Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Three pieces: 1) Suisun City Warhouses and Wharf receipt, 1859; 2) political letter Suisun City August 1862; 3) 1875 receipt from Haas Bros., Vallejo.

Adam got his start photographing Yosemite, and these Yosemite Ahwahnee menus feature his early photos. This lot has 8 different: 'Half Dome, Win...

14 total. Seven different early (1941) Ahwahnee menus: Nevada Fall, Merced Lake, El Capitan, At the Badger Ski Fields, The Grizzly Giant, Vernal and N

Lot of 8. Includes: Panama Pacific Line, S.S. Virginia, menu with photograph of Yosemite Falls, 1937; three different The Ahwahnee menus featuring Ans

This rare illustrated booklet for the Nevada Stage Co. (The Big Oak Flat Direct) stage line to Yosemite is fabulous. The cover features a stagecoach p

Rare! Book of spectacular line drawings of Yosemite. Softcover. Missing front cover. Stamped on back inside cover: "E.S. Denison, General News ...

Five different, reasonably high quality, photographs, possibly dating to 1880-90. They are all mounted and have pen notations describing them. One pho

Two different. 1) Gorgeous illustrated letterhead for Camp Curry including pictorial envelope. Vignette of valley floor (top center) and smaller pictu

Approximately 440 cards! Includes: real photo postcards (c.1905-1915), Mitchell early views, and cards dating to the 1940s-60s. Approximate counts: 36

1) Unissued stock certificate for the Wawona Hotel Company. Inc. 1891. Dateline Wawona, Mariposa Co. 190-. Small vignette of hotel. Printed by Cubery

10 total, 8 different, stereoviews that feature the Mariposa and Calaveras Groves. Includes: "No. 23---Grizzly Giant 101 ft. Circumfrence 8 ft....

Lot of 13. Includes: five different Ahwahnee menus (8.5" x 6.25") featuring Ansel Adams photographs on the covers (c.1957-60); Doan's ...

Lot of 39 small photographs detailing trips to Yosemite. Many views of waterfalls. Includes: 13 from a 1920 trip (3.5" x 5.5"), 16 from a ...

Lot of 8. 1) Souvenir playing card set in box published by the Yosemite Park and Curry Company. 52 photographic cards plus one joker. c.1926. 2) Cabin

Lot of three Taber photographs mounted on heavy cardstock. 1) No. 5157. Upper Yosemite Fall, A.D. 1890. Taber Photo, San Francisco, Cal. Measures 10...

Lot of 31. Includes: a handbill (10" x 6.5") advertising the Nevada Stage Co.'s stagecoach to Yosemite (taken out of a book), eight sm...

Lot of 73. About half are very high quality. Most are 2.75" x 4.5." Views of Hotel Wawona, elk, lots of waterfalls, Mirror Lake, car thru ...

31 stereoviews and 2 poor quality views. An impressive set! Includes: Mirror Lake on valley floor (Keystone); Mirror Lake and Mt. Watkins (J.W. &...

12 stereoviews that feature a waterfall in Yosemite. 10 different photographers. Includes: Bridal Veil Fall and Yosemite Falls (both C.W. Woodward); Y

Three old letters: 1) Yreka City, 1861, a Fort Jones lawyer addressing claims against Perry Woods; 2) 2/23/15 Nat'l Ex. Hotel Nevada City; 3) fi...

Photographer is A.R. Moore, studio in Millwood, California (now a ghost town in Fresno County). Mautz does not have this address listed for Moore. Moo

Lot of 27. Includes: Enterprise Lumber and Development Co., Newark Lumber Co, Noyo Shingle Co. (1898), Noyo Grape Packing Co., Hotchkiss Redwood Co.,

Two mounted photographs ready to frame. Photographer is not identified, though writing on the back of each says "Bought from W.O. Shipley by Su...

Four pieces. The Mendocino Lumber Company, Blue Lake Logging Company, Thomas & McCrea Redwood Lumber, Pacific Coast Redwood Company City: Redw

Photographer is A.W. Ericson. According to Mautz, Ericson (1844-1927) moved to Trinidad in 1869 and worked in the lumbering business till 1876. He sta

Lot of two. 1) Mounted photograph showing lumber camp with locomotive parked next to stacks of wood. Many small cabins on the hillside above the track

Lot of 50+ items. Includes: six unused pictorial Certificates of Deposit from the Banking House of P.A. Lamping & Co. (Downieville); an 1867 che...

