Railway Express Agency
name: label: associated institution
content: Railway Express Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is a stiff, 1/4" thick, diamond shaped, paper board covered with tan paper and edged with black woven tape with print on both sides in red and black. It is marked "RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY" and one side is hand painted in black with "I. BEICHIMER ROOM 202."
label: Description
content: A grommet is in the top corner with a wire hook. The sign was hung in a shop window for package picup by REA.
label: Description
content: I. Beichimer was a Masonic Jewelry store, originally located on Sansom Street in Philadelphia.
label: Description
content: It was founded in 1865 by Isaac Bedichimer, who had emigrated to the US from Russia in 1860. The business came to specialize in fraternal jewelry—the pins and emblems for organizations like the Masons and the Elks.
label: Description
content: The business was operated by the family until 1948, when the last family member passed away. Ross Sellers purchased it from a man who was a partner of the last Bedichimer, and ran it until the 1980s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Railroad
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ross Sellers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0354.06
label: accession number
content: 1986.0354
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0354.06
label: catalog number
content: 86.0354.06
label: accession number
content: 1986.0354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sign
label: Other Terms
content: Sign; Rail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (hook material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 14 in x 1/4 in; 35.56 cm x 35.56 cm x .635 cm