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Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1880)1302 - Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1880)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes the following papers: 1) The Writings of James Smithson (founder of the Smithsonian), 2) Casts of Indian Heads, 3) Lists of articles deposite
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Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1898)1303 - Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1898)
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Includes reports from the executive committee, etc. With illustrations of the evolution of satellites, x-rays, cathode rays, mechanical flight, light
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Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1902)1304 - Smithsonian Institute, Annual Report of the Board of Regents (1902)
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Includes reports of the Assistant Secretary, and Head Curators. With the following papers: "Anthropological Studies in California," Holmes...
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Sterling Silver Spoon Duo1305 - Sterling Silver Spoon Duo
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Two ornately embossed spoons, each 5.25" long. 1) A New Mexico spoon, front and rear of handle embossed, with "Hotel Alvarado/ Albuquerque...
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Telephone and Telegraph Collection (Weber)1306 - Telephone and Telegraph Collection (Weber)
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This is Bill Weber's Telephone and Telegraph document collection. It is a major collection, mostly nineteenth century, comprised of several par...
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Telephone and Telegraph Stock Certificate Collection (Weber)1307 - Telephone and Telegraph Stock Certificate Collection (Weber)
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A major collection of telephone and telegraph stock certificates. Two notebooks full, 186 total pieces. Highlights include: Aspen & Glenwood Spr...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Telephone Collection1308 - Telephone Collection
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Lot of 8. There are 3 bell shaped figures with telephone companies on them, 2 are made from glass and 1 is plastic. 1 pin that reads –Buy a Herald!”.
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Alaska Ephemera Group1309 - Alaska Ephemera Group
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Includes: two color stereo views (Indians in canoe at Sitka and Klondike); 1948 personal letter from Port Richardson, Alaska; 1950 color collectible c
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So-Called Dollars1310 - So-Called Dollars
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Group of 18 brass & nickel so-called & souvenir dollars, mostly uncirculated Date: AK hwac 8364
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1917 and 1920 State Fair Ribbons1311 - 1917 and 1920 State Fair Ribbons
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Almost 100 years ago, a rancher displayed his prized possessions at the Arizona State Fair. There are first and second small agricultural department p
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Arizona Postcards1313 - Arizona Postcards
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Lot of 72 postcards depicting various towns and scenery in the Grand Canyon State, including Bisbee, Tombstone, The Apache Trail, some old army forts
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Bureau of Ethnography, Pictographs and Pueblo Pottery (Fourth Annual Report)1314 - Bureau of Ethnography, Pictographs and Pueblo Pottery (Fourth Annual Report)
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Includes papers on the following: 1) Introduction by J.W. Powell, 2) "Pictographs of the North American Indians- A Preliminary Paper," Mal...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Bureau of Ethnology, Canyon de Chelly (16th Annual Report)1315 - Bureau of Ethnology, Canyon de Chelly (16th Annual Report)
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Introduction by J.W. Powell. Some pages stuck due to moisture problems. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering. 326 pp. 8" x 10.5". D...
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Mine Display Items1316 - Mine Display Items
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Lot of 5: 1 is a "Peabody Coal Co. First Aid Kit," water-tight box (box is empty). 2 is a Safety Award blanket, dated 1978. 3 is a yellow ...
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Trapper's License1317 - Trapper's License
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Arizona Trapper`s License with serial number 224. piece is in good condition. These were usually attached to the trap being used by the individual to
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The Arizona Citizen: April 19, 18781318 - The Arizona Citizen: April 19, 1878
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Includes news of an Infantry attack on Indians at Rancheria of Miraha's band. News of the Glove District. As with all old newspapers the paper i...
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Phoenix Weekly Herald: December 9, 18971319 - Phoenix Weekly Herald: December 9, 1897
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Article on the sheriff of Coconino committing flagrant outrages against the Navajo Indians. Also a large poster of Company K of the United States Infa
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Phoenix Weekly Herald: January 23, 18961320 - Phoenix Weekly Herald: January 23, 1896
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Article how Arizona and New Mexico will not be admitted to the United States because the senate is afraid of a stronger 'Silver' contingent!...
