Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

1) Sunburst Petroleum Corporation. Inc. July 10, 1929. Aluminum (rare). 2) Department of Weights and Measures/ State of Nevada. Vista Rock Products.

1) Joan of Arc Conclave No. 38 R.C. of C. Chartered June 1st, 1918. State of Nevada. (Reno). 2) International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Wa

1) Capital Building Company. Inc. Nov. 1st ,1927. Reno. 2) Hoffman & Son Incorporated. Inc Nov. 19, 1928. Reno. 3) Guthrie Estate Company. Inc. ...

1) Armanko Office Supply Co. Inc. December 31st, 1937. Reno. 2) Metropolitan Steel Products Co. Inc. March 19, 1930. 3) Unitype Engineering Co. Inc. S

1) Stateline Mercantile Company. State of Nevada. Inc. July 3, 1929. Possibly Lake Tahoe. No reference could be found. 2) Hollywood Apartment Holding

This style is typical of c.1900 Chinese in Nevada. Beaded handle is detached, but present. 8" diameter, 3" tall with lid. Multicolored bea...

Thirteen page report of the directors of the Morris Canal & Banking Company to the stockholders, April 5, 1869. 6 x 9". The Morris Canal w...

Approved March 20, 1872. Published by Starbuck & Dunham, Newark. 5 pages. City: Ocean County State: New Jersey, Date: 1872

Lot of 36 checks. Three are Thomas A. Edison, Jr.'s account, Orange, N.J. dateline, 1917. The other 33 are from Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, Junior, B...

Territory served by The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Green covers. 76 pages with a few pages loose. Writing and toning. Heavily use...

Lot of five. One large bill head for Cook Dougherty & Burrows. Two small bill heads to J. F. Cook. Two small receipts for J. F. Cook. City: M

This is a wanted broadside for Harry Eaton who had just escaped from the state penitentiary. If it dated September 29, 1914. IT is a copy of the origi

John Anderson is to be arrested and his body to be safely kept so that his body will appear before the District court withing the county of Socooro on

Lot of 4 items pertaining to the same event. 1) September 2: letterhead from Strauss & Co. in San Francisco to H. M. Dougherty agreeing to the p...

Lot of nine. 1-7) small bill heads from P. N. Yunker of Socorro. All for items purchased from the Lemitas Ranch from 1894 to 1904. P. N. Yunker was a

Lot of 14. Includes: an 1883 time certificate for Silver City, Deming & Pacific Railroad Co.; five checks (1905) from the Santa Fe Central Railw...

Report as to Socorro County, this report was prepared by M. Fischer and Antonio Y. A. Abeytis, Commissioners, Socorro, Socorro County. Printed by Soco

Rustic hand-made pinewood chest, original forged steel hinges and locks, and key, 18" h x 32.75" w x 15.5" d. Two locking compartment...

Delivered before the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, December 8, 1858, Governor Abraham Rencher (1798-1883). Printed by the Santa

1) Department of the Interior General Land Office William A. Richards, Commissioner. Territory of New Mexico. Compiled under the direction of Frank Bo

Filed August 14th, 1818. Document regarding a loan taken by Augustus Taylor for $100 that went unpaid and the settlement from this civil case. 12.5&...

Two small checks, both from Ostego County Bank in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father, William. 1842 and 1849. Signed "J. Fe...

Fabulous vignette capsized boat of whalers next to breaching whale on this Manhattan Oil Co. check from 1868. Adhesive revenue with tied cancel at bot

Over 60 receipts and statements (warrants to comptrollers, all hand-written) for services and equipment, much regarding road widening, paving, sold pr

A great group of historic documents from Eastern Air Lines. 1) Typed letter signed by Eddie Rickenbacker, the famous flying ace, as head of Eastern Ai

Moody's Analyses of Investments, Public Utilities, and Industrials. By John Moody, 1916 City: New York State: New York, Date:

With a Compendious Gazetteer of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa...By J. Calvi

9" x 6 1/2" Photograph of Engine Co. 131, NYFD. Shows horse-drawn apparatus pulled by three horses. Horse names written on photo: "Ji...

Orangetown Fire Co. No. 1. Nyack, New York. Great vignette of horse-drawn fire wagon. All three have adhesive revenue stamps. Folds and cut cancels. (

Personal letter (dated Nov. 4, 1849) from Thomas Hight from West Point to Mary Legg (probably a family member). In the letter he talks about how much

Lot of 20 early bank drafts. Includes: nine drafts from Lombard Bank, 1825 (2.5" x 6"); one unused draft from the New York, Providence an...

A caring datelined letter (Nov. 30, 1831) from Caleb (last name?) possibly to his brother saying to be careful who he trusts and wishing him prosperit

200+ checks from New York state. Most are 19th century. Cooperstown, Albany, New York city, New Berlin, Canajoharie, etc. Please inspect! (Prag Collec

Lot of 8. Includes: 1855 with steamer paddleship; unused Chelsea Bank w/ carriage; unused 1860s Fulton National Bank w/ steamer vignette; 1885 J.C. Ki

The text is a little hard to read, but it appears to reference the transport of a body to Jonathan K. Horton, who was a municipal clerk in Washington

Two certificates of the DeForest Radio Company, one issued to Emil Joseph, the other to Miss Mathilda A Gilles City: State: New York,

Lot of 65. Many pictorial. Some have adhesive revenues. Includes checks from: Blowing Rock (NC), Memphis, Piedmont, Asheville, Richmond, Salem (VA), B

Shows the North Pacific Railroad Company from Jamestown, North Dakota to Montana boundary. Large foldout out map. Reverse is full of information and a

This is a 1933 reprint of a 1923 book. Great book for early resource for Tulsa. IT starts wit "Tent Town," first in Tulsa, earliest reside...

23.25" long. Vignette of Native American chief and white text "101 Ranch." Purple/blue background. Overall good condition with light...

Lot of 26. Includes: three pictorial Ferdinand Ritterbusch checks, Guthrie (1899); Muskogee, I.T. (1905); Olney, I.T. (1908); Coalgate, I.T. (1907); W

Over 50 Letters, billheads, price lists, broadsides, advertising requests, blank letterheads for A. B. Hudelson & Son, dealers in General Mercha...

Small hardbound book (5.5" x 7"). The exposition commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the famous and daring expedition of the int...

Very nice color map put out by the General Land Office. Measures 19" x 23.5." Scale 1 inch=15 miles. C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman. Sen...

Letters (several from his brother, R. H. Haines), petitions, agreements, hand-written bills, etc. and a writing that declares: "Our Gov. sprung...

Nice map from the Dalles of the Columbia River to Great Salt lake under the Command of Capt. H. D. Wallen, 4th Inf. by Lieut. Joseph Dixon T. Eng., 18

Some Letters and misc. of J. D. Haines (possibly in the state congress on Oregon) of the Office of Haines & Lawrence,Attorneys at Law ("It ...

A letter to J. D. Haines from his brother R. H. Haines in Montana: "A few days ago, Bill Ferguson and myself bought a claim for $50. We commenc...

Photograph (positive and paper negative) of the first U. S. Post Office west of the Rocky Mountains, in Shivley's, Astoria, Oregon (1847); color...

Seven pieces of Oregon history. Two photographs, legal letters (1861), reproduction broadside from steamship to Idaho and Montana gold mines, receipts