American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

Lot of 46 vintage stereo view cards of Niagara Falls. Many different views, including a fellow named Calverley cross the Niagara Gorge on a tight rope

A collection of four pieces of ephemera related to social groups, c1871-1908. Includes: an invitation to merchants to shop for wholesale carpets, Leed

A collection of 10 U.S. classroom photos, c1880-1913. Includes: Jewett, OH, 1880; Chestnut Spring Normal School, Penn?, 1897; Caledonia, OH High Schoo

A trio of photographs of store exteriors, c1890-1910. Includes The Factory Oil Co., with photographer's envelope from Stivas Studio, Akron, OH, ...

Crisp, clear Sepia toned 7 x 5 inch photograph mounted on a 10 x 8 inch matting: two men on a fire truck. On the reverse: New Fire Truck, Unity PA - 1

Framed large panorama photo of Thermopolis, WY. Big Horn Hot Springs State Reserve, 5 mineral springs of separate curvature values on this reserve. Ph

5 about 6.75x9" photos with great contrast and focus. Henry Longfellow home and perhaps his chair? Other photos are possibly Portland, ME. 3 ot...

Lot of over 50 stereo view cards with staged domestic scenes, children and animals meant to lighten your day.

Lot of eleven vintage stereoview cards depicting hunting and fishing. Two are colorized (quail hunting). Moose, elk, deer, trout fishing on Cash Cree

12 of 14 volumes in this educational set in slipcovers. Keystone View Co. stereological library, visual education binders-I, II, III, IV, VII, VIII, I

This is a photo of a store that carried fine goods, with china, jewelry and victrolas (phonograph machines) on display. One of them has a visible name

Vintage wooden stereo viewer in good condition and about 120 photo cards of Japan: many in color.

Hand held stereo viewer and a collection of photo cards, mostly from Expositions: the Centennial Exposition of Philadelphia; Paris 1900; Louisiana Pu

This is a large collection of miscellaneous U.S. stereoview cards, c1880-1915. It includes photographers: T.W. Ingersoll, Liberty Brand, D.J. Ryan, Ge

Photo enlargement of 5 men in a wagon shop with wheels. This could be Goldfield, NV. No photographer noted. Photo 14x20", frame 21x27".

Stereo views taken from all over the world, including India, Ireland, the Swiss Alps, Scotland and many others. These are very clear and sharp. Please

Vintage wooden stereo viewer (missing the sliding mechanism); and about 35 photo cards of Italy: mostly Rome, but also Pompeii, and Vatican priests.

Published by Underwood & Underwood, a bookshelf sleeve with 25 stereo views of Jerusalem, 1906. Historical descriptions on reverse. Jerusalem...

The Pageant of Pecking. Comprising Sixty-six Vandyck photogravures of Peking and Environs from Photographs by Donald Mennie with an Introduction by Pu

Lot of two tiny cameras: 1) Whittaker Micro 16 Pixie in original case with paperwork. Marketed by the William R. Whittaker Co. Ltd of Los Angeles, Cal

Coleshill, England c1650 Genealogical Table of Noble Family of Bouverie, Earl of Radnor, Viscount, Folkestone, Baron of Longford, and Baron Pleydell-B

1922 with references back to 1875, Reno abstract of title for a property on Marsh Avenue. Soft leather jacket. Reno Nevada United States of America

Alaska related items, including seal hunter photos taken by Bernard Hubbard a geologist/Jesuit Priest known as Father Hubbard, who helped educate the

51 unissued Safford, Hudson & Co. receipts, ten(18) and twenty (33) dollar denominations. Arizona. Safford, Hudson & Co. Bankers. Dollars 10...

About 8 pieces of ephemera related to J G Bisbee blacksmith including his business card. c. 1867-75. Billheads, indenture etc. Auburn California

This is from the diary kept by Miss Sarah Haight who attended the wedding of William Ralston and Elizabeth Fry, along with their trip to Yosemite Nati

Important 1894 letter to former Nevada Governor Jewett Adams, a 1 time Director of the US Mint at Carson. The letter is about starting a town by Hills

Partial ledger from a Bodie store 1885-1892. Mentioning Sonnaman, Boone & Donnelly. Many entries gone, only a few pages of entries. 53 pages mis...

Tourism informational magazines and brochures for the Bodie, CA, (Mono and Inyo counties) area, c1970s-90s. Includes the periodical "The Album-...

Bridgeport ephemera collection from the 1950s to the mid 1980s. Everything from shopping publications to restaurant menus and a copy of the Sierra New

December 2, 1851. This is a contract that calls for Don Jose Dolores Pacheco to Franklin Williams for the sum of $3000, plus a deferred payment of $50

Lot of 5 different documents for the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. that first operated at Lake Tahoe in the 1880s to support the Comstock mine...

Rare pictorial billhead for Hobart Lumber Mills, office of the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. Two detailed vignettes of the mill and factory! D...

