Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

From events of the The Native Daughters of the Golden West (established 1886) is a fraternal and patriotic organization founded on the principles of L

Seven California Pamphlets including: Sacramento Valley and Foothill Counties; California History Nugget; Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument;

Druggist related documents include: A Journal for Druggists, 1911; companies: Pharmacraft-Kirk Geary & Co.; Ing & allee Co. ; George Z. Wai...

Group of approximately 50 invoices from Kimball-Upson Co., Wholesale Sporting Goods and Automobile Supplies; and Kirk, Geary & Co., Wholesale Dr...

Over 80 pieces of Hardware and Farm & Feed documents.Companies include: Baker & Hamilton, W. P. Fuller & Company, Roller Mills Neubourg ...

Group of approximately 20 receipts from the H.S. Crocker Company Stationers, Booksellers, Printers, Bookbinders and Office Outfitters; and from A.S. H

Lot of 69 billheads and receipts for men's clothing; 65 for Williams-Marvin Co., Boots and Shoes (w/ vignette), c.1916-1917; and 4 for L. Elkus ...

400+ billheads and receipts for Sacramento grocers. The vast majority are from Mebius & Drescher Co. (c. 1917-18), with earlier pieces from the ...

Collection of business cards from Sacramento Retailers and misc. Merchants. Included are D. A. Lancaster, A. R. Hutchinson, A. Lindsey and Meade &am...

Large collection of over 200 receipts, letters, and banking documents. Companies include: Baker & Hamilton, Capitol Candy Company, California St...

Over 70 food related documents. Companies include: Mebius & Dresgher, Capitol Candy & Cracker Company, Mohr & Yoerk Packing Company, Woo...

Group of hardware-related documents of receipts and invoices. Companies represented include Baker and Hamilton; Schaw-Batcher Company; Thomson-Diggs C

Varied ephemera from the Sacramento area including Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order for Grand, Subordinate and District Lodges I.O.G.T (publi

Group of 9 items of booklets and cards include: a Cigarmakers International Union Pocket Memorandum; a treatise on Poultry Troubles; a Weinstock, Lubi

1) Allied Printing Trades Floor Committee ribbon. Sunday, August Fourth, 1912. Yellow with black text. 7.75" long with unraveling along top ed...

Softcover. 123 pages. This exhibition was held with paintings from the Carnegie Institute at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francis

Here is a chance to collect 13 cards at one time! Includes: Crosett carpenters and mechanics, Williams Marvin boots and shoes, Pacific Hospital, Murra

Published by U.S. Coast Survey, Benjamin Pierce, Superintendent. Price $1.50. Measures 29.5" x 18." Scale 1:40,000. Folds with major separ...

Directions for the Care and Adjustment of the Stearns Chainless Bicycles. E.C. Stearns & Co. 1899. Offices in Syracuse, San Francisco, and Toron...

1) Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank check No. 73. Dateline San Francisco, Jan. 22, 1889. Bold signature of Sutro. 2) Stereoview of Sutro Baths. Right sid...

Lot of 11 checks: two are Nevada Bank of SF (1893, 1897), nine are Wells Fargo & Co. (three 1890, six 1892). Cut cancels. After leaving the Coms...

Eight checks signed by the famous Comstock figure and San Francisco mayor. Nevada Bank of San Francisco (1887, 1893, 1897). Wells Fargo & Co. (t...

Two different Nevada Bank of San Francisco checks and four different Wells, Fargo & Co. checks, all signed by Adolph Sutro. 1887, 1890, 1892, 18...

Three copies of The Argonaut, a newspaper named for "a person in quest of something dangerous but rewarding; adventurer, also a person who too...

Rare. "Giving Name, Business, and Address of Business and Professional Men of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada,...

San Francisco Directory used by the Pacific Bank, San Francisco, California. Includes: Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco. Hard bound, with ad

A rare book, "A complete Business directory containing the names of all business firms and professional people of San Francisco, giving their c...

No. 47 Complimentary card for Hammam Baths (Turkish Baths) on Post Street, San Francisco. Good for one bath and accommodations. City: San Fran

Lot of ten checks all signed by Charles Lux. London & San Francisco Bank. RN-D. Along with Henry Miller, Lux became one of the largest cattle pr...

We have never seen this directory before! "Monthly Commercial Record and Business Directory of San Francisco." March 1867. Volume 1, Numb...

Lot of 25. Calling cards from members from the Duisenberg family and others: Mrs. Minna Duisenberg (wife of Charles, and a writer of poetry), C. A. C.

Hospital bill to the estate of Ephraim Bennett , after his passing during his stay in the hospital for services by Drs. Hungerfords and Bryant. Blue p

A letter written in Spanish from Manuel de Jesus Castro, prefect of the Monterey District, to attorney J. B. Felton. City: San Francisco St

1) May 1906. Vol 1 No 1. Headlines: "The Story of the Great Conflagration". Named "Salamander Number" Articles on San Francisco...