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Prescott Morning Courier: February 24, 18971321 - Prescott Morning Courier: February 24, 1897
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Description of a new settlement called Walnut Grove - 20 miles from Prescott. As with all old newspapers the paper is very fragile, but the historical
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Arizona Daily Star: October 13, 18801322 - Arizona Daily Star: October 13, 1880
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Article on court martial trial at Whipple. Lots of advertisements for local businesses. As with all old newspapers the paper is very fragile, but the
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Arizona Sentinel: September 11, 18801323 - Arizona Sentinel: September 11, 1880
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Mining news and lots of 1880 advertising! Also "The United States recently sent a man-of-war to open trading relations with Corea , a distant ...
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Award Medals and Ribbons1325 - Award Medals and Ribbons
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Lot of 4. 1) Silver medal created for the California State Numismatic Association. Literary Award. San Jose April, 1963. Wm. R. Weber. 65mm. 2) ANA 19
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Exposition Badge Collection1326 - Exposition Badge Collection
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Lot of eight badges to various expositions from the 1930s and 1940s. Date: CA hwac 10194
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to s*****l for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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Extreme Southern California Papers1327 - Extreme Southern California Papers
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Lot of 4 pieces, including 1) Location certificate for quartz claim Titania No. 1; 2) Ludlow & Southern Ry .Co. receipt; 3) Hesperia 1907 letter...
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IOOF Silver Officersê Badges1328 - IOOF Silver Officersê Badges
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Lot of 8. Varying designs, but all have a 3-ring motif. Some examples are: Crossed swords, keys, feathers, drumsticks and hourglass, all joined at the
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to h*********d for (200.00 + 39.00BP) = 239.00
 
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Rebekah Assembly IOOF Badges1329 - Rebekah Assembly IOOF Badges
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Lot of 7 pink and green ribbons: 1) A 6" long "Delegate", "Rebekah/ Assembly/ IOOF/ California/ 1925/ San Francisco" ribbon...
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Inyo Mining Company Document Group1330 - Inyo Mining Company Document Group
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A group of 5 pieces relating to the Mountain Spring Canyon Mines, Ltd. from 1930-31. The mine was located in the Argus mining district in Mountain Spr
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Atolia, California group1331 - Atolia, California group
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Atolia¾is a¾ghost town¾in the¾Mojave Desert¾near¾Randsburg. It was at the site of a¾tungsten¾mine that start...
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21 Bishop post cards1332 - 21 Bishop post cards
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Melinda's Pack Train in 1880's reprint. Valley View Hotel, First National Bank, Schober's Mountain Ranch, Garage, etc. Some duplicates. ...
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Rare A. A. Forbes real photo postcards of Bishop1334 - Rare A. A. Forbes real photo postcards of Bishop
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1) Forbes beautiful Victorian Mansion. 2) Street scene (Ames Collection) Date: c1915 Bishop CA hwac 3817
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Bodie  Newspaper Page1336 - Bodie Newspaper Page
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This is a page from the 6Jan1880 edition of the Daily Bodie Standard, a daily (except Sunday) publication that was in business from 1878 to 1880. The
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Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board1338 - Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board
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Volume VII, Number 85, 1882. Lots of advertising on the front page (saloons, banks, hotels, breweries, etc.)! Newspapers are notoriously hard to keep
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Four Bodie, CA Postcards1341 - Four Bodie, CA Postcards
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Lot of 4. 1) RPPC by Frasher's Foto, Pomona, Calif. View of town and mines. "The Historic Old Mining Town of Bodie, Mono County, Calif.&quo...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to p********n for (55.00 + 10.73BP) = 65.73
 
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Great early Bodie images in the October 1927 "Pictorial California"1342 - Great early Bodie images in the October 1927 "Pictorial California"
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Also Native Americans, Los Gatos, Corinne Griffeth home, navy, Gay Lion Farm and lions, Lake Arrowhead, etc. Date: 1927 Bodie CA hwac 2204
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Marshall Monument porcelain bowl1343 - Marshall Monument porcelain bowl
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9" diameter fancy porcelain bowl made for O'Donnell of Placerville by Wheelock Date: c1900 Coloma CA hwac 20511
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Post cards from Devil's Post Pile and the Crowley area1344 - Post cards from Devil's Post Pile and the Crowley area
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Devil's Post Pile, Arcularius Ranch, The Minarets, Rainbow Falls, Convict Lake, Crowley Lake, Owens River, Benton's Crossing, Box Lake, Rock...
