Austin Electric Railway Company $1000 Gold Bond

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From 1875 to 1940 trolleys ruled the streets of Austin. The Austin City Railroad Company operated the first streetcars in Austin which were pulled by mules navigating the muddy, dusty and unpaved roads of the rapidly growing Capital of Texas.  These early mule drawn trolleys ran mostly along Congress Avenue in the heart of downtown Austin. By 1891 Austin joined the age of exciting innovation with the first electric streetcar. This fast and convenient mode of transport was able to carry passengers to suburbs north of downtown. The tree lined neighborhood of Hyde Park was known as a classic streetcar suburb.  The streetcar companies faced several difficulties like the catastrophic failure of the Austin Dam in 1900 which left the city without power and temporarily required the service of mules to pull trolleys once again. In response, the streetcar company erected its own steam powered generator on the west side of town, and a fully electric transportation system was in action with twenty cars running on fifteen miles of track. After several mergers the Austin Electric Railway Company was founded in 1902, and the golden age of the electric streetcar in the Capital city began.

Investors who owned these bonds would make regular visits to their banks to cut out and redeem the coupons and collect their interest, so the wealthy citizens of this era became known as "Coupon Clippers."

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All of our flags are are handmade by our craftsmen from hand-dyed cloth produced only for Gallery of the Republic. They are each screen-printed or hand painted, then antiqued and distressed to produce the finest historic replicas possible.  The frames are built from custom-milled moldings and hand-assembled in our Texas Hill Country workshop.

 

Maps

Our reproductions of rare maps are beautifully hand aged with faded edges, delicate creases and subtle discoloration to achieve a look of authenticity only surpassed by the real thing.

 

Rarities

From time-to-time we offer genuine antique maps, prints and historic documents. These are archivally framed so that they are preserved for generations to come.

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Our framed selections are individually hand-crafted to order. Production and delivery usually take about a month. We promise you will find it worth the wait.

 

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