Two photographs of San Francisco. One showing earthquake damage and one showing city on fire. Photos are 18" x 4" and mounted on heavy car...

Fabulous extra-long (9" x 62") framed panorama taken perhaps a week after the earthquake. Minor damage in sky at center and along far righ...

Views of San Francisco, a booklet of photos before the earthquake, printed in 1905. Another booklet, "Ruins of San Francisco", dated April...

1-2) Uncommon postcards featuring the artwork of B. K. Leach, one of a series of cards documenting via cartoon the events of the 1906 San Francisco Ea

1) San Francisco Chronicle, January 3, 1897. Headline-"Coming of a Greater San Francisco", subheadline "The Future Seat of Commercial...

This map of San Francisco was engraved for the Langley San Francisco Directory that embraced a general directory of residents and a business directory

Newspaper ad for the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco: E. M. rosner's Augmented Hungarian Orchestra, The Bradshaw Brothers, W. H. St. James and ...

This Mutual Savings Bank pamphlet lists officers and directors. It is also an advertisement for why you should join. Located at 30 Montgomery Street.

Receipt from Ravenna, Ghirardelli & co. to B. Delleprane. Domenico "Domingo" Ghirardelli (February 21, 1817–January 17, 1894) was the ...

Over 30 receipts from German Hospital. Nice vignettes, most written in German. City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1879

Letters, statements, etc. from Pacific Bank, The Sather Banking Company, Banking House of John Sime & Co., Banking House of Lazard Freres and ot...

Lot of 33 billheads/invoices. Includes: Williams-Marvin Co. (1897-1922), two different style illustrated billheads, 23 total; Cahn, Nickelsburg &...

60 billheads & receipts for Boot/Shoe dealers in San Francisco. The vast majority are pre-1900, with the earliest being 1875. Many issued to Joh...

Four billheads from three different companies: J.A. Folger & Co. (w/ miner vignette), 1886; The Lewin-Meyer Co. (w/ factory vignette), 1905; and...

200+ billheads and receipts for Dry Goods dealers in San Francisco and Oakland. Most date to the turn of the century to 1920, though there are some pr

100+ billheads and receipts for grocers, most in San Francisco with some in other areas of California (Loomis, Sacramento, Los Angeles). Many pictoria

39 pieces. Many pictorial. The vast majority are pre-1900, with the earliest dating to 1865! Includes: Michelson, Brown & Co., Geo. O. McMullin ...

Twelve different business cards: Sommer & Kaufmann (accessories), Roos Bros.(clothing), Western Sales Co. (typewriters), Morgen Jewelry Co., Ric...

Approx. 120 San Francisco checks and drafts. Earliest are unused 1860s Bank of California drafts. Also: 1865 British and California Banking Co. draft

H. Huddleston & Company price list for Japanese, English, Indian, Ceylon and Gunpowder teas. Coffees include San Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica...

Over 150 pieces: letters, receipts, statements, advertisements (from banks, attorneys, brokers, insurance companies and many more), deeds, Declaration

Licence, prescriptions, statements and receipts, ads from various druggists, etc.; Redington & Company Wholesale Druggists, Clinton E. Worden &a...

Large business cards, stock share list, invitations, etc. City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1889/1933 FHWAC#:

Letters, receipts, statements and ads from various Hardware suppliers: Hawley Brothers Hardware Co.; A. J. Smith; Glasgow Iron and Metal Importign Co.

Letters, receipts, statements, ads, etc, from various San Francisco Hotels: The Hicks-Judd Company, Lick House, Golden West Hotel, Hotel Manx, Fairmon

Statements/receipts and letters from various printers and lithographers: the Union Lithograph Co.; Le Count Brothers Stationers; Bancroft-Whitney Co.

Four membership cards: The Transportation Club of San Francisco, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, two Annual California State Fair Guest cards (1930

Various pamphlets with photographs and illustrations: Doings of The San Francisco Commercial Club; holiday card from The Panama Pacific international

Over 60 letters, statements, etc. from various Stove companies: Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson Stoves and Metals, Plumbers & Tinners Supplies; ...

Receipts from various candy manufacturers: Gimbal Brothers Confectioners, Ther Levin Meyer Co., California Candy Factory, Getleson & Rhine Whole...

Two receipts, Adolph Hromada Company, Inc. and Collins-McCarthy Candy Co. City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1902/191

Eleven statements from Pacific Coast Syrup Co., and one from Long Syrup Refining Co. Nice vignettes. City: San Francisco State: Califor

Receipts from various toy and novelty companies: Schoenfeld, Cohen & Co., California Notion and Toy Co., Baer Notion and Toy Co., Sadler & C...

