Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction (August 2021)

An interesting lot that includes pro jewish stamps (Anti-Nazi), tobacco ad cards, ads for Quaker Bread, a small pocket calendar from 1887, Hires Root

Collection of papers pertaining to watchmakers. Billheads from Louis Miller of Laramie Wyoming; Webb C. Ball Official Standard Railroad Watch. 1906 Il

Unique! William J. Perry (1927- now 93 years old) was Secretary of Defense under President Clinton (1994-1997). Recipient of the Presidential Medal of

Measures about 18" tall and 11" in diameter with wooden base. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Vintage tourist pamphlets for Canadian tourist sites. 1914 Atlas of Canada; 5000 facts about Canada, 1928; photo brochure of Vancouver; brochures from

Large collection of Cuban trade cards, travel brochures, hotel sticker/labels, a foldout map and History of Cuba published 1897 including a clear and

Group of four French guidebooks with maps Date: Country (if not USA): France State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Large group more modern photo cards and new (post 1959 or so chrome). About 100-120 cards in this goup. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alask

Two RPC's that are from the same area in California. One is labeled Lyon's Dam and the notes say it's located near Auburn in Placer Coun...

The 1920's RPC's image of the Grapevine (State Route 99) from Kern County to Los Angeles County. It was known as the Ridge Route. There'...

Avalon & Catalina Island photos & ephemera. Date: c 1920 1980 Country (if not USA): State: California City: Catalina Island Provenance...

About 100 or more cards c1940-70 Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Columbia Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Nine RPCs with various buildings and street scenes in Columbia, California. Places include the Old Fire Station (3 different), the D.O. Mills Bank (2

Including 7 white border RPCs, showing railroads, bridges, tunnels, buildings, and the Feather River through the Feather River Canyon in western Pluma

Lot of 6 RPCs, featuring Fish Camp and the Outside Yosemite Area. c1898-1945 Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Fish Camp Prov

About 175 +/- postcards of Movie sets, famous people's homes, Hollywood starlets, actors, famous musicians and more. A great lot for the Hollywo...

Lot of about 100 postcards of La Jolla California. The caves of La Jolla, the Beach and Tennis club, the Casa de Manana. About 20 black and white RPC

approx 100 modern era cards of various city & interior scenes Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Long Beach Provenance: ...

22 Long Beach Pike & beach scenes including 2 white border RPCs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Long Beach Provenanc...

18 cards, 3 RPCs, dating from 1906, featuring the Long Beach Auditorium on the Pier, including 2 interior views. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

approx 40 cards, dating from 1906, depicting outdoor & indoor bath houses including "The Plunge." Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias located at the southern end of Yosemite National Park are pictured on these 131 postcards. From Private Mailing

Miss Mabel Gregory of Montague in Siskiyou County received this color postcard of Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite Valley. It was postmarked at Mathews,

About 200-250 postcards, c1905-1960. A wide and varied group Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Mission Provenance: Ken Prag

Over 100 postcards of Stanford University and Palo Alto. 26 black and white, 11 black and white RPCs, 9 color RPCs. About 20 non-split backs. Date:

A nice group of postcards that would thrill any Stanford University Cardinal. While there are a few shots of unidentified people posing, most are of s

Lot of thirteen lucky postcards including mostly scenes from historic Placerville sites and a few Tahoe pieces. Date: Country (if not USA): State

About 60 or more vintage postcards c1905-10 of Red Bluff Proper. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Red Bluff Provenance: Ke

About 50 cards c1905-1960 includes some white border RPCs Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: San Luis Obispo Provenance: Ken

About 60 c1940-1970 in this group Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Sonora Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

About 400-500 post cards of Stanford, mostly c1906-1950. One of the most important universities in the world today. Date: Country (if not USA): S

Lot of 135 postcards of the hotels and lodges of the Yosemite National Park. Wawona (19); Ahwahnee (42); Hotel Del Portal (24); Yosemite Lodge ( 12);

Lot of 32 Yosemite postcards in the "framed view" style by Various publishers: California Sales Co. (8); Pillsbury Picture Co. (15); Barde...

Lot of 28 real photo postcards of Yosemite Valley. Six are from a photograph by Ansel Adams published by Best's Studio at Yosemite National Park...

Lot of 9 Yosemite Art Postcards, c 1898- 1940's. These postcards were used on promotional posters. Art cards featuring: El Portal, Half Dome, Ve...

Lot of 27 postcards of Yosemite: Scenic artwork cards (16) one signed by the artist; Seasonal cards (11) including one from City Engineer O'Shau...

