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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsalexan, post: 2853414, member: 24274&quot;]Ah! The vignette on your Harnischeeger stock shows a winged wheel! Perfect segue, as I was already planning to post something about these. Winged wheels represent progress and motion -- they often show up on stocks and bonds of transportation companies. I don&#039;t know what type of company Harnischeeger was, but it&#039;s a good bet it had something to do with moving freight or people.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went through my entire collection and found more than a dozen different vignettes that include winged wheels. Here are six of the best ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Brill Corporation, which is still around, manufactures streetcars.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677661[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677662[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Interborough Consolidated (I think) is the parent company for Interborough Rapid Transit -- New York&#039;s IRT subway line.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677663[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677664[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>National Fuel Gas probably supplied fuel for the shipping industry.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677666[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677667[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>White Motors built trucks, cars and tractors from 1900 to 1980.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]677668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Illinois Traction ran an electric interurban rail line in Southern Illinois.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]677670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]677671[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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