Western Americana Postcards, Vintage Photographs, and Stocks

Lot of 7: Episcopal Church, Mizpah Hotel, Court House, Knights of Columbus Home. Six RPCs. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: ID# 44646

Includes a Piute Private Interest, bottle house, and barrel house. All published by A. H. Rounsevell of Tonopah, Nevada (Prag collection) City: To

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...

Lot of 2 cards photographed by Osborn, a mining engineer. One overview of the mines and the city, the other of the "Bottle House" made of ...

Lot of 5: four views of the town, and one of the Barrel House "one of the first houses of Tonopah." Numbers 201, 383, 749, 706, and 801 i...

Town view overlooking Tonopah, addressed from R.R. Demerest to W.R. Rose at Camp Kearny in San Diego. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: 1919 ID

Lot of 8 photos, all different, showing the town from different angles. One card writer declares "another view of Tonopah, what a dump." T...

Original Tonopah cancellation, card dated 9-12-08 on front. View of the mining works and the town itself. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: 1908

Panoramic view from the hill overlooking the young town of Tonopah. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: ID# 44638

"If you keep this card I'll tell you all about everything in it when I get home. I am having such a good time that I don't like to thin...

This fabulous photo was taken by Osborn, photographer with G. & K. Drug Company of Rawhide, Nevada. (Prag collection) City: Virginia State: Ne...

1922 view taken from the north side of the mines below St. Mary's. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: 1922 ID# 44773

Strong contrast and what appears to be a different view of Virginia City. Postmarked 1911 on back. City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: 1911

Inside and out, close-ups and distant views, crowds and solitude. City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: c1940 ID# 44061

Twenty-two mostly different RPC's. All with postmarks. Most have notes. "Lots of fun." "Plenty hot." "I know you have h...

The Nevada Photo Company of Virginia City printed this panoramic view of the great Comstock town. Sent to Gertie Munro in Nevada City, California by

Lot of 17. 12 real photo postcards. Classic RPC interior saloon views (Sawdust Corner, Brass Rail, Crystal, line up of ladies, and one entitled &quo...

Postcard of a large gathering on C Street. We are not sure about the date, but the boys are all wearing suspenders! City: Virginia City State: Nevad

Sawdust Corner, Senate Club, Smokery, Wieland's, etc. can be seen. Excellent condition. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada D...

c1920. Nice old cars on side of road. (They are kinda parked ?) One can see the Casino Cafe - not a business often found on postcards. City: Virgini

c1930's. Mansions on left and backs of businesses on right. Old cars. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: ID# 44070

Lot of eight. Early Virginia City in fog. Bower's mansion. One Harry P. Beck publisher. Pogonip. Five Totem Trading Post of Virginia City cards....

Three different churches. No duplicates. RPC's. Two of the Episcopal Church. Two St. Mary's. City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: ...

1) Iconic General Grant photograph. 2) Hand colored Pogonip (Land Fog) at Virginia City. 3-4) Two different 1920's Virginia City Overviews. (Pra...

Postmarked the 5th of July, 1909 at Virginia City, Nevada to Mr. Harry Garrett of Cripple Creek, Colorado. The prose is witty "Hello: This is a...

Over 125 Comstock Postcards. Over 60% are PRC's. Includes historic prints of Old Gieger Grade, Virginia City, Gold Hill, James Fair, Sutro, US G...

This photo catches the lower end of Virginia City and the mines that are the next door neighbors. Published by the Nevada Photo Company of Virginia Ci

Two C Street views with buggies, but no automobiles. St. Mary's Church, County Court House, 4th Ward school, Piper's Opera House. Three canc...

All RPC's. All different. c1930's and 40's. Nice set! (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: ID# 44073

Hand written 'Virginia City' on back of card. Only identifiable business is the Smokery Cafe. Andrew Nicklanovich was a restaurant operator ...

