Western Americana Auction April 2022

Lot of 2. 1. Jan. 1968 issue : re-design of the dollar bill, articles on Paul Krassner, Andy Warhol w photos of models, walk with Mr. & Mrs. ...

Correspondence between Sanford K. Barstow and Vincent, Sturm and Co., a furniture manufacturer in Cleveland Ohio. The correspondence is in regards to

Lot of 5 waybills for the Oregon Stage Company, California and Oregon US Mail Line, dates 1864 - 1867, Lines are for Yreka and Portland (2), Marysvill

Construction Progress Bulletin No. 2 for Electric Power from the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Issued by Hugh L. Cooper & Co. on Dece...

This lot has 12 state reformatory photo cards from Monroe, Washington 1941, and 24 cards from the "penn." at Walla Walla, Washington 1915-...

Made the 26th Day of August, 1786. An indenture between Asa Abbot of Johnstown and the Loan-Officers of Montgomery County. For consideration of 14 pou

There's something in this Lot for every collector, including hidden value for the treasure hunters in the audience. 1) A hodgepodge of vintage ...

Group of 66 billheads from the 1840s-1900s. A) 16 pictorial billheads from companies in Sacramento. These companies are mostly hardware, grocery, or g

Good variety of checks (about 200) with adhesive revenue stamps but with some duplicates. Dillon, Montana; Westcliffe, Colorado; Butte Montana; Broadv

Lot of over 60 vintage checks with vignettes. Mostly Montana (some territorial), but also Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York. Dating from 1861-1947.

Really good group of checks with vignettes from all over the United States. Some examples include checks from lumber companies, banks, general stores,

Red chickenpox warning broadside by health dept. 6.75x11". City: State: Date:

Group of several pieces of cowboy ephemera including: A) Invoice from Hart, Taylor, and Co., Manufacturers and Jobbers of Hats, Caps, and Furs, Staw G

Group of six fire inspection publications. A) Two editions of the Standard Schedule for Grading Cities and Towns of the United States with Reference

Group of five fire protection publications. A) Agents' and Inspectors' Pocket-Book of Fire Protection, Second Edition, by George Velten See...

Group of six publications related to firefighting education. A) Centrifugal Pumps by R.L. Daugherty, First Edition. Published by the McGraw-Hill Book

Lot containing a variety of ephemera related to firefighting. A) Group of about 12 original photographs of fires, firefighters, and fire equipment. T

Group of six firefighting equipment manuals. A) Operating Fire Department Pumpers by Warren Kimball. Issued by the National Fire Protection Associati

Lot of three different firefighting manuals. A) Industrial Fire Brigades Training Manual edited by Emmett T. Cox, W. Fred Heisler, and Horatio Bond.

Lot of 12 publications related to firefighting. A) Six quarterly publications of the National Fire Protection Association from 1922-1925. These public

Group of firefighting publications and ephemera. Some are from local fire stations or individual firefighters. A) Questions and Answers for Lieutenan

Correspondence and invoices from several bicycle manufacturing and repair companies printed on pictorial letterhead. These companies include the Ames

Miscellaneous Logging & Lumbering Publications (7): 1) "This Fascinating Lumber Business" by Stanley F. Horn Publ by The Bobbs-Merrill...

Early Newspaper Articles & Illustrations on Lumber: 1) The Youths Companion (cover), February 27, 1913 "A Vermont Logging Camp", (6 Il...

Group of pages that were originally from a ledger of a lumber hauling company. These pages show statistics for the company by month between 1873 and 1

This 79 page document are the memories of a missionary Catholic Priest Father William Westerhoven who spent 1924-1953 in Hunan Provence, China. The st

Two scrapbooks full of a variety of ephemera including newspaper clippings, holiday greeting cards, postcards, state fair tickets, correspondence, mem

Five issues of the Niles' Weekly Register including two from 1828, two from 1829, and one from 1835. The Niles' Weekly Register was the equi...

Approx. 250 mostly pictorial billheads. Rippon Knitting Works, Foley Brothers and Kelly, Becker Pretzel Bakeries. Ry-Krisp Bread, Axton_Fisher Tobacco

Collection of billheads from various saddlery companies. Some of these companies include the Wallace & Smith Co. in Wisconsin, Frederick Kraemer...

Collection of hundreds of letters and letterheads from a variety of U.S. companies doing business with Montana companies in the late 1880s. There are

Collection of vintage Valentine's cards. These cards are cut into various shapes and feature images of hearts, animals, teddy bears, balloons, c...

Group of checks from Montana and Nevada including the following: three checks from the First National Bank of Helena from 1878 and 1891, one check fro

US Western States Lumber Related Letterheads: California (5), Montana (4), Nevada (1), 1880-1907 (All with nice Vignettes). City: State: Date:

US Western States Lumber Related Billheads: California (10), Montana (4), Colorado (1), 1871-1912. All with nice Vignettes. City: State: Date:

The Grand Central mine was not only one of the most famous of all the Tombstone mines, it later became the center of the modern day open pit gold-silv

Rare letter addressed to E.B. Gage, the superintendent of the Grand Central Mining Company in Tombstone, Arizona. This letter was sent by the Banking

Enlarged b&w photograph titled Mine in the Dragoons. Mounted under glass and framed w/metal title plate attached to board mounting below photo....

