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| 72001 | Wells, Fargo & Co's Express "Train Robbery" Ledger, 260 pages, 8.5" x 13". Recording 95 robberies, or attempted robberies of trains from 1870-1902, mostly 1890s, on pages headed "Wells, Fargo & Co's Express," with "Train Robbery" on the left page and "Additional" heading the right page. Filled in are the location, time, date, and, if available, the messenger, engineer, and fireman names and monetary amount of Wells, Fargo's loss and the amount recovered. The names of the robbers, if known, are listed. Arrests, sentencing, and/or pardons granted and additional information about the robbers, if available, is included. In some cases, rewards are noted. The locations of the robberies are indexed in the front of the ledger. Pages numbered 101-130, the last 60 sheets headed "Wells, Fargo & Co's Express," are blank. Contemporary half roan over pebbled cloth boards reinforced on spine with black cloth tape, showing evidence of wear. The first train robbery in the West occurred in the early morning hours of November 5, 1870. The November 5, 1870 evening edition of the Nevada Territorial Enterprise reported "The Great Train Robbery - All the talk upon the streets to-day is of the great robbery on the railroad , between Reno and Verdi, last night. It is believed here that the robbers got in the vicinity of $150,000...Wells, Fargo & Co. offer $10,000 reward for the recovery of the treasure, or any part of it, and the arrest and conviction of the robbers..." This ledger begins, appropriately, with that robbery. Excerpts, in part, from the Ledger: #1 "Near Verdi Nevada on the Central Pacific Railroad, about 1 A.M. November 6th [sic] 1870, Messenger Frank Minshall, Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $41000, Amount Recovered about $41000. Robbers Filt P. Cockrell, A.J. Davis, John Squires, E.B. Parsons, R.A. Jones, J.E. Chapman, Gilchrist. As the train was leaving the Station 3 masked men, boarded the express car which they had detached from the body of the train by cutting the bell rope &c &c. Three other men jumped on the engine and drawing revolvers, ordered the engineer to move on which he did...". #3 "Attempted Train Robbery. Near Cape Horn Mills Cal. On the Central Pacific Railroad, about 11:00 PM., August 31st 1881. Messenger N.M. Chadwick. Robbers Geo. W. Shinn, Ed. Steinagal, R.A. Rodgers, Harry Frazier, J.K. Mason. He attempt was made upon the east bound overland express. The robbers removed a rail which caused the two engines to leave the track, but doing no other damage. The rush forward from the passengers to see the cause of the accident frightened the men and they fled without accomplishing the robbery. They had all been miners...and all stood fairly well in the community..." #7 "Near Gage N.M. on the Southern Pacific Railroad, November 24th 1883. Messenger T.G. Hodgkins, Engineer T.C. Webster Killed by the robbery. Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $830.60. Robbers G.W. Cleavland, Mikel Lee, Frank Taggert, Kit Joy. At a point about 3 miles east of Gage, N.M. the east bound train was ditched by a misplaced rail which threw the locomotive, mail and express cars into a small cut. Four masked men were stationed on the bank of the cut as the engineer T.C. Webster was getting down from the engine one of the assassins shot him through the heart killing him instantly. The fire man jumped from the cab and run for his life while several shots were fired after him..." #10 "Near Flatonia Texas on the Southern Pacific Railroad, about 10:00 P.M., June 18th 1887Messenger M.E. Folger. Robbers Brack Cornett alias Capt Dick killed in Arresting. Bill Whitley [alias] John Hill [killed in Arresting], John Barbour or Barber [Killed in Arresting], Ed. Reaves alias Pat Reaves sent to state prison, J.A. Powell [alias] Bud Powell. As the train drew up at Flatonia two me[n] with drawn revolvers mounted the engine and compelled the engineer to pull the train out into the open prairie 1½ miles where three confederates were in waiting by a fire lighted as a signal for the stopping place...The passengers were all robbed of money and Jewelry. The express and mail cars were robbed..." #27 "Attempted Train Robbery. Near Alila Cala. on the Southern Pacific Railroad, about 8:30 PM., February 6th 1891...Fireman G.S. Radcliff (Killed by robbers)...Robbers Bob Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Grat Dalton and Bill Dalton as accessory...As the east bound train was leaving Alila the engineer Thorn and fireman Radcliff were suddenly confronted by pistols in the hands of two masked me[n] who had crawled over the coal onto the engine. The robbers stopped the train and taking Thorn & Radliff with them went back to the express car. A brakeman ran forward to see what the trouble was, was ordered to hold up his hands, which he did..." The entry notes that Grat Dalton was tried and convicted but escaped before sentencing, Bill Dalton was tried and acquitted, and "Bob and Emmett fled to the Indian Territory." #33 "Near Red Rock Cherokee Strip on the A.T. & S.F. Railroad, about 10:30 PM., June 2 1892...Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $381.00. Robbers Bob Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Grat Dalton, Bill Powers, Dick Broodwell, Geo Newcomb alias Slaughter Kid and Bill Doulin. Two were boarded engine at Red Rock Station and compelled engineer and fire man to run the train to the stock yards and the balance of the robbers joined the two...The Messenger and guard made heroic but unsuccessful defence and gave up the car in order to save the life of Fireman and Engineer the robbers after securing their booty mounted their horses and rode away." #38 "Attempted Train Robbery. Near Ponca, I.T. on the A.T. & S.F. Railroad about 9:30 PM., May 19 1893...The robbers took possession of station and station agent when the train approached the station the engineer discovered the presence of the robbers and becoming frightened stopped the train and would not do anything...This attempt was made by what was known as the 'Cook Gang'..." #47 "Near Rosco Switch on the Southern Pacific Railroad, about 11:15 PM., Saturday Dec 23rd 1893...Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $13.85 Amount Recovered Nothing. Burbank is about nine miles north of Los Angeles. Rosco about four miles further north...This train left Los Angeles on time 10:36 and reached Burbank on time. As this train was leaving the 'Ever Station' in Los Angeles a medium sized man dressed in dark clothes and hat got onto the front step of smoking car and was noticed there by a young [man] occupying the front seat in the smoking car...thereafter the train came to a sudden stop. The young man and two other beats thinking the stop was made to rid the train of tramp ran up by the engine where the young man saw the step man on the hinder with two pistols in his hands pointing toward the engineer...the two robbers took the engineer and fireman to the express car blew open the door with dynamite and robbed the car..." #48 "Near Red Fork, I.T. on the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, about 7:30 PM., July 19, 1894...A gang consisting of Bill Cook, Cherokee Bill, Henry Munson, Thurman Balding (alias 'Skeeter'), Elmer Lucas and Texas Jack, and one other man (Dr. Bowman) after robbing office, held up train. Messenger slipped two packages of currency ($1008.59 & $331.31) in his waybill register and they were overlooked by robbers. After beating messenger over head with a Winchester, they became convinced he had nothing and left..." #53 "Near Sylvia, Kan. On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, February 4th 1895...Robbers: Ed. Newcombe, alias Slaughter Kid, alias Bitter Creek and Will Blake, alias Tulsa Jack. Train was held up at station by masked men, who captured engineer and fireman and forced them to batter in the door of the express car...they went back and robbed the passengers, getting in all $78.65 from them..." #58 "Near Dallas, Texas, at W.K. & T. Crossing on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad, about 7:30 PM., February 26 1895...Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss Messenger's six shooter...Train was held up by four masked men. When it came to a stop at the crossing, two of them jumped on the engine, and covered the engineer and fireman; and two of them went back got the porter, making him cut the train between express car and smoker, cutting off baggage, mail and express cars...Sheriff Cable of Dallas, with blood hounds, was on ground...The dogs took the trail and circled around back towards town, where the trace was lost." #62 "Attempted Train Robbery. At Rio Puerco, N.M. 34 miles from Albuquerque on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, about 7:30 PM., Oct 2nd 1896...Train stopped at Rio Puerco to cool a hot pin on the engine. As the train started to move after a five minute stop a shot was fired which struck the brakemans lantern. A second shot put out the light. This occurred as the brakeman attempted to put off two men who were on the tender. A general fusillade ensued. The Engineer in charge of one of the robbers was marched back to uncouple the Express Car. While the Engineer was endeavoring to uncouple the Express Car Deputy U.S. Marshall Loomis who was on the train approached from the rear and fired upon the robbers, killing the leader Cole Young..." #64 "Near Lozier, Texas on the Southern Pacific Railroad, about 1:59 A.M., May 14th 1897...Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $4240.00 Amount Recovered $69.00. Robbers: Tom Ketchum, Bud Upshaw, and Dave Atkins. As the train was pulling into the station at Lozier, two masked men captured the engineer and fireman and compelled them to run up the road about a mile and a quarter to where the third man was, with the horses and dynamite. They ordered the engineer and fireman back to the express car and tried to make the engineer open the door with a pick, after firing through the door at the Mess[inger] and missing him only by a small margin. They then told him they would blow the car with dynamite..." #65 "Near Edmond, O.T. on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, about 12:30 A.M., August 16th 1897...Robbers: Al and Frank Jennings, Tom O'Malley and Dick West. At Edmunds two men climbed on the engine, and captured engineer and fireman, compelling them to run train to a point about a mile south of Edmunds, where they stopped the train and were joined by the other two, who kept up a continuous firing up and down the train..." #74 "Near Collis-Fresno Co., Cala. on the Southern Pacific Railroad about 11:50 PM., August 4th 1892...Wells, Fargo & Co's Loss $2172.00 Amount Received $1020.00. Robbers Chris Evans, Geo. Sontag alias Contant and John Sontag alias Contant. John Sontag killed while resisting arrest and Evans and Geo. Sontag sent to the Penitentiary at Folsom for life. About 11:30 P.M., Aug 4th 1892, Cris Evans, Geo. Sontag alias Contant and John Sontag alias Contant, held up the Southern Overland train at Collis in Fresno Co., California. They blew the safe with dynamite nearly killing Miss Geo. D. Roberts..." A history of the Evans-Sontag Gang's train robberies, and murders, follows on the next few pages, to 77. #87 "Near Comstock Texas on the Southern Pacific Train No. 20 Railroad, April 28th 1898...This robbery was committed by four men. Train stopped at Comstock, two men ran up to Engineer with Winchester and as he got down from engine tom oil ordered him back on his engine...When robbers entered they proceeded to blow safe...Rangers from Spofford Jct sent out to protect bridge which was reported was to be blown up that night came along about hour and half after the robbery and seeing three men on horses gave chase...Man sent out by Capt Dodge found that Tom Ketchum, Bud Upshaw and Dave Atkins had been seen the vicinity several days before the robbery...Later information shows conclusively that Atkins-Ketchum and Upshaw were the robbers..." #93 "Near Folsom, New Mexico on the Colorado & Southern Train no. 1 Railroad about 10:30 P.M. July 11th 1899...Robbers Sam Ketchum wounded by posse in pursuit-Died at Santa Fe N.M. penitentiary July 24, 1899...Train no.1 was held up...by three men, Sam Ketchum, William H. McGinnis and one unknown...Stationary car safe and messenger's local safe were blown to pieces by dynamite..." #94 "Near Folsom, New Mexico on the Colorado & Southern train no, 1 Railroad, about 10:30 P.M., August 16 1899...Held up...by one man, Tom Ketchum. A battle took place between the robber and Conductor F.E. Harrington, result in wounding the bandit in the right arm and his subsequent capture..." #99 "Contemplated Train Robbery Near Hatfield Ark on the Kansas City Southern Railroad, July 23 1901 Train #1...Robbers Bob Hampton (half breed) leader of the gang, Lige Nichols, John Pitts, Walter Leonard, Mack Hudson & Mack Wilson arrested on July 26/01 by Special Agents Bridgeman & Copeland and Sheriff R.W. Johnson & U.S. Marshall McNeal. When caught robbers had in their possession a red-light, Winchester rifles, dynamite & nitroglycerine; also in readiness in a pasture nearby a lot of stolen horses, saddled, preparatory to escape..."Sold for: $47,800.00. |
| 72002 | Wells Fargo & Company Treasure Box with Character ca. 1860s. Gold bars, dust, and coins, legal papers, checks, and Exchanges traveled in the famous Wells Fargo & Company green treasure box. These boxes where stored under the driver's seat of the stagecoach in the "Boot" beneath his feet. When filled with gold & silver bullion, they could weigh as much as 150 lbs. Wells Fargo & Company carried the most valuable assets of the West. But these sturdy green boxes constructed of Ponderosa pine, oak, and iron were highly prized by highway bandits. The real security of the Wells Fargo & Company treasure boxes came from the stagecoach guard know as the "Wells Fargo shotgun messenger." These were the kind of men you could depend on. If thieves were foolhardy enough to hold up and steal a treasure box in transit, they would find themselves staring down the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun. Unfortunately, these treasure boxes on the stages attracted outlaws. Between 1870 and 1884, bandits attempted to rob Wells Fargo gold shipments 347 times on stagecoaches. In those fourteen years, Wells Fargo & Company secured 226 convictions. This treasure box has tons of character; it's all original with lock and key, original leather handles on this box, has not been messed with. The top of box shows the wear from the driver resting his feet upon it as it sat in the Stagecoach boot. You can still see the Wells Fargo & Co painted front, with some of the of the white paint on name "Fargo" worn away from the lock rubbing against the wooden box. Has Manufacturer's stencil inside box "J. Y. Ayer, 3740 Seventeenth St. S. F. Cal." Measures approximately 20" x 12" x 10". Condition: Very good, has even wear on box, (as stated) not messed with.Sold for: $11,950.00. |
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| 72003 | Great Stereoview of Three Wells Fargo & Company & Overland Mail Stagecoaches ca. 1870s. All aboard for Virginia City and Overland Mail. This beautiful Central Pacific Railroad Stereo Card is a fantastic image. This photograph has three Concord Stagecoaches and a (CPRR) Central Pacific Railroad locomotive on the summit of the Donner Pass area. Signage on Stagecoaches, "Wells Fargo & Company". Photographer Alfred A. Hart, Sacramento California. Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Very fine, fantastic contrast.Sold for: $2,031.50. |
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| 72004 | San Francisco, California Directory, 1863. A wonderful early San Francisco Directory consisting of 528 pages on businesses and residents of the city. There are an additional 130 pages of local advertising with many of California's earliest banking houses, mining companies, assayers, express and steamship companies. This directory represents an early view of San Francisco, closely following the California gold rush. Measures approximately 6" x 9" Condition: Very good, some loose sections of pages.Sold for: $3,107.00. |
