Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

Lot of 4. 1) Old Modoc Stage. M.E. Fly, Souvenir. No postmark. 2) The Old Bird Cage, pre-renovation. No postmark or photographer identified. 3) The Bi

Lot of 23 real photo postcards photographed and produced by Frashers Foto of Pomona, CA. Burton Frasher was a photographer of the American West and on

Lot of 19. 12 are real photo postcards. All of the RPCs are not postmarked and only one photographer is identified with a postcard of the Old Fire Dep

From an early printing co. proof book that contained samples of many print jobs from the 1890's. Actual age of this piece is unknown. A black on...

Lot of 12 postcards. 3 are RPCs photographed by Frashers Foto. 2 are from L.L. Cook Co., 1 was published Petley Studios and the remaining 6 are from u

Lot of 37 postcards from Tucson. 10 of the postcards are postmarked between the years 1908-1954. This lots features several images of the city of Tusc

Lot of 3 postcards from the ghost town of White Hills. 1) General store, jail house, and bank. RPC. No postmark. Frashers Foto card, but produced by L

Lot of 4. 1) Clear Creek Pump House. Postmarked 1903, no photographer identified. 2) School House. Postmarked 1908. 3) U.S. Post Office. PRC. No photo

Lot of 34 real photo and color illustration postcards. In the group, 18 are Real Photo Postcards. 7 of which were photographed by Frashers Foto, 3 by

Approx 12 billheads from AZ business'. 12 letters/letterheads with Soto Bros, Bisbee Lodge IOOF, and 2 Jefferson Hotel pictorials. Date: c. 18...

Approx 13 items from this Mormon Company including 1891 receipt, various other 19th Century receipts, check, bank ledger, pictorial letterhead from Ba

Softcover Arizona Place Names by Granger. Hardcover The Arizona of Joseph Pratt Allyn by Nicolson Date: Location: Arizona HWAC# 63351

3 hardback books & 1 paperback book. 1) A History of Banking in Arizona by Larry Schweikart pp.248, c. 1982; Confederate Pathway to the Pacific ...

Double truck Rand McNally map of Arizona. PP 468-469. Multicolor. 14.5" x 20.75". Date: Location: Arizona HWAC# 54461

Copper and red Arizona license plate with UTAH on plate. Thick copper souvenir plate. Brass badge shaped Montana Stock detective tool tag, possibly fr

Lot of 14 postcards from various smaller towns around Arizona. The small towns include Adamana, Benson, Salome, Escuela, Wickenburg, Safford, Castle H

Lot of 97 postcards and souvenir postcard pieces from all over Arizona, mostly scenery and the Grand Canyon. Some of the locations include Monument V

Lot of 10. Towns include Ash Fork, Fairview, Benson, Lowell, Inspiration, Naco, Quartzsite, Salome, Peach Springs, and Gripe. Date: Location: Ari

Lot of 8 wit mix of RPCs and color illustrations. These postcards are showing views of Cottonwood, Stafford, Chloride, Oracle, and Seligman. Date:

Mescal plant by Buehman & Co. Vermilion Mesa, Jacob's Pool by Bodfish. Date: Location: Arizona HWAC# 54613

Lot of 6 postcards. 3 are from Gold Road. The postcards show an overview of Gold Road. There are no postmarks and only 2 of the postcards have a photo

2 rare manuscript pieces from Arizona to Holbrook A. Ty from Albert F. Potter. 5" x 6". Slight stain on back in fold lines. Date: 1891 L...

Navajo Springs, 1894 to the Arizona Co-Op in Holbrook (Mormon Co-Op); Young, A.T. letter 1900, rare locale. Both letters completely in manuscript. Da

1) Draft from the Tucson Chapter, No. 3. R.A.M. Issued Jan. 26, 1887. Pay to Commercial Insurance Company $27.55. Signed by the High Priest and Secret

Dated 1855 surveyor's office Little Rock. Litho by A. Hoen & Co. A, (1&2). Some toning on edges, 1" of left edge is missing. 18.75&...

B/W view of a town, Silver Peak at Ebbets Pass, Kit Carson Pass, Markleeville Hot Springs. Date: Location: Alpine County, California HWAC# 56578

This Alturas County Warrant is from 1804, for $64 payable to John Hovele(?), No. 122, for services as County Tax Collector & Sheriff. 7.5"...

Dateline Anaheim Landing, January 24th, 1866. Anaheim Lighter Company. Billed to Messr. Irwin Flint & Co. for lighterage and commission on 28 pa...

Three choice early mounted photographs, circa 1910 in and during the great oil boom of the first few years of the 20th century. The views are clearly

Lot of 5 different, all published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co. (New York). Four are large format (4 x 7"): 38, Galen's Hospice (fading and ...

Lot of 11 different Big Trees stereoviews. This is a nice group, with some rare views. 1) c.1866 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 909, Interior of th...

1) Post card from trees of "majestic Calaveras County, Mark Twain and Bret Harte received their early inspirations"; 1 post card of men wo...

