Western Americana Safari

The paper was first published in Austin, Nevada on May 16, 1863. It was published as a weekly newspaper, and intermittently as a daily paper. These pa

1) Four views of Carlin including a Mallet and steam engine. Cancelled in 19254. 2) Overview of the town. 3) Railroad yards and depot. 4) Town, depot

Signed by the first Governor of Nevada: H. G. Blasdel. Issued. Only one stamp remains. Cancelled. State: Nevada City: Carson City Date:

Postcard collection: 14 Carson City, 4 Virginia city, 5 Reno, 1 Moundhouse, 21 Dayton, plus about 30 more cards. All are addressed to miss Vera Johnso

December 13, 1873 issue of the Nevada Tribune out of Carson City. Includes ads for the Genoa Hot Springs, D. Walley proprietor. This would be later kn

This is a pristine silver plated bowl was used at All Saints Episcopal Church in Dayton. The bottom is jeweler engraved, "All Saints / Dayton /...

Silver handled mirror, brush, and comb belonging to Emma Johnson of Dayton Nevada. Her initials are engraved on each. Also included is a clothes brush

Suede leather bound, tied on end, 4" x 8". Inside the front is written: "All the pictures in this album were taken prior to 1910, Eth...

Two writing slates, hooked together, wood frames, edged in felt, 7" x 9". These were used in Dayton, Nevada. A writing slate is a thin pie...

Lot 19. Hotel Mayer, Stockmen's, Commercial (Monte Carlo, large bears), RanchInn, Jay's Cottages, Holiday Motel. Elko Motel. Inside scenes, ...

Eight post cards. Includes color post cards of Catus Pete's gaming tables in Jackpot, roulette, One Armed Bandits at Stockmen's, poker deck,...

1) Postcard of hunters at Liberty and Castle Lakes in Elko County. 2) Pack team stopped at a lake in the Ruby Mountains. 3) Lamoille Creek. 4) Large f

Four post cards: two different radio ID cards: W7VIU. Two animal post cards: bob-cat and mountain goats. One Henderson Banking Company reply card. Elk

Lot of 4. 1) Nevada ranch near Elko RPC. 2-3) Cattle post cards. One summer and one winter. These are RPC's. 4) Two cowboys out on the ranch pho...

Many RPC's. Several views from different eras of Idaho Street. Includes large tree lined street with bicycles. Fifth Street. JC Penny Building w...

Nevada includes: Potts (from the Potts family) Goldfield, Carlin, Fernley, Elko Christmas cards, Lee, Reno University Station, Montello, Sparks, Eurek

11 post cards. Includes a rare proof ? A used post card seems to be the actual post card that came from the proof. Also, street scenes, railroad yards

Lot of 11 includes: teepees, WPRR signal, Shoshone Indians, teepees, highway to Elko, Tunnel Number 1 with Train number 1 near Ryndon, SP depot in Elk

Lot of 35. All are mounted on paper and many are described. Includes general Nevada scenery, Elko, Jarbidge, advertising, cattle, Egg Rock, Jackpot, W

Eleven interesting postcards. 1) Magnificent Metropolis color post card. c1920's. See photo. 2) Two Montello postcards. One is a 1910 (Ogden can...

Emigrant Pass Museum RPC, two newer black and white RPC's, and three color post cards. Nice presentation. (Rhodes Collection) State: Nevada ...

Includes a nice St. James Episcopal Church, Old Fire Station, 3 Court Houses, Eureka Theatre, Described and mounted. (Rhodes Collection) State: Ne

9 post cards from Eureka, Nevada. All neatly presented with descriptions. Includes 5 later RPC's. One page shows Eureka form the East and West. ...

Four described and present RPC's. 1) View of Eureka from western hills, 2) view from eastern hills, Eureka Sentinel, and 4) Old Fire Station. (R...

Six mounted post cards of Eureka: two bird's eyes, three street scenes, and one view coming into town. (Rhodes Collection) State: Nevada ...

Both are cancelled in 1912. One winter and one summer view taken from the eastern hills looking northwest toward Spring Street and Buel Street. Mounte

Lot of 12. 1) Palisade post card used in 1908. 2) Divided back color post card of Palisade. 3-4) Two oversized color post cards of Fish Ranch and Russ

1) This paper was issued at the height of the Comstock. Includes the combined V&T and CP time tables. Also legislative news (a Gold Hill fireman...

One RPC of Eagles Drum corps, June, 2-1911, Goldfield Nevada. The other, hand colored image of "a bonanza Lease on the Mohawk, goldfield, Nevad...

Fold out of naked ladies with a proverb about each one. 17 nude drawings. "Forbidden Fruit is Sweet." "Women Loved to be Squeezed.&qu...

A Long Dust on the Desert by Edward M. Hanks; Ghosts of Humboldt Region by Dave Basso; The Humboldt by Dale Lowell Morgan; Last Rig to Battle Mountain

An early panorama of Lone Mountain in Southern Nevada before the development of Las Vegas. Has original cover and is in excellent condition. Perfect

Aluminum Hunting and fishing License, 138, State of Nevada, Expires Feb. 28, 1917, issued in Lyon County. From the Phillips Family, Dayton. State:

Measures 10 inches long, 5 inches wide, and 5 inches tall. Presentation piece to C. W. Torrance, Grandmaster of Steptoe lodge, June 3, 1938, McGill. T

1) c1910 colorized postcard of the Nelson Mill. 2) c1940 postcard RPC of main street. 3) c1950 postcard RPC of main street. Postcards are mounted on p

Lot of 4. 1) Souvenir Views of Rawhide: Ned Johnson's photographs. Great photographs: city, mines, people, buildings etc. First tent, first hote...

Large collection of Reno postcards that contains hundreds of postcards from Reno and surrounding areas. Includes RPC's, color postcards, later ...

1) First high school in Reno--Reno High School with class of 1905 (reprint). Framed, 22.5" x 18.5". 2) Original Reno Arch, 1936. Matted 13...

Description of Bower's Mansion given by Fannie G. Hazlett in 1917. She gives a history of Sandy Bowers and the fancy party he gave in the 1860&#...

Original check from Joe Conforte's Mustang Ranch to Margrette Whitaker who was most likely one of the girls who worked for him. The amount is fo...

Four issues from this newspaper where the famous Sutro Tunnel was located. Includes articles on 1) Placer excitement in Bodie, 2) Ruby Hill stage robb

Catalog of Mexican Pamphlets In The Sutro Collection 1623-1887 With Supplements 1605-1887 from the California State Library. Sutro Branch, San Francis

Approximately 30 different varieties of checks from The Bullfrog Bank and Trust Co. in Beatty Nevada and assorted banks in Tonopah. 5 Varieties are fo

1.5 x 3.5". Embossed. Brass. We have never seen one of these before. State: Nevada City: Tonopah Date: c1910? FHWAC#: 42657

Very early #11. $1000 Gold Bond Issued to bearer in 1878. Signed by Oliver Eldridge, President, and W. C. Gibbs, Secretary. Vignette of a dry dock loc

Mineral and agricultural resources of the Silver Land. Includes Lake Tahoe and the High Sierras. Excellent condition! One corner torn. Paper. Printed

Words by G. H. Devany, music by H. Laycock. Published by Shapiro Music, New York. 3 pages. Cover has photo of Gretchen Hartmann in center, surrounded

Excellent condition, first edition book by the editor of the Territorial Enterprise. Original blue cloth decoratively stamped in gold, lettered in gil

Noe & Lee Studio was located at 82 South C Street c1878-1880. Also a picnic in the woods. The gentleman at the end is brandishing a long gun jus...

Leclerc opera glasses. Very nice engraved gold and wood in small leather case with puff cleaner and mirror. Used at Piper's Opera House, from th...

Wood & canvas trunk inscribed on the side for W.E. Owens, Virginia City, Nev. Masonic imagery (shield and sword). MC Pettibone Manufacturing Co ...

The Appendix to Journals of Senate and Assembly of the 28th Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, 1917 identifies the Crosby Company as a

Three 1875 issues. Eight 1889 issues. News of the Emma Mine, widening cross streets, etc. Plenty of other news and lots of ads. All from the (arguably

Lot of 4 reproduction photographs of Comstock saloon interiors done by Hardy Photographs (Carson City, Nevada). All are 8 x 10" printed on glos...

Lot of 4. 1) Key tag for E.C. Hubbard, Lodge No. 1, Virginia City, Nevada. 2 x 4.5 cm. 2) Two unused tags from Keller & Batchelder, Dealers in G...

Fabulous metal handbag for a very fancy woman to carry to very fancy occasions. Approx. 2" x 3" No markings on purse itself. Original box ...

Rare. Coin silver fork with a "medallion" pattern (by Schultz & Fischer, San Francisco). Reverse is etched "Coin" and "...

Very attractive original advertising broadside for the New York Bazaar, H. Cohn proprietor. 23.5" x 15" "Constantly on Hand the Best ...

John McGrath was a successful merchant and grocer for over thirty years in Virginia City, Nevada. His store was located on C Street. Label is for &q...

Rare police letterhead from Virginia City, Nevada. Singed by A. Winsmore. Thomas had a long run as constable, until the 1920's. Alexander Winsmo...

Rare letterhead from early Virginia City. Nice pictorial of the Gillig, Mott building (Stoves and Hardware are advertised). To J. Duncan of Austin, Ne

Lot of 12 different. From Virginia City: unused check (w/ stub) for the famous VC bar and saloon The Crystal (c.1930); Summit Mill check issued 1869 w

This is a great collection for a newspaper collector or anyone interested in the great Comstock mining era. Two 1872 papers. Read about the capture of

Lot of seven. 1) Three copies of Sutro's mining lecture supplement to The Daily Independent newspaper (1874) with great mining illustrations. 2)...

2 different Panoramas of American Flat before the mill was built in 1922. Also Shows the Con Collar Mine and Mill that was originally the Overman sha

This Comstock collection contains 185 photographs from several prominent Virginia City families. It contains 125 cart de visite photos and 57 cabinet

Many entries in ledger are from various people. Loose sheet in front for J. F. Crosby, Nevada Livery Stables and Blacksmith Shop, Wadsworth, Nevada.

