American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

#63 issued 1908 to C W Carpenter, Western Union Tele. Co, signed V G Bogue VP, brn card stock, Title in Old English lettering, “ Constructi

#4550 issued 1912 to L H Clar, Between All Stations, Eureka Nevada RY, signed C H Schlacks VP, tan card stock, “EXCHANGE” red prin

#B1844 issued 1915 to C W Carpenter, Internal Pass, Chief Lineman Western Pac RY, signed First VP, tan card stock, unk printer. Organized in 1903 ru

Not numbered, extremely rare. Issued 1875 to Wm H Hurllut Esq., CB&I RR. Signed D A Olin Gen Supt., tan card stock, year of pass upper left /...

very rare pass. #273 issued 1913 to Mrs Geo T Nicholson, Between All Stations, ST&SF RY, signed G W Ringling pres., wht card stock, unk printe...

#1512 issued 1890 to J C Power, Ninnescah Route (top red print), Benton Trans. Co, signed Supt., gray card stock, "1890' red print under t...

#A150 issued to Mr C M Warner, Randsburg RY, signed William Banning (no title), blu card stock, unk printer. Founded in 1877 and incorp. by Phineas Ba

#194 issued 1906 to F W Thompson, Rock Island System, signed William Banning pres., light blu card stock, Western BNC printer., back not completely r

1892 Wisconsin Central Lines, NPRR Co, Lessee pass. Hand signed by illegible GM. Wisconsin

1896 Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad Co. pass, hand signed by G F Ilegible president. Some paper loss on front to the left of 1896, foxing on b...

Railroad pass for the Carson & Colorado Railway. It is good until December 31, 1894. It is issued to F.W. Thompson of the Chicago, Rock Island &...

#168 issued 1912 to F W Thompson, Rock Island Lines, signed GM, grn card stock, company logo barely visible on reverse. INcorp. 1907 operating from M

#259 issued 1914 to F W Thompson, CRI&P RY, signed GM, rose card stock, reverse has vignette in rose underprint of company logo, Poole Bros pri...

Lot of 3. issued 1922 #449 to Mf VanHorn, Between all stations, Penn System, signed GM, red card stock, Unk printer. #383 issued 1924 to Allen Dona

#39 issued 1911 to Thos. Elliott, Wells Fargo & Co, signed Geo. W. Scott pres., blu card stock, top center company title, unk printer. Incor...

#144 issued 19223 to W P Teagarden, WIs. & Mich. RR Co, signed GM and receiver, tan card stock, upper left corner company logo "Coeur D&#...

#191 issued 1888 to Burt Hayden , HI&S RY, Limited sm print, W B Dunning (preprinterd) signed Supt., yel. card stock, great vignettes :lower le...

#333 issued 1873 to F J Charlesworth, SS&MS RY (?), signed GM, tan card stock, title in red print, "1873" blue underprint center of pa...

#93 issued 1892 to Louis Hosbroud, CVRR, signed D Cole GM, blu card stock, beautiful vignette of paddlewheel steamer underway, title banner style, R

Not numbered, issued 1887, Complimentary TO John L Howard, signed W R Ballard. Brn card stock, underprint star design, "1887" brn underpr...

A collection of about 85 pieces of ephemera from a trip to Europe from New York, c1935. Includes tickets, brochures, maps, menus, hotel guide, theater

Very Attractive pass. #308 issued 1886 to F C Poury, Boston Trans Co, tan card stock, left side "Baltimore & West Point" handwriting...

#510 issued 1887 to T C Power, Beuton & Co, signed R B Morrow Supt., brn card stoc, Tilte is in marquee vignette style, unk printer. Steamship...

#1 issued 1885 to C J Ives, Bennington , Cedar Rapids & North. RR, signed Wm F Davidson pres., tan card stock, Upper left corner vignette of pad...

A group of four pieces of ephemera related to steamers includes an Oceanic Steamship Company passenger list aboard the S.S. Mariposa for Honolulu, Auc

There is a service button for the United States Maritime Service at 7/8 in. (.875) gold tone two piece with shank loop. A Maritime Award of Merit pin

(2) State of Ohio Canal Stocks. State of Ohio Canal Stock, Canal Fund Commissioners office, dated 1852, No. 23042, signed by the commissioner of canal

Very rare 1914 Death Valley Railroad bond with coupons attached. We have only seen a few of these. Light brown toning. Signed by F M" Borax&quo...

Very rare. $1,000 bond. No. 61. Oct. 1st, 1859. The company owes the money to A. Boody of New York and James Lawrence English of Sacramento. "B...

