Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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

10 choice Winnemucca cards. 1) Lower bridge. Color. old. 2) Bridge Street RPC. 3) Ditto. 1933 "Reno, Nev 2" cancel. 4) Ditto. 5) Overview ...

Color and RPC. Old and new. Advertising and general views. Includes Two Stiffs Selling Gas. Just listed in yesterday's newspaper as "You kn...

Four checks: 1876 Carson City Savings Bank, unused California-Nevada Creamery on a Carson City Bullion & Exchange Bank, two Bullion & Exchan...

Group of 4 including: 1) Photo Mosaic State of Nevada by Aerial Photographers of Nevada/ Reno-Stead Airport/ compiled from/ Earth Resources Technology

1) A glimpse into Pershing County. 1970. By Dave Basso. First edition. 189pp. Photo-illustrations; 2 fold-out maps. A guide to the prehistory and hist

Find Camp McGarry in Roop County. Find Pershing in Humboldt County. Find Reveille, Kiney, Logan, Patterson and other long-forgotten places. Map for a

A multi-colored pull down map of the state of Nevada. Encased in a green light metal frame measuring 43” x 2”, measures 33 ½” x 50”. Published ...

A history of northeastern Nevada, with chapters on the cattle trade, outlaws, pioneer settlements, Elko, Indians, mining, and more. City: State:

From the 77th Congress, first session. Remarks and eulogy held in House of Representatives. Published by the United States Government Printing Office,

Lot of three, including: 1)The City of Trembling Leaves, by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. Hardcover, 690 pages (Paher #337). Published by the Sun Dial Pr

“Key Pittman, Late senator From Nevada. Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress.” United States Government’s Printing Office. 1942. A.J. Mastretti.

The Young Engineers in Nevada, 1912 by H. Irving Hancock & The Young Engineers in Nevada, 1913 by H. Irving Hancock. Each is a hardcover copy an...

For $1000 JA Brumsey, L Drexler, and JT Lamb can act as agents for Traveler Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Folded with rips on folds.

Bulletin 594, 1915, by James Hilton "Some Mining Districts in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada. Bulletin 17, 1885, by Arnold Hag...

A Brief Sketch of the Advantages and Possibilities of the State, and the Opportunities and Inducements Offered to Capitalists and Home seekers,” compi

Two box set. Limited autographed edition: William Miller, Russell McDonald, Eleanor Bushnell, and Ann Rollins. First book is letters from Andrew Jacks

By Jacques Helfer, 1961. 11 x 13” framed. City: State: Nevada Date: 1961 hwac# 23012

Lot of 5 early and interesting speeches. 1) Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada in favor of the establishment of railroad communication between t

Lot of 5 images. Sizes range from 6.5” x 3.25” to 7” x 3.5.” All feature low to medium contrast and sharp focus. Some age related wear is evident on

This was the first historic work on the last Indian Massacre in Nevada. Signed by the author and written in pencil: "Author's Copy" bu...

Group of 23 items, from the Prag collection, including: 13 from Hawthorne; 6 identical cards from Blair; and each one from Yerington; Babbitt; Schurz;

Great RPPC of "Dad Lee" standing in front of a makeshift casino. Card mailed in 1936. Sender notes to his mother that he passes "this...

Includes: 1927 Hunter (Palisade), 1929 Hunter (Palisade), 1930 Hunter (Eureka), and two 1931 Angler (Eureka). Multiple colors. All measure approx. 3...

Lot of 2 with foldout maps. 1) Indexed pocket map of 1899. "Pocket Map and Shipper's Guide of Nevada" "Accurately locating all Ci...

MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT. Also a Gazetteer, giving concise information about each City, Town and Post O

Published by Sampson, Davenport, & Co., publishers of the Boston directory, Boston almanac and business directory, New-England business director...

Lot of 5: the Telepost Company utilized a new "electro-magnetic" rapid telegraph system that coordinated with the Post Office. The name &q...

Territory served by The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Green covers. 76 pages with a few pages loose. Writing and toning. Heavily use...

2 pieces. Rexburg State Bank, Rexburg Idaho; First National Bank, Roswell New Mexico. Both pieces are bank prospectus. City: State: New Mexico D

This great compass predates the popular Brunton compasses, which were first created in the 1890s. In fact, this early compass dates much earlier: Fold

Personal letter (dated Nov. 4, 1849) from Thomas Hight from West Point to Mary Legg (probably a family member). In the letter he talks about how much

Lot of 2. 1) Great postcard for Hammondsport Vintage Co. (est. in 1886). Front has drawing of plane flying over vineyard at night with a spotlight for

Lot of 10. Includes: seven receipts for beer cask deliveries from Louis Bierbauer in Canajoharie, 1878, some in rough condition; two receipts from Ams

The IOS Investment Program Certificate issued in 1968 with Bernard Cornfeld's facsimile signature. Cornfeld started IOS as a mutual fund "f...

Childs Company stock certificates (65). About 1/2 issued in 1928 and the rest between 1948 and 1956. Two different colors. The Childs Company was one

Lot of six. North Carolina: Aberdeen Water Bond (1920, specimen, punched) and County of Washington School Bond (1946, specimen, punched). South Caroli

Bond certificate issued at Canton, Ohio in 1927. $50 Gold Bond. Two coupons attached. Cert. # L2. Hole cxls. City: Canton State: Ohio Date: 1927

Common stock certificates from The Baldwin Company (2) and Baldwin Piano Company, Cincinnati. The three were issued in 1933, 1939 and 1956. Tiny chip

Lot of 35 postcards, 33 of which are RPC. Riders such as: Jason Stanley ("world famous drunken ride"), Frank H. Lopez, Johnnie Hagen, Alle...

Albert F. Mogel Calendar. He was sheriff of Onteluanee Twp., Berks County, Pa from 1902-1905. This calendar must have worked because he was elected! W

Rare. Inc. March 1858. No. 351, issued for one share to J.C. Cline on May 8th, 1860 in Philadelphia. Signed by the president (Holmes B Rilley) and the

James W. Queen & Co., Philadelphia. Universal Household Microscope. Queen was a major supplier of miners lamps. Brass, 7 inches tall. The James ...

Bardy Projector Company stock certificate issued in 1923. The company controlled the patent of Samuel Bardy for a new motion picture screen. Incorpora

Hershey Chocolate Corporation stock certificates (2) and Hollands Tea Coffee & Cocoa Corp certificate. (Prag Collection) City: State: Penns...

"Created by virtue of an Act entitled 'An Act to Authorize the Issue of Certificates or Stock to provide for the Military Defence (sic) of ...

Lot of four, 3 different. 1) Two 1871 bonds for 100 Pounds Sterling at 6%, payable in London. Both issued and cut cancelled. Four allegorical and patr

1) $1,000 territorial bond issued 1879 to S.N. Wood. Punch cancelled through signatures. Very attractive bond with green and gilt background and three

Lot of four. Three County of Lawrence Refunding Bonds with the same design (one $50 and two $500), all issued in 1883 and punch cancelled. All have th

Twenty six certificates from Continental Bank and Trust Co., Fort Worth, Texas issued in 1904. Lady liberty with flag at top left. Pen cxls. Most in V

Book of blank stock certificates from The Texas-Sunset Royalty Syndicate of Fort Worth Texas. Bound book with tear out certificates has 47 pages with

Galveston: The Horrors of a Stricken City by Murat Halstead. 360 page hardcover “Portraying by pen and picture the awful calamity that befell the quee

1) The Texas Stockman and Farmer handbill for the only weekly live stock and farm paper in Texas. 2) 1874 letter addressed to Major John Boyle, United

Six hand-colored lithographs (5.75" H x 9" W) and one lithograph (5" H x 14" W) of the Stansbury expedition at the Great Salt La...

Three panoramic views from the Great Salt Lake. Detailed lithographs in various sizes (5.25" H x 25" W, last part of panel has bee separat...

Nineteen detailed lithographs (5.5" H x 8.75" W) of the Stansbury Expedition at the Great Salt Lake. Some are hand-colored. They were publ...

Three Keystone View Company stereoviews of the same photograph of Ogden, though the reverses feature different text. Stereoview No. 2459. Ogden and Wa

Five stereoviews, two different. From Underwood & Underwood, a duplicate pair of stereoview No. 7653. Salt Lake City, N.W. from the Court House-...

Two different Underwood & Underwood stereoviews. 1) Caption: "Chief Magistrates of Nation and of State---Pres. Roosevelt and Gov. Wells of ...

Good contrast and detail. Location: "Lion and Bee-hive Houses." Reverse has information for photographer C.R. Savage, Art Bazar, Salt Lake...

Four stereoviews of Salt Lake City buildings besides the church or tabernacle. Includes: County and City Building (2105, Pan American Publishing Co.,

No photographer is identified on either stereoview, though they were certainly done by the same company. Pen notations identify each. The exterior is

Two different. 1) Residence of Prest. B. Young from the University. C.R. Savage, photographer, Pioneer Art Gallery, Salt Lake City. Medium contrast.

Lot of 5. Three are birds-eye views of Salt Lake City: a south-east view of the city (good contrast), one with the tabernacle in view (low contrast),

Six stereoviews, four different views. Five are from Keystone View Co.: No. 2454 (c.1890s) and a later of the same view; a different No. 2454 (c.1920s

Lot of three, two different. Photographer is C.R. Savage, who operated the Art Bazar in Salt Lake City and is a very well-known Western photographer.

Four cabinet cards, three different views. 1) Duplicate view of the exterior to the Mormon Tabernacle, photographed by C.R. Savage. One card has Savag

Lot of 16. Various photographers and dates. Includes: two of the temple by C.W. Carter, poor contrast; four from Keystone, three of the same view (604

Thirteen stereoviews. 1) Trio of duplicate views of the mammoth organ in the interior of the building. C.W. Carter, photographer, Carter's VIew ...

Six different stereoviews from five different photographers showing different time periods and the evolution of this central piece of Salt Lake City a

Lot of 4, three different photographers. 1) No. 3022. Two-thirds Afloat, Saltair, Utah. People swimming in water with pavilion in background. Universa

A handwritten beer order from the owner of the Depot Saloon to the Becker Brewing company. City: Terrace State: Utah Date: 261 hwac# 40334

Lot of nearly 50 includes American Smelting and Refining Company Garfield Plant, Richfield Commercial & Savings Bank, and Emery County Bank. ...

Softcover. 96 pages. Copyright 1891 by Cassius C Smith. Printed by Matthews Northrup Co. in Buffalo, NY. Has a sarcastic, playful tone in the beginnin