Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

Printed in Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald of 32 South Paca Street. 1887. 146 pages. The covers and binding have some little wear, but are all s

1998 to "Doctors without Borders." Inscribed "The Protocol Group, Easton, MD." City: Easton State: Maryland Date: 1998 h...

Lot of 11: fine group of ITT Corporation stocks, the oldest dating to 1931. These certificates vary in denomination, from the "Less Than 100 Sh...

Lot of 3 ribbons. (1) is the Grand Army of the Revolution (G.A.R.) Department of New Hampshire, 24th National Encampment of 1890. (2) is a Representat

A group of five certificates. Four are bond certificates in different denominations from State Street Boston Financial Corporation issued between 1975

"The Exposition Herald", published by The World in Boston, January 1911. 58 pages plus advertisements. "America's First Great Mis...

Lot of 9: New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, which was originally established in 1883. There have been multiple mergers and acquisitions...

1819 check for two days work on a highway for the town of Newburyport. Samuel Dodge pulled in $2.00 for this one. Signed by Timothy Palmer. Palmer was

Lot contains the Friday morning edition of the paper which started as a weekly in 1768 and went to a semi-weekly in 1796. One article, picked up from

fabulous little picture of life for a lady in 1860. She is not involved in working, so she must have some money. (She does have a wash woman.) Hints a

Stock Certificate from Big Rapids Improvement and Manufacturing Co. no. 69. Issued to Sumner Stickney. Signed by S. Stickney, President and T. D. Brow

Lot of 14. 1) Best are two 1867 Bay County bonds ($500) both punch cancelled with multiple vignettes and an adhesive revenue stamp. 13.75" x 17...

1) 1908 land grant to Roswell Terrill for 120 acres. 2) 1908 and grant to Alfred Carlson for 160 acres. Both under T. Roosevelt, but not his signature

Stock no. 15877 issued to George Prentiss for 1 share on May 4, 1913. Incorporated under the laws of the state of Maine. This stock has very little we

Lot of seven. Includes four Jasper County Road Bonds (1919-1927, punch or stamp cancelled) and three different school bonds: Pine Grove Separate Schoo

Lot of 2. Both were taken by John Berkin, who was a photographer active in Boulder, Montana in 1890 . 1) Front of card shows well-dressed young

Lot of 22: various C.M. Russell reproduction postcards. These are colorized sketches, along with some pen & ink work. There are some duplicate c...

Miniature (2" x 6") panorama of Polson. The lake and mountains of the region clearly show in the background. Cool piece! City: Polson ...

Lot of twenty-one. 1) Bi-metallic Mint Cigar Store of Great Falls token. 2) Two Arnold's Quality Store aluminum tokens. 3) Two Grand Union paper...

Includes fancy notes, maps, etc. Many of these are in groups of four-six to get the entire picture of the transaction. GREAT HISTORICAL stuff. Six doc

City: State: Montana Date: hwac# 36016

Lot of 13. This lot shows the decline in many of the districts in Lander County. Places include Bullion, Cortez, Shoshone Wells, Kingston, Dean, Frisb

Lot of 17. All overviews and Stokes Castle. One compliments of H. D. DeGuzan. (Prag collection) City: Austin State: Nevada Date: hwac# 22178

Group of 11 items highlighting the inside and the outside areas of the caves, from the Prag collection. City: Baker State: Nevada Date: hwac#

About 200 RPC's of Boulder Dam and vicinity. Includes older full face RPC. Mostly white border cards. Needs inspection, a great collection. Prag...

Group of 75 postcards, including duplicates, from the Prag collection. Generators in Nevada Wing Hoover (Boulder) Dam; "First and oldest busine...

9 1/4 x 6. Report of the State Controller of Nevada, for the Eighteenth Fiscal Year, Ending December 31, 1882. To the Governor. J.F. Hallock, State Co

Wells Fargo Bank. Check #326 for $1,281.65 in 1876. Initialed by JMH. Endorsed by Elder on the back. Revenue imprinted. RN-D. According to the Carson

This 14" long, 3" wide check book, inscribed "E. Williams" on the front cover, contains stubs for checks 1-57, and contains unus...

28 postcards. The Nugget, Governor's home, prison, post office,Capital, Orphan's Home, mint, museum, Washoe Basket Weaver, Union Hotel, Etc....

Lot of 17. The famous (yet suspect) footprints at the prison. Also the post office, prison, Orphans Home, Hank Monk grave stone, Super Chief Diner,cap

25 postcards. Runs the gamut of subject mater an time period. Several different, nice U. S. Post Office scenes. All are black and white and most are R

157 pages. Biennial Report of the Surveyor General and State Register of the State of Nevada for 1867 and 1868. Printed by Henry R. Mighels, State Pri

Lot of 3. Two great resources for lovers of Nevada history. 1) 1883. Report of Surveyor General and State Land Register of the State of Nevada for the

Lot of 25. Three nice different RPCs of downtown Wells. Color postcards include a cowboy riding down main street and Seventh Street. Also ranching sce

1) 1907 Dayton court house. "From the town where I was born." 2) Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church. 1910 Waterloo postmark on back and S...

