Philadelphia / Pat'd April 7th 1896
Picture Courtesy Tommy Bolack
CD 134.6: USA
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Picture Courtesy Tommy Bolack |
This rare Brookfield style was made to an April 7, 1896 Hannibal W. Rappleye patent for a bail-clamp tie arrangement to hold the conductor (US Patent 557,881). It is nicknamed the "mad hatter" by collectors.
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