Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

A shipping receipt for rolled Barley from Deming-Palmer Milling Co. to Russian Gulch on the coast of California. The lumber industry on the Mendocino

Very rare! Pre-Transcontinental Telegraph! Certificate No. 696. Signed by Justin E. Strong (the company president) and secretary. Not issued to anyone

Badge #009. Gold plate. Minor wear. California state seal at center. 2.25 x 3.5" City: Sacramento State: California Date: hwac# 33205

4 die cuts from Sacramento, California in very good condition all portraying young girls from the late1800s. One is for Adams' Pepsin Gum, the ...

Group of approximately 50 invoices from Kimball-Upson Co., Wholesale Sporting Goods and Automobile Supplies; and Kirk, Geary & Co., Wholesale Dr...

Collection of business cards from Sacramento Retailers and misc. Merchants. Included are D. A. Lancaster, A. R. Hutchinson, A. Lindsey and Meade &am...

Three items for Alice Chase, born Dec. 14, 1884 in Tehama County, California. Includes her 1925 passport (with stamps for travel to England), a 1942 l

1) State Capitol Building, Sacramento. 2) City Hall, Sacramento, 1913. 3) Different view of City Hall, Sacramento, 1913. 4) Race Course, Sacramento by

1) San Diego Land & Traction Company stock issued to the late Benjamin P. Cheney, father of the company president, and his family on May 12, 189...

Compliments of Selig Bros. San Francisco's Leading Wholesale Tailors. 57-59-61-63 Battery St. "Always up To Date". Silver plated with ...

Silks. B. Hart & Bro., 13 & 15 Sansome St., San Francisco.Leather and silver match safe. Leather is cracked on one side. 2.75" x 1.5&qu...

From the Ken Prag collection a Hildebrandt, Posner & Co. Wholesale Whiskey Merchants (San Francisco) postcard notifying customer of salesman'...

Lot of 4 pieces. 1) & 2) are small advertising cards from Rathjen Mercantile Co. they were importers of wine and liquor located in San Francisco...

No. 47 Complimentary card for Hammam Baths (Turkish Baths) on Post Street, San Francisco. Good for one bath and accommodations. City: San Francisco

Newspaper ad for the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco: E. M. Rosner's Augmented Hungarian Orchestra, The Bradshaw Brothers, W. H. St. James and ...

An article from the Hospital Register stating: We present our readers with a woodcut of St. Luke's Hospital, (beautifully engraved by warren C....

2484 pages plus some advertisements. List of people and companies. Green and red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Wear to boards. Some of the ad p

Rare "Letter of Credit" issued by The Bank of California, San Francisco, Cal. Nice leather wallet, opens to two pockets. City: San Fran...

A letter written in Spanish from Manuel de Jesus Castro, prefect of the Monterey District, to attorney J. B. Felton. City: San Francisco State: Ca

Calling cards from members from the Duisenberg family and others: Mrs. Minna Duisenberg (wife of Charles, and a writer of poetry), C. A. C. Duissenber

"Views of San Francisco", a booklet of photos before the earthquake, printed in 1905. Another booklet, "Ruins of San Francisco",...

Vol. LIX. Issued in December, 1907. Includes information on the San Francisco Mint. 60 plates of various geological significance including earthquake

Two rare art books issued at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915: "The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition" ...

Lot of 23 stereo views. Printed by "World Series, reproduced from original stereoscopic photographs." Views of the aftermath to the 1906 S...

"Directions for the Care and Adjustment of the Stearns Chainless Bicycles." E.C. Stearns & Co. 1899. Offices in Syracuse, San Francisc...

Two different for this athletic club organized in the 1860s. 1) Earliest is 1888 $25 bond that is punch cancelled. Printed by HS Crocker & Co. O...

Four checks, three different types, all signed by Comstock tunnel creator and SF mayor Sutro. 1) Three Nevada Bank of San Francisco: 1887 issued to a

Lot of 22, (11) stock certificates and (11) Debenture Certificates. The Debenture documents are typically 8 3/8% return over (40) years, with various

Rare. Two different certificates. No. C18, issued for 250 shares to John R. Postlethwaite on Aug. 9th, 1935 and No. P18, issued for 100 shares to Alic

Two collectible banking items from The First National Bank of San Jose. There is 1 tray with a lid and writing on the inside cover basically giving ad

59 pieces. Merchants include: Chas. Jaeger (Merchant Tailor), Peacock (Groceries), Johansen & Mahar (Paperhanging), Marin County Water Company, ...

San Jacinto is a neighbor to Palm Springs and noted for Gilman Hot Springs. 16 RPC's, 14 post 1940 RPC's. City: San Jacinto State: Calif...

Brochure from Board of Trade of San Pedro advertising the virtues of the seaside city, and yearbooks from San Pedro High School 1913 & 1914. Pra...

Includes: Shasta Zinc and Copper Co. (1924 stock, not cxl and two 1921 bonds) Shasta May Blossom Copper Co. (1908, not cxl, mining vignettes), Trinity

The two photos are by R. J. Waters, San Francisco, Cal. who specialized in California views. One is no. 449., Mt. Shasta fro Upper Soda Springs; the o

1) Wells Fargo Bldg. 2) Old Webber Lake Stage Wagon. (Prag Collection) City: Sierra City State: California Date: hwac# 30724

Lot of three pieces with fabulous Sierra Nevada vignettes. 1) The Sierra Nevada Water and Power Company. $1,000 bond issued 1905. Four vignettes, thre

The Smith's Flat post office opened in 1876 and was renamed to Smithflat in 1895.  The name honors Jeb Smith, a rancher who settled here ea...

Three views in what appears to be home fashioned stereo views. Views are of a house in the trees. (Prag Collection) City: Soda Bay State: Californ

Fourteen (14) stereo cards. Photographers: Underwood, Baker, keystone, others. Mixed condition. City: Southern California State: California Date

Lot of three checks signed by famous St. Helena winemaker Louis M. Martini. Dated 1935,1939, and 1944. City: St. Helena State: California Date: 1

The Rocco Saloon was owned by Rocco Scapolla and A. Giannini in the seaside city of Trinidad. The letter is written in Italian, and has little wear.

Stereoview by C. E. Watkins(1829-1916), photographer, California. Pleasant Valley, lower canon of Truckee. City: Truckee State: California Date:

Lot of 8. 1) Two stocks: West Tulare Land Co. (issued 1931, not cancelled) and Alpaugh Warehouse and Milling Co. (issued 1915, not cancelled). 2) Offi

Lot of 2. 1) Framed calendar art. Oliver Hardware. Frank G. Oliver. Sonora, California. March 1941. Watercolor is a view of a lake with mountains in t

Watercolor by unknown California artist of a road winding up a hill with houses along the way. Painting removed from original mat and frame to check f

A ledger page and 20 checks from 1909 from the rural community of Williams in Colusa County. City: Williams State: California Date: 1909 hwac#

One card, printed to the edge is a view of an open wagon is postmarked 1909. Another card shows the back of a wagon just past the opening, postmarked

Lot of 58. All the major sites can be found in the collection. (Ames Collection) City: Yosemite State: California Date: hwac# 2006

10 total, 8 different, stereoviews that feature the Mariposa and Calaveras Groves. Includes: "No. 23---Grizzly Giant 101 ft. Circumfrence 8 ft....