An early San Francisco hotel advertises, "Best of accommodations for Families and Day Boarders. Charges Reasonable". City: San Francisc...

1) 1893 freight shipped on the Columbian steamer "City of Para" from New York to Colon, U. S. C. From there it would be shipped by steamer...

Photo album(s), possibly two different ones (6.5" x 9.25") without cover(s). a few of the photos have captions: Ringland (sp) Brother'...

Receipt for Mr. Elery on Folsom Street for $10. City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1865 FHWAC#: 23966

An article from the Hospital Register stating: We present our readers with a woodcut of St. Luke's Hospital, (beautifully engraved by warren C....

Letters advising Bullion Exchange Bank and various persons of stock shares bought and sold; cards of sales; accounting statements to Bullion Exchange

1) Sather & Co. Bankers, RN-D, San Francisco, 1882. Pay to Ah Wong & Co. According to the SF Directory for 1882, Ah Wong was a barber. Cut c...

Tan belt with large "Vigilant". There was a San Francisco Volunteer Fire Company which had a two-wheeled horse drawn carriage named 'v...

Rare "Letter of Credit" issued by The bank of California, San Francisco, Cal. Nice leather wallet, opens to two pockets. City: San Fran...

Receipts/statements from various farm and seed companies: E. J. Bowen, Seed Merchant; Sievers & Boland; Hugh McWilliams, The Florist; C. C. Mors...

Lot of 36. From San Jose: three loan promise documents from California Prune and Apricot Growers. Inc. 1921; seven San Jose Water Co. checks w/ adhesi

Varied group! Includes: an 1885 tax collector's receipt for taxes collected from Adolph Sutro (of Sutro Tunnel fame and future SF mayor), 7 Well...

Bill of sale for $400 for 2 gray mares named "Babe" and "Fannie" in San Joaquin, County. Sold by W. Fuqua to W.T Moffitt, dated ...

Approximately 40 legal documents from San Joaquin County District Court, several-hand written. City: San Joaquin County State: Californ

Cover from Wells Fargo & Co. addressed to James D. Reed posted from San Jose, California to White Pines, Nevada. James Frazier Reed (November 14...

Five pieces of early San Jose history including an 1867 deed to Rancho Agua Caliente, an 1886 railroad right of way by the Quicksilver Mining Company,

Over 20 pieces of letters, business receipts, time books, from the early 20th century. Private letters from Belmont and Piedmont to Carson City in 18

Eleven pieces of history: 1903 deed from Santa Barbara; 1954 program for the Pacific Coast Festival; papers from the Laguna Land Co.; receipt from F.P

About 23 stereo cards from Santa Barbara. Photograph companies include: Reider, Underwood, Works, Keystone, other. Mixed condition. City: Sant

Lot of 15. Includes: three 1919 checks from Hearst Ranch, Pleasanton; eight drafts from the First National Bank of Santa Barbara, 1897-98; 1899 draft

This is a photograph of Fremont taken May 4, 1888 in front of the same tree he used as a headquarters during the Bear Flag Rebellion in 1846. Photo di

Eight pieces of Sierra County history: hand written weather log for Taylorsville, believed to be 1884, items from Greenville, Downieville and two mini

Three different panorama RPPC of Mt. Shasta. No photographer identified. Each is 3.5" x 11." View of Mt. Shasta and Black Butte from Abra...

Includes: unissued Real Estate Assoc. stock (18--), unissued Napa and Sonoma Wine Co. stock (187-), panoramic postcard for Luther Burbank's farm...

Lot of 20. Includes: Russian River, Verdier's (El Verano), two different Guernewood (on the Russian River), Fetters Hot Springs, two different S...

Close to 50 pieces. 1) Five (5" x 5") sepia photographs showing a group of people picnicking and ranch houses. Stamped: "Kodak Depart...

Fourteen (14) stereo cards. Photographers: Underwood, Baker, keystone, others. Mixed condition. City: Southern California Beaches State:

Assortment of history including brochures on Long Beach, Catalina, and San Diego (1924), a press pass to the 1948 meeting at Santa Anita Park; Rose Pa

A group of checks from N.A. Covarrubias and a list of his brother Jose's appointments in California history. A cabinet card photo of Nick. A geo...

100+ items. Best is a 1911 pictorial San Pedro check from the First National Bank. Also includes: 100+ checks from the Farmer & Merchants Bank, ...

Lot of 11. 1) Seven pieces for the St. Helena Sanitarium. Includes: 1897 brochure; duplicate pair of brochures advertising food products (incl. gluten

W. C. Rumsey signed Stockton Business School, George Hornace real estate, Cary pianos and organs, and Aurora Flouring Mills. City: Stockton

Lot of nine. One hand bill dated 1899 with prices including gas. Eight billheads - two different varieties. City: Stockton State: Calif