Three postcards. 1) Copper Flat. Copyright 1909 by C. D. Gallagher. Shows and ore train at Copper Flat. 2) Ore Train above Ely. Copyright C. D. Gallag

Mostly color. Capitol Club, Hilltop Court, Main Hotel, gambling, Monte Neva, Desert Motel, Murry Creek Rock, Goodman Tidball Mercantile, St. Bartholom

Five overviews from mountain top. Three different Gallagher & Guther 1908 cards: Bronco busting and two overviews. Nice court house with reflect...

Twenty-three white color borders. Three 1907 postmarks. Includes nice Chainman Mill, standing rock, Northern Hotel, Ely Clothing Company, court house,

"Lot of 20 handwritten medicinal notes from The Ruby Hill Drug Store (3) and druggist F.J. Schneider of Eureka. Schneider was born in Cincinna...

D. B. Immel & Co. of San Francisco bank on an imprinted D. B. Immel & co. check. Datelined Eureka, Nev. Joseph Mendes is paying himself $100...

Lot of 4. Photographs ranging in size from 4.25” x 2.5” to 10” x 8” on black mats. Medium contrast and sharp focus. Little wear. Three images are port

This lot of 18 items from Eureka features some of the best Real Photo Postcards of Eureka, including scenes of the Eureka and Zadow hotels, the main s

Eight cards. Ruby Hill mine, Court House, Eueka Sentinal, Overview and street scenes. (Prag collection) City: Eureka State: Nevada Date: hwac

31 cards from Nevada's oldest city on Nevada's 150th birthday. Includes Zon T - 355 Oldest House in Nevada, Reese Station Stockade, fort, fr...

The six RPC's are of various shot of Glenbrook. Nine hand colored cards 2 duplicates of Sunset on Lake Tahoe and of #1395 Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe,...

Includes JP Jones House, Sand Bower's Famous mine (?), overviews, and a reprint of Gold Hill in its heyday, 1875. (Prag collection) City: Gol...

One is of flood waters raging down the street and the other shows the exquisite Goldfield Hotel on dirt roads. (Ames Collection) City: Goldfield S

Lot of 35. Includes a Johnson photograph of Faro, 1904 Diamondfield photo, 1904 Goldfield dugout houses, 20 mule team ,schools, high grade cache, 1908

Goldfield, Nevada. Although in very rough condition, this is a wonderful historic piece. Painting of cowboys roping a mountain lion. City: Goldfiel

15 various Goldfield, Nevada postcards (10 different, 5 duplicates) of buildings, bottle house, barrel house, dug-out houses. Various publishers. C

20 postcards of the Goldfield Hotel—The Most Elegantly Equipped Hotel between San Francisco and Denver. 9 different views, 11 duplicates. Different pu

3 old Real Photo Cards of Goldfield, Nevada--2 different birdseye views and a building view. City: Goldfield State: Nevada Date: c. 1907 hwac#

19 Real Photo Cards (White Borders), mostly buildings of Goldfield, Nevada. Published by Frashers, Inc., Pomona CA and others. City: Goldfield Sta

25 postcards of Goldfield Nevada street views—Main Street, Old Post office, Columbia Street, Ramsey Street—parades, drilling contests, etc. Various pu

21 postcards (9 different with 12 duplicates) Photographs of banks—Nixon Bank, Nye and Ormsby County Bank, Mining Stock Exchange, J. S. Cook Bank. Var

4 very good Real Photo Cards of Goldfield, Nevada of town and buildings. Welch and Tune, Goldfield, Nev. City: Goldfield State: Nevada Date: 1908

34 Goldfield, Nevada Birdseye views postcards (19 different) of Town of Goldfield, Mining District. Various publishers. City: Goldfield State: Nev

50 postcards (30 different, 26 duplicates) of Goldfield Mines— Combination Mine, Goldfield Consolidated Mine, Red Top Mine, Mohawk Mine, Florence Mine

Lot of 9 items, including: 1) State, School and County Taxes for the Year 1879. "Assessed to" and "Received of" W.H. Fillmore, N...

Lot of 10: these unusual cards also advertise for the El Trouatore Arizona Autrel Court Hotel in Kingman, AZ. This group has multiples of 3, for each

Vintage court house and post office cards, one published by Wilson Drug Co. This specific card is older, and the photo is somewhat faded. The other tw

c.1935-1955. Lot of 14 pieces for the Boulder Dam, which we know call the Hoover Dam. 1) Pictorial Boulder Dam book (and mailing envelope). c.1938. Ma

41 cards. Nice early color photo of the company town of Boulder City. Atomic bombs to peaceful Beatty. Burro Race and stage coach. Vegas casinos. Lost

This lot has a total of 461 post cards dating from the 1950s to a few from the 1980s. Over 90% of the post cards feature Las Vegas casinos or gaming.

