with Porsche 356 engine (marked P*600746*) and probably transmission, the windshield
- JOHN BUCCI, LA SHABBLA, 1964 WORLDS
JOHN BUCCI, LA SHABBLA, 1964 WORLDS FAIR CONCEPT CARJohn Bucci (Illinois, 1935-2019), with fiberglass body and Fiat chassis with an Abarth 750 engine, retractable headlights, a retractable steering wheel, electrically powered hood cover, oscilloscope a
- RARE 19TH CENTURY FIREMAN'S PRESENTATION
RARE 19TH CENTURY FIREMAN'S PRESENTATION TRUMPETRare 19th Century Fireman's Presentation Trumpet. "Presented to : S.F.E. No. 1; (Steam Fire Engine 1), Prof Hadley April, 1867. C.A. Vose Foreman". Fancy Engraving and 3-Dimensional Images. 17 1/2" ta
- A Copper and Wood Horse-Drawn Steam-Powered
A Copper and Wood Horse-Drawn Steam-Powered Fire Engine Model
Late 19th Century and later
model of a circa 1870s engine produced by Amoskeag Locomotive Works in Manchester, New Hampshire.
mounted to wood base with affixed brass plaque engraved Manchester.
Overall height 17 x width of base 37 1/2 x depth 15; height of model 15 x width 33 x depth 9 inches.
Another plaque affixed to base reads Rebuilt By / N.A. DiRaddo & E.L. Grant / Camden, N.J. / 1968. Nicholas DiRaddo worked as a machinist at a radio factory in Camden and presumably created engine models as a hobby. Two of his models are in the collection of the National Museum of American History. E.L. Grant likely refers to his brother-in-law, Elmer Grant.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- A Brass and Wood Vertical Steam Engine
A Brass and Wood Vertical Steam Engine Model
1901
signed Made / By / (partially legible) and dated 1901 on base.
Height 14 1/2 x width 10 x depth 8 1/2 inches (with base).
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- A Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
A Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Depicting a Steam Engine
Koken Barber's Supply Company, St. Louis Missouri, Early 20th Century
with the name B. Picker in gilt lettering, depicting a gentleman standing next to a large steam engine.
underside with maker's mark.
Height 3 7/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- A Laundryman's Porcelain Occupational
A Laundryman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to David Leff
Circa 1917
bearing the name and date Dave Leff / 1917 in gilt lettering, and depicting an engine-powered laundry truck reading Passaic Home Laundry.underside marked J&C Bavaria.Height 3 3/4 inches.
According to the genealogical record, David Leff (circa 1884-1937) was born around 1884 in Austria. He immigrated to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century and settled in New York with his wife, Rose. The United States Federal Census of 1910 records that Leff worked as the proprietor of a laundry, and throughout the 1910s, frequent advertisements for Passaic Home Laundry appeared in the Passaic Daily News. On March 23, 1916, the paper reports that a Mrs. Rose Goldblack won a suit for $46 against the laundry company, claiming that her clothes became discolored upon their return. Further, on February 20, 1917, The Morning Call of Paterson County covered an incident involving a coal wagon, in which a team of horses belonging to the Passaic Home Laundry and driven by a George Leff, became frightened by a passing freight train and crashed into the wagon.
Perhaps in light of these incidents, David Leff's professional endeavors had shifted by 1920, by which time he was working as a jeweler. Leff died of coronary thrombosis on March 25, 1937,
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- Two Fireman's Porcelain Occupational
Two Fireman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
comprising an example identified J. A. Baker in gilt lettering and depicting a steam fire pumper against a blue wrap, and an example identified Wm. B. Peake in gilt lettering and depicting a fire wagon marked Wm. Penn / No. 18.
undersides unmarked.
Height of larger 3 7/8 inches.
The William Penn Hose Company No. 18 was organized on February 3, 1830, in Kensington, Philadelphia. The firm operated exclusively as a hose company until 1864 when it acquired a steam fire engine and began to serve as a steam fire engine company. The company's service in this capacity continued until 1871 when the city of Philadelphia established a paid fire department.
U.S. Federal Census returns from 1920 identify a William Peake (circa 1875-1956) working as a fireman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born in England and immigrated to the United States with his wife, Mary, in 1892. According to early census records, Peake worked first as a laborer before transitioning to a career as a fireman between 1910 and 1920.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- A Mill Stone Dresser's Porcelain Occupational
A Mill Stone Dresser's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug Belonging to Peter Nestley
20th Century
with the name Peter S. Nestley in gilt lettering, depicting a gentleman on top of a large mill stone, chiseling grooves.underside marked VxD Austria.Height 3 7/8 inches.
According the the genealogical record, Peter Scott Nestley was born on January 22, 1879, in Holland, New Jersey to John and Martha Ellen Nestley. The U.S. Federal Census of 1910 reports that Nestley was living at a boarding house in Frenchtown, New Jersey, where he worked at a feed mill. He married Rhoda Belle Stahler in 1914, and by 1920, the couple had moved in with Nestely's in-laws, also in Frenchtown, where Nestley worked as a stationary engineer at a paper mill. He continued to work at the paper mill until his death in 1948.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- Three Railroad Worker's Porcelain Occupational
Three Railroad Worker's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mugs
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
comprising two examples related to the New York Elevated Railroad Company, identified for F. Schneider and D. H. Nicholson in gilt lettering, and a third mug identified A. D. Ross depicting an engine labeled F.R.R.
underside of Ross mug marked T&V.
Height of largest 4 inches.
together with an unmarked shaving brush.
The New York Elevated Railroad Company was established on October 27, 1872, as a reorganization of the West Side Patented Elevated Railway Company, the pioneering attempt at building an elevated rapid transit line. It was operated under the auspices of financier and railroad magnate Jay Gould (1836-1892), who had gained control of several elevated railway lines in New York during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- An Ambulance Driver's Porcelain Occupational
An Ambulance Driver's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
Early 20th Century
bearing the name Geo. Dennis in gilt lettering, and depicting a gentleman driving an engine-powered ambulance.underside marked Philadelphia and T&V Limoges France.Height 3 5/8 inches.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey