Western Americana Safari

Two volumes by James J. Sinnott--"Sierra City and Goodyears Bar", volume II and "A General History of Sierra County", volume VI....

Painting of General Vallejo's storage barn by Ann Ruggles Johnson. On the back: General Vallejo built the storage barn for grain and hay. He had...

Lot of seven, all non-mining companies. Includes: Broadway Holding Co., Western Refrigerating Co. of Los Angeles, John P. Mills Co., Los Angeles Leath

Lot of 27. Seventeen are real photo: Emerson's Hotel (mailed 1914), Lassen Industrial Bank, Court House, Catholic church, LDS church, Post Offic...

Lot of 8. No duplicates. Four were mailed: 1907, 1926, 1928 and 1948. Photos by Eastman and DW Short. Views of Court St., Main St., J.H. Swain residen

Lot of 9. Eight are real photo, one is early printed. Two were mailed (1923 and 1949) and one has writing on the reverse ("This is where I teac...

Lot of 10. Seven are RPPC: one is very early (mailed 1906), others show birds-eye views of Susanville & Diamond Mountain (by Eastman), Old Town ...

Lot of 24. Nineteen are real photo, two are color, and three are early printed. Of the 24, six were mailed (1909-1961) and one has a long message writ

Remainder lot of 47 pieces. Some duplicates. Includes two early (1913) advertising cards for Susanville and Lassen County. Twenty-nine real photo RPPC

Lot of 11 real photo postcards. Views include: The Old Mill, Southern Pacific Railroad construction work, Lassen Grain & Milling Company, Saw Mi...

Lot of 13. Seven RPPC of later street views: all different, all by Eastman, three mailed (1929, 1938, 1949). Six printed cards of early scenes: four m

Three RPPCs. Two are reprints (c.1940s) of early Susanville views: Main Street in 1864 and "On Richmond Road in the Early Days" (JH Eastma...

Branch of S. I. B. S. of Sutter Creek, California. Many of the miners trapped and entombed in the fire of 1922 in Jackson were Slavonic. Famous crimin

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 32920

Framed. Photograph measures 20 x 24". Two small 1/2" near top. One large 6" cut near the very top. State: California City: T...

News about the Omega Fire, music teacher R. A. Clark shot and killed (26 year old from Carson City), Meadow Lake Consolidated news, etc. And my person

Wheelock China. Made in Austria for WF Wilkie of Truckee, Cal. Wilkie was born in Dutch Flat, California, he came to Truckee in 1884 and was associate

This old cook pot with a chain was found on the Emigrant Trail by Clayton Phillips in the 1950's. Cast iron, rusted inside. State: Californi...

A ledger page and 20 checks from 1909 from the rural community of Williams in Colusa County. State: California City: Williams Date: 1909

No. 5 Mitchell: School & family Geography series. 11.5 x 17". State: California City: Date: FHWAC#: 41852

Pre-Fremont. EARLY!!! 14 x 17.5". State: California City: Date: c1840 FHWAC#: 41842

This very early map by T. J. Farnhan shows Fremont's route to Casa Grande. 14 x 11". State: California City: Date: FHWAC#: ...

1847. "Western Territories of the United States". 12 x 19". State: California City: Date: 1847 FHWAC#: 41841

By Lt. Williamson. Authorized by Secretary of State Jefferson Davis. From Walker Pass to the Coast Range. Very fragile. Needs TLC! 32" x 22&quo...

Rare. Hutchings' California scenes/The California Indians created by Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist Anthony & Baker (ac...

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California by Brevet Col. J. C. Fremont. To Which is Added a Description of the Physical G

19.5 x 14". Page 18 from a book. Excellent condition. Notice in Nevada there is no White Pine County and no Clark County. c1863 or 1864. Stat...

Beautiful mahogany box with compartments, 6.5" x 14.5" x 10.5". For doctor or actor? AG Dunn, Maker, State Prison on small metal labe...

100+ counting duplicates. Great variety! Los Angeles, Oxnard, Randsburg, Hawthorne, Pasadena, Perris, San Bernardino, Santa Monica, Fresno, Pleasanton

Afternoon At The River, acrylic painting by Dan Goozee, 1992. Painting of two fishermen at a river. Beautiful gold frame, 19" x 31". Born ...

1) SF Fire Dept. belt buckle, nice embossed of old fire wagon. 2) Braun, Knecht, Heimann Assay metal stamp--beautiful mounted on wood block. 3) Paperw

Lot of 11. Includes: G.W. McNear (California "Grain King"), San Francisco, 1892; Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, San Francisco, RN-D, unu...

Lot of 7 early California checks plus 7 other early Eastern checks. California: two pictorial checks from famous ranchers Miller & Lux (both iss...

Possibly only one or two duplicates! Checks from: San Francisco, Sacramento, La Porte, Vineburg, North Bloomfield, Lodi, Grand View, Petaluma, San Jos

Lot of 139 incl an ink blotter. Earliest is 1854 Wells Fargo San Francisco. Also seven Port Wine checks (1864-66). John Sime & Co. (SF, 1867). P...

Small bronze plaque (2-5/8" x 2") by Lora Woodhead (first teacher at Idyllwild Arts), Steere of David Starr Jordan (1851 – 1931). He was a...

Over 30 buttons, pins and souvenirs from various places and events in California. Many are either early pictorial, or brass buttons w/ ribbons. Includ

Lot of 23 pieces with a wide variety. Placer County: two receipts for Exchange 1894 & 1895 (Iowa Hill); three different tax receipts (road and p...

Lot of 6. Includes: Felton Water Co. (1892); Pine Mountain Mineral Springs Co. (1908); New Deal Land & Water Co. (San Dimas, 1909); Sierra Neva...

Lot of 9. Western Union: two 1868 telegraphs from SF to Austin, Nevada, one about a steamer, the other about a money shipment; 1873 telegraph from SF

Lot of 4. Includes: Leach-Biltwell Motor Car Company (two different issued 1921), and Homer Motor Car Company (1910 & 1911). (Prag Collection) ...

Three items from the estate of George Garfield Greenawalt (1881-1961) whose father-in-law was James N. Patterson. Greenawalt was married in Iowa and w

c1910-35. 1) Oakland Hub cap. This company was in business from 1908 to 1931. 2) Packard Motor Company. Nice condition. Screw application, Hub cap. 3)

Portrait of the enigmatic Fig Tree John. He was a Coachella Valley legend in his own time. Although considered kind and likeable by many, he also deve

Rare Golden Jubilee Souvenir. IOOF 1849-1899 California. Bear on top part, nice images on badge part. State: California City: Date: FH

1) Stereoview of Bear River by J. J. Reilly, Stereoscopic Views, San Francisco, CA. 2) CPRR, stereoview of the Bridge at Eagle Gap along the Truckee R

On August 17, 1912 Blazo Bascovich, Miko Yonich and Nich Bogdonovich robbed the postmaster at Cromberg in Plumas County. Two days earlier they had rob

Lot of six items from the Grand Army of the Republic, the fraternal organization formed following the Civil War. Includes: Two pins say G.A. R. A dele

Proprietors of Arlington Springs, Bent County, Colorado. Inc. in Colorado. No. 169, issued for 1 share to Oliver H. Perry, president of the company, o

Handwritten "Gorge above Bakerville C. T." W. G. Chamberlain, photographer, Denver. Bakerville was near the site of the original silver di...

Photo of Otto and Fritz Weiderholdt. Both brothers were butchers. The photo shows the two boys in a cart drawn by a donkey. The photo has "Bird...

Strong contrast. 8" x 5". Photo by Charles E. Emery as part of his 'Views of Rocky Mountain Scenery.' Scenes along the Denver &...

How wouldn't want to stay here with a carriage pulled by two stallions that picks you up from the train station? One black ink smudge and light ...

6.5" x 4.25" on thick cardstock. One side is a printed collage of brown-tinted photographs advertising Cheyenne Wells. "The Apex City...

Lot of three different. 1) The Colorado College Land Company. No. 39, issued for 20 shares to the company president, Tenney, on March 21, 1882. Also s

1) "Picturesque nature around Colorado Springs". Publisher, author, date unknown. Cover has photo of two kids on burros. Cover and inside ...

Serial number 1109. Back of metal strip says 'bicycle." State: Colorado City: Colorado Springs Date: FHWAC#: 27541

1) "Manitou, Colorado, U. S. A., Its Mineral Waters and Climate". Written by S. Edwin Solly (M. R. C. S., England, L. S. A., London,; Late...

This is a unique look at Cripple Creek, The map outlines the area that was burned in 1896 in the great conflagration. List buildings and businesses th

Rare small booklet: A Picture Story of The Cripple Creek Trip. Soft cover, 6" x 9". Published by The Smith-Brooks Press, 1915. Soft cover,...

Vol 7, No. 2 on September 19, 1891 to Vol. 8, No. 15 on December 24, 1892. Initially datelined Denver, then Highlands. Stamped "State Historica...

Bound volume, July - August - September 1902. Issues from July 1 through September 30. "Natural History Society, Denver, Colorado" stamped...

Booklet (6" x 9.5"), Official Premium List and Catalogue contains advertisements and lists of prize winners. Cover art by the APP Engravin...

Two different programs for this Colorado festival that was held in October in Denver, celebrating the pioneer days of the West.1) Fourth Annual Offici

3 1/2" diameter. Tan and brown. "Built on service to the West." Very large example of an advertising mirror. One inch crack in front ...

First place premium for September 12-18, 1909.16" long. Button says "The Greatest Annual Fair and Exposition on Earth, Denver." Sta...

Inc. in South Dakota. No. 3515, issued for 150 shares to Edward Malke on May 26, 1902. Signed by the company president and secretary. Not cancelled. O

Schedule of Prices in effect on or after this date, adopted by the Smiths and Wagonmakers of Durango, Colorado. Fees set for Horseshoeing, Tire Settin

Vol. 12, No. 1 dated October 10, 1895 to No. 52, dated October 1, 1896. Elbert County Tribune was published 1885-April 30, 1920, with J.B. King as fo

1)" Ghost Cities of Colorado " 5" x 8' by Muriel V. Sibell A Pictorial Record of Central City, Black Hawk, Nevadaville. 64 pages...

Quite a thorough and detailed 1911 high school magazine. 130 pages. Paper cover has been taped. Very interesting! State: Colorado City: Leadvi

Leather and brass, compliments of Anton Koroshetz. Soft Drinks, Cigars, Candy, Leadville, Colorado. State: Colorado City: Leadville Date:

Nice silver plated brass match safe. Has engraving of the Electric Tower from the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo on one side and compliments of The

1) "Ouray, the Gem of the Rockies". Published by the Ouray Board of Trade, Ouray, Colorado, 1903. Picture album of Ouray and the surroundi...

1) Rocky Mountain Herald, Denver, May 5, 1860. Nice article on mining life. 2) The Solid Muldoon, Ouray, September 5, 1875. Large article on the silve

1926 map and guide for the city of Pueblo. State: Colorado City: Pueblo Date: 1926 FHWAC#: 41409

1) 36th congress, 1st session House of Representatives. Mis. Doc. No. 10. "Jefferson Territory, Letter from the Delegate Elect from the Propose...

Very rare! Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document. Joseph Christmas Ives (1828-1868). Publi

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 27403

Published by the Board of Immigration to get people to move to the territory of Colorado. Geology, Parks, Agriculture, Mining, Timber, Education, Soci

The Department of the Missouri was a command echelon of the United States Army in the 19th century and a sub division of the Military Division of the

1) "Triennial report of the Rt. Rev. George M. Randall, D. D. (1810-1873), Missionary Bishop of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming." Octobe...

Two Rio Grande reports: Annual Report of the Rio Grande Western Railway Company for the Year Ending on June 30, 1900 and 1901. The 1900 report is 55

1) "Transactions of the Colorado Territorial Medical Society, and its Third and Fourth annual Sessions held in Denver, Colorado, June 1874 and ...

Lot of five. 1) Mr. Chaffee's report to Congress that Colorado should be made a state, c1874. 2) 1889 letter from the Secretary of the Interior...

Lot of fourteen. Six copies of "Session Laws of Colorado," 1913, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1925, 1937. Nine smaller supplemental booklets: 1915 la...

Lot of 4: Best is 1) Legislative and State House Blue Book, 1899. The book is signed by more than half of the assembly. So, whoever was the original o

"The Manila Expedition". Regimental Roster of Officers, First Colorado Infantry., edited by Frank R. Neville, photographs by J. H. Bratt o...

Lot of 16 badges from the Colorado State Association of Elks; 1904,1916, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1927 all represented. State: Colorado City: Date

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 26333

Folding wooden child's chair, recovered with woven seat and back. From Colorado pioneer family. State: Colorado City: Date: FHWA...

Lot of 57. Great variety! Includes: advertising card for The Moore Mining & Smelting Co. in Golden ("highest prices paid for gold or silver...

Lot of four incl. a rare territorial booklet. 1) "Facts concerning the Struggle in Colorado for Industrial Freedom, Series 1." A Colorado ...

Nice group of Telephone stock certificates. Includes:1) Iowa Union Telephone Company, issued Davenport, IA in 1887. Telephone poles and lines. Pen cxl

1) Official Map of Colorado and Denver by the Powerine Co.; 2) Map of U.S Telegraph Lines in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas; 3) 1913 map of

Lot of 3. 1901 address by Rev. Frank T. Bayley, D.D. To The Society of Colonial Wars; The Beecher Island Annual, 1930; Serving A Nation by Cities Serv

1) "Handbook of Colorado." Passenger Department of the Burlington Route (Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad). 56 pages. 5 x 4". Fol...

Ten are Native American related prints including Mojave Village Indians, Indian camp scene on the Rio Colorado, boat ferry near the Mojave villages, I

Very early deed for the sale of land in Stratford, Fairfield County, CT for the sum of $93.97. Dated July 1800. Property includes part of a dwelling h

Pair of automotive stocks, from the Vreeland Motor Co. Inc. and from the Fulton Motor Truck Company. Both feature great Eagle vignettes, along with co