Lot of 50. Includes: Sonora (29 checks 1907-1908), Angels Camp (10 unused Bank of America checks), Jamestown (two 1899 checks w/ adhesive revenue stam

Huge lot of 350 checks, most from the 1920s. Checks from branches in Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, San Francisco, Livermore, and Vallejo. Some have

Over 150 post cards. Many are European. Includes (among hundreds of others) Paso Robles Hot Springs, Hotel Raymond in Pasadena. Casutin Ostrich Farm,

Lot of 27. Billheads: two 1899 from California Powder Works (SF) for fuses and caps; Tremont Hotel to Oregon Stage Co. (Red Bluff) 1867 w/ adhesive re

Lot of 40 items, most from Southern California. Includes: 20 ribbons, most for Native Sons of the Golden West (Athens Lodge) events in the Bay Area (1

14 folded maps by various oil companies: Chevron, Shell, Flying A, Richfield, Standard, Conoco, etc. City: State: California, Date:

Lot of 5. 1) Three copies of a 1914 Map of El Dorado National Forest and Directions to Tourists and Campers. Mt. Diablo Meridian. Lists the resorts ar

1923, folded, with Resources, Attractions, Topography and Climate; 1926, folded and 1928, folded (vellum maps, both in perfect condition); 1930, folde

19 tourist maps of various California attractions: Shasta/redwood Highway, Greyhound Bus Travel, Pacific Highway, San Francisco, Redwood Empire, south

Lot of 7. 1) State Poll Tax Receipt, San Jose, 1891. 2) Two different State Poll Taxes for Napa County, 1905 and 1906. 3) Two Road Poll Tax Receipts f

Inc. in California, October 4, 1930. Unissued certificate # 24 for Empire Motors Corporation, Ltd. Ornate border with eagle vignette. Gorgeous conditi

Over fifty stocks of various parts and component suppliers to the auto industry. (Prag collection) City: State: United States, Date

Blueprint of the gold mill for the Confidence Gold Mine of Tuolumne, 1917; receipts from Jamestown businesses, early 1920s, lithograph view of Culloma

Name inside cover is Chas A. Smith. This booklet (8" x 6.5"). The book documents a very detailed account of travel and expenses from Bosto...

Los Angeles City Map; E-Z Guide Map of Los Angeles and Vicinity; Map of Los Angeles: City and County With New Street and Railroad Index, 1913; Officia

Topographical Sketch showing the Outward and Inward Route of a Party, while examining as to the practicability of a Diversion of the Colorado River fo

State of California/ Department of Natural Resources/ George D. Nordenholt, Director/ Division of Mines/ Walter W. Bradley, State Mineralogist/ Geolog

Red softcover with stapled binding. Inside cover lists town officers. "A City of Prosperous, Progressive and Enterprising Merchants--Located in...

Two different booklets for the Arkansas Valley, which encompasses the counties of Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Lake, Las A

1) Aspen Illustrated". Published by Flower & Payne (For sale at Carbary's Corner Bookstore... (8" x 10.5") 74 pp. Interesting...

Handwritten "Gorge above Bakerville C. T." W. G. Chamberlain, photographer, Denver. Check photograph for condition. City: Bakerville S...

Presented by the Citizens of Boulder, Colo. Softcover booklet with string binding. 14 pages. Begins with front and back photographs of the trophy cup.

1) "The Improvement of Boulder Colorado". Report (9" x 6") to the City Improvement Association by Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr., C...

Both brothers were butchers. The photo shows the two boys in a cart drawn by a donkey. The photo has "Bird and Nero" written on it. signed...

7 x 4 1/2" photograph of downtown and environs. Clearly marked are the Temple of Fashion, Teller House, Jewelers, Erdworth & Lake hardware,...

Group of 2 badges: 1) white celluloid pin cover with crossed American flags with a red/white/blue ribbon supporting a round, white celluloid cover wit

Lot of 3: 1) celebration souvenir Fourth of July 1897, Central City, Colo.; 2) A.O.U.W. Little Olive Lodge No. 30 D. of H. / A.O.U.W. / Central City /

Marvelous views of the canyon in the 1880's. All 8 x 5". All on card stock. 1-2) Nearly identical Jackson photographs of Seven Falls. On gr...

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

1) "The Loop and Clear Creek Canon". Published and copyrighted, 1889 by A. S. Hentig, Denver, Colorado. Small fold-out lithograph images b...

Published and printed by world-famous photographer W. H. Jackson & Co, Denver. Rare small photo album with 12 original albumen fold-out photos....

1) Jackson photograph of the creek itself. 7 x 4 1/2". 2) W. H. Walker of West Denver. Shows tracks going under Hanging Rock. 8 x 5". Vert...

Fold-out photo album of Clear Creek area. (4.75" x 7.25"). Views include Inspiration Point, Mother Grundy, Rocky Point, Clear Creek Fork, ...

Near Georgetown. All show "The Loop" of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 1) Alex Martin, Georgetown photography. Close up view of Pass...

Second edition. 216 pages. The Gazette Printing Co., Colorado Springs, Colo. 1888. By James Mac Carthy. Many of the "portraits" were origi...

Lot of 9: Flower Carnival 1895, 1896 , undated; 1923 Elks Reunion(2); Dry Farming Conress Delegate; 1915 Grand Lodge of Colorado. Please see photo.

Lithograph form Srobridge of Cincinnati. From a sketch by E. S. Glower. Presented by Wilson and Wood with their full page ad on the back. Writing in p

Lot of 2, including: 1) "The Frontier, A Magazine Of The West"; Vol. III; April, 1905; No. 10. Softcover with color cover, 47 pages includ...

