December 2017 Premier Auction

Nice bird's-eye view of San Francisco from Russian Hill. Kilburn Bros. No. 984. Medium contrast. (Prag Collection) Date: Location: San Fr...

2 Souvenir folders with many images, and promo sheet for Cliff House gift shop. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54931

Four different stereoviews of Cliff House by Thomas Houseworth & Co., c.1865-1868. 1) Earliest view is Lawrence & Houseworth #406, Cliff and...

Lot of 4 different Cliff House stereoviews by Carlton Watkins, c.1874 and c.1880-1888. 1) Three cards are from his 1874 studio: #776, from the beach l

Cliff House stereoview by Griffith & Griffith. View is from the beach with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance. In the foreground is ...

Lot of 4. 1) Kilburn Bros. shot from the beach looking up at Cliff House. Sign clearly visible. 2) c.1880s Watkins stereoview showing Seal Rocks. 3) B

Lot of four different nice early views. 1) Three are by Watkins. Best is c.1867 showing exterior of First Unitarian Church of San Francisco. Two c.187

Lot of four different stereoviews all featuring trolleys. Included: choice c.1900 view of busy Market Street by Art Nouveau Stereograph; c.1901 Underw

Three different cards with three different views of this Civil War era military base now located beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. 1) c.1874 Watkins ste

Lot of 4 different. 1) Best is an 1897 card titled "A Chinaman's Family." Stamped M.F. McNeil (not listed in Mautz) and handwritten da...

1) Two c.1874 Watkins stereoviews. First is No. 1362, The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill. Great contrast. Some soiling. Second is No. 701, View from

Lot of 8 different nice early San Francisco (and area) stereoviews. 1) Four by Kilburn Bros.: Russian Hill bird's-eye view; Telegraph Hill bird&...

Four different by this famed Western photographer spanning three decades. 1) Earliest is c.1867 card showing the Merchants Exchange. Some soiling and

Four different interesting San Francisco stereoviews by JJ Reilly of Marysville, CA. According to Mautz, Reilly operated the Wood's Gallery Mary...

Choice Taber stereoview, "The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill." c.1880. Nice contrast and detail. One of the original "Seven Hills&qu...

1) Watkins c.1874 view, some staining and fading. 2) Two different from the Kilburn Bros.. Stereoview No. 986. Nice contrast. Some light wear and scuf

1) c.1901 view from Sausalito Ferry by Keystone View Co. Nice contrast and detail. 2) c.1864 view from Bay Shore & Fort Point. Contrast very wea...

Stereoview published by Bradley & Rulofson, photograph by Muybridge. No. 681--San Francisco from Rincon Hill. Nice contrast, some staining. Acco...

Four different early views, but condition issues. 1) c.1869, No. 173, Northeast corner Montgomery and California Streets, looking North to Sacramento

The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge-Authentic, Amazing, Thrilling. Souvenir bookmark from 1938 opening of bridge and was pinned on hikers across the b

1) c.1947 very detailed map of Golden Gate Park by Hugh Mooney. 8 x 23.5" Many folds. 2) 4 x 5.75" sepia photograph of many visitors and c...

Lot of 21 stereoviews of this iconic park in San Francisco built in the early 1870s as the city's version of Central Park. 1) Two by AJ McDonald...

c.1900 Art Noveau Stereograph Co. stereoview No. 5405 showing the Speedway at Golden Gate Park. View shows man in top hat commanding wagon with two ho

Two different rare views of the playground in Golden Gate Park. 1) Rare 1892 Underwood & Underwood view of the merry-go-round. Light contrast an...

Photo of Golden Gate Park from terrace showing the Garfield and Key Monuments by Billington 4.5" x 7.5". Conservatory in Golden Gate Park...

Billhead archive from commercial grocers Castle Bros. & Loupe, San Francisco, CA with store vignette.1881-1882. Blue paper, some with silver foi...

Loaded with San Francisco photos. De Luxe Souvenir View Book-Fifty Different Views 1943 4" x 7". San Francisco and Vicinity 1915 8" x...

Lot of 6. Includes: 4 old b/w bicycle photos, JM Tomlinson High Grade Bicycles pictorial letterhead, souvenir program from January 1936 San Francisco

Lot of eight pieces. Mostly San Francisco - but also Providence, Rhode Island and Boston. The premier piece is Number 25 in Dr. Hartman's remedy...

Distinctive Vignettes manufactured by The Union Lithography Co., San Francisco. 60 pp, 621 colorful vignettes of fruits, vegetables and other foods. 1

Advertising Sutro Baths "Official Programme." 15 different newspaper dates in 1900. Published every Sunday. 12" x 15". Date:...

1913 map of San Francisco, MM O' Shaughnessy City Engineer. 33.5" x 27.5", some toning. Booklet, Road of a Thousand Wonders, San Franc...

1) Bright yellow, green and red Sing Fat & Company. Fancy Dragon fills the top half of the card. Established in 1866. 2) Sing Chong Company. Gre...