This Howland Flat Collection includes a wide assortment of historic pictures and memorabilia from Howland Flat: 1x Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I

11x La Porte Mining Documents, including pictures, postcards and Bald Mountain Stock Certificates: 1) Photograph, B&W, by Schubert Photo, La Por...

Lot of 7. 1) Fantastic Emerald Bay Resort 2 page letter on pictorial letterhead plus accompanying pictorial corner ad cover, 1939. 2) 1901 Virginia ...

Lot of 4. 1) Highly unusual Bodie, CA handmade postcard with beach coastal theme and gold glitter. Sent in 1910 (Bodie cancel on thin envelope) to Mrs

A detailed and probably unpublished 1921 history of Archibald Leard Taylor and his wife Fannie E Taylor. Includes ancestry to 1700's and perhaps...

Extremely rare. Baird p. 24, N7. Baird calls this ad advertising piece, which FH does not agree with. Blue paper, black print. Banking House of Page,

Very rare exchange note from Alsop & Co., San Francisco. Dated June 4, 1856. Alsop & Co. was one of the earliest San Francisco banks, openin...

Daily Evening Bulletin (6) began publication in October 1855 by San Francisco activist James King of William, who was the editor of the paper until hi

Nice collection of Cutting Fruit Packing Company and other San Francisco business billheads from the 1800s. Over 20 billheads including Castle Brother

California ephemera collection has everything from a brochure and postcards from The Harold Lloyd Estate to the photo archive of an English family in

1826 Yale graduation booklet. Benjamin Sullivan left in 1827. Foxing, edge wear etc. Please inspect. Connecticut

Tourist ship menus from the 1940s, 1950s & 1960sm with some very colorful Hawaiian style art on the covers. There's also a Trader Vic's ...

A rare find indeed! Original ledger for Thos. Cole Jr. & Co. Bankers in Idaho City during the Idaho gold rush of the 1860s. Cole & Co. had t...

A collection of about 26 billheads and letters from Illinois, c1860s-1930s. Please see photo(s) for more details. Illinois

Large correspondence group of letters among family members of two primary families, the Shryock and Koons families. The majority of the letters date f

A deed (indenture), c1764, between Mary Stansbury and Joseph Ensor, to include 1600 acres of "Fellfoot" Enlarged, in Frederick County, Mar...

This is a large lot of billheads (about 500) from the 1870's through 1900. Most are from Boston, Mass. Very few pictorial. Please see photo for ...

A collection of more than 100 billheads from Massachusetts, c1813-1919. Mostly 1880s. Includes a land purchase document in Henniker County, New Hampsh

Ephemera group from Great Falls, Montana, including receipts from the roads commissioner, attorney correspondence, water & power bills, a bill f...

Montana ephemera from receipts to correspondence and everything in between. Everything from a grazing Permit, a bond for The Bank of Billings, a 1911

Rare letterhead issued in the 1880s for 10 deposits at the mint from the Mexican Mill (Comstock mines) for Clayton Belknap. 8 x 10" official Mi...

RARE! Lot of 2 different. Both are scarcer Comstock locations. 1) Anniversary Ball for the Silver City IOOF, April 26th, 1877 at the Miners' Uni...

Lot of 9 different for this town adjacent to the Comstock. Includes: P. Barnes Livery (1874, pictorial to Woodworth Sluice Co.); JA Bonham (1874); Mey

1863 Palmyra, Lion(sic) County indenture mining deed for Nicholas MIller. Fair condition, in 2 pieces, foxing etc. Please inspect. Palmyra Nevada

Lot of 16. Includes: Virginia City Gas Co. receipt, 1881; Chollar G&S Mining Co. stock, 1931; 1876 indenture for sale of property in Virginia Ci...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Extremely rare Comstock check signed by mining millionaire & "Bonanza King" John Mackay. Issued for Payroll for...

Rare check for the famous Washoe Club, the private club formed by Virginia City's rich and notable figures and included members such as Mackay, ...

Lot of 2. Very rare RN-D check, Carson, 1876 issued to P. Marker. Signed by the company. Unissued stock (very few issued pieces have ever surfaced) fo

About 15 c. 1873-70 billheads and letterheads for groceries, water, gas etc. Virginia City Nevada

7 c. 1867-80 billheads and letterheads related to hardware and building materials. Virginia City Nevada

3 c. 1871-72 VC Justice Court property attachments. Virginia City Nevada

About 25 pieces of c. 1866-1920 Nevada ephemera. Postcards, letterheads, Tonopah requisitions, original poem, Golfield prospectus, billheads, checks,

Ephemera from New Hampshire dated from 1825-1883. Quitclaim deeds, billheads. Thirteen pieces. New Hampshire

11 volumes of New Hampshire Annual Register. 1811-missing cover, 1815-spine damage, 1819, 1920-spine damage, 1821-spine damage, 1822-spine damage, 182

