May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Montana Steam Cracker Company, Helena and Bozeman, manufacturers of Lockey's Brand of Crackers and Hard Bread. Illustrated receipt for items rec...

2 Legal documents from Helena Montana. They are both territorial from April of 1888 and hand written concerned with a payment of one thousand dollars

10 The First National Bank of Butte loan receipts c. 1920 with stamps. Approx 25 bank checks from various banks in Montana and ND c. 1905-1963. HWA

Placer Hotel and Arbuckle's advertising items. Montana Deaconess School at Helena showing students and grounds.163 Infantry Journal. Helena Wat...

Photograph of a residence in Madison County with stables and select hand-colored trees. View of the stables, backyard, and mountains behind the house.

5 Letters from the great depression from the Miles City Trades and Labor Council, associated with the American Federation of Labor, to the City Counci

80+ pieces. Binder full of letterheads and correspondence to the city government of Miles City, Montana, as well as other Mile City documents. c1906-1

Rare! Dateline Philbrook, May 28, 1884. Pay $15.25 to G.J. Morrison for merchandise. Signed by superintendent John Davis. To be paid by the Treasurer

Lot of 5. Includes: two pictorial receipts for the Philipsburg Fire Brigade No. 1, 1906; a 1902 pictorial draft for the same fire company; a 1905 Post

Illustrated lettersheet for Brown Shoe Company, datelined Basin, Wyoming, Aug. 3, 1936. Sent to Ft. Peck Mercantile Co. in Poplar, MT. Letter is about

Advertising booklet for Red Lodge in Carbon County Montana. Illustrated promotional piece for the small town with pictures, advertisements and inform

Great card! Man sleeping in doghouse. Post marked Renova, 1906. Post office open, 1906-1923. HWAC# 38658 Date: 1906 Location: Renova, Jeffers

What a great piece. Two masked men "...secreted themselves on the tender of the Oriental Limited, Great Northern Railway Company" on Septe...

Nice black and white photo of the Stevensville Hotel. Hand written notes on fronts include "parlor door" and "This used to be my bedr...

Ledger for Emil Hedrick, Dr., Livery & Feed Stable. 14.25" x 9". Good condition. HWAC# 57835 Date: Location: Virginia City, ...

Rare! Issued October 16th, 1893 to S.R. Buford & Co. of Virginia City, Montana to carry on the business of Stage & Express. Signed by the st...

1904 pictorial cover and billhead for harnesses billed to S.R. Buford in Virginia City, Montana. "Wholesale Harness, Saddlery, Leather & Fi...

1899 letter and cover from the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) sent to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Re: order...

Advertising broadside booklet and cover for the Commonwealth Carriage Co., St. Louis, Missouri, mailed to S.R. Buford in Virginia City, Montana in 190

Montana State Boiler Inspector's Certificate dated 1926. Montana Traction Engineer's License dated 1927. Nice tractor image. Both have som...

Official dues card, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers. 1938-1939. Constitution and By-laws, Butte Teamsters

Includes 10 postal receipts/ working cards. Approx 100 letters from State of Montana Attorney General, State Forester, House of Representatives, gub

Vigilantes of Montana or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains by Prof. Thos. J. Dismdale. Mackinaws Down the Missouri by Glen Barrett. HWAC# 505

2 x mine union brother release papers dated 1944. By laws and rules of local union 41. Butte Mutual Labor Bureau Recommendation Card dated 1922, has

4 pink working cards, local 175. Savings passbook The First National Bank of Dillon Montana, 1963-7967. Dues book United Brotherhood of Carpenters a

Lot of 5 books 1)The Vigilantes of Montana by Prof. Thos. J. Dimsdale; embossed, leather bound, a reprint 1981 from 1866 edition by Time Life Books, h

Beautiful Certificate from Society of Montana Pioneers certifying that Alexander M. Walker arrived within the territory now constituting the State of

Lot of three pieces. 1) Billhead for S.C. Ashby & Co., seller of The Mitchell Fram and Spring Wagons. Dateline Helena, M.T., Oct. 9th, 1889. Bil...

Lot of five different. Includes: copper, 5.75", mining scene on bowl and handle; patriotic handle and (gold-plated?) small Montana seal, 6"...

Lot of 4. 1) Two different pictorial and colorful Territory of Montana warrants/bonds for $50 and $100, issued 1868. One has five coupons attached. P

Hotel Montana photograph. Location is not known. Dated by car in photo. One photo is pristine and sharp. The other has a full length bend in it. Size

Included: Biennial Reports, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the Librarian of the State Law Library, 1917-1918; University of Montana President...

Lot of 12. Included: 1873 letterhead for Henry Elling, Banker, Virginia City; pictorial letterhead for the Park Hotel, Great Falls, 1890s; letter fr

Lot of 8. This is a nice group showing communication between the post and Indian traders at Ft. Shaw and Ft. Benton. 1) Four are sent from Fort Benton

1) 1884 license receipt issued 1884 in Dillon to Utah & Northern Railroad Expressman. 2) 1889 license receipt for Omnibus & Expressman in Bo...