Wide variety of ephemera including pictorial menus from Spencer's Fish Grotto, Monaco Theatre, Riviera Bernstein's Fish Grotto, paper napkin...

First issues after infamous earthquake. July 1906 Brown bear and eagle with moon background on cover. Numerous photos of after quake fires and devasta

c. 1890s Ornate card printed on light green paper with fancy logo. Located at 517 Clay and 510-516 Commercial Street. E.W. Goggin, Manager. Small rust

Fancy business card for O.E. Olsen Lithograph Company, 330 Jackson St. in San Francisco. "The Drummer with Ideas." 3 x 5" on cardstoc...

Famous Western litho. company. Colorful, illustrated business card. Labels, posters, corrugated paper products. Illustrated on both sides. Has 1918 wr

Schmidt Litho was one of the best and most colorful of the San Francisco printers. Here are 2 of there company directories, one with signatures of 7

Five different. 1) Deckelman Bros., Barber's Supply House, 106 Ellis Street, SF. 2) Union Square Furniture Packing & Moving Co., corner of P...

Panorama from New City Hall, 4.75" x 8". Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54601

6 menu's: Bergez-Franks Old Poodle Dog 1910 New Years Eve 4pp, April 15, 1922 menu with 2p insert and ala carte menu. General Bill of Fare and W...

1905 "Seeing San Francisco" Aboard the Sight Seeing Car by Kollmann. Loaded with b/w photos of San Francisco and ads. Includes Palace Hote...

On the Way to Monterey by Ben Black, California Sunset by Alex Sullivan, California by Albert Roche, My California Queen by Ivan Martin, Would You by

Lot of 8. 1) Four cards, two types, for D. Ryan, Druggist & Apothecary, 30th & Mission Streets, San Francisco. Two are earlier (2.25 x 4&quo...

31 assorted pieces of promotional brochures, letterheads and envelopes from many famous old San Francisco hotels. Includes St. Francis, Keystone, Stew

Wow. This is quite a collection. Lot of 92. Vast majority are dated 1877 and billed to NS Trowbridge & Co. who were general merchants in Tybo, N...

40+. 16 non building San Francisco pictorial letterheads 1904-1939 includes several Camille's Rotisserie and Restaurant, non pictorial Levi Stra...

Lot of 26. Includes: John Taylor & Co. (Druggist and Assay Supplies) to Savage Mine in Virginia City (1868, 1870, 1872); Anchor Shirt Factory (1...

8 buildings pictorial letterheads 1901-1948:- Hotel Terminal, The Olympic Club, Eilers Music Co., Miller Sloss & Scott, Hotel Plaza and more. 10...

Approx 80 items, mostly billheads related to San Francisco, some are pictorial. Generally 1870's to 1890 thought some are newer. Includes some p...

Three pieces. 1) "San Francisco, The Queen City." 1915 softcover booklet (8.25 x 10") of photogravures published by Cardinell-Vincent...

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, June 1, 1935 booklet from Columbia Steel Co. with photos of construction and articles. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bri

13 certs, 12 unissued, 1 issued to Isador Landsberger 1876 #9 1000 shares. Litho is GT Brown, an African American artist. Date: 1876 Location:

Volume 2, Number 2. Published monthly. San Francisco. By LP McCarthy, publisher. Professionally rebounding with hard boards. 4.5 x 7.5". 120 pa...

Lot of ten great old views. 1) Smallest is a 2.5 x 3.75" (4 x 5.5" matted) by Johnston & Company. Shows Cliff House and Seal Rock. Com...

Three bells polka composed & dedicated to Capt. Creighton. by T.J. Cook. Pearson, engraver Sarony & Co. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1857), lithogr...

1) Business card for Alphonso (Ah Gow). Your guide through "China-Town." 2) Ryan's Famous Chinatown Tours Brochure. 8 x 4". 10 pa...

1) i/u Pope Expanding Bit Co. to FH Gould 1912 #224. 2) i/void Noyo Land and Cattle Co. to HM Cochran #9 1 share. Date: Location: San Francisc

Photo of entrance to the Golden Gate showing Bonita Point and Mount Tamalpais with a steamship in the water. Photo by Billington. 4.5" x 7.5&qu...

25 unused ticket books, c.1920s-30s. Whitney's Playland was a 10-acre (40,000 m2) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach at the we...

Approx 98 San Francisco trade cards including Tillman and Bendel, Doxey & Company's, American Exchange Hotel, American Clock Depot, Fountain...

1) Grateful Dead, Live at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 2) Grateful Dead, Skull and Roses on a pumpkin. 3) Burning Man, Cargo Cult. 4) Burning Man,

Vintage Grateful Dead / Neville Bros Live in Concert Poster Dec. 30-31. Ford Coliseum. Probably a reprint, but nicely framed in double metal. Poster 2

5 San Jose CA trade cards. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: San Jose, California HWAC # 54134

1) c. late 1880s Stereoview by A.J. McDonald, San Francisco. Nice view of observatory buildings on the hill. According to Mautz, McDonald partnered wi

One First Mortgage Six Per Cent Sinking Fund Forty Year Gold Bond. No. 1516, $500. Signed by President Brown. Ornate green border with allegorical vig

A luxury hotel located in Santa Barbara, California that opened in 1927. Operates today as the Four Seasons Resort—The Biltmore Santa Barbara. Rare 6.

