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