Lot of (2) Printing Plates. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company & Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc. A pairing of two logo vignette plates. A detailed Railway Company and Motor Car companies logos are included:The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Stock Certificate Header. Steel. 11 x 6.25 inches. Imprint of American Bank Note Company. Satiny medium steel gray with light golden brown and olive toning mostly concentrated near the edges. Some very small oxidation pits are seen, but they appear inactive. A nice large plate with the old English-style font used in the title, a central vignette of a plains Indian titled, The Chief, and with locomotives on either side reflecting the long heritage of the company. On the left, as printed, is an old time steam engine, while that on the right is a train resembling an EMD F-unit diesel locomotive. A nice artifact of this famous Western railway company that would make a neat display piece.Stutz Motor Car Company of America, Inc. Logo Vignette. Steel. 10 x 5.5 inches. Imprint of American Bank Note Company. Large logo vignette used above the title as a header for stock certificates. A beautiful vignette, with the logo at the center, supported by allegorical females at left and right.