1859 $1,000 bond of the California Eastern Extension Railroad Company, number 14 with all but 1 coupon. Signed by president, Edward McLean. Rare. A m

Incorp. April, 1899 Silverton, Co. #69 of 292, I/U, $500 First Mortgage, 6% gold bearer bond issued August 1, 1899, due 1919. Signed by pres. and

Very rare. No. 3224, issued April 7th, 1863 to Asby P Minear for one share of stock. Signed by the secretary, Joseph Hetcher and Thomas H Smith as pre

American Express Company stock certificate, No. 3273, 5 shares issued at 100 dollars each, to D. Williams. Signed on June 26th, 1858 by William G. Fa

Confederate States of America Loan authorized with act of congress C.S.A of August 19 1861. Bond is for one hundred dollars, eight per cent. Signed on

Scarce stock. Incorporated in 1920. Located near the Million Dollar Pier. Brown tan and black on off-white. Same logo. Head office in Montreal, Canad

Stock certificate for 3871 shares issued to and signed as president by Henry G. Wilshire (1861-1927), land developer, publisher and namesake of Wilshi

Territorial Warrant dated October 23, 1883, Helena M. T.: The treasurer will pay eight dollars bounty for one bear scalp. Vignette of a man and his do

Issued 1874 Farwell Gun Company of New York stock. We can not find much info on this company, only that they may have been part of Farwell, Ozmun, Kir

New York Stock Exchange Inc. Certificate, certifying the Milwaukee Company is a member of the organization. Intaglio print, copper plate relief on bot

19 issued insurance stocks. 1868 Fidelity, 1856 Phoenix, 1835? Insurance Company of Columbia, 1879 Connecticut Fire, 10x 1869-76 Union Mutual, 4x 1865

Stock certificate number 118 for five shares signed as president by Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935. Vignette of an eagle perched atop a rock with a locom

Lot of one bond from New Orleans and Ohio Telegraph, c1859. $1000. Signed by president and treasurer (illegible). Please see photo(s) for more detail

Rare 1870 receipt for the shipment of 3 bars of silver bullion, valued at $5,213, from Virginia City to the company office in San Francisco. Signed by

Received of Hardy & Kennedy Gold Bar package value six thousand dollars. Dated 1858 Forest Hill. Light blue paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches; lithograph...

Alfred Dixon's business card. Dealer in General Merchandise, Michigan Bluff, Cal. / Hardware, Crockery, Dry Goods, Furnishing Goods, Tinware, Pr...

Wells, Fargo & co.'s Express received of J. G. Garrison one package gold dust. Dated April, 1865 at Todd's Valley. 8 x 5 1/2 inches; le...

3 Wells Fargo checks from the Comstock Vicinity. Very rare 1872 datelined Carson City, First of Exchange, issued to H F Rice, Wells Fargo agent in Car

Collection of 10 exchange notes from Adams & Co. They are from major California Gold Rush towns including Sacramento (1851 and 1855), Marysville...

Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express

7 Pony Express etc books. 1957 Flying Snowshoes by Teal, 1959 Pony Express-The Great Gamble by Bloss, 1908 A Thrilling and Truthful History of The Pon

Early territorial Nevada Pony Express postal cover dated September 3, 1862. Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Virginia Pony Express began operations on A...

Wells Fargo & Co. Bankers of Salt Lake City, issued in Shanti, Utah on June 5th, 1877, payable to Warren Ferguson for $14.40. Signed by Shumer &...

Lot(x4) of paid checks related to the town of LaPorte and famous bank John Conly. Includes: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. bank check No. 242938, dated Fe...

Lot of 2. #53A issued 1897 to J B Robinson, Free of Charge, So Pac Co, signed John J Valentine pres., brn card stock, very ornate old english lette

Dated: Rattlesnake, Jan. 12, 1856. Peter E. Mead deposited $400 in coin to be returned to him on his order on presentation of this receipt, signed Bal

Very rare attractive gilted binding, 1931 The Great Understander, True Life Story of the Last of the Wells Fargo Shotgun Express Messengers by Walter-

1860 The Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 by Horace Greeley. Greeley's travels through Kansas, Utah and Cal...

The chronicle of a journey taken by newspaper editor Horace Greeley (Go West Young Man). It's basically a series of letters written by Greeley d...

1926 The Overland Mail by Hafen, 361pp with index. History of early mail routes by stage coach, Pony Express etc. This volume is fitted with a gilted

The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes by Agnes Wright Spring, copyright 1949. There are 418 pages, plus a fold out map in the back. B

Oregon and California Rail Road check signed by Ben Holladay. "Benjamin Holladay (October 14, 1819 – July 8, 1887)[1] was an American tra...

Stage Coach-style trunk, with an indented junction between the top and lower body. Leather end handles. Leather covered wood, square nail construction

An exceptionally rare collection of three directly related documents that includes the first and third (of three) Pinkerton Posters/flyers of 1901 an

Louis Victor Eytinge shocked the city of Phoenix by murdering his roommate John Leicht just two weeks after being released from the Ohio Penitentiary.

This cook set is from the Aztec Boarding House in Tombstone, Arizona. The Aztec House lies in the historic district across the street from Fly's...