Lot of two. 1) Pinoto (or Piroto) photograph of an overview of Colorado Springs from on an a hill. 8" x 5". Good Contrast, sharp image. 2)...

Illustrative and descriptive album, copyrighted, 1889 by John O. Stivers, Colorado Springs. Negatives by John O. Stivers; Illustrations and Letter Pre

1) "Colorado Springs". Written by Claude Sachs, F. P. Stevens, and Richard Willis. Photographs by Fred P. Stevens, a. J. Harlan, C. E. Eme...

Photographer is W.E. Hook. Seven are stamped with Hook's Manitou Springs gallery information, and one his Colorado Springs business. Includes: B...

W.E. Hook is the photographer on each, working with S.W. Moore, a businessman in Colorado Springs. According to Mautz, Hook was active in Manitou from

14 cabinet cards, 9 different photographers. Includes: Cathedral Spires, Gateway to Garden of the Gods, and The Three Graces (all three W.A. Davis, Ma

Pamphlet describing The Garden of the Gods, Compliments of the Passenger Department of the Burlington Route. Booklet describes Pikes Peak, Rainbow Fal

Each of these seven cabinet cards has J.G. Hiestand's business information listed on the back (Collector and Dealer in Mineral Specimens, Native...

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

1) A view of Pike's Peak from Colorado Springs. The photographer, W. E. Hook, has managed to catch a residential street with the Peak in the bac...

1) W. E. Hook, photographer. Back has ad for J. G. Hiestand, collector and dealer in mineral specimens. 2) Unknown artist. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (

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; Fello...

Tan soft cover booklet, with nice vignette of the valley printed in blue and gold (5.5" x 8"), 60 pp. contains a map of the Montezuma Vall...

Group of 2 ribbons, both having a donkey and nugget attached to the ribbon, measuring 21/4" x 71/2" . 1) Green, Third Annual Grand Derby. ...

Lot of twelve. 1) Governor Peabody breast badge. Red, white, and blue bunting. 1903-1904. Colorado City, Cripple Creek, Telluride, and Trinidad. 2) 39

50 Cripple Creek-related checks and drafts: pieces from Cripple Creek, Victor, Goldfield, Golden. Highlights include: a fabulous Jim Blaine Mine check

Very nice pair of mother of pearl opera glasses with well polished brass hardware, faceted mother of pearl shell (2.75" ) La Corona, Paris, eng...

1) "The Story of the World's Greatest Gold Camp. Told in Prose, Poetry, and Pictures the Labor Troubles of 1903/04". Told by the Cripp...

129 pages. All about the Red Men: members, minutes, and tribes (individual councils). City: Cripple Creek State: Colorado, Date:

Matting made to look like a lacy frame. Telephone polls and dirt road in the foreground and the city in the background. Photograph is 3 3/4 x 4 1/2&...

1) "Gold Fields of Cripple Creek". Prospectus published by The Woods Investment Company of Colorado. Map of Mining and Industrial Propert...

A Colorado College Publication. No. 13. Part I. By Charles E.H. Aiken and Edward R. Warren. Printed in Colorado Springs, May 1914. Softcover. 41 pages

This is a rare piece, one which we have never had before. This 35 mile long irrigation canal was fed by the Rio Grande River. It is signed by presiden

16 pages. Edited and Published by the Carriers Association of the Denver Post. Unusual and rare softcover that features reproductions of Paul Gregg&...

Very early Denver publication published by the Board of Trade. Extolls the virtues of Colorado, price of goods, county-by-county views, farming produc

From the Denver Public Library. This is a selection of works compiled by the Denver Public Library relating to music in Colorado. Include many selecti

1) Close-up of large buildings in downtown Denver. Roof top view. 'Joslin' and 'New York Hotel' are identified. A city map will hel...

Lot of 2. 1) 1932 report, submitted by John F. Healy, has photos of the Fire Department Chief and the many deputies and assistants at the front, follo

Group of three, including: "Arbor and Bird Day Book Colorado" (1908), softcover, 63 pages, with songs, photographs, and illustrations. &q...

Complete book of stock certificates for the Buena Vista Realty Company. Certificates No. 1 through 148 are include, however only 1-4 and 7-15 were iss

Black box has a golden latch. Picture of an angelic young lady looking toward heaven. "Leading clothiers & furnishers 309 16th Street, Denv...

Rare Denver catalog! Gorgeous red softcover with woman in elegant dress. Spring & Summer 1904. 64 pages with index. Many illustrations of items ...

Large, 3 1/2" diameter. Picture of a lady drinking. "Compliments of the May Company, 16th & Champa Sts., Denver" Excellent condit...

Number 81 for 25 shares to David Branson Trustee in 1889. Signed by Johnathon Locke and Charles Clark. Another one of those elusive stock certificates

Group of 6 Colorado resource and Denver-related booklets. 1) "The State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado and The University o...