Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Internal envelope, so no stamp or cancel was needed. Handwritten note on left says, (?) W. Box Nevada. City: Downieville State: Califor

First one seen by us! Junction City was a Gold Rush mining camp located on the Trinity River. Wells, Fargo & Co's Express. Commission to be ...

Chinese used cover addressed to San Francisco from La Grange, home to one of the most famous Hydraulic mines in California. City: La Grange

Letter datelined Los Angeles, Jan. 20, 1876. Addressed to J.C. Meussdorffer & Bro. in San Francisco. D. Desmond is ordering RR silk caps. 7.75&q...

These letter sized handbills are about the merger of the Nevada National Bank of San Francisco and the Wells Fargo & Co. Bank of San Francisco. ...

Checks and receipts from Wells Fargo dated from 1873-1903, one with embedded revenue stamp and a receipt with adhesive revenue stamp City: San

Unused advertising cover with vignettes of the Wells Fargo Express Office and Bank in San Francisco. Green text and vignette. Few creases. Overall ver

Four Wells Fargo franked covers from Cordelia, Red Bluff, San Francisco and New York all sent to San Francisco. City: San Francisco State:

10 total. Six Wells Fargo covers from San Francisco plus four different Wells Fargo covers outside of San Francisco. Covers to San Jose (1864), Indian

First of Exchange, stamped "In Currency", also a red round stamp, Nov. 8, 1869. Two adhesive revenue stamps. Check made out to Arthur Devl...

Two SLOW Way Bills (both 1864) for freight on cases from New York. Each measures 3.25" x 7.5." Also two other way bills (1863 and 1864) th...

Very rare Wells Fargo label. Vignette of locomotive. Measures 3.25" x 4.5." Very good condition. From the G.M. Hackett Collection. City:...

Wells Fargo & Co. check # 140 issued to Charles Balceoni for $500.00 City: Silver City State: Idaho, Date: 1871 FHWAC#:

Stock no. 135 issued William H. Hutchinson for 100 shares on February 9, 1870. Hutchinson is a name that is fairly well-known in the bottle collecting

This lot of six includes a very early check (1861) and a Mackay signature. 1) Purple/blue. Issued Sept. 21st, 1861 (Nevada Territory created that Marc

Wells Fargo franked cover and letter addressed to Meusdorffer & Bro in San Francisco December 13, 1869. City: Virginia City State: Neva

Lot of 13, including many early Comstock pieces. From Virginia City: very early 1861 check signed by Charles Strong (Gould & Curry); 1864 check ...

A magazine (12.25" x 9.5") published by Wells Fargo & Co. that contains articles: "San Diego's Exposition"; "Wells ...

Rare check signed by Edwin B. Morgan, who served as the first president (1852-53) of Wells Fargo after founding the United States Express Company (the

Letter from a brother to his brothers who are merchants in San Francisco. Dateline Portland, Dec. 1st, 1876. Mentions many drafts and receipts. Perhap

Album containing 26 Franked Wells Fargo covers of Mexican origin. 24 of the covers are used, with cancellations from such places as Puebla, Orizaba, G

Heavy board two-sided sign: Wells Fargo & Co Express. City: State: , Date: FHWAC#: 27653

60 pound capacity Triner. Last model of this scale used by the company, c.1910-1918. Beam balance is below the platform. Gilt lettering on two sides:

Rare! Top has "W.F. & Co. EXP" along rim. The Adams & Westlake Co., "Adlake," New York, Chicago, Phil. Last patent date ...

Four identical Adams & Co. Express and Banking Office 3rd of Exchanges. All have two vignettes: great mining sluicing scene and three allegorica...

New York to California during the Gold Rush! Dateline New York, Oct. 25th, 1850. For goods transported from New York to San Francisco. Also signed by

Bamber Express cover with blue double circle date stamp Dec 9. Mailed to John Warren, Editor of "California Farmer" in San Francisco. Th...

Fabulous Western view of Colorado Springs showing two stagecoaches (incl. one for travel between Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs) with passengers a

Lot of 6. Four Adams Express Co. receipts from Madison, Indiana (1859-1860), one double-sided American Express Co. receipt from Detroit, Michigan (186

Lot of 5. 1) Southern Express Company, Express Forwarders. Dec. 3, 1869. Payment for freight charges from Selma. Measures 5.5" x 8.5" Fold...

Lot of 6. 1) Two 1857 American Express Co. receipts, Fort Plain, N.Y., for transport of money from the Ostego County Bank in Cooperstown. 3.25"...

Nicely tooled mail pouch. Imprinted on front: Way. Pocket, B. S. (Barlow & Sanderson) Stage Co., No. 4. stamped on back: by Sullivan and Goss Le...