Text at top: "Enjoy the Old West"/ THE BOULDER CLUB/ 118 FREMONT St., LAS VEGAS, NEVADA/ Best Little City in the World." Beneath is a...

28 cards. All black and white. Mostly RPCs. Includes shearing corral, McGill smelter trestle and concentrater, Arched Rock, Nevada Consolidated Mill (

Two main street views. One in the 40's. Nice buildings. One much earlier, Rough wood and log buildings. Nice contrast. Originally named Cope, I...

1 )CPRR, Palisade-Humboldt Canon, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 7686. 2) CPRR, Maggies Bower and Palisade Bluff, published by E. &...

Lot of 33. Various types. Duplicates. Twelve Palisade postcards and one early Southern Pacific Railroad playing card of the canyon. Great railroad sce

Lot of six. 1) RPC of county court house with men standing in front. Pioche cancel 1907. 2) Early RPC of Meadow Valley Street. Weak 1909 Pioche cancel

16 checks. Winters bought of a Mormon a tract of land a mile wide and two miles long and paid for this fifty dollars in cash and a yoke of oxen. With

Over 40 various modern chrome, linen and repro postcards of Rhylite, Nevada. Includes: Bottle House, Ghost Casino, ruins, street scenes, miniature ver

8 different views of Bottle House and 7 other various postcards of buildings and street views. City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: various 1900&...

9 postcards of Rhyolite, Nevada Train Depot. City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: c. 1930's-40's hwac# 23430

21 Real Photo Cards of the Rhyolite Ghost Town series. City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: c. 1947-1953 hwac# 23431

13 various birdseye views of Rhyolite, Nevada. (1906, 1909, one from 1959) City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: various hwac# 23421

18 cards (includes duplicates) of Ghost Town views of Rhyolite, Nevada. City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: c. 1959 hwac# 23422

13 various printed postcards of Rhyolite, Nevada (some duplicates)—Mail Coach, mines, prospecting, parade. City: Rhyolite State: Nevada Date: c.

This is the first Ruth Bank stock certificate we have ever seen. Number 15, 10 shares, H. G. Lathrop on December 1, 1934. Signed by HG Lathrop cashier

Lot of 24. Two nice different views of the company townsite. Two cards of the railroad tracks coming into Ruth. One of a large explosion "Big S...

Choice card is a :"greetings from Silver City, Nevada" with a view down main street. Has a 1908 Silver City cancel. Also view of city from...

This is a unique and marvelous collection of postcards. Two are identified as C. D. Gallagher photographs. Two postcards show an overview of the town

(1) Smelter and Concentrator, (2) Concentrator, (3) Trestle at McGill. probably Gallagher photographs. City: Smelter / McGill State: Nevada Date:

Lot of 27. Banks represented are 1) Bullion and Exchange, 2) Nevada First National Bank, 3) Nye County Bank, 4) Nye & Ormsby Bank, 5) State Bank...

Lot of 52. 51 small pennant banners in yellow, orange, white and red for the celebration of Tonopah’s 50th anniversary May 19-21, 1950. The pennants h

A collection of white border RPCs, 7 used and 10 un-used. Some are plain back cards. In good to very good condition. City: Tonopah State: Nevada

A variety of documents, ephemera, and decorative items. Among the most interesting are: 1) Two Brookfield insulators, one olivine (with wood screw pe

54 postcards. Mostly black and white. Mostly RPCs. All are overviews or bird's eye views of Tonopah. Most show mining in the area. One Fraser an...

Four postcards showing life in the city. 1) Unidentified parade lead by a marching band. In front of the Tonopah Banking Corporation building. 2) Phot

20 black and whites RPC's. Many overviews of the city. ALso Kights of Columbus building, bottle house, libaray, court house, can house, State Ba...

Beer bottle house, Butler's tent, a dugout or two, barrel house, can house, Piute residence. Three Tonopah and one Goldfield cancel (Prag collec...

Main street photographs of Tonopah. Shows a progression of main street from horse and buggy, to very early cars to 1940's cars. A very nice hist...

Mostly RPC's. One in color. Includes the Mizpah Hotel, Knights of Columbus house, Nye & Ormsby Bank, Episcopal Church, and high school. Five...

Group of 75 postcards, including duplicates, from the Prag collection. Mining, general city views, Nye County Court House, and downtown scenes all rep

Thirteen postcards of Tonopah. All black and white. Mostly RPC. Six are cancelled. Three early Tonopah. Range from 1908 to 1931. One Osborn photograph

Four Vernon Supply Company small billheads. Sixteen L. N. Marker General Blacksmith billheads. Three different in four color variations. City: Ver

Group of 5 items from the Prag collection, including: 2 of Wendover Will (stands 64 feet high, weighs about 9 tons, and is the largest mechanical cowb

Identified as Ely on back of one postcard, but probably a satellite town of Ely. Looks like office buildings, dormitory, and other buildings. Nice Set