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| 72005 | California Gold Rush Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Man Holding Colt Dragoon ca. 1850s. Great cased image of California Gold Rush-era unidentified man holding a Colt dragoon and a very fancy swagger stick. He is posed in an unidentified California Gold Rush photographer's studio. A very pleasing image with great contrast. Slight tinting on cheeks. Seal has been broken. Measures approximately 2.75" x 3.75". Condition: Fine, image has a couple of minor spots, and toning around mat, very good contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72006 | Cased Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of California Gold Rush Woman ca. 1850s. Fabulous rare cased daguerreotype appears to be an unidentified California Gold Rush-era woman. Her flannel shirt (very typical gold rush style) has large dark spots all over, and she is also wearing a button down checkered shirt. She is sitting in the studio of the unknown daguerreotypist, staring intently. Case is very fine, but the seal is broken. Measures approximately 2.75" x 3.25". Condition: Fine, has some flyspecks, and light cleaning scratches.Not Sold. |
| 72007 | Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a California Gold Rush 49er with Rifle, Pistol, and Bowie Knife ca. 1850s. Early daguerreotype of a California Gold Rush man sitting in studio posing for the unknown photographer. He is holding a Hawken style Muzzle-loader rifle, and also has a small percussion pistol stuck in his belt. He is also sporting a great ebony wood handle Bowie knife. Wearing a very fancy shirt and wide brim hat, this California gold rush man has a fixed stare on the camera. The image has great clarity & contrast. The photograph has an angular composition as the photographer wanted to get the rifle in the photograph. In a leather tooled case, the photo is in very good condition with some repair to the binding of the leather case. Condition: Very good-fine, image has been cleaned as there are scratches on plate, exhibits great contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72008 | Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a California Gold Rush Man wearing Gold Rush Belt Buckle & Dragoon Holster ca. 1850s. Early California Gold Rush man sitting in unknown studio starring intently at the photographer. This man is wearing a two piece California gold rush belt buckle (gilded) & what appears to be a Dragoon holster; he is also wearing the typical California gold rush pull over flannel shirt. A very nice daguerreotype in leather case with brass frame. Condition: Fine, image has a couple of minor scratches, with great contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72009 | Quarter Plate Cased Daguerreotype of California "Gold Miner" Standing with Prominent Western Gold Rush Gentlemen ca. 1850s. Great cased daguerreotype is of a miner with a typical mining shirt and wide brim hat, he also has two-piece gilded eagle belt buckle on leather belt. The miner is shaking hands with what appears to be a very prominent gentleman from California. The gentleman has a gold watch fob with a large gold nugget hanging on the end. On the inner case printed on velvet, "R. H. Vance Premium Daguerrean Galleries, San Francisco, Sacramento & Marysville". The seal is broken. Case is separated, otherwise excellent. Measures approximately 3.25" x 4.25". These rare daguerreotypes taken in the 1850s by both known and unknown makers portray the men and women through untold tales of those that went west to seek their golden fortunes. These Images preserve the expressions of hope and uncertainty in this unforgiving land. Condition: Very fine, great contrast, light scratches from cleaning.Sold for: $3,734.38. |
| 72010 | Quarter Plate Cased Daguerreotype of a California Gold Rush Man Holding a Large Gold Nugget Ca. 1850s. Fantastic daguerreotype of an unidentified California Gold Rush miner. The man is posing for the photographer sitting at a table with his California gold mining scales to left and holding a large gold nugget. The photographers tinting shows great detail of this mans fancy vest, tie, and his pride and joy (the gilded large gold nugget). It is believed that there are blasting caps in the jar. This image has great content. In 1848, James Marshall was surveying the water course of a sawmill he was building on the American River (California). He bent down to pick up a shiny metal object which turned out to be a gold nugget. Marshall touched off the chain of events that would culminate in the greatest of all western gold rushes. Within a year, the 49ers, as they came to be known, made the mad scramble by the thousands for the "New El Dorado." California gold fever spread like wildfire, luring prospective miners from around the world. The California Gold rush was on. This daguerreotype is a remnant of the California gold rush era. Condition: Very good-fine, image has a couple of flaking spots, and touch of light toning.Not Sold. |
| 72011 | Fantastic Half Plate Daguerreotype of California Gold Rush Mining Scene ca. 1850s. Image is of an open pit mine at an undisclosed northern California location. It depicts the signs of cooperation in this large mining venture, as all the miners are working these diggings together, moving countless wheelbarrows of rock, gravel, and dirt to the surface for sluicing to find those elusive gold nuggets. These California miners took time out of their busy quest for gold to have this fantastic photograph taken, all of these California gold rush men are posing for the photographer. A scarce image with 17 men working their claim, they have built a wooden trough and pelton wheel to transfer water to the diggings. In the background there is a miners tent just above the diggings. Great daguerreotype of California Gold Rush. Has an unbroken seal & great leather case. Measures approximately 5.50" x 4.25". The California gold rush forty-niners, in their unrelenting quest for gold nuggets, decimated the California mountain areas around them, not caring about the environment they were in. They dammed rivers, logged the forests for timber, and washed hillsides bare. The search for gold is evident in this daguerreotype. Condition: Very fine, great contrast, two small spots at top, discoloration around edges of mat.Sold for: $28,680.00. |
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| 72012 | Wells Fargo & Company Silver Medal in Original Box 1902. The Wells Fargo name survives forever in our history. This express and banking business was launched by Henry F. Wells and William G. Fargo in San Francisco, to serve Gold Rush California and the rest of the United States. Around 1880, there were over 570 Wells Fargo offices. This medal was struck privately for presentation March 18, 1902, given to each employee in the company's service for one year or more. Research fails to establish identities of designer or striking firm. Listed as HK-296 Silver size 25. Obverse: Upper, stage coach scene; on ribbon, across Wells Fargo & Company; below Pony Express scene, Indian shooting at rider. Reverse: Scene of ship, factory, train microscopic Wells Fargo and Company Express on baggage car, quill pens and keys; clenched upright hand below emitting sparks or rays; across center, on ribbon 1852 March 18th 1902, below Express and Banking; at bottom Fidelity. This medal has the original presentation box in dark maroon leatherette jeweler's box, approximately 2" x 2", blue velvet and satin lined. Inside lid gilded, "Wells Fargo & Company March 18th, 1852. March 18th, 1902". Condition: Extremely fine, with very nice rainbow toningSold for: $717.00. |
| 72013 | Lot of Three Wells, Fargo & Co. First Exchanges, San Francisco, 1868-1869. Lot of three exchanges all from San Francisco, California during gold rush era, all are payable in gold coin and have California tax stamps and federal tax stamps affixed. Also all three have been paid. Measures approximately 9.25" x 4.50". Condition: Very good-fine, wear on edge, small chipsSold for: $358.50. |