Rare 1925 stock certificate issued to Wm J. Cobb. 150 shares of the Reno-Virginia Transportation Company. City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date:

Virginia-Truckee Transit Company truck parked outside. Nice early view. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: ID# 44068

Senate Club, The Smokery, The Delta, etc. Rainier Beer ad. (Prag collection) City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: c1940 ID# 44069

Lot of 25. All interior shots! Almost all black & white RPC's. All different. See the Brass rail, famous Crystal Chandelier, Bucket of Bloo...

Lot of 111. All RPC's. All Black & White! new buildings, old buildings dilapidated buildings. Street scenes - paved and dirt. Overviews. Chu...

Not your normal view on this VC RPC. Virginia City cancel. "I only weigh 174 pounds by McGraiths scales." (Prag collection) City: Virgini...

Lot of 12 with no duplicates. Many are RPC. The premier postcard is of three members so the Virginia City Orchestra standing on the shores of Lake Tah

Society of Pacific Coast Pioneers promised to pay $20 in gold coin. Number 12. Marked PAID. The promissory notes were issued in an attempt to raise mo

Lot of 10 real photo Postcards. John W. Mackey portrait card, and two of his mansion. Interior view of the Pioneer Drug Store, portrait of the Knights

Overview of the city in the '90s. "You can easily find the church & Con. Va. Mine (4 stacks in the center of the picture)." (Prag ...

Lot of 12 black & white RPC's. Bucket of Blood, Brass rail, Sawdust Corner, Washoe Club, Crystal Bar. All different. City: Virginia City S...

Lot of 5: Hurdle racing; Angel Lake; Schoer's Ranch House and flower garden. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44744

Colorized Seventh Street scene circa 1920s with mounted cowboy considering the bustle of town activity. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44

Lot of 11 cards: Angel Lake, rodeo scenes, street scenes. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44745

Elite Billiards, Wells Cafe, Wells Hotel, circa 1930s. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44742

Main Street Wells Nevada 1920s or 1930s. Club and Bar Room, Groceries Meats and Produce. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44740

Street scene circa 1940. Elite Bar, The Capitol Club and others. City: Wells State: Nevada Date: ID# 44741

Horse and buggy days on Bridge Street in Winnemucca. Hand colored photo card. Dog-eared upper left. City: Winnemucca State: Nevada Date: ID#

Lot of 3 different RPCs of Bridge Street featuring American Theatre, Hotel Humboldt, Ideal Club. Two unused cards, third postmarked 1933. City: Winne

Lot of 2 early Winnemucca photo cards: 1) Grammar Schools (1918); 2) Bridge St, featuring the El Dorado Hotel, the American Theatre, and the Winnemucc

H.W. Duncan of Winnemucca published this Bird's Eye View, Looking Southeast. City: Winnemucca State: Nevada Date: 1907 ID# 44642

One lonely car driving on Bridge St. Northwest from 6th in "Winnimucca". Written in German to Frau Eismann in Munchen. Cancelled on the O...

Over 300 cards, mostly Las Vegas but Ely, Ruth, Palisade, Rhyolite, Goldfield, Battle Mountain, Wells, Carson City and Eureka are represented as well.

Lot of 12 including greetings from Gold Circle Nevada's Greatest Gold Mining Camp, RPCs of the Club Cal Neva Lake Tahoe, Golden Nugget Las Vegas...

Shell Map of Nevada, 1959; Rand McNally Standard Indexed Map with Air Trails, Nevada, 1929; 1936 Road Map of Nevada--Nevada State Highway; 2 Standard

Lot of fourteen. 1) Unissued California-Nevada Creamery. $287. 2) Number 47 Nevada Wholesale Grocery Co. 1913. 3) Truckee-Carson Farmers Association.

Lot of eight. 1) Minden Flour #169 in 1914. 2) American Fore and Marine #190. Unissued. 3) Daily News in 1926. 4) Godbe Filters #25 in 1930. Signed by

Two RPC's: 1) Rearview Twin Domes Big Room, Carlsbad Canyon. Photo by Ray V. Davis. 2) Waterfall Formation--photo by Ray V. Davis. Six other car...

