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Building of the Historic Bridges, 1930s Originals

8 San Francisco Newspapers on the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges and the 1939 World’s Fair
$100 $100 or less

Watkins Mammoth Plate of San Jose

Watkins
San Jose, The Fallon House and Castro Adobe
$3,000

2 1900San Francisco's Chinatown lantern slides

L. A. Goetz
In Holiday Attire & A Young Mandarin
SOLD

Muybridge 2 Yosemite stereo views

Muybridge
# 46, Cataracts below first fall and 107 Yo-wi-ye
SOLD

U. S. Geological Survey Yosemite Glass Positive

John Karl Hillers
Yosemite valley with Bridal Veil Falls
$1,500

The Basket Makers

Paiute Basket Maker Carson Indian Agency. Washoe Basket Maker Carson Indian Agency
SOLD

Very Rare Muybridge of Yosemite Native Village

Edweard Muybridge
The Deserted Village
$1,500

5 Rare Gustave Fagersteen Yosemite Cabinet Cards

Gustave Fagersteen
5 Yosemite Cabinet Cards
SOLD

Rare 1896 Yosemite Trade Card

J. B. Cook
Sentinel Hotel
SOLD

South Bend, Washington on the Willapa River

Loomis Studio
[Washington] Columbia Box and Lumber Co. General Merchandise and Loggers Supplies Staple and Fancy Groceries Photo on Board
$100 $100 or less
1902 “Surrender of Geronimo” Article in The Junior Magazine for Young and Old
$95 $100 or less
Before the Indian Claims Commission Legal Brief: The Chickasaw Nation vs. The United States
$100 $100 or less

Superintendent of Tonopah &Tidewater Railroad

Cahill, William Washington
Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Check, Stagg, California
$125
Kolb Brothers Hell’s Half Mile Rapids 1912 Photogravure + 1913 Calendar
$150

Rare Lake Tahoe combo

R. Colwell Proprietor
Moana Villa, Lake Tahoe
SOLD

Son of the Morning Star signed first with letter

Connell, Evan S.
Son of the Morning Star, Custer and the Little Big Horn
$500

R. J. Waters Grand Central Hotel Tahoe 1886

R. J. Waters
Winter & Summer views Grand Central Hotel Tahoe City
$200

Rare John Muir in Jacket. A thousand Mile Walk....

John Muir
A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
$250

EARLY GUIDE TO IDAHO

Union Pacific Railway
Idaho, A Complete and comprehensive Description
$750

The long awaited bio of photographer C. L. Weed

Dennis Kruska
California's Peripatetic Photographer Charles Weed
$125

Signed Cowboy, Ranching classic from D. Sloan

Harry V. Johnston
My Home on the Range. Frontier Ranching in the Badlands
$150

F.A. Rinehart platinum photo of Indian

F. A. Rinehart
Afraid of Eagle - Sioux-
$500
1910s Native American Men Studio Portrait RPPC Photo
SOLD
1905 Venice Beach California Auditorium Construction Photo
$800

1873 Stereoview of Bloody Knife, Custer's scout

W. R. Rywell
Views in Montana, Dakota and on the Yellowstone Made During Last Survey of N.P. Railroad
$950

6 Wawona Tree Photos By E. N. Baxter w/ Trade card

E. N. Baxter
The Wawona tree by E. N. Baxter resident photographer with photo trade card.
SOLD

L.C. Powell on L.A. Novels, Printed by Erik Voss

Powell, Lawrence Clark
Some Writing About Los Angeles.
$65 $100 or less

"How to Get, and What to Take, to Kansas"

Redpath, James and Richard J. Hinton
[Facsimile] Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountain Gold Region; Accompanied by Reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States
SOLD

WHERE STEAM TOOK SHAPE

Kamm, Jacob (1823–1912) [Attributed]
Master Technical Schematic for Marine Firebox Boiler, Steamer 'Lurline' Columbia River Steamboat Boiler Schematic [Master India Ink Drafting Linen], UNRECORDED 19TH-CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ENGINEERING DRAFTING LINEN. LOCOMOTIVE BOILER SCHEMATIC FOR OREGON STERNWHEELER—PACIFIC NORTHWEST MARITIME ITEM.
$295