| 72014 | Cabinet Card Photograph Cashier's Office "Wells Fargo & Company's Express" 1898. Great cabinet card of gentlemen sitting in Wells, Fargo & Co's Express office. There is a large open safe in background. The man is sitting at desk with pen in hand, next to his left hand is a pile of large size currency all banded. Has a great blue-green, W. F. & Co's Express Cashier's office stamp, dated July 3, 1898. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72015 | Banking House of Clark, Gruber & Company, 1863. The Clark, Gruber and Company banking firm was established in Leavenworth in 1857, by Milton E. and Austin M. Clark, brothers, and E. H. Gruber. They opened a branch house in Denver in 1859. Clark, Gruber and Company began issuing coins in Denver, July 20, 1860. Very scarce "Banking house of Clark, Gruber & Company" check drawn on their Leavenworth City, Kansas bank. Has a canceled bank check revenue stamp. Also has a great Clark & Gruber paid stamp on check. Measures approximately 7" x 2.75" Condition: Fine-very fine, cut cancel.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72016 | D. O. Mills & Company 2nd Exchange Sacramento, California, 1861. When Darius Ogden Mills heard about the gold discovery in early 1849, he quit his banking job in New York and went west. He planned on mining, but that was short lived. He then decided to sell products to miners that they desperately needed. In a very short time, D.O. Mills had accumulated a small fortune in gold. He then ordered a whole shipload of mining products from the east, but by the time they got to the west coast, there was a flood of merchants trying to sell their products to miners, so business was not that good. He ended up falling back on what he knew best and that was banking. He set up a small bank in Sacramento. Once again, in a very short period of time, he made an incredible fortune and as more gold was taken out of the mines so grew his fortune. He cashed out in 1862 and sold his bank. Later on D.O. Mills became a figurehead President of the Bank of California. Early Sacramento Gold Rush item, second of exchange promissory note. Have two beautiful vignettes of ships, a beautiful sailing ship and a steam paddle wheeler ship. Signed by D. O. Mills & Company. Measures approximately 8.75" x 4.25". Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $1,015.75. |
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| 72017 | 49er Died on the Banks of The Gila River En Route to the Gold Fields of California ca. 1850. A. S. Basye Autograph Letter Signed "A. S. Basye". Four pages 7.25" x 12.50", letter and cover. A fellow gold miner, and traveling companion writing to the deceased father, Townsend Stiles, Cape May County, New Jersey, February 5, 1850, with clear oval Sacramento territorial postmark (in part), "It becomes my painful duty to convey to you through the medium the painful and melancholy information of the death of your son, Lewis Stiles. He left the state of Missouri last April for California. We reached the waters of the Gila when he was attacked with violent diarrhea. He lasted 20 days and we hauled him in our wagon for a while but finally he could not stand it, we were induced to build him a boat. He died on the banks of the Gila in November, 1849. We placed him upon the boat as he was dying as was his dying request and conveyed him down the river for one day until we reached some high ground upon which to bury him. We secured his body from the wolves that infest the county. He had a rifle gun which I was compelled to dispose of. He lived 12 months upon the Osage River where I became acquainted with him but a short time previous to our expedition." Very historical account of one of many 49ers that did not make it. Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72018 | Office of Commissioners of San Francisco, Wharf Company Debt, 1851. Very important Gold Rush contract written by three of California's earliest financial wizards; Morse, Tallant, and James King of William, who represented the city of San Francisco and one of the state's first wharf companies built to dock ships bringing supplies and miners to the goldfields of California. James King of William would soon become the editor of the Daily Evening Bulletin. In 1856, one of his editorials angered James Casey, the conservative editor of the Sunday Times, who shot King. King died six days later and Casey was hung by the Vigilance Committee the same day. Measures approximately 7.75" x 12.50" Condition: Very fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72019 | CDV Photograph Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) ca. 1871. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humanist, humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer. He is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Twain became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists and European royalty. Very nice CDV of Mark Twain, (written on mount) sitting in Curney & Son photography studio, Fifth Ave. New York. This image attributed to 1871. Measures approximately 2.50" x 4". Condition: Fine, mount minor wear, light fly specks on image.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72020 | San Jose, (California) Very Early Stagecoach Waybill, 1849. Pueblo de San Jose, Saturday Sept. 22, 1849. "Mr. Piffard is the tenth passenger, he goes under the understanding that it is optional with Capt. Davis to take him from Sanches Rancho or not". Very RARE Stagecoach waybill from the "Whisman & Davis Line," the California Gold Rush-era's earliest known stagecoach line. They sold ten seats on the stage according to the receipt. Condition: Fine-very fine with folds.Not Sold. |
| 72021 | Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San Francisco, 1853. Nice California Gold Rush item carried aboard the good ship vessel Carrier Pigeon with "Doane" as Master, now lying in the Port of Boston, and bound for San Francisco. Two barrels of Merchandise. Paid $10.12. Jan 21st 1853. Nice multi-color flag printed on receipt. Measures approximately 10" x 7". Condition: Fine-very fine, minor folds, pin holes left center edge.Not Sold. |
| 72022 | Two Cabinet Card Photographs Hydraulic Gold Mining California, ca. 1890s. First image is the "Jumbo La Grange Hydraulic Gold Mining Company" in Weaverville, Trinity County, California. It depicts a monitor shooting water in a large gravel pit. No photographer named. Second image is a man standing in front of huge monitor in pit; it has no photographer or identification. Large image measures approximately 10" x 6.75". Condition: Very good, good contrast, photo & mount has foxing.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72023 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Armed Miner with Wheel Barrow, Ca. 1880s. Great photograph of a miner with a pistol stuck in his cartridge belt. He is also wearing some unique suspenders that appear to feature strawberrys. He is posed with a wheel barrow that is lettered on side "From Los Angeles, California to Cincinnati, Ohio." There is no photographer or identification on photograph. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, normal wear on mounts, photo has some small paper missing at bottom left.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72024 | Cabinet Card Photograph Birdseye View Truckee, California, ca. 1880s-1890s. On April 12, 1868, the Nevada City Daily Transcript announced: "The name 'Coburn's Station' (original name of Truckee) has been discarded by the people of that town and it is now called 'Truckee.' We learn from a correspondent that the post office has been discontinued at Donner Lake and a new one has been established at Truckee." This cabinet card image of Truckee was taken by H. K. Gage (Herman Kimball Gage) photographer, studio corner of Church and Bridge in Truckee, Nevada County, California. 1874-1886. Birdseye view photograph of this bustling town of Truckee, with its wooden buildings, river, and railroad tracks in the middle of town. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good, has some foxing and mount is soiled, has rub on corners & break at middle top.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