Lot of 6 real photo post cards from Frashers Foto, showing the town of Bishop, Ca. 1) Main Street. 2) Main Street. 3) Kittie Lee Inn. 4) Bishop Union

Inc. June, 1875. Dateline San Francisco, May 26, 1877. No. 105, issued for 45 shares to Thompson. Signed by the president, John Cashin, and secretary

Old 1870's ledger binding (12 x 18") with no contents and a group of three documents from Bodie. Two were written to Rosewood Kahn in Lun...

Approx 77 JS Cain deposit cards 1902-1907 Date: 1902-1907 Location: Bodie, California HWAC# 65048

Approx 30 JS Cain deposit cards 1902-1907, Mono Mining Co. job solicitation letter 1908, Mono County Tax Receipt c. 1880's Date: 1800's-19...

1888 receipt for the Mono Gold mining Co. in Bodie for $750 for assessment on stock. VF. Date: Location: Bodie, California HWAC# 49063

Frashers Foto of the historic mining town. Date: Ca. 1930 Location: Bodie, California HWAC# 63564

Lot of 4. 1) Color booklet with mailing envelope, c.1950s. "Knott's Berry Farm and Ghost Town." Pacific Press. Full of black and white...

Hanging cardboard guitar shaped advertising for Guittards Ground Chocolate. 6 1/2 x 14 inches. Founded in 1868, the Guittard Chocolate Company is base

"A ghost city of the desert" reads the caption of the bottom of this postcard. Photographed and produced by Frasher Foto. Date: Ca. 1925...

Large book of newspaper collections from Chico Semi Weekly Record, Vol XLV, Chico, Butte County, Cal., Friday, Jan. 3, 1899 to Dec. 29, 189. Has fray

3 certificates I/U 1899 to CJ Mason #22 2 shares, JW Turner #24 5 shares, I/C to N Rice #27 5 shares. Signed by president Newman. 4.5" x 8&quo...

Treasurer's Office, Town of Cold Spring $42.41. Slight foxing & staining. 8.5" x 4.5". Date: 1864 Location: Cold Spring, Califor...

Nice trio and condition. 2x Colfax Lodge 200, 1 Grass Valley Lodge 74 Date: 1890 Location: Colfax/Grass Valley, California HWAC# 65036

Great postcard shows the historic mining ghost town of Darwin. Produced by Frashers Foto. Date: Location: Darwin, California HWAC# 63559

2 hardback books: 1) Loafing Along Death Valley Trails by William Caruthers/ A Personal Narrative of People and Places, pp.184, c. 1951, 6.5" x...

Postmarked April, 1907. Taken by Larsen Photo out of Goldfield, NV. The postcard shows a tough group of miners with the caption "Dry Canyon, F...

Lot of 36 post cards from Death Valley. 22 of the post cards were taken by Frasher Foto, 7 were taken by Willard. 3 are modern reprints of Frasher Fot

Lot of 12. One black and White RCPC and three color RPC's. Includes a 1920 Meyers and an Emerald Bay. Date: Location: Donner, California HWA...

Lot of seventeen. Seven black & white RPC's and two color RPC's. Date: Location: Donner, California HWAC# 53471

Lot of 19. Six real photo postcards (two mailed,1914, East Highlands cancel) and 16 black and white photographs (3.5 x 5.5"). Show people enjoy...

Assorted billheads and letterheads from uncommon California towns. Weaverville, Douglas City, Alturas, Bridgeville, Healdsburg, Biggs, Newman, Fort Bi

Two different real photo postcards of "The Geysers". Fabulous contrast and two very good views. This is a nice looking pair. Used. 1909. ...

Lot of eleven cards from the 1870s-80s addressed to Jacob Heyman of Grass Valley, California. Several from the Anglo Californian Bank, several other c

Thirty five pieces dated from 1873 through 1929. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, California HWAC# 63271

Eleven pieces of paper from local druggists Drs. Loutzenheiser, Moulton and Manning. 1879-1915. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, Californ

Forty seven pieces of paper from the late 1800s. Billheads and receipts, some with artistic vignettes. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, C

Lot of ten pieces from printers and newspapers in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area. Nevada Daily Transcript (1880), Grass Valley Daily Union (1878),

Lot of five billheads and receipts from 1870-80s, businesses in Grass Valley and Nevada City. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, California

Rare! Over 35 Hollywood financial documents that were for movies--all are fake! Stocks, bonds, mortgages, depositions, summons, ID cards. Date: Loc

Consolidated Gold Mining Corporation $1000 Gold bond at 10%. Both unissued, No. 8724. Nothing is filled out. The coupons are blank. This makes these t

These photo's & stills include Gladys Knight & the Pips; Dr. Cory SerVaas, Editor and Publisher of The Saturday Evening Post, visiting w...

Lot of three pieces: 1) program to Juliet Prowse starring in "Mame" at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. 2) promotional flyer for &quo...

