Rare 1900 Printing Plate on Wood for the Manahawkin & Long Beach Rail Road Co For Sale

Original late 1800’s to very early 1900’s advertising printer’s block for the Manahawkin and Long Beach Transportation Railroad Company. This is a rare documented piece of early Long Beach Island, New Jersey rail transportation history. This was used to advertise rail service to Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Research found this to cover a 8.71 mile rail service that terminated in Barnegat City ( now called Barnegat Light, NJ). The underlying railroad was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The M & LB Railroad had an address at 1414 South Penn Square in Philadelphia. It had a 5 year lease with the Pennsylvania Railroad for this route which ended in the early 1900’s. This is a metal relief plate ( printed backwards for printing purposes) is mounted on a hardwood printing block measuring 2.5” x 1.5” x 1”. It has a diamond shape with the words on top that says “Manahawkin and Long Beach RR”. The M & LB is in the center and the words at the bottom that says “Route of the Jersey Devil”. A unique and rare piece of railroad history at the Jersey shore.Free Shipping