| 72025 | Imperial Size Photograph of Miners on Beach of Nome, Alaska, ca. 1900. In July 1898, gold was discovered on Anvil Creek near what was to become Nome, Alaska. The prospectors soon began to arrive, and by 1900, U.S. Census statistics listed Nome as the home of one-third of Alaska's white population. Great large size photograph by McClelland, of the gold miners on the beach of Nome, Alaska. Very busy scene of literarily tons of supplies; the miners are milling around in this makeshift tent town. Trying to make their fortune in gold. Measures approximately 12" X 10". Condition: Very fine, excellent contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72026 | Lot of 22 Photographs Taken During Klondike Gold Rush, ca. 1900. Scenes depicted include several of local Indians and the Treadwell Gold Mining Company. Photos attributed to Edward Larrs (P.E. Larson) of Goldfield Nevada. His Alaska images are sharp and detailed. Of particular importance are his town views and his images of Native Americans. This is a great collection detailing areas of Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush. Collection acquired from P.E. Larson's granddaughter in Coos Bay, Oregon. Measure approximately 4.25" x 5.25" Condition: Very good-fine.Sold for: $717.00. |
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| 72027 | Imperial Size Photograph of Mining Town Morenci, Arizona Territory, ca. 1890-1900. In 1882, the Detroit Copper Company smelter was shut down because an Apache Indian raid killed several workers, stole the supplies, and left the smelter riddled with bullet holes. Because of the difficulties with the Indians and the high cost of ore transportation to the smelter in Clifton, the smelter was relocated in 1883 closer to the mining in Copper Mountain. As part of the move the name "Morenci" was given to this new area, replacing the old name of "Joy's Camp." Birdseye view photograph depicts a large town with many buildings both commercial and residential. Also note the many rail tracks in town on different levels. A great image from the far East Arizona Territory. Measures approximately 13" x 10". Condition: Fine, some light contrast, mount has small chips.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72028 | Imperial Size Photograph of U. V. C. Co. Smelter in Jerome, Arizona, ca. 1890s. A mining camp named Jerome was established atop "Cleopatra Hill" in 1883. It was named for Eugene Murray Jerome, a New York investor who owned the mineral rights and financed mining there. Eugene Jerome never visited his namesake town. Jerome was incorporated as a town on 8 March 1889. The town housed the workers in the nearby United Verde Mine, which was said to produce over 1 billion dollars in ore over the next 70 years. Jerome was reincorporated as a city in 1899 and a building code specifying brick or masonry construction instituted to end the frequent fires that had repeatedly burned up sections of the previously. Imperial size photograph of the U. V. C. Co. (United Verde Copper Co.) Smelter, in Jerome, Arizona taken by unidentified photographer depicts the mining operation as it was in busy times. Measures approximately 9" x 7". Condition: Very fine, image has great contrast, mount has some light wear on edges.Sold for: $388.38. |
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| 72029 | Knights of Templar Silk Ribbon, Bodie, California, 1883. The Knights of Templar was a secret society founded in 1096. Many fraternal organizations sprang up quickly in western mining camps including Bodie. In 1883 Bodie's Templar lodge was thriving with several hundred members. An annual conclave was being held in San Francisco that year and Bodie proudly sent a contingent from their lodge. Bodie began as a mining camp of little note following the discovery of gold in 1859 by prospector W. S. Bodey. That November, Bodey perished in a blizzard after making a supply trip to Monoville. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered a profitable deposit of gold bearing ore that transformed Bodie from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boom town. Measures approximately 2.50" x 9.50" Condition: Very fine-excellent.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72030 | Bodie, California Mining District Record of Claims and Locations, 1880. Ten page brochure, a resource that shows the name of each mining company, the date of location, and the date recorded in the records of the Bodie mining district. 1880 was the year of Bodie's largest production and the camp was in its prime. It lists over 200 mines and includes the sub claims as well. This is believed to be the only source that lists all of the Bodie mines during it's heyday. Measures approximately 5.75" x 8.50" Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
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| 72031 | Imperial Size Photograph "Goldfield, Nevada," early 1900s. Photograph taken by Larson. Titled: "Goldfield Happy Hunch Mining & Milling Co, Goldfield, Nevada, Showing diamond drill No. 1 and shafts No. 2-3-4." This very rare photograph depicts wagons, their miners tents, and men working on a drilling rig in the Goldfield area of Nevada. There is a wooden sign on the building reading "Goldfield Happy Hun" Measures approximately 14" x 11". Condition: Fine, mount has broken corner bottom right.Sold for: $896.25. |
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| 72032 | Cabinet Card Photograph Main Street "Goldfield, Nevada," ca. 1900. Fantastic photograph by A. Allen. A very busy street scene of this famous town "Goldfield, Nevada". Photograph depicts many people in the town. There is some signage, (Peerless Café), etc. Many people moving about, un-loading wagons, un-loading supplies, etc. A great street scene. Measures approximately 9" x 7". Condition: Fine-very fine, light soiling on mount.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72033 | Photograph Main Street, Goldfield, Nevada, ca. 1908. Many main street businesses are visible and the town is decked out it in its best red, white, and blue decorations for the Fourth of July celebration. Photo by A. Allen. Measures approximately 8" x 6" Condition: Very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $1,553.50. |
| 72034 | Photograph by P.E. Larson, Goldfield, Nevada, 1906. A very important Goldfield, Nevada photograph of armed guards riding with a wagon of gold ore. Photo is captioned by Larson, "A wagon load of gold ore value $360,000. From Francis Mohawk. Conveying from state bank vault Goldfield, Nevada." Measures approximately 8" x 6". Condition: Fine, two inch crease right bottom corner.Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72035 | 20,000 Spectators at the Drilling Contest, Goldfield, Nevada, ca. 1906. Photograph taken on Independence Day depicting miners participating in a drilling contest. In the background of this photograph, there are four infamous saloons, Sideboard, Eagle, Elite, and the Northern owned by Tex Rickard. Photography by P.E. Larson. Measures approximately 9.50" x 7.50" Condition: Good, has been folded in three parts, folds break into image.Sold for: $2,629.00. |
| 72036 | Photograph Mining Scene Goldfield, Nevada, ca. 1907. Scarce photograph of Goldfield combination mining company in Goldfield, Nevada. The spur built by the Bullfrog Goldfield railroad can be seen in the foreground with changing room of mining company in the background. The significance of the changing room to the history of mining in southern Nevada is unsurpassed. It was the changing room that began the miners' strike that would eventually lead to Theodore Roosevelt sending Federal troops to Goldfield. The miners coming off shift were high grading (hiding ore in their clothing); the company in an effort to stop the practice built a changing house with an arm guard posted. The miners were forced to undress and change their clothes before leaving company grounds. The head frame of the Goldfield Florence mine is also visible in the photo. Measures approximately 8.50" x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, soiled.Sold for: $239.00. |
