1905 Train Wreck

Ref: K2044
  • £250.00

1905 WRECK OF THE 20th CENTURY. A badly charred post card from Toledo to New York that has an official Post Office, New York, N. Y. label attached stating that 'The enclosure was damaged in the wreck of the “20th Century Limited” on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R. R., that occurred at Mentor, Ohio, Wednesday June 21, 1905. WILLIAM R. WILLCOX Postmaster.' The label has been tied by a New York arrival duplex of JUN 24.