Large framed vintage Monopoly set displaying original stock certificates of the game’s railroads: Baltimore and Ohio (December 1, 1899), The Pennsylvania Railroad Company (March 29, 1943), Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad Company (unissued), and Reading Company (unissued). The stock certificates and game board are archivally framed (without glass) with double museum rag matting and backing to an overall size of of 42 x 42. Of the four railroads, only the ‘Short Line’ doesn’t refer to a specific railroad, but to a series of independent railroad cars that were dedicated to short distance, local travel. The Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Line Railroad Company was a prominent short line that operated in the Atlantic City area. The road extended over four miles from Wildwood Junction to Wildwood. It was popular in the 1930s, the period of this particular Monopoly set.
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