Lot of 134 receipts from the American Railway Express Company out of Buhl, Idaho. Receipts measure 3.5" x 8.5." Toning, chipping and punch...

Five gold coin bags; 2 large, 3 small. "Property of RY. EX. AGY." City: State: , Date: FHWAC#: 27676

Nine gold coin bags, various sizes. All are printed: 'Property of RY. EX. AGY." City: State: , Date: FHWAC#: 27675

Number 8936. Porter Safety Seal Company. Patented 6/10/02 and 5/9/16. "SACRAMENTO, CAL." "RY.EX.AGY." City: Sacramento Stat...

Two boxes containing several hundred labels and more, including: equipment specifications, American Express Livestock contracts and shipping logs (19

Canvas with wide leather bottom. Different than the other three Railway Express mail bags we're offering. This one is marked "RY EX AGY&quo...

Similar style to other three, though this one has a lock and key (may not be original) and Railway Express tags for agency in Kansas City, Missouri. S

Canvas. Non-locking. Both stamped "Property of Railway Express Agency" Stains on canvas. Heavily used. 15" x 23" with a 6" ...

Non-locking. Canvas with leather top and wide bottom. Canvas stamped: "RY. EX. AGY." 13" x 15" Stains to canvas. (Ex-Parker Lyo...

Canvas. Non-locking. Leather top and strap. Canvas stamped: "RY EX AGY" Bottom of the bag has been removed. Has Railway Express Agency bad...

Non- locking. Leather maker is Jos. Kantor in Chicago. Canvas stamped: "PROPERTY OF RY. EX. AGY." (RY. EXP AGY. crossed out). 15" x 1...

Canvas with leather top and bottom. This one is similar to the other Railway Express mail bags, but it does not have a wide bottom. Canvas stamped: ...

Canvas with wide leather bottoms. Stamped: "Railway Express Agency" (crossed out). One bag is numbered 101 and the other 26. 20" x 13...

Non-locking. Canvas. Stamped: "Adams Express Company." 12.5' x 12.5" Heavily used: leather ripped and brittle, stain to canvas. ...

Locking. Leather. Unmarked, but likely used on railway or stagecoach. The lightweight handle at the top would indicate that this was to carry relative

Leather bag with strap and brass latch. In faint white lettering: "U.S. MAIL" Leather starting to chip and finish wearing off. 12" x ...

This leather bag has a different locking device (top center) and has handles at the top and bottom. While the bag is original, the labels "Well...

Booklet by A. J. Wells titled "The New Arizona (Homes and Wealth for Out-Of-Doors Folks)" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company. ...

Unique RPC mailed from Independence to Alameda. Message reads: "This is the silver spike that marked the completion of the "New Road"...

Lot of four checks and one receipt. The checks are all Sather & Co., San Francisco, RN-G, 1877-83, made payable to Central Pacific. The receipt ...

A description of the route, the progress and the character of the work, its resources, and business prospects, with the foundation and advantages of i

c. 1870s. Central Pacific Railroad. Profile View Cape Horn. Illustrated by C.R. Savage. View of bend in track alongside steep drop-off. Reverse: Photo

California Edition. Map of Central Pacific Railroad surrounded by 24 beautiful lithographs of California and Nevada Scenes along Transcontinental Rout

For our proportion of wages paid conductor and brakeman in joint services month of November 1899. 8.5 x 7". City: Randsburg State: Ca

1) Seven Daily Telegraphic Register of Trains time sheets, 17" x 26.5", c.1914, Jamestown. 2) Six different time tables: Sierra Railway: N...

Lot of 8 different railroad pamphlets for Lake Tahoe, including very early. Most have photographs and maps. 1) 1902 brochure, California Resorts, with

Booklet by A. J. Wells titled" The Sacramento Valley of California" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 1980. The booklet (6.5...

Booklet titled "California, San Joaquin Valley" by A. J. Wells, published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1908. The booklet (6.5&q...

Small tourist booklet on California Fishing published by Southern Pacific Railroad. Great little booklet (6.5" x 4.5") with articles, phot...

Booklet by One of the Eaters titled "Eat California Fruit" published by southern Pacific Railroad Company. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5&qu...

Booklet titled "Imperial Valley California" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1908. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5") d...

California map published by Southern Pacific Railroad with descriptions of resources, attractions topography and climate. map folds out to 27" ...

Southern Pacific Key #47; Railroad map of the United States for men in uniform by SP RR; SP Co. Passenger Department receipt; expense bill from Marysv

Booklet titled "The Inside Track, the Way through the Wonderful Fruit and flower Garden of Southern California" published by Southern Paci...

Booklet titled "Wayside Notes on the Sunset Route" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 1908. Booklet (6.5" x 4.5") s...