Lot of 6. Two white border. One postmarked 1914 Central N.M. Of Natoma Dredge #8. The remaining five are : Natoma dredges #8, #9. City:Fol

Head frame Northstar 3.25"x3.25". Nightshift by GW Miller-poor contrast. Miner portrait with lunch pails, 6x8", frame 11.25x19.25&quo...

Fantastic set of 4 framed postcard groups highlighting mining in Grass Valley and Nevada City. 41 postcards-16 RPC's. Vintage cards and tradeca...

"Grass Valley Mines Photographs. 1). Mine headframe building that sits above the mine entrance. Meant to house hoisting machinery, personnel, a...

Lot of 14. Includes cabinet card showing men standing outside of mining office, labelled Ward, Colorado, 1898 on the reverse; small mounted photograph

Lot of 19. Color, B/W, a few white borders, Some RPC’s. Publishers: Mike Roberts “Natural Color Scenes”, Frasher

Lot of 23. Pub. Logos: P-N-C. Amber cards, some white borders, Eleven postmarked 1905-47 : Redding, Denverton CA., Seattle, San Fran. One ca

Lot of 5. White borders. None are postmarked. One has writing (hard to read). All street level: The State Mine Chili Bar CAL. (RPC), Slate Cre

Home/Champion Mine-poor contrast. Temple and Clair, sluicing 1899 by Gerrebrands Building panorama. Firemans Parade on Main Street. Providence Mill. F

Lot of 9. 1) Six postcards. Three real photo: mountain flume above Nevada City; view of miner standing underneath water cannon (mailed 1911); and Hirs

Lot of 6. James J. Ott was the assayer who discovered in 1859 that the ore being mined on the Comstock Lode was very rich in silver. The first miners

3 7.5"x9.5" B/W photos by Moore of this mine in Nevada City, CA. Interior of the Hoist Building, a building connected to the shaft? and st...

Lot of 6 mining letters addressed to Fred Searles. Searles was a famous mining geologist in Grass Valley/Nevada City and was one of the founders of Ne

Lot of 36 including 25 real photo. Choice collection. Nearly all different. RPPC include: Hogue Mine, NC; Lava Cap Mine; Central Mill, GV; Springhill

Lot of 25. Includes: Giant Powder Co. letterhead, 1907, Clipper Gap; North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. letterhead, 1904; Marysville Foundry pictorial

Lot of 11. Includes: 1880 Thomas Price Assay Memorandum for bullion deposited by the Deadwood Mining Co.; 1918 Annual Report of the Brunswick Consolid

2 rare panoramas. One is North Bloomfield mining camp and the other is in the nearby vicinity, location unknown. 2 photo panoramas 7.5"x18.5&qu...

Lot of 13. Some white borders, mostly RPC’s. Four postmarked 1907 : Williams Port R.I., Oroville,. Dredgers: El Oro #2, Baggett No 1,

Lot of 8 RPPC. Rare group. Some duplicate views. All are for the La Grange Mine at Weaverville, Trinity County, California. Started operating in 1862,

This lot is of a map Showing the Quartz Mining Properties belonging to the “Alameda Gold Mining Co.” situated in Placer Co., Califor

2 page letter with mention of Pony Express and Avawatz Crown Mine Co. near Silver Lake, CA, August 29, 1908. City: State:California Date:

Calif. State Div. of Mines Geologic Guidebooks: 1) San Francisco Bay Counties Bulletin 154, 1951 History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils, Minerals, Indus

Lot of 15. All but 3 are RPPC. A few duplicates. Includes: Big Meadows, CA, 1913; Plasser[sic.] Mine, Summerville; North Fork Placers, Helena, CA; pla

Lot of 6 b&w photos of California mines, c. late 19th century. Three mounted under glass and framed are: Whisky Bar Mine, 1897, photo size +/- ...

Five framed photographs of miners in California. A) Photograph of two miners posed with an ore cart outside of a mine. There are two sheds on either s

Pair of Colorful California Mining Maps: 1) Map of Mines & Locations in the vicinity of the Sierra Buttes, Sierra Co. Lithograph by Britton &...

Lot of 7. Few white borders, Two color. Three postmarked 1910-55 : Napa (double stamped). All STREET level view: Dredging Imperial Valley, Cotton

3 framed reproduction photos. Hydraulic mining in French Corral in Nevada, CA 9"x8". Malakoff Diggins 7.5"x9.5". Redding, CA pr...

Two metal catalogs containing "Application for Membership" cards for the Mine Workers Protective League. These cards are arranged alphabet...

