Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Great lot! Eight clear Goldfield cancels. Includes a Goldfield whirl wind (unique), two photographs of large high grade sacks of ore in two different

29 postcards, most addressed to Edith (Mrs. Leonard) Thompson, Goldfield Nevada, from her family in Nebraska. City: Goldfield State: Ne

32" x 22". "Hoover Dam - 727 feet high / near Las Vegas, Nevada / reached via / UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD." Faded. No rips, no tear...

Hotel Overland and Hotel Nevada are featured on the street corner. Don't forget the sign that says "Boulder Dam Stage Office!" City:...

Text at top: "Enjoy the Old West"/ THE BOULDER CLUB/ 118 FREMONT St., LAS VEGAS, NEVADA/ Best Little City in the World." Beneath is a...

Calendar for North, Ferguson & Co., Inc./ Union Drug Store/ Stationers and Newsdealers/ Manhattan Nevada. Has a single calendar month page (Janu...

Mason Valley Drug Store/ Owen H. Bott/ MASON, NEVADA. Small (4" x 6") print titled "Called to the Colors" which shows a soldier...

29 issues of Nevada Magazines, published in Minden. Not to be confused with the official Nevada State magazine with the same name. September, 1945; Fe

One complete year, bound together with card stock and 3 strings. Nevada magazine is not the state publication. This was a private magazine published i

From the James Reynolds Collection, a major Nevada collector in the 1960s-70s. I can guarantee you will never see this again. An official document tha

Dateline Palisade, 187-. Whitney & Co., 415 Front Street, San Francisco. Green text with stub attached. Printed by John G. Hodge & Co., Stat...

Two small booklets that serve as the Condensed Statement of Condition for the bank. 1) Report of the Bank of Pioche Incorporated, March 4, 1936. As re

Two W.E. Griffin, Banker, Wells, Fargo & Co. checks from Pioche. One is issued to Oung Chong Ling. Reverse has Chinese characters. This check ha...

Four full, original pages ( pages 19-20; and 29-30) of April 19, 1908 San Francisco Chronicle featuring the Nevada boomtown of Rawhide. Page 20 is a f

14.5" x 18.75" calendar with 9" x 13" print illustration of a cowboy on bucking horse with a wagon and other cowboys in the back...

Five blueprints for the store and building of Mr. A.A. Brundidge done by architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) graduated from

Lot of one statement and sixteen illustrated checks signed by Walter J. Harris, a well-known Nevada banker who also signed the First national Bank cur

Compliments of Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Reno. 9.75" x 6.75" color illustration of woman in pastoral setting mounted on bro...

Forward America, Destiny is the title of the painting depicting George Washington, Ben Franklin, Jefferson, Penn, etc. The artist was Henry (Hy) Hinte

The calendar illustration was by Arthur V.Diehl, (1870-1929). Arthur Diehl’s painting style quite naturally evolved from the french Barbizon School si

15" x 12" calendar with 9" x 7" print showing scantily dressed cowgirl sitting on a fence next to a Bar X Ranch mailbox. Titled,...

Three documents that tell the story of an insider stock deal: a letter from the First National Bank to Walter J. Harris acknowledging receipt of a che

Measures 15.75" x 20." This black and white photograph probably dates to around 1966-67, given the presence and absence of a few key build...

Nevada Engineering Works/ Machinery,Supplies, Repairs/ Reno, Nevada. Red cardstock (10" x 7.5") with an illustration (3.75"x 5.25&quo...

Great contrast and detail for this 9.25" x 7.5" photograph mounted on 12.25" x 9" cardstock. Fabulous view that clearly shows th...

Letter describing a very interesting land proposition to W.J. Harris, prominent Nevada banking figure, from Jeremiah Collins, Land Attorney and Presid

Fascinating piece of early Reno history. Blueprint style map of Reno, amended and corrected by H.B. Maxson, city engineer, December 1907. Find: Virgin

Very nice assortment of Reno checks. Includes 1) D.A. Bender and Co. Bankers, 1878 check. 2) Paxton, Curtis & Co, Bankers, 1881 check. 3) Nixon ...

Lot of three. 1) A ledger book for the Nixon National Bank of Reno that someone used as a way of listing their photo negatives. Alphabetical tabs have

Front features nighttime tropical scene (6.75" x 4.75") titled "Velvet Night in Southern Seas." Copyright The Osborne Company. C...

Rare! Vol. I, No. I. "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature, Current Events and the Best Interests of the State of Nevada." Van Duzer &...

Volume 21, Number 20.June 25, 1927. Price 50 cents. Softcover. 102 pages with black and white and color photographs (Tahoe, Pyramid Lake, etc), includ

A paper published in the interest of Good Morals and Good Citizenship, Non-sectarian, Non-political, Independent. According to Lingefelter there is on

1) Postcard of beautiful houses and church on the banks of the Truckee. Barber (see reverse) lived at 465 Riverside Drive. Different view than you usu

1) First National Bank of Reno loan document. Theo. Winters is borrowing $7,500 on Jan. 2, 1885. Paid Dec. 24, 1885. Signed by Winters. 4.5" x ...

Gorgeous calendar print titled "Nature's Fortress," from the original painting by W.H. Chandler. Dramatic image of rocky coast with tw...

Top in gilt lettering: "Washoe County Bank/ Reno, Nevada/ Established 1871." Below is a print (8" x 6.5") showing an idyllic sce...

Gilt lettering on blue paper: Washoe County Bank/ Reno, Nevada/ Established 1871. Below is print (8.25" x 6.75") titled "In the Garde...

Nathaniel E. Wilson, chemist with the Department of Chemistry at the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station located at the State University in Reno Ne

Certified Copy! Includes the Nevada state seal. The Bullfrog Bank and Trust Co. was incorporated in 1905, in the boom and bust mining town of Rhyolite

This calendar proves the authenticity of a previously discovered J.R. Lane token that was dug in Rhyolite! J.R. Lane, Illuminating, Lubricating, Fuel

No. 125 and 159. Both from M.M. Van Fleet, Trustee for Creditors of The Bullfrog Bank and Trust Company. Frog vignette upper left. Both are punch and

This is the first Ruth Bank stock certificate we have ever seen. Number 15, 10 shares, H. G. Lathrop on December 1, 1934. Signed by HG Lathrop cashier

This is a unique and marvelous collection of postcards. Two are identified as C. D. Gallagher photographs. Two postcards show an overview of the town

A 9" x 7" gilt-tinted photograph of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. is the centerpiece to this 1924 calendar for the Tonopah Banki...

A 6" x 8" black and white photograph of the front of a bank with a dog sitting outside. Small (1.5" x 2.5") paper calendar month...

Four Vernon Supply Company small billheads. Sixteen L. N. Marker General Blacksmith billheads. Three different in four color variations. City:

This archive is a classic story of western European immigrants coming to America and settling in Nevada to make a new life. Instead of mining, brother

Lot of 6 items that lead us to a mystery worth research. 1-2) Two telegraphs from the Untied State Pacific Telegraph Company. One from R. H. Stretch a

Payable to Brown & Watchman. Signed by DL Bliss for the Carson Lumber Company. Back has been signed by H. M. Yerington for Watchman. Revenue imp...