Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

Lot of 2. 1) Billhead for Pinniger & Queen, Wholesale and Retail Druggists, West Side of Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada. "R.E. Queen Success...

Color pictorial billhead for Kohl & Boyle (Kohl crossed out), Agents Nevada Territory Rainier Beer in Wood or Bottles. Dateline Reno, Nevada, Ma...

Lot of 2 different, exterior and interior. Very rare. 1) Exterior view of two well-dressed men pointing at the advertising for the bar on the storefro

Lot of about 20 pieces. Most is for the Reno Brewing Company, with a few pieces from other Reno brewers. 1) Reno Brewing Company. Operated 1903-1957.

Lot of 83 incl. an ink blotter. Includes: many for John Sunderland; H. Thompson's Grand Soap; H. Leter; numerous for druggists Osburn & Shoe...

Lot of 9. 1) Three different billheads. a) 1887 pictorial billhead for SJ Hodgkinson & Co., Druggists and Apothecaries. Billed to Pierce Evans f...

Lot of 4. 1) 1869 pictorial VC billhead for Hoole's lumber business. Issued to the Savage Mining Company. 2) 1876 Reno Western Union Telegraph C...

"Smack and Smiles: How to Mix Fancy Drinks and Beverages", Tenth Edition, 1907, by Charles Smith. Cover has advertising for Sierra Beer fr...

Lot of two different advertising booklets for this laxative remedy invented by Reno druggist RE Queen. "Nature's Pleasant Laxative." M...

Lot of 5. Ruby Hill Drug Store, Chas. M. Fassett, Pharmacist and Druggist. 1) Three different prescription slips, all issued in 1882, two in color. 5.

Lot of 3. 1) Two different for the Miners' Drug Store, Inc. Jno. A. Uhland, Manager. Dealers in Drugs and Sundries. Sole Agents for Lowney's...

Lot of 3. 1) Two different prescription slips for the Tuscarora Drug Store, "Sign of Big Mortar." Both issued in November 1881 by T.W. Hun...

Lot of 9. Includes: 1) 1886 pictorial billhead, Pioneer Drug Store, Virginia City, to Storey County Hospital. 2) 1889 prescription slip, Pioneer Drug

Lot of 17. 1) Nine billheads, 7 varieties. Most billed to Savage MC. Includes: 1871; 1876 (Crocker & Co. Print); two 1878 blue/green (Enterprise...

Lot of 8. 1) Letterhead for J.B. Shaw & Son, Gents' Fine Clothing and Furnishing Goods, 1893. B.F. Shaw and J.B. Shaw. Message from HK Shaw ...

Only known example. Lefevre is called the "Red Light District Druggist" by Holabird. Pictorial letterhead for the French & American Dr...

This may be the only billhead known. G.P. Morrill, Apothecary and Druggist, Manufacturer of Soda Water, South C. Street, Opposite Gillig, Mott &...

Rare pictorial billhead for the Pioneer Soda Works, J. Kelly and Hugh Kelly, Importers & Dealers in Wines & Liquors, Virginia, Nev., Sept. 1...

Clean 1869 Bank of California check issued to Thos. Taylor & Co. and signed by "Bonanza King" John Mackay. US IR and NV adhesive reven...

Lot of 10. 1) Woodworth Mill check issued to Nevada Soda Mining Company, signed by James G. Fair. Reverse signed "Higgins & Crampton, Agent...

Lot of two different Addition and Subtraction Table Cards for Comstock children to use printed by William Sutherland, Virginia City, 1897. Both are pr

Lot of 9. 1) Six billheads. Four Virginia City billheads: HC Kirk & Co, 1865, pictorial; Rice & Livermore, 1866; Chas. C. Livermore, 1868; a...