6 Yosemite RPPC's Native Weavers and Children

Arthur Pillsbury (attributed)
Yosemite Native Americans
$75 $100 or less

Rare RPPC of Galen Clark and George Fiske Yosemite

George Fiske
The Two Pioneers
SOLD

3 Rare RPPC's of Yosemite's (Chief Lemee) 2 signed

Arthur Pillsbury (attributed)
Chris Brown as "Chief Lemee"
$60 $100 or less

4 Rare & Important Early Yosemite Real Photo PCs

Arthur Pillsbury
Rare Yosemite Real Photo Postcards
SOLD

33 Yosemite Real Photo Historical Post Cards

Arthur Pillsbury et al
33 Real Photo Historical Post Cards
$100 $100 or less
1903 Prospectus and Broadside for Tamarack Gold Mining Company in San Juan Colorado "The Big Five" with Map
$100 $100 or less
1906 Photo Album Archive 175 Photographs by Frank H. Nowell of Nome Alaska Native Americans Malamutes Gold Mining Dog Sledding Iditarod Nome Alaska 8x10
$3,500

30 Photos of Yosemite Valley 1900-1930

30 photos of Yosemite
$100 $100 or less

Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico

O'Malley, Ernie and Dorothy Stewart
[Santa Fe] [New Mexico] [Fine Press] I Call My Soul My Own: Ernie O'Malley & Dorothy Stewart in New Mexico
$250

Possible Unrecorded Pano photograph of Portland

Portland, Oregon Panoramic Photograph, From 1900 (79 x 16 inches)
$675

Photo of Omaha/Ponca Indian Family by Walt Peabody

Cabinet Photograph of Omaha or Ponca Indian Family by Walt Peabody (Peabody Studio) Lyons Nebraska 1890s
SOLD

Pawnee Bill’s Historic Wild West Show

Lillie, Gordon William aka "Pawnee Bill"
Pawnee Bill Archive of Signed Photos, Telegrams, Autograph Signed Letters and Notes, Check and Envelope 1913-1927
$1,250

Cowboys - Con T Kennedy Traveling Carnival 1913

2 RPPCs of Cowboys from the Con T Kennedy Traveling Carnival 1913 Missouri
$75 $100 or less

Amazing Trifecta Southern California Mining Names

Ryan, John
[Mining] Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad Company Check, Issued by John Ryan to Clarence M. Resor on the Account of Borax Smith--June 13, 1906
$150

22 Yosemite Photographs 1880-1930

Boysen, Pillsbury, Fiske, Taber, etc.
Photos of Yosemite Valley
$100 $100 or less

Woolaroc (Museum) Bk - Signed by Joe Beeler + 2

Woolaroc (Museum) Book by Joe Williams 1991 Signed by Author, Artist Poppenhouse & Artist Joe Beeler
$100 $100 or less

10 pieces of Yosemite Valley Ephemera

Early 20th Century Yosemite ephemera
SOLD

Overland wagon train to California letter

Fantastic overland letter from California describing wagon train trip Great detailed writing sadly lacks final page
$675

El Rodeo 101 Sketches by Simpson Rare Signed Copy

Charles Simpson
El Rodeo - One Hundred Sketches Made in the Arena During the Great International Contest - Rare Inscribed Copy
$150

1941 Death Valley Mack - Signed Photo & Poster

1941 Death Valley Mack - Signed Photo, Cardboard Poster & Advertising Blotter
$200
Sandy Lydon
Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region, First Edition
$75 $100 or less

JINGLEBOB: ONE COWBOY'S ROUGH RIDE

Philip Ashton Rollins
Jinglebob. A True Story of a Real Cowboy, First Edition
SOLD

WITH ARTS-AND-CRAFTS WESTERN COVER DESIGN

George Wharton James
House Blessings and Guest Book, First Edition
$350

BREWERTON - IN THE THICK OF THE KANSAS WAR

G. Douglas Brewerton
The War in Kansas: A Rough Trip to the Border, Among New Homes and a Strange People, First Edition
$350