Over 70 pieces of New York City ephemera. Billheads, letterheads, postal covers dated from 1870s-1890s. New York New York

A letter written anonymously to Governor Nelson Dewey of Wisconsin, c1850. Postmarked Watertown, N.Y. The letter was regarding a tax problem. The writ

New York merchants doing business with Johnsville, Ohio businessman J. J. Cover. Dated 1854-1859, some pictorial; red and blue ink. 13 pieces. New Y

Over 30 billheads from New York merchants addressed to Mr. J. J. Cover & Company of Johnsville, Ohio. Many with revenue stamps. New York

Letterheads, billheads and receipts from businesses in Canal Dover, Ohio in the 1890s. Over 30 pieces, some from New Philadelphia. Canl Dover Ohio

Lot of eleven pieces of business paperwork from Cincinnati, Ohio during the 19th century. Postal cover and letterhead from The Bradford Belting Co. Ri

A collection of 70+ pieces of correspondence, letterheads, billheads, etc., from Cleveland, Ohio, c1857-1922. Mostly from pre-1900, includes (36) &q...

Two pamphlets from the Columbus Audubon Society: 1928-29 and 1938-39. Also a 1902 letter from the U. S. department of Agriculture Biological Survey to

A rare collection of 11 documents from Harrison City, OH, c1816-99. Includes legal and land documents, invoices, checks, and an oil lease, c1889. Plea

A collection of 20 invoices, billheads, summons and land documents out of Sandusky, Ohio. Includes 14 letters and billheads related to George W. Clary

Billheads, receipts and postal documents from the Ohio community of Zoar Village, Ohio. Included are billheads from The Hardesty Milling Company, Deis

A collection of 19 land exchange documents from Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, c1881-1906. Includes Mortgage, Lease & Warranty Deeds, Title documents, lett...

A collection of six land deeds within Holmes County, OH, c1820-1851. Includes an 1820 Indenture for 105 acres in Wayne County, between James Latta and

A collection of six invoices and legal documents from Ohio, c1820-32. Includes instructions for a constable to pick a person up and take them to the j

About 30 billheads and letterheads from Ohio merchants, 1850s-1920s. Wilmot; Bellville; Bethesda; Mansfield; Newark; Columbus; Akron; Canton. Ohio

Over 35 different small Ohio towns are represented in this collection of vintage billheads and letterheads. Akron; Baltic; Beach City; Belleville; Bet

A collection of eight miscellaneous ephemera from Ohio, c1840-1921. Includes a Special Report of the Board of Public Works, public auction/sale list,

A dozen Ohio documents, c1823-1932. Includes several land deeds; Portage Co. notices awarding bounty for killing wolves c18XX (2); wedding invitation

A State of Ohio, Washington County land deed, c1832, signed by Samuel Hutchinson, Justice of the Peace, the recorder and four witnesses. Please see ph

This is a land patent or contract between John Singleton of Franklin County, Pennsylvania to Margaret & Mary Platt of French Creek Township. The...

A collection of more than 50 billheads and correspondence from Pennsylvania, c1827-1907. Includes two Philadelphia, PA, receipts for funds to benefit

Pathmasters were elected or appointed to keep the paths of his area well marked and clear of fallen trees or growing bushes. This lot contains a hand

Lot of 3 different. Rare Deadwood billheads and check from the early years of the camp. 1) 1881 billhead to Helena with "Merchants National Ban...

Three pieces of early Vermont ephemera: 1) 1804 Jonas and Abagail Goodell indenture; 2) 1832 note from Oliver Olney to Esq. Goodell; 3) 1804 deed sign

A group of 25 letterheads and billheads from Vermont, c1880s-1910s. Please see photo(s) for more details. Vermont

On Aug. 26, 1875, the Bank of California closed its doors. The next day the bank's founder, William Chapman Ralston's body was found floatin...

A collection of more than 30 billheads and letterheads, c1866-1938. The group includes two from Nebraska, six from Missouri, about 10 from Iowa and ab

A dozen billheads from New Jersey, Maine and Maryland, c1867-1903. Please see photo(s) for more details.

This is a rare collection of 175+ calling or visiting cards, c1850s. The collection has a vast array of elegant neoclassical designs. A 10" x 7...

Two exchange notes from Drexel, Sather & Church, Bankers and Dealers in Bullion and Bills of Exchange. The partners in this bank covered the cou...

A trio of newspapers from New York, Ohio and Connecticut, c1839-69. Included are: "Life Illustrated," New York, Dec. 12, 1857 edition; &qu...

A dozen letterheads and billheads from the states of Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut, c1864-1902. Please see photo(s) for more details.

1911 Edesco Woolens salesman's sample catalog with color illustration and of course wool samples. 22x16". Spine detaching, binding wear. Pl...