Lot of 10 documents. These are handwritten receipts and one billhead, all from Petaluma in 1857. FH believes this WS Wright to be the same that made h

Lot of 2. 1) Ophir Dairy, Washoe Valley, Theo. Winters. Prominent Nevada and California rancher and land owner. 2) JM Short, Glenbrook, Douglas Co., N

Lot of 3 different very rare trade cards for the Ophir Dairy, operated by Theo. Winters. Winters was an early settler of the Carson Valley in Nevada a

Letterhead for George Allen, Dealer in Wines, Liquor, Cigars and Mineral Waters, Soda Waters, and Wieland's Extra Pale Beer. Dateline Wells, Nev...

Lot of 3. 1) Prescription slip for W.A. Brown, Lessee Eagle Drug Store. November 16, 1894. Large spindle hole, folds, rough edges. 2) 1910-11 calendar

Rare. Letterhead for Humboldt Soda & Bottling Works and Depot House Saloon, G.A. Krenkel, Proprietor. Dateline Winnemucca, Nev., May 9th, 1894. ...

Lot of 30. Includes: FC Robins; N. Levy & Co., agents for Wiener Beer; Chas. Chenoweth; druggist TC Hansen; W.F. Stevens; druggist T.C. Hanson; ...

Extra rare! Good For One / Glass / "Sierra Beer" // C.M. Coddington / Agent / Yerrington [sic.], Nev. Rectangular. Brass. 33 x 20mm. Coddi...

Unique. Billhead dated 1916 to the Aurora Consolidated Mines Co. for Rainier beer and cream soda. Red print. Attached to check from the Goldfield Cons

Lot of 4. 1) Corner ad. cover for Yerington Ice & Soda Factory, 1919, sent to the Nevada Industrial Commission. No contents. Tears. Original bus...

Lot of 12. 1) Elko: two different for B. Reinhart & Co. 2) Tuscarora: two different for druggists Booth & Co. 3) Willow Point: The Postmaste...

Lot of 5 trade cards from Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Company that advertise the state of Nevada. Four are the same and have a map of Nevada and a vignette

Lot of 20. Range in size from postcard-sized to 8 x 10" Some duplication. Includes: Washoe City, 1865; Wonder, NV; different of Benton's Li...

Lot of two US patents filed by Ralph W. Ashcroft, business manager of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) in 1908. Patents 67.086 and 67.087 trademarking the

Small handheld apothecary scale. Comes with small weights, a six inch beam and two round brass pans that measure 2.5". Appears in good conditio...

Lot of 27. Largest is 5.25 x 7" for Dr. Radcliffe's Seven Seals of Golden Wonder and Favorite Pills. Others include: Hoyt's German Colo...

Three crock jugs like ones used to cure and hold corn liquor or white lightening. Jugs range in size from 6"x 9", 11"x 8" and 9&...

Two nice crock butter churns. One with paddle, but it can be interchanged to the other. Both churns measure 13"x 9". There is some chippi...

Set of five crockery canisters in various sizes, with the largest coming in at 8"x 7" and the smallest 5"x 4". There is wear fr...

Assorted shapes and sizes of crockery, ready for use or decoration. Pieces measure from 12" down to 3" and everything in between. Some hav...

Two large water crocks and one a bit smaller for counter use. Two have lids, although with the larger one, the lid isn't an exact match, but fit...

Lot of 2. Rare early soda fountain ephemera. 1) Book of Directions for Using the A.D. Puffer & Sons Mfg. Co.'s Soda and Mineral Water Appara...

This is an Alabama Claims U.S. Treasury draft issued in 1889 payable to various Americans for their losses as a result of attacks by Confederate raide

9 x 14" 200pp ledger in pencil, 1904-1905 for the Board of Supervisors. Contains minutes of meetings and some accounting and notes. All of the ...

Lot of 24. 1) Ledger book with 21 receipts, detached but present, plus stubs. Issued in 1862, dateline Columbia. Book is 3 x 9" 2) Three other ...

Banking Hose of P. A. Lamping. Lot of nine.Includes on attached pair. Unissued. Important Downieville bank items. Date: 186- Country if not USA: S

1) 1865 mining related Lamping check to Charles Pohn signed by F. Reis, superintendent. Revenue stamp. 2) Unused Banking House of P. A. Lamping. 186-.