A) Mounted photograph of a group of men and women at a picnic in Grass Valley. There is a man in the center who is serving some kind of stew out of a

Lot of 7. Includes: Miners Foundry & Supply Co. billhead (Nevada City, 1918); Geo. W. Pennington & Sons advertising pamphlet (c.1898, SF); I...

Three original photographs of hydraulic mining operations in California, c. 1905-1915. A) Mounted photograph of a hydraulic mining monitor spraying wa

Original photograph of a hydraulic mining operation in Reliese Hill, California around 1890. There are two men standing next to the hydraulic system t

Photograph probably of the Oat Hill mercury mine in Napa County. It was taken by M.H. Strong of the photo department of Napa, CA. The photograph depic

Two photographs of placer miners around the 1890s. A) Original photograph of eight placer miners using rockers. Soil was dumped into these rockers and

Really rare photograph of a modernized hydraulic mining system being used after it was outlawed. Hydraulic mining was banned in California in 1884 bec

Extremely rare photo of a mining camp by Moore, Nevada City, CA. Back of frame says "near Cisco, Baltimore City or Oroville, Spalding Lake Are...

Two framed photographs of the Red Dog Mine in Nevada County, California. The Red Dog was a hydraulic mine that got caught up in the battle to ban this

The first issue published by the California Mining Bureau Association. A monthly magazine devoted to the promotion of the Mining Interests of the Paci

WELL OVER 500 pieces! This is an account of what they spent and who they paid. As you might expect it included several different Bassick billheads. Bu

Original Mammoth plate photo, 17 1/4" x 13 1/4", in crude old frame. Photo appears to be c. 1880 of a mule train carrying mining supplies ...

U.S.G.S. Colorado State Professional Papers: 1) Geo. of the Aspen Mining Dist., w/Atlas, PP-94, by Josiah E. Spur, 1898, 43 plates, 11 figures, 30 Atl

Group of time cards and checks from the Amazon-Manhattan Mining Company in Beaver Creek District near Wallace, Idaho. The time cards show a table of d

This book of cancelled stock certificates are of the Sherman Lead Company of Moscow, Idaho. Stocks #501-749 inclusive. The stocks show a beautiful sea

Cleverly salted with quotes from Jay Gould and R. Kipling, this 1906 prospectus encourages investors to buy into the Bismark Copper Mining Company of

2 Anaconda company booklets. Great Falls Departments 1937, with lots of photos. Howdy, Here is Important Information for Employees 40pp. No date, pos

Great Falls Departments, Eighth Edition, published January 1937. This book contains descriptions and photographs of the Great Falls departments of the

Anaconda Copper v. Pilot Butte Mining, 1914 lawsuit hearing. Bound, 1.25" thick. City: State:Montana Date:

Plats of those Mining Claims in Butte, Sold by Metes and Bounds, of which there are no Official Plats of Record. Contains blueprint maps of unplatted

Two prospectuses from copper mining companies: 1) Andes Copper Mining Company sixth annual report, for the year ended 1932. 2) Blackfoot Copper Co. of

Montana Territory County of Lewis and Clark recorder issued this discovery claim on the west 1/2 of the Merrimac Lode in the name of Clara Kennedy, si

Three annual reports from the Granite Mountain Mining Company whose mines and works were at Granite and Rumsey, Deer Lodge County Montana. Corporate o

Album full of approximately 100 mine safety posters. These posters were drawn by John Gowers for the Anaconda Mining Company in the 1950s. These poste

Lot of two maps of mines in Montana and Illinois. Both maps are original pen and ink maps. A) Map of an unnamed mine in Silver Bow County, Montana sur

A) Detail Drawings for new Mine Cage for the Montana Company, Limited by S.H. Macomber. Detailed engineering blueprint of the parts of a mine cage. Ap

Articles of Incorporation and annual reports. Cape Nome Copper Mining, Bonanza Copper Mining, Butte Coeur-d'Alene Copper Mining, Davis Copper Mi...

Articles of Incorporation and annual reports from Kennedy Creek Gold Mining, Dennemora Gold and Copper Mining, French Bar Gold Mining, Montana Homesta

Twelve photo negatives c1933, including seven 6-7/8 x 10-3/4-inch negatives and five 7-3/4 x 9-3/4-inch negatives. Four images are pictures of an unna

2" stack in protective sleeves of important and valuable info by professionals on various mine properties. The Bland Group, Butte. Mountain Vie...

Miscellaneous Montana mining lot. Mining and Scientific Press newspaper 1894; The Electrical Engineer (Harnessing the Missouri River near Helena) 1898

About 31 Montana mining and geology booklets. 10 Empire Lode Mining Claim. Mineral Industry Surveys of Montana 1957, 1964, 1967.Inspector of Mines Rep

Lot of over 30 checks from Montana mining companies, dating back to the 1880s. Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Cooke City, Clinton, Marysville. City: S