1) Silver Anniversary Encampment W.R.C., Department of Montana, Billings, April 15, 16, 17, 1909. Yellow cloth, 8" x 2.25". Vignette of ba...

Lot of about 15 misc. letterheads issued to Montana merchants, 1906-1916. Best piece is Home Lode Gold Mining Co. (Silver City, SD) to Butte, MT, 1916

Double truck, engraved & hand colored by Johnson. Gray border, colors are vivid. Slight .25" tear at bottom, middle, does not encroach on m...

3 Maps. 1) Nebraska by Gray. 1873. Engraved and hand colored. Approximately 17" x 27." 2) Nebraska by County, 1883. Graphics and lithograp...

All of Boulder Dam and Lake Mead. One RPC of Lake Mead. One Frasher of the Original site of Boulder Dam. One Union Pacific card. Series of eight Carpe

190-. Unused blue checks and deposit slips in bound checkbook. Dateline Beatty, Nev. Bullfrog Bank & Trust Company. Approx. 25 checks. 2.5 x 7&...

Two receipts dated 1901 & 1908 from the Anglo-California Bank of San Francisco to the State Bank & Trust and Bullion & Exchange Bank of ...

Lot of 7. 1) Six Ormsby County banking licenses issued to the Bullion & Exchange Bank 1889-1898. Five are for one month and the last is for 3 m...

Issued to J. B.Overton 1899 # 57 9 shares, "one of the well-and favorably known citizens of Virginia City, who has been identified with the int...

1902 letter written on Russ House letterhead (San Francisco) to the Bullion & Exchange Bank. Message is from Carson City saloon owner Al Livings...

1) 1879 billhead from the Union Iron Works of San Francisco to the California Mill. 14 x 50" screens. Total of $113.75 worth. 2) Stereoview of ...

An antique oak recliner found in Dayton. It has been in the same family for over fifty years. No maker shown. Lion heads on the ends of the arm restss

Copper plastic STOCKMEN'S MOTOR HOTEL ELKO, NEVADA 89801 2.5" x 1.25". Green plastic ELKO HOTEL, ELKO, NEVADA 3.5" X 1.5". ...

8 x 24" map (28 x 32" framed) of Elko County. Drawn by draughtsman William P Wright. Wright appears in Federal records as early as 1872 as...

1987 menus with a photo of opening night and an article on the first train into Ely. Enjoy your shrimp for $8.45. Some staining. HWAC# 50871 Dat

This 12.5" x 8.75" black framed cocktail napkins from Hotel Nevada in Ely Nevada and pictures a burro in cowboy attire shooting 2 pistols....

1) Very attractive 1875 color billhead for Eureka Daily Sentinel, Dennis and Cassidy proprietors.Bare-breasted allegorical woman and locomotive vignet

These were found by one of Northern Nevada's most prolific diggers. "POD" stands for Post Office Department. Both are pictorial: Pony ...

Two Gold Hill items. 1) Wells, Fargo & Co. green certificate of deposit. Dateline Gold Hill, N.T., April 11, 1863. William Hess has deposited $7...

Wide range of RPC's, black and white reprints, and color postcards. Includes many mining scenes, prospectors, working in the mines, Florence Min...

One RPC of Eagles Drum corps, June, 2-1911, Goldfield Nevada. The other, hand colored image of "a bonanza Lease on the Mohawk, Goldfield, Nevad...

Two locks with keys and key tags from the Montezuma club at Goldfield Nevada. These key tags and locks must've been removed when the Montezuma c...

One page letter written Nov. 13th, 1876. Location is described at the top: "Murphy's Old Station (illegible) Sink Humboldt 37 miles from Ra...

Creating the town of Metropolis was the project of an eastern businessman, Harry L. Pierce. He purchased 40,000 acres of desert land in 1910 and hired

Letter from Pactolus, Nevada, dated 1902 to The State Bank and Trust Company, Carson Nevada. 8.5" x 10" HWAC# 56775 Date: 1902 Loc...

c.1960 high quality reprint of "Souvenir of Rawhide: Nevada's Great Gold Camp." Originally published in 1908 by and featuring photogra...

Lot of 4. 1) Souvenir Views of Rawhide: Ned Johnson's photographs. Great photographs: city, mines, people, buildings etc. First tent, first hote...

2 black 3.5" x 1.75" key fobs. Virginia Hotel Reno, Nevada, reverse IN RENO IT'S HAROLDS CLUB. Colonial Motor Inn, Reno, Nevada, rev...

Grand Hotel 4.75" x 2.25" key fob with key. Motel 500 with key. Sutro Motel with key. HWAC# 51433 Date: Location: Reno, Nev...

1) Case is in very nice condition. Hard plastic material. Inside in gold color is "Dr. Chas. O. Gasho / Optometrist / Reno - Nevada." 2) C...