Edward B. Heffernan had gone missing from his home in Fresno, CA, on May 21, 1917. Poster offers a $50 reward for the bespectacled man whose photo and

Two wanted posters in mounted and in pristine condition from the Fresno, CA, area, early 1900s. Duo includes: a William H. Elwell, Englishman, with de

MURDER $1000 Reward for the arrest of Isidore Indart aka Constant I. McVeagh, who murdered Cipriano Urtasum on Feb. 8, 1915. With photo and extensive

Three pristine wanted posters from the Fresno area in the early 1900's. Trio includes: $600 Reward for the Nov. 10, 1921 murder of a Chinese mer...

Wanted Posters: Unknown assailant Wanted For the Murder of Luther Mullinex, found dead in his cabin in the hills above Three Rivers on Feb. 23, 1916,

Two mounted wanted posters include a "WANTED BADLY" headline and another with a list of 11 men at large, both with photos and descriptions...

Two wanted posters, one for desertion, the other for a number of crimes, from Fresno and Madera, CA, in the early 1900s. Includes a couple, Antonio Va

Duo of vintage wanted posters - one for murder, the other offering a reward for finding items that were stolen, in Fresno, Ca, c1914-1915. Includes $1

Two bad characters were wanted for different crimes on these two wanted posters from the early 1900s in Central California. The first was a T.C.B. Aye

Two pristine 8.5" x 11" wanted posters boasting $50 rewards, one for a missing man and the other for a 1917 version of a scam artist, both...

Fantastic broadside for meeting held on March 21st, 1920 at Trinity Auditorium in Los Angeles (confirmed with CDNC). Speakers include: Charles T. Spra

California Interstate Telephone Company phone book covering: Benton Station, Big Pine, Bishop, Crowley Lake, Independence, Lee Vining , Lone Pine, and

Lot of 4. 1) Three Bank of Napa checks issued in Napa City, Cal., 1877. Issued to Pope & Talbot (lumber); JL Cogswell; and DL Haas. All with one...

Lot of 2. Both are The Bank of Napa. Dateline Napa City, Cal., March 1876. Signed by WC Watson cashier. Issued to JA Jackson & Co. (not JP Jacks...

Lot of 3. All are Bank of Napa, with Napa City, Cal. datelines. Issued in 1876. All with RN-F imprinted revenue. Red print. To be paid in Gold. Signed

Ott’s Assay Office is said to have had $27 million in gold pass through its doors without ever once being held up or robbed. Built sometime p

Three assay reports from the London Assay Office of Johnson, Matthey & Company of Hatton Garden in London. Assays were fro. Flint Hill, Broad Ri...

Ledger sheet for the business of Pearson Springs for the year ending November 1st, 1883. Inside list bills due to numerous merchants like Wamboldt Bro

This is a milk can that appears to be from the Golden State Dairy in Pixley, California. The can stands about 16" with lid and is about 8"...

This is an example of a get quick scheme, using the power of propaganda and a brightly lit up bunch of tube lighting. This is a Ray & radiation ...

This group is comprised of 6 different Sacramento City Bank checks 1852-1855, punch cancelled, 1855 missing corner Date: 1852-1855 Country if not US

Lot of five billheads. Sole agents for Pabst Brewing and San Francisco breweries. 1899. Vignette left leaf w/"B" center surrounded by word...

This lot has 8 pieces of San Francisco history! These documents date from May 21, 1908 to April 13, 1911. There are 6 billheads and 2 receipts for pur

Receipt issued by Adams & Company Freight, Package & Parcel Express of San Francisco. Piece is dated September 18, 1853 and is in good, re...

Clipper Ship Card Reproductions in beautiful antique frame. Piece measures 23" and is a wood frame with glass. Companies included are Flying Cl...