Lot of 23 postcards featuring Yosemite's bear population. Several of the Chief Ranger with his pet bear cub. Also two blue sepiatone cards of t...

Four vintage Souvenir Folders of postcards; original box of Detroit photo postcards; three Yosemite Picture and photo guides; pictorial brochure from

Lot of 22 early no border black and white real photo postcards of Yosemite National Park. Only two postmarked. Date: Country (if not USA): State

Lot of 70 postcards from the campgrounds of Yosemite National Park: Camp Curry (48); Camp Yosemite (7); Birdman's Camp (6); Yosemite Village (2)...

Lot of 247 postcards of Yosemite National Park dating from the 1909 through the 1970s. Four photo cards of advertisement from Royal Bengals Cigars an

Lot of 53 early non split back postcards by a variety of publishers: Detroit Publishing, Weidner, Britton & Rey; Mitchell; Behrendt; Reider. 26 ...

Lot of 62 black and white real photo postcards of Yosemite. 45 published by Pillsbury, 17 unsigned but thought to be Pillsbury issue. 15 postmarked, t

Lot of nine "Private Mailing Cards" authorized by Act of Congress of May 19th, 1898. Five unused, four with postmarks. Date: Country (i...

Lot of 32 interesting postcards. Many are postmarked Yosemite. Several are from Artists' Point. Also a 1927 travel sticker from Standard Oil and...

Lot of 56 postcards from Yosemite Valley published by many companies: Tuck, Albertyr, Scheff, Hess, Behrendt, Rosin, Western Publishing, Benharn, Port

Lot of 87 postcards of Yosemite by different publishers: Mitchell (31); M. Reider (40); Weidner (11) Britten & Rey (5). Date: Country (if no...

Lot of 129 postcards of Yosemite by various publishers: KYGG (14); Pacific Novelty of San Francisco (38); Phostint by Detroit Publishing (38); Cardine

Beautiful collection (19) of postcards from Yosemite National Park and the Nearby Mariposa Grove of giant redwoods. Photos are in color and show such

Lot of 17 color postcards featuring the Yosemite Valley Railroad. Seven postmarked, ten unused. The Yosemite Valley Railroad was a short-line railroad

Lot 79 black and white real photo postcards of Yosemite, circa 1915-1950. All the major waterfalls, El Capitan, Mirror Lake, Half Dome, Cathedral Spir

Lot of 45 real photo postcards of Yosemite Valley, about 20 with no borders, about 25 with white borders. Ten postmarked, the rest unused. Date: C

Lot of thirteen postcards featuring stage coaches in Yosemite, including an advertising postcard from the Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Company with the

Seven cards from areas along the top of interstate 80 west of Truckee including Nyack, Emigrant Gap and Nordon. Date: Country (if not USA): S

Lot of seven RPCs of Mt. Shasta, Mt. Shasta City and Main Street, French Gulch with a stagecoach. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California

Lot of 35 unused postcards. Part of a designer series of 39 large letter, Number and symbol cards featuring cultural and historic patterns. The typefa

About 200 postcards from missions up and down the coast. Scenes inside and outside, priests, nature, etc. From the early 1900's. See the photogr...

Disneyland, some Marineland Date: c 1960's Country (if not USA): State: California City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of about 50 postcards from the Mile High city. One color RPC, 3 RPCs. 1911 conclave of the Knights Templar. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

Lot of 6 different modern color cards. Five are "Greetings from Durango, Colorado" showing cowboys, cowgirls, and Native Americans. Sixth ...

Lot of 29 postcards from Estes Park. 6 RPCs, 7 black and white. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Estes Park Provenance: Ken

Lot of thirty postcards of mining scenes in Colorado. 4 RPCs, 17 unused. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance: Ken Pr

Lot of 68 Colorado postcards: Trinidad (15) (1907 bird's eye view); Steamboat Springs (2); Durango (2); Pueblo (5); Canon City (5); Grand Juncti...

Lot of 59 Colorado postcards. Aspen (6); Glenwood Springs (6); Salida (10); Greeley (5); Fort Collins (8); Loveland; Colorado Springs (13); Manitou (1

Lot of 76 Colorado postcards. Over 40 different cities. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 20 Colorado postcards from Idaho Springs (8), Central City (9, Georgetown (3). 9 RPCs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City:

About 75 cards c1905-1960. Mostly vintage. Some mining. 2 vintage rpcs. No Denver, no railroad, or cripple creek. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

Lot of 32 postcards of Pike's Peak. 3 PRCs, half way house, summit house, railroad at the summit, 14147 feet above sea level. Date: Country ...