"A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature, Current Events and the Best Interests of the State of Nevada." Van Duzer & Haley, Proprieto...

Lot of 15 varied items. Included: promotional booklet advertising the opening of The Mine exhibit at the Nevada State Museum in Carson (6 pages); pamp

Booklet: A Flat-Bottomed Earthenware Vessel from Central Nevada by Molly Magee. Description of vessel found in Grass Valley, central Nevada (not Calif

Beautiful Conklin Crescent Fountain Pen in 14K Gold Filled With Deco Style Embossing. This Gorgeous Pen has been well loved and taken care of. The Pen

50 items. Great variety. Prospectuses: two copies for The Goldfield Masco Mining Company (c.1906); Re-organized Rosetta Divide Mining Company (1928);

36" x 27". One fold. Excellent condition. Right at the end of the Comstock. Great historical resource. State: Nevada City: Date...

1) 1897 Century Atlas 2) Rand-McNally pre Mineral, Pershing and Clark County. 3) Similar to #2, but different. Some rough edges, but maps are all with

Both are colored. 1908 map has significant taping on the back. See the state before Clark County and after. Watch the growth from mining in Goldfield

From a book, page 91. 15 x 23". State: Nevada / Utah City: Date: FHWAC#: 41834

Nice watercolor by Minerva Pierce, possibly Pyramid Lake. Minerva Lockwood Pierce was one of a coterie of Reno watercolorists who was motivated by Cal

Lot of 62. Best are Red Top Jumbo, NV check (unused), Pioche Pacific Railroad Co. pieces, Paxton & Curtis (Austin, 1884), J.W. Haynie & Co. ...

Large varied lot. 1) Clark County: a) Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club: Atom Bomb Blasts. b) Two Pioneer Club with Atom Bomb Blast imposed. One is ...

33 Posters from either Nevada or pertaining to Nevada. Sizes range from 8.5" x 14" to 24" x 19". Examples include reproduction...

Great grouping from around Nevada. 1) Las Vegas Ranch with the Sunrise Mountains in the background. Yes, before there was a Vegas. 2) 1966 photo of Se

Pots O' Gold by Matt R. Penrose. A. Carlisle & Co. of Nevada, Reno, 1935. First edition. Original black cloth, gold stamping on front cover ...

Lot of 4. 1) Two RN-G Virginia City, Nevada checks, one signed by James G. Fair (1880) and one by John Mackay (1878). 2) Savage Mine Paystub from Virg

1) Biennial Report for Nevada Surveyor General and State Register 1869. 157 pages. Biennial Report of the Surveyor General and State Register of the S

Three rare Nevada stereoviews. 1) CPRR, Palisade-Humboldt Canon, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 7686. 2) CPRR, Maggies Bower and Pal...

3 Volumes on Sarah Winnemucca including "Life Among The Piutes; Their Wrongs and Claims" by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins First Edition, "...

Total of 7 maps. Three different maps. In Nevada all show Roop County. None show Las Vegas (still part of Arizona). Three different views of early Nev

Sixteen early prints. Nine mounted prints railroad survey prints include: Maimun a Mojave Indian, Mount Hood with Indians on horseback, big Colorado R

1) 1882. SA Mitchell. Color. 2) 1881, SA Mitchell. Color, 3) 1886. Bradley. Nice trio to find the small changes in the 1880's in these two state...

Approved March 20, 1872. Published by Starbuck & Dunham, Newark. 5 pages. State: New Jersey City: Ocean County Date: 1872 FHWAC#: ...

Portrait shows father with three children - including twins, and a puppy. Case measures 4.75 x 6". Cover detached at hinges. Gold frame, red ve...

1) One page Colton map. 14" x 17". Published by Johnson & Browning. 2) Wheeler 1879. Bright colors. Rips at folds and has been taped. ...

White porcelain Native American "tomahawk" complete with scroll work. There is a colored and embossed native chief on the "blade"...

Lot of 29. There doesn't appear to be any duplication. Each has a color illustration and a catch-phrase at the bottom. The note on these say the...

Two Rapid City spoons with buildings engraved on the bowls, die struck handles, one ornate floral. State: North Dakota City: Rapid City Dat

This is a 1933 reprint of a 1923 book. Great early resource for Tulsa. It starts with "Tent Town," first in Tulsa, earliest residents, fir...

Large aluminum milk can, about 3 gallon--"Property of Damascus Milk Co., Portland, Oregon. State: Oregon City: Portland Date: F...

1870's cabinet card photograph (6.5" x 4") of an Indian Wars officer, unidentified. Photograph by H. P. Kirk's Photographic, Mason...

Photograph (positive and paper negative) of the first U. S. Post Office west of the Rocky Mountains, in Shivley's, Astoria, Oregon (1847); color...

Group of 13 pieces: 1885 Jacksonville Warrant; 1870 Willamette University tuition receipt; 1891 Port of Portland check; 3 stock certificates Lithian H