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Christmas time:  |
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Very nice, everyone!  |
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Another for your Christmas:  |
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1908 Bank Check  |
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Still Christmas time: =====   |
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Oh those are certainly festive!
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Well, I know I've posted this before but I've learned about the machine pictured on the check. Did some research on Wickes Brothers on the http://www.vintagemachinery.org site. Here's what the historian had to say: Quote:
That is a lovely cheque!
The machine pictured is a gang sawmill. The picture is hard to understand because the bottom of the machine—where the man is standing—would be one storey below the saw carriage, which isn't shown. At the top of the machine is a frame containing a set of a dozen or so vertical sawblades. A cant, which is a squared-off saw log, is fed into the blades between the two horizontal rollers, reducing the cant into a bunch of boards. This type of saw was used mainly for making boards for flooring and siding.   |
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Interesting description of the machine. Another great post tech.
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I just picked this one up this week and I have to say, it's one of my new favorites. An 1868 check from the U.S. Assistant Treasurer in New York. I like the color and the vignette of Miss Liberty is a classic.   |
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The vignette is Columbia, not Liberty.
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Ah, I wasn't sure -- thanks, Jim.
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I just picked this one up this week and I have to say, it's one of my new favorites. An 1868 check from the U.S. Assistant Treasurer in New York. I like the color and the vignette of Miss Liberty is a classic. Very nice! |
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I just picked up a bookend to another favorite check. Both of these are early warrants from the Treasurer of Pennsylvania to pay schoolmasters. I really like the 1850s schoolyard scene on the first one. Very nice! |
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Those are beautiful items Greg |
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