Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

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...