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Death Valley color post cards1345 - Death Valley color post cards
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Lot of 35. Includes two post card booklets. Also Furnace Creek Ranch, Steam Traction tractor, Dante's View, twenty mule team, Death Valley Scott...
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Death Valley post card Collection.1346 - Death Valley post card Collection.
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16 post cards. 12 are real photo cards. Willard and Frasher. Date: c1930's Death Valley CA hwac 20523
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Fabulous Death Valley Library1347 - Fabulous Death Valley Library
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Over 40 books, pieces, and pamphlets. 1939 Castle Chronicle, panoramic Bullfrog photo, reprint of 1909 Rhyolite Herald, Death Valley Days, Death Valle
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California Gold Rush Property Transfer Document-Amador, 18591348 - California Gold Rush Property Transfer Document-Amador, 1859
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Three page document from the California gold rush recorded in Amador County in 1859 with an orange Amador County District Court seal. Indenture docume
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Early Garlock, California letterhead: Broadwell & Co.1349 - Early Garlock, California letterhead: Broadwell & Co.
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Garlock was the site of the first mill for the mines at Randsburg. Fancy script on this letterhead for the general merchandise and lumber company. Bro
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Sold to m********l.. for (25.00 + 4.88BP) = 29.88
 
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Randsburg / Garlock group1350 - Randsburg / Garlock group
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Three Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Company letterheads. One Garlock / Yellow Aster letter. One patriotic (flag and battleship vignettes) letter...
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Sold to j******d for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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H. G. Cody Signature1351 - H. G. Cody Signature
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Signature of Buffalo Bill's son on front of Cody Family Reunion booklet. Date: Hanford CA hwac 8501
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East Highlands Orange Company1352 - East Highlands Orange Company
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Certificates, No. (332, 823, 848, 869, 877). Dated 1941 to 1972. First four were signed by Paul Jennings as President, while he most recent was signed
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Pair of Hobart Mills post cards1353 - Pair of Hobart Mills post cards
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Logging scene/snow scene Date: Hobart Mills CA hwac 5713
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Sold to t*******U for (275.00 + 53.63BP) = 328.63
 
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Paramount Motion Pictures Silver Jubilee Commemorative Medal1354 - Paramount Motion Pictures Silver Jubilee Commemorative Medal
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Large "Silver Jubilee for Adolph Zukor" motion pictures medallion. Date: 1937 Hollywood CA hwac 10197
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to r*********1 for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
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Johannesburg billheads and post card1356 - Johannesburg billheads and post card
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Two M. J. Colson billheads. Colson dealt in lumber. One Johannesburg Milling and Water Company billhead. All for the Yellow Aster Mine of Randsburg. P
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Brass plate and doll1357 - Brass plate and doll
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1)¾Brass plate (with screws) for the Ninth Biennial Reno Tour, Reno-Tahoe _, June 1966. 2 1/2 –. 2) Indian baby in papoose. 6”. Date: Lake Ta...
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Southern California Publications1358 - Southern California Publications
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Lot of 2. 1) Ranchos of the Sunset. The Story of Long Beach. Bank publication of Security Trust and Savings Bank. Includes photographs of historical L
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1930's UCLA ephemera1359 - 1930's UCLA ephemera
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1931 Commencement Exercises. Gretta Houser card. 1935 Kappa Delta Sorority certificate. 1933 "The Claw." 1928 "The Baccalaureate Serm...
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