UP FOR OFFER IS THIS RARE ORIGINALAUTHENTIC LATE 1800\'S EARLY 1900\'S TEXAS RAILROAD YARD CUSTIDOR/SPITTOON MARKED TEX MEX RY.VIVID DARK BLUE LETTERING ON WHITE PORCELAIN OVER CAST IRON. DIMENSIONS ARE APPROX.4-3/4\" HIGH BY 7-1/2\" UPPER DIAMETER BY 6-7/8\" BASE DIAMETER. A BIT OF THE TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY CO. HISTORY: IN 1883 A BRIDGE WAS BUILT ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO NUEVO LAREDO MAKING THE TEX MEX THE FIRST MEXICAN AMERICAN CONNECTION. IN 1875 THE RAILROAD\'S PRIMARY BUSINESS WAS TRANSPORTING SHEEP FROM INLAND RANCHES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SUGGESTED READING: ***REED, S.G., A HISTORY OF TEXAS RAILYARDS, 1941, ***GREEN, S, A HISTORY OF THE TEX MEX RAILWAY, 1996.CONDITION: CHIPPED PORCELAIN AND BLEMISHES INSIDE, BUT NO DENTS AS SHOWN IN PHOTOS, OVERALL THIS IS A VERY NICE PIECE OF RAILROADIANA HISTORY. ANY COLLECTIBLE IS ONLY WORTH WHAT SOMEBODY IS WILLING TOPAYTHUS LOW STARTAND . (SEE PHOTOS FOR CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION). FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON MY DESCRIPTION OF THIS ITEM.

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