1906 Vote for Our Telephone

Automatic Telephone Company
Postcard soliticiting votes for Denver telephone, overprinting a San Francisco fire design
$40 $100 or less

Map of the Southern Mines Yosemite

Lettersheet Map of the Southern Mines. First mention of Yosemite.
$5,750

Gallagher Archive California

Archive of letters notes documents of the Gallagher Brothers of California 185- 186- Land Politics Business and Family
RESERVED

Western Photo Album

Photo Album 1895. Alaska, Nevada, California, Oregon, Utah At least 30 important images
$2,400

US Indian Traders license 1882 Nevada

License to Trade With Indians 1882
$375

Early Buffalo Soldier Discharge Fort Sill 1872

Buffalo Soldier document early post civil war signed with his mark 1872 Fort Sill Indian Territory African American
$1,250

California civil war ballots Lincoln Douglas

Lincoln, McClellan, Douglas and Breckenridge California ballots
SOLD

A Woman's Road Trip 1904

Elma MacGibbon
LEAVES OF KNOWLEDGE, Inscribed 1st Edition
$75 $100 or less

LETTER PROMOTING OREGON TERRITORY - 1852

LETTER PROMOTING OREGON TERRITORY - 1852
$495

CHARLES SITTERLE'S SALOON - GOLDEN, COLORADO

CHARLES SITTERLE'S SALOON - GOLDEN, COLORADO
$155

A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTE, MONTANA

BUTTE. A SHORT HISTORY OF BUTTE. CONTAINING A FEW STATISTICS PLEASANTLY TOLD
$185

THE MAYNARD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

THE MAYNARD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
$225

Indians At Work

Office of Indian Affairs
INDIAN AT WORK. A NEWS SHEET FOR INDIANS AND THE INDIAN SERVICE
$85 $100 or less

JOHN LEWIS STAGE RODEO PHOTO – STEER WRESTLING

John Lewis
JOHN LEWIS STAGE RODEO PHOTO – STEER WRESTLING RODEO DAY IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, BUENA VISTA, COLORADO, 1972
$495

LOUIS L'AMOUR - CATLOW - MOVIE POSTER

L’Amour, Louis
LOUIS L'AMOUR - CATLOW
$125

HAND BOOK OF OSBORNE COUNTY, KANSAS

HAND BOOK OF OSBORNE COUNTY, KANSAS
$1,500

Rev. William Nichols Archive 2nd Bishop of Calif.

Reverend William Ford Nichols
William Ford Nichols Archive as the Second Bishop of California
$550

Rare Cattleman & Texas Ranger Charles Goodnight

H. E. A. Pickford, Proprietor
1870 Drovers Hotel Register page with blotter
SOLD

1875 Albumen photograph San Francisco Cliff House

Thomas Houseworth
San Francisco Cliff House gifted as a spelling prize
SOLD

10 1850's California Documents and Ephemera

Goldrush California
$300

Rare stereoview of Galen Clark by Watkins/ Taber

Carleton Watkins / Taber
Galen Clark, Esq.
SOLD

1859 Stereo view of San Francisco

C. L. Weed
#42. The Heads. Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco
SOLD

Rare Weed of San Francisco 1st. bastion of wealth

Charles Leander Weed
# 60. South Park
SOLD

C. L Weed of San Francisco Landmark

Lawrence & Houseworth
The Cliff House
SOLD

Rare California Engraved Gold Rush Pipe Razor

George Holstenholm & Son
The IXL California Gold Rush Pipe Razor
SOLD

Rare Stereo view of Marysville

E. Nesemann
# 31Chinese Festival and Procession on C st.
$250

Eadweard Muybridge Posing

Muybridge
Saloon at Woodward's Gardens
$450
Fred Harvey Company
Grand Canyon Photo-gravure Album
$80 $100 or less
Joseph K. Dixon
Print from Wanamaker Expedition
RESERVED
M. Curtis, U.S. Forest Service
Record of a Federal Attorney
$1,250
Cabinet Card of Miss Irene Woodward
$250