4.5" x 7.5" b/w photos of ostrichs at South Pasadena Ostrich Farm. 12 page souvenir booklet from South Pasadena Ostrich Farm with ostrich ...

1) 1897 letter from Emory Smith horticulturist, Redwood City, CA with lower corner folds and tears. Letter from Chas. Hodges, Stanford University, 190

A large pocket map of Tulare County, CA 1920. Brown binder with rear stain, 9.75" x 5". Map is 27.5" x 30". Two tears on left si...

Visalia Stock Saddle Co, JC Ward Books, Visalia. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Visalia, California HWAC # 54136

Three different billheads from this California Gold Rush town in Trinity County. 1) Henry Junkans, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Wines & Liquor...

Lot of 34. Mini-archive for the West Side Lumber Co. of Tuolumne, California. Includes: 1919 billhead attached to Sierra Railway voucher for payment o

Edition Supreme. 6 pages of sheet music.12" x 9.25". Date: Location: Yosemite, California HWAC # 53602

Lot of 10. Includes: 5.75" x 8.75" black and white photograph of people on horseback on the Glacier Point trail in 1932 (identified on rev...

Lot of 30. Promotional guides: 1923 Yosemite Mariposa Big Trees; 1924 Yosemite Road Guide; undated for Yosemite Lodge; c.1920s "What to do in Y...

Lot of ten different stereoviews published by B.W. Kilburn (and Kilburn Bros., Littleton, NH). Rarest is No. 964--Registry Rock, nice contrast. Also i

Lot of 7 different Yosemite scenic stereoviews by E .& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York), c.1870s. Five are from the Glories of Yosemite, Califo...

Out of the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews in this collection, these 9 were kept separate by Prag. They were in an envelope marked Very Early Yosemit

Lot of seven Yosemite scenery stereoviews by Carlton Watkins. 1) Two are from Watkins' Pacific Coast, 22 & 26 Montgomery St., San Francisco,...

Lot of 8 different stereoviews by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Light to medium contrast. 1) Six cards from Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1865 and 1866...

Lot of 13 stereoviews by photographer J.J. Reilly (and partners). Condition is mostly good with light to medium contrast. 1) Four cards from Stockton

Group of 5 different Yosemite stereoviews c.1870 by John P. Soule (of Boston). Best two are of iconic Yosemite structures: No. 1072. Hutchings' ...

Five different stereoviews (4" x 7") of Yosemite by well-known San Francisco publisher Taber. Cards include: No. 1094--Tutocanula or El Ca...

Lot of three stereoviews (4" x 7") from John S. Moulton (Salem, Massachusetts). Best card is No.35 view of Hutchings' Hotel with Senti...

One rare stereoview of Black's Hotel in Yosemite. The only one like this in a collection of hundred of stereoviews we sorted. No photographer is...

Lot of four different rare stereoviews of the Hutchings' Hotel. Cards include: C.W. Woodward (Rochester, NY) view #600 showing the hotel and Sen...

One rare stereoview (no photographer listed) No.103--Hutchings' Winter Quarters, showing Hutchings sitting with a rifle in front of a small cabi...

1) Leydig's [sic.] Hotel, Yosemite, Cal. Popular Series. No photographer identified. Applied crooked. Nice contrast and detail. George Leidig ca...

Lot of 28. This is a really nice set of "later" stereoviews (i.e. not 1860s-80s). Includes: a set of 11 cards from a family vacation (1920...

Three different rare stereoviews by John P. Soule (Boston) c.1870 of Lamon's Cabin in Yosemite. 1) No. 1245: Close-up exterior view with three m...

Rare. Only one like it in the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews we sorted in this collection. 3.75" x 7" view #106--Eagle Cliff. Well-dress...

Lot of 15 Yosemite scenery stereoviews. Most Includes: C.P. Hibbard No. 70 Mirror Lake; B.K. Edit Vallee de Yosemite (Paris photographer); Union View

Fun set of 4 different stereoviews that show the evolution of vehicles passing through the Mariposa Grove: Keystone c.1899 view showing woman on horse

Choice large (4"x7") stereoview by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. of the Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel. Many clear details including stagecoac...

Lot of 5 different, all published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co. (New York). Four are large format (4 x 7"): 38, Galen's Hospice (fading and ...

Lot of 11 different Big Trees stereoviews. This is a nice group, with some rare views. 1) c.1866 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 909, Interior of th...

Three choice stereoviews by different publishers. 1) E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. No. 38--First Log Hut erected in the Grove. Close-up view of th...

Map of Public Surveys in California to accompany Report Surveyor Gen. Signed by Surveyor General of California. Gray ink on cream color paper. Slight