Koonter & Schlicher, Proprietors. Dateline Keddie, Cal., 191_. Six freight/expense charges listed. Keddie is located in Plumas County, Californi...

The Kingsbury Grade Papers The Carson Valley to Placerville Road, 1860-1863 F. Holabird This collection of documents represents a new discovery in

Lot of sixteen. Five black & white RPCs and eight color RPC's. Great 1907 Truckee postcard with banks of snow. 1920's cars dwarfed by th...

Two RPC's-Cottage at Independence Lake in 1910; and photo of two indians posed at Tahoe City in 1932. Two other postcards--Depot, Truckee, Cal.,...

Includes, snow, the ice rink, buildings, skiers, lifts, etc. See photos online for different cards. Date: Location: Lake Tahoe, California HWAC# 5

Lot of 4 Frashers Foto real photo postcards. 1) Main Street. 2)-4) Dow Hotel. Date: Ca. 1930 Location: Lone Pine, California HWAC# 63563

1) Illinois Society. 2) First Methodist Episcopal Church. 3) Pictures of two men from unknown manufacturer Date: Location: Long Beach, California

Photo by Ramsey & Stevenson, 527 West Sixth Street , Los Angeles, California. One of the cit's many boardwalks and piers - perhaps Long Beac...

12 Long Beach, CA postcards including RPC's. Date: Location: Long Beach, California HWAC# 73035

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Int'l. Sourdough Picnic under auspices of Alaska Yukon Club of Los Angeles, Calif. Sept 17th, year unknown. Bixby park Long Beach, Calif. Pacif...

"Buckeyes" The Big Ohio Picnic Reunion. Monday Feb. 13 year unknown. Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x...

Illinois All Southern California Picnic Reunion, all day long, October 15 year unknown, Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles.Pacific Electric Railway. 6...

Six state picnics, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, All New Englanders at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Sa

Lets go to the West Virginia Picnic Reunion, Saturday, Oct. 22 year unknown. Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 1...

Poll Tax Receipt No. 1943, signed by E.F. Spence & F.P.F. Temple. Two of Los Angeles' pioneers when it was Mexican Territory. E.F. Spence re...

"See and welcome Colonel Lindbergh to Los Angeles. Tues. Sept. 20." Image of Lindbergh next to an American flag and train departure times ...

Lot of 8. Includes: Tax Collector's Office receipt, 1877, signed by J.J. Carrillo, who was the City Marshall, Chief of Police, & Tax Collect...

Frasher RPC of Palestine Exhibitition in Los Angeles Date: Location: Los Angeles, California HWAC# 53906

Third Edition. Approx 50 pages of photos of LA scenes including Santa Monica, Catalina Island, Pasadena, Ostrich farm and more. Front cover partially

Smith & Angell's black stocking handbill for sale by Meyer & Latz, Modesto, CA. A boudior item. Writing on back, ink on front. Date: ...

7 point Modoc County, CA Deputy Sheriff badge, no name. Appears to be a badge for trading. Date: Location: Modoc County, California HWAC# 69063

Lot of 10. 1) Tioga Lodge on the Shores of Mono Lake. Frashers Foto. 2) June Lake Lodge four-sided fireplace. Frashers Foto. 3) Middle Fork, Bishop Cr

1) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co. to H. Dubois 1923 #4201 10 shares. 2) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co to AC Theysohn #4277 8 shares. Date: Loca

7 from Nevada City, 1 from Sonora. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Nevada City, California HWAC# 54131

Lot of 4. 1) Two Second of Exchanges from the Citizens Bank. Issued in 1890 (500 francs, bank in Switzerland) and 1891 (52 pounds sterling, bank in Lo

9 postcards to Newcastle, CA and Placer County, CA. Date: c. 1890-1891 Location: New Castle Area, California HWAC# 63166

Approx 30 letters and assorted ephemera. Unusual items include c. 1880 propagation license for keeping a jack, Colusa County 1892 liquor license, seve

"Chinamen should want a little more money next week..." Addressed to Mr. Harvey of the Cosumnes Copper Mining Company. Date: 1866 Locatio...

Bird's eye view of Randsburg by Frasher Foto. Date: Ca. 1925 Location: Randsburg, California HWAC# 63557

Leather trimmed hardcover checkbook register with over 200 checks from the First National Bank of Redlands. Front cover detached. Check stubs indicate

Lot of 6 real photo postcards from the Ryan area near Death Valley, Ca. Several of the postcards show use of the Baby Gauge Railroad by tourists. 2 Fr

Large Book of Sacramento Bee Articles from July 1, 1932, to July 30, 1932. Has articles ranging from "Governor Roosevelt Wins Wide Lead in Thr...

1867 receipt from Steamer Chrysopolis, Freeman and Co. Express unused receipt c. 1850's, 1861 receipt from Steamer H-H(bottom creases and vertic...

State Controller's Warrant from Sacramento City, CA 1855. Allegorical vignette of woman with spear, beautiful mountains in background, signed b...