Lot of 13. 1) John Conly & Co., Bankers. Two 1866 checks, dateline Port Wine. Each has an adhesive revenue stamp. 2) Bank of La Porte, Californi...

A trio of Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. 1854 Shasta Rhodes & Whitney-edge toning, 1855 San Francisco Lucas Turner & Co, 1...

Here is a great archive of the California Oil Industry. Item # 1 of 8 : Guijarra Hills, Fresno Co., ( 2 ) Oil Fileds Maps ( 1956 ). Item # 2 of 8: Ga

Produced by the Mutual Orange Distributors of California. California miner with burro in the Sierras in lower vignette. 11 x 11 inches, chip on top e

A November 1921 edition of The Standard Oil Bulletin. This was a monthly publication put out by the California branch of the company to all stockholde

Original documents from the Stock Growers at lilty park. They had an office in Salt LAke City. about 15 invoice groups, includes receipts and some ou

Three pieces pertaining to the Consolidated Lotteries of Delaware dated 1859-1866. A warning against bogus agents selling counterfeit lottery tickets;

Scrapers, awls, blades, set 4, includes: jasper, silicified rhyolite, obsidian, moss agate, chalcedony, rose agate, chert, etc. Over 60 pieces. Nicely

Here we have two giant , old style insurance ledgers, 16 3/4" tall x 12" in size. Item # 1 of 2: The Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society....

A marriage certificate from a wedding in Salem, Indiana for one John Hollingsworth to Emaline Eliza Weir. The document is pictorial and signed by a Re

This is an unusual and interesting receipt. It is pictorial with a sailing ship. "Surely the Isles shall wait for me." Is. 60.9. One share...

1) Metal oval tag. 2 x 4.25". To C. A. Robinson. Compliments of Lewiston Creamery. 12 1/2? Rough condition. 2) Glacier Dairy of Kalispell Cream...

Currency size bill serial number 37963 for "3" Obv.: The United States / F. Johnson's / Where you will get more/ Dry Gods, Carpets, M...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Carson & Colorado Railroad paycheck, 1887, dateline Moundhouse, for wages of a trackman. 2) Carson & Tahoe Lumber &am...

Die cut for Bell, Edwards & Co., Grocers, Carson, Nevada. Shows 6 well-dressed children walking through the snow. Measures approx. 7 x 10" ...

Sign for Barley Creek in tin. The creek is located in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is a fishing and hiking area today. It is 49.1 miles fr

Official document appointing WS Bonnifield as Notary Public. Attested to by county recorder JS Bonnifield. Fabulous Gold and Green attached seal from

Rare. Softcover booklet with 15 pages full of saloon and brewing ads! The festival took place July 3rd-5th, 1909, celebrating the 50th anniversary of

Lot of 8 incl. revenue pieces. 1) Virginia City: Gould & Curry SMC, 1869, RN-B, signed by Isaac Requa; Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming C...

Lot of 2. 1) Carson and Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company revenue check, 1878, Virginia City. Issued to CC Atherton. Signed by DL Bliss. Rare Wells...

Lot of 5. Includes two billheads for the Savage Gold & silver Mining Co., "Bought of White's Canon Mill, G. Loomis, Proprietor." D...

Bank of California, HM Yerington, Virginia, Nev., January 4, 1876. Issued to MM Fredrick for $87.50. Signed by HM Yerington. Endorsed on the back for

Items from some of Nevada's famous Brothels. Two bumper stickers from Fran's Star RanchBeatty; Menu from Sagebrush Brothel in CArson (the b...

Hand held-1 illegible, Carol J Inc Feb 1967. S & S Foundation 1957. Jet Restaurant. 1 missing 1 plate. Lever- 6 missing 1 plate, NV Society for ...

Lot of ~75 documents including checks, bank and railroad vouchers, letters, state warrants, and more that are issued to and/or signed by historical Ne

An historic piece of farming equipment! See photo! Some of these items are heavy or large and will require addition cost to mail if not picked up. Da