Over 160 postcards of scenic Colorado. 5 color RPCs, 11 B&W RPCs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance: Ken Pr...

Lot of 58 postcards featuring Hawaiian aviation. Airports, airplanes and in flight menus. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Hawaii City: Pro

Lot of 300 Hawaiian postcards of buildings. Aloha Tower, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Residence Wilder Avenue, Honolulu with street car, Iolani Palace, LDS T

Lot of over 90 postcards with animals of Hawaii: mostly fish, but birds, and water buffalo used in agriculture. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

The flowers of Hawaii depicted on postcards. Lot of over 240: Night blooming Cereus, Hibiscus ( the state flower), Kahili Ginger, scarlet ohia lehua,

Lot of 17 postcards from Hawaiian golf courses. Waialae Golf Links; Royal Lahaina; Oahu Country Club; Royal Kaanapali; Hawaii Country Club; Mauna Kea

Lot of 25 postcards from the Garden Isle of Kauai. White border RPCs and modern chromolitho. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Hawaii City: P

Lot of 46 postcards from Hawaii depicting military parades, bases, USO clubs. Schofield Barracks, Mid Pacific Carnival Military Parade, Fort Shafter.

Lot of 300 postcards featuring people of Hawaii. Many of native girls, hula dancers, Hawaiian musicians, flower markets, tourist gatherings. Coconut t

Lot of over 100 postcards depicting plantations of pineapple and sugar cane, also the processing plants: sugar mills, pineapple canning operations. Pl

Lot of 41 Private Mailing Cards, authorized by Act of Congress May 19, 1898. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Hawaii City: Provenance: Ken

Lot of eight postcards depicting railroads in Hawaii, including the 1909 wreck of the Honolulu Marathon excursion train, March 21st. Date: Country

Lot of 300 scenic views of Hawaii. Waterfalls, craters, Wiakiki, Diamond Head. All types of postcards: Private Mailing Cards, undivided backs, divided

Lot of 300 scenic postcards from Hawaii. Black and white and color RPCs, chromolithos. White border RPCs. Waterfalls, mountain views, Waikiki and Di

Lot of over 130 postcards of steamships, fishing boats, marinas, harbors and sailing related to Hawaii. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Hawa

Lot of over 80 street scenes of Hawaii from the horse and buggy days through modern life. Honolulu, Lahaina, Hilo and other cities. Date: Country

Lot of over 50 postcards of Hawaiian sunrises and sunsets. The few that are written are wistful as the photo supposes. Date: Country (if not USA):

Lot of over 150 postcards of Hawaiian volcanos erupting: from Mauna Kea, Halemanmau (1961) , Kilauea, Mauna Loa. My favorite is the Private Mailing C

Lot of 43 color postcards from the Hawaiian Wax Museum. Historical scenes from Hawaii's past. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Hawaii C...

Lot of 300 Hawaiian post cards from the white border period of postcard history. Most black and white RPCs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: H

Lot of five. Three black & white RPC's. Includes Caldwell Banking and Trust, Saratoga Hotel, Finey & Sterry Halls at the College of Idah...

Postmarked Goldfield 1908. Part of the Nevada Hills Mining Company's property in Fairview NV. Condition issues at the top. Date: Country (if ...

Manhattan Milling & Ore Co. real photo postcard. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Manhattan Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of Two A.E. Holt Postcards. Includes 1914 Barstow postmark, Golden street, Rhyolite NV; and Montgomery Shoshone Mine, blank. Date: Country (if

This lot includes seven postcards, showing scenes from Nevada and three representing the state of Arizona. Scenes include the central district of Phoe

Fifty eight postcards from various Nevada locations such as Hilts, Winnemucca, Dad Lee's, Goldfield, Tonopah, Blair, and others. Includes 11 RPC...

Lot of twenty eight postcards includes 14 RPC's. Various locations represented such as Hoover dam, Las Vegas, Yucca Flats, Searchlight, Boulder ...

16 from Santa Fe and 19 from Albuquerque. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New Mexico City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Fifteen cards including big letter cards and place cards Date: Country (if not USA): State: New Mexico City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Group of postcards from mostly Ashland, two are from Eugene. 6 are real photo postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Oregon City: Ashlan

More than half this group are real photo postcards. Beautiful shots of Crater Lake! Date: Country (if not USA): State: Oregon City: Crater Lake

Views of Dalles. Includes 2 rpc's. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Oregon City: Dalles Provenance: Ken Prag Collection