| 72037 | Photograph Rochester Gold Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada, ca. 1904. Very early image of dignitaries and a gallows frame of one of Goldfield's earliest ventures. Buildings near mining works are still in the form of tents. Tracks for ore carts are visible as are several workers. 1904 prospectus states "It is confidently expected that the next 60 days work will reveal large bodies of high grade ore since everything thus far disclosed by the development work clearly warrants expectation." Measures approximately 12' x 10". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has minimal wear.Sold for: $239.00. |
| 72038 | Two Very Early Goldfield, Nevada Imperial Size Photographs by A. Allen. These two images are very early photographs of the Goldfield area, they depict some tailings, men at their claims, etc. These images were taken in the winter, as snow is on the ground; one image depicts a large supply wagon in background, and water tank at top of tall mountain. Both photographs have a very light stamp A. Allen Goldfield, marked on plate "A. Allen Photo, Pioneer Studio." Measure approximately 10.75" x 8.75". Condition: Very fine, normal light wear on mounts.Sold for: $537.75. |
| 72039 | Three Imperial Size Photographs "Goldfield, Nevada" Spencer & Miller Co., ca. Early 1900s. Gold was discovered at Goldfield in 1902, its year of incorporation. By 1904 the Goldfield district produced about 800 tons of ore, valued at $2,300,000, 30% of the state's production that year. This remarkable production caused Goldfield to grow rapidly, and it soon became the largest town in the state. One prominent, or notorious, early Goldfield resident was George Graham Rice, a former forger, newspaperman, and racetrack tipster, turned mining stock promoter. The collapse of his Sullivan Trust Company and its associated mining stocks caused the failure of the Goldfield State Bank in 1907. Rice quickly left Goldfield, but continued to promote mining shares for another quarter-century. Goldfield reached a peak population of about 30,000 people in 1906. In 1907 Goldfield became the county seat. In addition to the mines, Goldfield was home to large reduction works. The gold output in 1907 was over $8.4 million; in 1908 about $4,880,000. By the 1910 census, its population had declined to 4,838. By 1912, ore production had dropped to $5 million. Three large format photographs of the Spenker & Miller Company. They operated a mercantile operation in Goldfield during the heyday. There are two images of the interior of the store, with various sundries, a store full of goods, can goods, brooms, coffee pots, etc. The outside photograph is the front of the store, with many people standing outside with there delivery wagons. The images are photographed by the "Allen Photo Company", Goldfield, Nevada. Measure approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Fine-very fine, very light soiling.Sold for: $478.00. |
| 72040 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Moet & Chandon Champagne Delivery, ca. 1913-1915. Town of Tonopah, Nevada grew up around the site at which Jim Butler discovered silver ore in 1900. By 1907, Tonopah had become a regular city, with modern hotels, electric and water companies, five banks, schools, and hundreds of other buildings. In 1913, the Tonopah Club opened its doors, and here we see a delivery man dropping off a huge shipment of champagne to the drinking and gambling establishment. Has penciled notation just below the Tonopah Club's window. "Florentine Art Studio, Herbert T. Shaw, Photographer. Tonopah, Nev." A terrific photo from the Nevada mining boom. Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72041 | Imperial Size Photograph Street Scene, Tonopah, Nevada, 1906. This photograph by H. T. Shaw taken in Tonopah, Nevada is the funeral precession of Sheriff Thomas Logan on April 12th 1906. He was killed by gun fire Saturday, April 7, 1906. This is a great street scene from this early Nevada mining town. Sheriff Logan was shot and killed while coming to the aid of a saloon matron in Manhattan, Nevada. The matron was being harassed by a drunken gambler inside. As Sheriff Logan attempted to eject the man from the saloon the man suddenly pulled out a gun and shot him five times. Although mortally wounded, he was able to subdue the suspect until a deputy arrived at the scene. The suspect in his murder was later acquitted. Sheriff Logan was serving his third term as Sheriff and had been with the agency for eight years. He was survived by his wife and eight children. Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has light water stain.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72042 | Gould and Curry Mining Company Assay Report Book Virginia City, Nevada, 1864-1865. Assay receipt book from the Gould and Curry Mining Company containing a little over one year of assay receipts taken at their mill. Begins September 3, 1864 and continues almost daily until January 10, 1865 with a total of 329 assay receipts. These assay reports come from three locations; West Battery, Dallis Mill, and the Tailings Plant. Ore samples were furnished by three assayers. Assay reports averaged in the seventy to eighty dollar range with a high of $328. Living up to the Comstock's reputation as a silver producer, silver value ran three times higher than gold value. Measures approximately 5.25" x 5.75" Condition: Very good-fine.Sold for: $3,585.00. |
| 72043 | Lot of Three Photographs, Interior Views of the Con Virginia Cyanide Plant, Virginia City, Nevada, ca. 1890s. The views are titled; "End View, Showing Upper and Lower Sections," "Center of Upper Section," and "Side View of Lower Section." Photographer is unidentified, but done in the format of J.H. Crockwell. Measures approximately 8.50 x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72044 | Stereoview, Goldhill (Virginia City), Nevada, ca. 1870s. Wonderful Stereoview depicting the Comstock town of Goldhill, Nevada. The confident mining company's mill is prominently featured on the hill above the town. Several additional mining works are also visible. Measures approximately 7" x 4" Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72045 | Stereoview, C Street, Virginia City, Nevada, 1868. A spectacular main street view in the heart of the Comstock lode Virginia City, Nevada. This view pictures a stagecoach in front of the Brooklyn Hotel. Image was most likely taken in the fall of 1868. There is a Republican campaign broadside visible. This is a very early image of Virginia City in its prime. Measures approximately 7" x 4" Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $1,434.00. |
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| 72046 | Photograph D.W. Earl & Co. Tuscarora, Nevada, 1887. The D.W. Earl & Company manufactured and freighted supplies to various mining camps throughout Nevada. This image of their lumber operation depicts stacked lumber, two mules, some workers, and D.W. Earl Sr. as noted below the image. Measures approximately 3.75" x 6". Condition. Mount and image are both soiled, and water damaged.Not Sold. |
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| 72047 | Photograph Captain J.P. Donnely's Posse Gerlach, Nevada, 1911. A rare photograph taken in Gerlach, Nevada of Captain J.P. Donnely and posse- Donnely, three Nevada State policeman and fourteen members of the local township as volunteers of the posse. In February 1911, a band of Shoshone Indians lead by Shoshone Mike, slaughtered five local cattlemen, a mustache was cut off one body, the eyelid of another was missing and the gold fillings had all been removed. Nevada governor immediately dispatched Donnely and a posse was formed. Thirteen days and 200 miles later, the posse caught up with Shoshone Mike and his band. Measures approximately 8.25" x 6.25" Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72048 | Photograph Bowers Mansion, Washoe County, Nevada, 1875. The mansion was designed by J. Neeley Johnson, formerly the governor of California, and built at a cost of $300,000 in 1863. When Mr. Bowers died in 1868, his wife Eilley fell on hard financial times. She raised money by renting out the mansion and hosting parties but eventually lost her home to foreclosure in 1876. Photo depicts stagecoach arriving, two buggies parked out front, an American flag hanging from the third floor, and about two dozen guests. Image size: 7.75" x 6.25". Condition. Very good, top of mount is absent with no loss of image.Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72049 | Four Placer Mining Miners in Prescott, Arizona Territory, ca. 1880s. Great photograph by Will R. Beatty from Prescott, Arizona, depicts four miners in the mountains of Arizona, placer mining, Two in background working a pan, and two with a sluice box and also a mining pan. One man sitting on rock working pan, as other man has shovel in hand with pick on ground, both men pose for the photographer. A great mining scene in the Wild West of Arizona Territory. Measures approximately 7.50" x 5.50". Condition: Fine, nice contrast, mount has light dirt.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72050 | Lot of Ten Photographs of "Sunnyside Mine," Cochise County, Arizona, ca. 1890s. Lot consists of ten photographs from the Sunnyside Mine, Buckhorn Basin Cochise Co. Arizona. Written on back in period pencil, on each photo. (1) Image four gentlemen in wagon, with two armed guards next to them (verso) "My Office at Sunnyside Mine, Arizona". (2) Man sitting on horse in front of mine with rifle (verso) "Buckhorn Basin 37 miles South East of Wilcox, Arizona". (3) Man sitting on horse in front of mine with rifle (verso) "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Cochise Co., Arizona 1884". (4) Man on wagon in front of mine (verso) "My $500 Mules at Sunnyside Mine Buckhorn Basin Arizona". (5) Men on wagon in front of mine, with guns (verso) "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Arizona Cochise Co". (6) Two men at mill emptying ore cart. "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Arizona" (7) Mining concentrators in back ground. "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Arizona" (8) Again, mining concentrators in back ground. "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Arizona" (9) two men standing in front of ore dump pile. "Buckhorn Basin Sunnyside Mine Arizona" (10) Man standing alone. "Cook at Sunnyside Mine Arizona". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72051 | Tombstone Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate, 1881. The town of Tombstone was founded in 1879, taking its name from the mining claim, and soon became a boomtown. Fueled by mineral wealth, Tombstone was a city of 1000 by the beginning of 1881, and within another year Tombstone had become the seat of a new county (Cochise County) with a population between 5,000 and 15,000. Capitalists and businessmen moved in from the Eastern U.S. Mining was carried out by immigrants. Infamous for the O. K. Corral and the Earp brothers. Very early canceled (paid) Tombstone stock certificate for 10,000 shares at $25. Dollars each is a fair amount of money at the time. The certificate is from the Tombstone Mining District, Cachise (Cochise) County A. T. (Arizona Territory) Dated June 25 1881. Measures approximately 9.75" x 4.25". Condition: Very fine, great condition.Sold for: $2,270.50. |
| 72052 | Mining Letter Colorado Territory Central City, C. T. (Colorado Territory), 1864. This four page, folded leaf, 8" x 10" letter, dated 1864 from Central City, C. (Colorado) T. (Territory) is addressed to the president of the Rockdale Gold Mining Company. The letter concerns title and conveyance to some mining claims in the region including the Nelson & Wood lode and the Calhoun Lode, another claim was pre-empted in July of 1860 by G. A. Amiot a Frenchman . The letter goes on to discuss cleaning up some questionable titles and legal problems and closes by mentioning trading some claims in the Russell District. The letter is signed Johnson & Teller as attorneys, but the letter is entirely handwritten by Henry Teller. Tellers mining wealth allowed him to build the famous "Teller (Theater) House" in Central City. Teller was known as one of the Territory's best orators and was elected a U. S. Senator and then appointed Secretary of the Interior. Measures approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Fine-very fine.Not Sold. |
| 72053 | Black Hawk, C. T. (Colorado Territory) Mining Letterhead, 1865. One page, 8" x 11" ornate letterhead of "Office of the Kenyon Mining Company" with date line "Black hawk, C. T. January 11, 1865". The letter introduces the bearer, Charles Hill as president of the Broadway Mining Association, who has paperwork for negotiating the sale of their mining property along with instructions for the sale - "Charlie also takes with him a valuable lot of property & you can aid him I hope in negotiating the same." The letter closes on a more ominous note, "We are having Indian troubles again and things look Squally" Letter signed "S. H. Buttrick". Very scarce item from Colorado Territory, with great ending content. Condition: Very fine, light folds, very small tear at top.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72054 | Lot of Three Mining Stereoviews: Black Hawk & Central City, Colorado, ca. 1880s. In 1859, John Gregory discovered "The Gregory Lode" in a gulch near Central City. Within two weeks, the gold rush was on and within two months the population grew to 10,000 people seeking their fortunes. William Byers, founder of the Rocky Mountain News, and some companions pitched their tents on open ground squarely in the center of the mining district. Thus Central City was born and was soon the leading mining center in Colorado. It came to be known as "The Richest Square Mile on Earth". The first two birdseye view Stereoviews are of "Black Hawk" & "Central City", both are photographed by Reed & McKenney of Central City, Colorado. The third birdseye view of Central City, Colorado was photographed by W. G. Chamberlain of Denver. A paper tag on verso from Chamberlain's studio gives facts about the area of Central City, and that the C. C. R. R. is only a 45 mile ride. Two measure approximately 3.50" x 7", the other 4" x 7". Condition: Very good-fine, mounts have very light soiling.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72055 | Imperial Size Photograph of National Guard Goldfield, Colorado 1903. The series of incidents that have most frequently been referred to as the Colorado labor wars involved a struggle between the Western Federation of Miners and the mine operators, particularly the Cripple Creek Mine Owners' Association, during the period from 1903 to 1905. Like so many other fights between the miners and the owners of the mines, this was a brutal and bloody period in Colorado history. Additional participants in Colorado's labor struggles have included the National Guard, often informally called the militia, pursuant to instructions adjutant General Sherman M. Bell issued orders to the first regiment, and other companies of infantry, cavalry, and artillery of the Colorado National guard to proceed to the Cripple Creek District. On Sept. 4th, they arrived, in number about 700, and went into permanent quarters at camp Goldfield, among the largest mining properties in the district, near the town of Goldfield. Imperial size photograph taken by R. G. Leonard, Denver, Colorado (blind Stamped lower right bottom) of Company "F" 1st Infantry National Guard of Colorado, stationed at Goldfield, Colorado 1903. The Infantry troops sitting for the photographer with there rifles, campaign hats and full dress uniforms. Measures approximately 13" x 11". Condition: Very fine, mount has usual wear, and has been trimmed on right Sold for: $1,553.50. |
| 72056 | Imperial Size Photograph of Coal Miners in Rouse, Colorado, 1890s-1900s. This image depicts the tipple, the structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars. Crew are posing for the photographer Davis, of Walsenburg, Colorado. There are 13 coal miners, one has a candle on his hat, holding a lunch bucket, one holding an oil can, the rest of them look a little dirty from coal dust- a great Colorado coal mining image. Notation on image: Tipple crew Rouse, Colo. The town and mine Rouse were named after S. F. Rouse of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company. This town is six miles south of Walsenburg, Colorado. The coal mine was operated by Colorado Fuel and Iron. Rouse was the No. 4 mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. It opened in 1888 as the biggest coal mine in the state, and in 1889 was the leading producer in Huerfano County, averaging 70 rail cars a day. Measures approximately 9.75" x 6.75". Condition: Fine, mount has some rounded & soft corners.Not Sold. |