1) Taos Indian Pueblo, New Mex. 2) Family photo in front of barn in Cherryvale, New Mexico. (Prag Collection) City: State: New Mexico Date: I

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

Lot of six. Included: 1) Klamath Lake Reservation. 1864, beautiful colored lithograph; very large map of Klamath Reservation, Oregon, 2) 1895; Geologi

Four pieces of Oregon history: St. Helens Copper Co. stock certificate; stereo view of Portland Harbor with three masted sailing ship;1888 note from B

Lot of seven. Best two are: The Coleman Flag Packing Company (Astoria, 1887, not cancelled) and The Thistle Packing Company (Astoria, 1887, not cancel

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

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

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

1) The Thompson & Tucker Lumber Company. Stock issued for 40 shares, 1909 in Willard, Texas. Signed by two different Thompsons as president and ...

Three RPC's of automobiles. 1) Business District, Bingham Canyon, Utah. 2) Observation Point at Kennecott Copper Corporation Mine Located at the...

Four images of the Upper Canyon and one overview. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon State: Utah Date: ID# 44467

Three Railroad RPC's of Bingham Canyon. 1) Saar's Fork, Bingham, 1915. 2) Copperfield, Bingham Canyon. 3) Bingham Canyon. (Prag Collection) ...

RPC shows the road through the canyon and the railroad trestle. Nice view. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon State: Utah Date: ID# 44466

5 RPC's--2 of railroad trestle; 3 of canyon overview. One color card of Carr Fork, Bingham Canyon. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon Stat...

RPC of Bingham Canyon and Kennecott Mine in background. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon State: Utah Date: ID# 44465

27 total postcards. 5 cards of The Devil's Slide, Weber Canyon; 1 card of The Witches Rock, Weber Canyon; 2 cards--Utah Light & Power, Weber...

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

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),

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

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

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 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 ...

Lot of three different, each with handwritten notes on the back from the 1890s. Photographer is not identified, but could be Savage. 1) "Interi...

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

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

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

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

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

3 views of Wendover, including "Salt Works", And 1 Cache Co., Logan, UT; 8 other cards include: two 1905 cards--Agricultural college, Loga...

Lot of 5 different. Includes: The Temple of Zion from the West Rim Trial, Zion National Park (Keystone); Column Rock, Wasatch Mountain, Utah (C.L. Pon

Lot of 19 documents. Checks: 13 assorted, from Salt Lake, Ogden, and Moroni. Earliest is 1901, latest 1924. Includes checks for Becker Brewing &...

Three different, two in color. All published by Keystone View Company. Includes: UP 29448 "Lobby of Zion Lodge Center, Zion Nat. Park, Utah&quo...

22 page guide to the 1909 "The World's Most Beautiful Exposition" held from June 1 to October 18, 1909. Including many photographs, th...

Lot of three. 1) Two $1,000 Water Works bonds for The City of Spokane Falls, Washington Territory. Very attractive, with ornate floral border and cent

We don't see these very often: two stocks for the Concordia German Singing Society of Spokane Falls, Washington Territory. No. 41 & 42. Not ...

Lot of 32 pieces. Most pictorial. Letterheads: 4 page letter on Hotel Antlers (Ellensburg) written 1910 with moose vignette, 6 page letter The Tacoma

8 different CDVs from Washington D.C. of government buildings in the 1860s including the Capitol Building, U.S. Treasury, Smithsonian Institute, Washi

3 RPC's of HF Bar Ranch, one shows "The Urn". One other card of Guest's Bungalows at HF Bar Ranch. (Prag Collection) City: Buffal...

1) Buffalo, Wyoming in 1915. "I am in Buffalo on my way to Sheridan." Sheridan postmark. 1915. Faded. 2) 1925 Casper, Wyoming. Tifeny Drug...