Promissory note from George Wingfield for $15,075 to A. Sage. Dateline Reno, Nevada April 22, 1920. 8% per annum. Three $1 and one 2 cent documentary

Bronze colored "The Biggest Little City in the World." Manufactured by the Greendcuck Company out of Chicago. 1.5". HWAC# 48400 ...

Reno Hot Springs, Reno,NV, red plastic key fob. Swim for health, largest mineral pool in America. HWAC# 51434 Date: Location: Reno, Neva

Color Map of Nevada (tearing at right side) misc. letters, checks, bills. Interesting dealer lot. HWAC# 61238 Date: Location: Tonopah, Neva

Lot of twenty-three. Some nice and unusual reprints of the early days of Goldfield: the original Mizpah, July 4 1913, crowded street, different depot

Lot of 5 items related to Adolph Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock. 1) Rare 1888 receipt datelined Sutro, Nev. for the Lucille Lodge of the A

Corner of Washington & E Street. That would have been right across from the V&T train depot. S. A. Miller was the proprietor. "Rooms Si...

Lot of 23. Includes: 1887 Gold Hill letter to TR Hofer; two assessment receipts for the Utah Silver Mining Co., 1888; eight Bank of California deposit

All three are rare. 1) 1877 City License, Vehicle (wagon) 1st Class. Issued to RH McDonald for 3 months starting January 1877. Signed by the mayor, ci

Legends of the Comstock Lode by Beebe, The History of the Comstock Lode 1850-1920 by Smith, Silver Kings by Lewis, Virginia and Truckee by Beebe, A Hi

Group of approximately 17 real photo postcards. About half of these are from the normal suite of relatively common photo postcard and the other half a

This unique and rare silver chalice is from historical Virginia City, Nevada. The piece measures 6 1/2 inches in height, with a cup opening of 3 inche

Nine pieces that came with the M. M. Frederick, Eaves & Co., and Nye silver flatware from Virginia City. These pieces are NOT MARKED. Two pieces...

Nye may have gotten started in Sacramento in the late 1850's. By 1860 he was in partnership with W.T. Eaves. The pair appeared to have moved to ...

Five copies listed as known in Quibedeux. "Storey, Ormsby, Washoe & Lyon Counties Directory, Including the Cities and Towns of Virginia Cit...

Lot of 13 billheads, most issued 1875-1876 and one issued 1910. Billed for water rents and various supplies purchased from Virginia City and Gold Hill

Lot of 5. 1) Best is Wells Fargo & Co. certificate of deposit from Gold Hill, Nevada Territory, June 26, 1863, William A White. White is listed ...

Black leather folding business card holder from G. E. Getchel, Drugs and Jewelry, 20-22 South C. St., Virginia City, Nevada. Approx 4.5" x 6&qu...

$1000 Gold Coin water bond from Virginia City, NV, #54. Issued January 1, 1877 to Sutro and Co. Mayor and clerk signatures are punched. HWAC# 61358

8" x 10" b/w Bonanza Promo photo signed by Michael Landon, Lorne Green, Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker. Photo has some creasing. HWAC# ...

For the Postoffice at Washoe, County of Washoe, State of Nevada. Includes Daily Record of Cancellations and Sales of Postage Stamps, Stamped Envelopes

Treasure hill by Jackson. Growing Up in a Company Town by Elliot. Nevada Northern Railway. Romancing Nevada's Past by Hall. HWAC# 62123 Dat...

Lists candidates running for office, inspectors of elections, and polling places. Pictorial of H. O. ("Tex") Hall for sheriff! Interesting...

You don't see a ton of paper from this company. Lot of 2 different style letterheads, both written in Salt Lake City in 1892 and addressed to TR...

Includes The Roughneck( with notes on Reno Commercial Club paper), Katie of Desolate Springs (returned from Everybody's Magazine), The Three Los...

Lot of 5 documents. Includes: 1) 1898 Carson City check charged to William M. Stewart plus an 1886 bullion purchase slip by Stewart. Stewart was a pro

Nevada Military Place Names of the Indian Wars and Civil War by Rathbugen,Pahute Indian Legends by Palmer, Desert Challenge by Lillard, As I Remember

Rare paper coupons from Ludwig Mercantile Co. in Nevada Terr. 5 pink 5 cents, 4 blue 10 cents, 5 cream 25 cents with stain. Unused paper coupon from C

Lot of 2. 1) De Witt Clinton Commandery No. 1 card for Geo. Fred. Ford of Carson City, Nevada. Ford was a bookkeeper according to the 1880 census. He

Man posing with a hat and cane by Rifeinberg & Dowe, Reno, NV. Lady in a hat and gloves posing outdoors by Beals of Virginia City, NV. HWAC# ...

Six Nevada Postmarks on Postcards. Two R-4 Fairview (1909 and 1908), one strong 1908 Goldfield, One weaker 1908 Millers sent to Leeds England, one 196