Photo album from the early 1900's depicting the building of Western Pacific railroad through northern California. Many great photos of camps, br...

Approximately 500 Western Pacific Railway Company original freight bills dated 1910-1912. City: State: California, Date: 1910

Lot of 27 items. Includes: an issued 1905 $100 gold bond for the Yosemite Short Line Railway Co. (w/ 72 coupons still attached); 14 c.1940s photograp

Lot of 4. 1) A 1905 $100 Gold Bond for the Yosemite Short Line Railway Company. No. 5043, uncancelled. Vignette of train with "Y.S.L" on t...

Booklet by A. J. Wells titled "the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees of California" published by Southern Pacific railro...

Includes: small photograph of man (unidentified) on back of train car giving speech; brochure advertising Balloon Route excursion; subscription receip

Over 100 items of Southern California railway ephemera. Includes 1 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen traveling card, dated 1912; 4 Pullman Car Service

Lot of 100. Includes: large stack of pictorial California Street Cable Railroad Co. (1890s); Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway Co. (1940s); Si...

Time schedule, Principal Terminal Depots, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Cruz; expense bill to Sacramento Valley RR; Sierra Railway Co. of Califo

Two certificates of The Atlantic=Pacific Railway Tunnel Co. One unissued, one issued to Nikolas Felz. City: Denver State: Colorado,

Lot of five. 1-2) Thru the Rockies. 20 pages. All photos. Two different back pages - two different editions. 3) Heart of the Rockies. Raised gold lett

Annual report extras: fifteen 1900, 01, 03, 04, 05, 08, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 44, and 46. For a more complete description see other C&S an...

Lot of thirty-four with no duplicates. Includes Numbers 1-16, 18-22, 23-26, 34, 36, 38, 40-41, 45-48, and 1953. It would take a lifetime collecting th

16 full color illustrations of St. Peter's Dome, Broadmoor, Silver Cascades, Cheyenne Canon, Observation Point, Cathedral Spires, etc. All are r...

Lot of 4 items. 1) Summit of Pike's Peak Via The Cog Road. J.G. Hiestand, Publisher. Red softcover, stapled binding. 11 black and white photogra...

Lot of 25 checks and receipts for railroads into and out of Cripple Creek. Includes: five paychecks (1914-1915) for the Florence and Cripple Creek Rai

Lot of four. 1) 1899 contract between the Canon City & Cripple Creek RR, Florence & Cripple Creek RR, and Golden Circle RR. 6 pages. 2) The...

This booklet (6.25" x 6"), A Chain of Gold Cities in the Cripple Creek District: Cripple Creek, Victor, Anaconda, Elkton, Portland, Indepe...

1)"Colorado Springs, Manitou, Denver and Cripple Creek best reached via Missouri Pacific Railway System" 18 pages. 8 1/2" x 6". ...

As Denver grew, this station shrunk. Through fire and reconstruction, it does not look like this today, although the guts of this building still remai

Seven different. 1) "Across the Continent by the Scenic Route: Colorado, Utah, & New Mexico via the Denver & Rio Grande Railway." ...

Railroad Red Book of the West. Official Guide and Time Tables. Handbook and Guide for Travelers.August, 1897 (10" x 7") 84 pp.; October, 1...

Annual Reports to the Stockholders of the Denver and Rio Grande, Co. for years 1882, Printed by William Mann & Son, Railroad Stationers and Prin...

Fascinating metal device that lists all stations on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad on rolling cloth with covers to show or block station names. Device

Group of annual reports from 1927 (1st Annual) - 1946 (20th annual). Softcover, approximately 25 pages, includes income statements, profit and loss ac

Group of 6 reports from 1927 (1st Annual), 1940, 1941 (2), 1942, 1946. Softcover, approximately 25 pages, includes income statements, profit and loss

With the Mercantile Trust Company. Property of White & Kemble. 5 pages. Possibly only one known. City: State: Colorado, Date:

Narrow Gauge from Leavenworth, Kansas to Denver, Colorado. 19 pages with a killer map! This ill-starred branch began its colorful career in 1871. For

Lot of three all presented by the Kansas Pacific Railway. 1) Colorado Resorts and Attraction to the Pleasure-Seeker, tourist and Invalid. 28 pages. Ne

1) 1868 Second Annual Report to the Board of Directors. 32 pages. 2) Argument submitted on behalf of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co. before the Secreta

By General William J. Palmer. The railroad wanted to expand to San Francisco and San Diego. 250 pages, Map has been torn out. Covers missing., Very Sc

Two nice mounted cabinet photos circa 1902 by J.G. Hiestand, the railway's official photographer. First photo show a group at the summit, at 14,...

Four different cabinet cards. Includes: "377. First Passenger Trains on Pike's Peak. Season of 1892" (train, crowd and brick building)...