Check signed by Madame Le Tang, Tombstone Whorehouse Madam. Drawn on the Pima County Bank, 1881. LeTang was a professional and beautiful French Madame

This is a one-page (front and back) hand-written letter from a son, John S. Moore, to his father, R.B. Moore, datelined Ehrenberg (Arizona), Oct. 14,

R.H. Paul Letter 1883. Exceptional pair of original "Wanted" handbill/poster with a $1600 reward for the "Arrest Stage Robber" o...

Wanted poster issued by The American Express Company & The Fort Smith & Western Railway Company for $100. The poster concerns one George Edw...

The Oath of Office for J.N. Laurbert as Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas signed on the 12th of January 1886 by Judge

Original reward poster, 9 x 12 inches. $800 Reward! in addition to the $300 offered by the Sheriff of this County. By order Jno. J. Vallentine, Gen&...

10 x 14" reward poster posted by the State of California for a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the person that poisoned Julius ...

Handwritten correspondence dated June 24, 1873 from the Wells Fargo Agent in Downieville, California to John J. Valentine, general superintendent of W

Rare Inyo county wanted for murder poster with $300 reward. Manuel Montano was murdered by Valentine Diaz. We did a thorough search of digitized newsp

1894 wanted for murder poster. On March 7, 1894 Mrs. O H Strickland murdered Mrs. Adeline Eggleston for unknown reasons. When the body of Mrs. Eggles

1891 wanted for murder poster. S. Galavotti, Supt. of Derbec Drift mine was killed by a rifle shot to the head by an unknown man as they were transpo

Wanted poster issued December 1, 1911 for the capture of the Indian brothers Mike & Wilson Harun for the murder of William Blake while in the pe...

Circular Number 912, issued November 10, 1925 at Riverside, California by C. A. Sweeters, Sheriff. On Monday, November 9th, 1925, at the Main Street P

1888 wanted for murder poster. The Strybe brothers, "very tough and dangerous characters", were both given 20 years sentences at Folsom Pr...

49er's Letter Re: Severed Head of Joaquin Murrieta. Joseph G. Eastland came to California in 1849 with his father and they founded the town of ...

Joaquin Murieta Brigand Chief of California, a complete history of his life from the age sixteen to the time of his capture and death in 1853, 1932 Gr

Tiburcio Vasquez unpublished carte de visite taken by photographer D.S. Boydston in Volcano, California (printed on reverse), undated, circa 1869-73.

(5) Books on San Francisco vigilantes and vigilantes committees. This committee was a group of citizens dedicated to delivering justice against crimin

Wanted broadside (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches) issued by George Wittman, Chief of Police of San Francisco, June 24th, 1904 for Fred J. Wood, alias Fred Ward,

This is an EXECUTIVE PARDON, dated April 10, 1872 and signed by then California Governor Newton Booth, on behalf of Robert Francis. Francis was tried

10 x 13.5" reward poster for the murder of Daniel H. Wilson, a farmer in Suisun Valley on Oct. 9, 1896, $500 for arrest and conviction of the ...

A Reward Card for the capture of three men accused of murder in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1871. Measuring about 4" x 2.5", printed in black ...

A $400 Reward wanted poster for capturing Charles H. Thorn, Alias Dorsey, who escaped San Quentin Prison on Dec. 1, 1887, after being sentenced to lif

Exceptionally rare original CDV of Black Bart circulated by Wells, Fargo out of Sacramento. On the reverse is "Black Bart for F. Tracy" wh...

This is often said to be the absolute top western "Wanted" poster, the Black Bart Poet Stage Robber four page circular. J. B. Hume, Wells ...

Broadside mining NOTICE posted by California lawman Harry N. Morse, who captured Black Bart. 9 x 12 inches, printed on oilcloth. Dated: Gold Park, Jac

Dated San Francisco, Dec. 1, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co.'s express box on the Chinese and Copperopolis Stage was robbed by one man about two mi...

San Francisco, March 24th, 1875, General Superintendent John J. Valentine issued a $3,000 Reward for the recovery of gold bars and dust stolen from th

Sacramento, December 6th, 1881 J. B. Hume Special Officer for Wells, Fargo & Company issued this $1,800 Reward! poster for the three masked men ...

William Sharon sued his mistress Sarah Althea Hill to get rid of her. This is a court record of that complaint to the Ninth Circuit District of Calif

By Western Marshall and Lawman, D. J. Cook & John W. Cook, 1897 Hands up or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plai...

Issued by F. M. Breshears, Sheriff of Caldwell, Idaho. "Escaped Prisoners Wanted!", Patrick Conley and John Quinn, by name, serving senten...

Dalton Gang ephemera (9). Included is a letter with pictures sent by a Tom Russell to W.S. Galloway, talking about the "old days" and inse...

Coffeyville, Kansas The Last Raid of the Daltons, first edition 66 page book. This book gives an account of the ill fated attempt by the Dalton Gang t

Charles B. Andrews was both a sheriff & marshal in the area of Corning, Kansas and is responsible for the capture and imprisonment of Jim Dalton...