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| 72057 | Three Mining Photographs by W. H. Jackson, ca. 1880s-1890s. While traveling throughout the West, Jackson recorded these images: (a) an exterior shot of the Gold Bug Mining Co. Office with a man on a buckboard led by two horses; (b) the interior of the Gold Bug building showing large pieces of machinery being watched over by a miner; (c) an exterior shot of the mine opening with men and equipment around it. It is not certain if this is the Gold Bug Mining Co. of California, Idaho, Nevada, or Oregon, however the background scenery seems to suggest a Nevada site. Each image measures 9.25" x 7" and is affixed to Jackson's slightly larger mount with gilt printing at lower left and gilt edging all around. Condition: A few scuffs and minor wear to corners of mounts, otherwise all are in fine condition.Sold for: $286.80. |
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| 72058 | Imperial Size Photograph Ground Sluicing Colorado, ca 1880s-1890s. Very scarce photograph of ground sluicing, a very intricate sluice construction, many men are working this ingenious gold mining contraption. There are men shoveling gravel into sluice, and men checking sluice for gold nuggets. Left side printed on image "ground sluicing" right side printed on image "cleaning up". Paper tag verso, "Colorado Views C. W. Erdlen, photographer, Buena Vista, Colo." Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine-very fine, great contrast, minor soiling on mount.Sold for: $567.63. |
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| 72059 | Lot of Three Photographs "Colorado Mining Scenes" ca 1890s. Three cabinet cards photographs of Colorado Mining towns. First cabinet card is a bird's-eye view of Silver Plume, Colorado shows many tailings above town. In pencil verso 9176 feet above sea level, Silver Plume (Colo) Printed in purple ink "G. Estabrooks" maybe photographer. Second photograph is Idaho Springs, Colorado depicts many buildings and tailing in the distance. Printed on front Idaho Springs, Colo. 120., verso "W. H. Walker, Idaho Springs, Colo." Last image no identification on town, only identification is printed verso, "L. McLean, Idaho Springs, Colo." Two images measure approximately 8" x 5" one at 6.50" 4.25". Condition: Very good, Idaho Springs excellent, Silver Plume light contrast, mounts dirty Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72060 | Imperial Size Photograph of Mining Operation by F. Jay Haynes, ca. 1880s. Very nice photograph of this unidentified mining operation, with many buildings on this large mining property. Photographed attributed on verso to F. Jay Haynes, official photographer N. P. R. R. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $1,195.00. |
| 72061 | Cabinet Card Photograph: Street Scene Leadville, Colorado, ca. 1880s-1890s. Very nice early street scene of Leadville, Colorado. Photographed and published by J. Collier Denver, Colorado. Photograph has great signage on Harrison Avenue (printed in purple at bottom) Justice of the peace, loan office, book store, shoe store, drug store, bakery, etc. A very nice street scene of this great gold rush mining town with snow capped peaks in background. Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, has light bent upper right corner.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72062 | Imperial Size Photograph of Street Scene in Leadville, Colorado, ca. 1880s. Placer mining for gold was started in California Gulch in 1859. By 1861 5,000 prospectors covered the area and the settlement of Oro City was established. The placer deposits quickly played out and even though the Printer Boy Mine was successfully opened in 1868, by the 1870s, the area was almost deserted. In 1878 a metallurgist named Alvinius Woods and his partner William Stevens visited the area and discovered that the local sands which had made sluicing gold so difficult were composed of carbonate of lead with an extremely high silver content. The mother lode was discovered on the side of Iron Hill. This discovery led to the second boom in the area, the silver rush would lead to the founding of Leadville. Thousands were drawn to the area by the discovery of silver in the mid 1870s. As a result of this explosive growth, the city of Leadville was incorporated in January 1878. At an elevation of 10,200 feet, it is the highest incorporated city in the country. By the end of 1879 the population in Leadville reached 18,000. By 1893 the estimated population reached 60,000. This was the period when great fortunes were made and lost throughout the district. This large format photograph of Leadville, Colorado has no photographer or identification, but it's a well documented street scene in this gold & silver mining town. Has great signage in this very busy town. It appears to be a winter scene as there is snow on roofs and in the background. Measures approximately 8.50" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, has some light foxing on image and mount.Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72063 | Lot of Five Stereoviews of Leadville, Colorado, ca. 1880s. Placer mining for gold was started in California Gulch in 1859. By 1861 5,000 prospectors covered the area and the settlement of Oro City was established. The placer deposits quickly played out and even though the Printer Boy Mine was successfully opened in 1868, by the 1870s the area was almost deserted. In 1878 a metallurgist named Alvinius Woods and his partner William Stevens visited the area and discovered that the local sands which had made sluicing gold so difficult were composed of carbonate of lead with and extremely high silver content. The mother lode was discovered on the side of Iron Hill. This discovery led to the second boom in the area, the silver rush would lead to the founding of Leadville. The first stereo is a view of "Col. Sellers' Mine, California Gulch, Colorado" (Leadville) Popular Series. Next photo card # 2876 is "Leadville, Col." Birdseye view, photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers. Next card #49- "The little Pittsburg, Leadville, Colo." Photograph by Chas. Weitfle, Central City, Colo. The last two stereoviews are scenes around Leadville, Colorado by photographer Brisbois of Leadville, Col. Measures approximately small are 7" x 3.50", large are 7" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, mounts have light soiling.Sold for: $2,629.00. |
| 72064 | Two Cabinet Card Photographs "Iron Mine" Leadville, Colorado, ca. 1880s. Two albumen images of the "Iron Mine", photographed in a winter storm. Overall view of the mine. Printed on Image 981 "Iron Hill, Leadville". Second image, 984- "West from the Iron Mine, Leadville." Unidentified photographer, but probably photographed by William H. Jackson. 7" x 4.5". Condition: Very good-fine, light soiling.Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72065 | Two Imperial Size Photographs of Sneffles, Colorado, ca. 1890s. Ouray was built primarily on silver production in its early days. Although most all of its mines did produce some gold, the best-known properties were silver producers. Of the prominent mines around Ouray, only the American Nettie established itself as a rich gold mine. These two images are from the Virginius Mine, near Sneffles, Colorado. Printed on the photograph is "Ashenfelter Train, Sneffles Colorado 1897". The donkeys are hauling ore from the Virginius mine. The second image is the Revenue mine same area. The photograph was taken at the smelter just below Ouray, Colorado. Seen in the background is the Ashenfelter stables. Images measure approximately 11" x 9" and 10" x 8". Condition: Very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $896.25. |
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| 72066 | Photograph of Portland Gold Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, ca. 1890s. Newcomers Jimmy Burns & Jimmy Doyle pored over crude claim maps, measured distances between claim stakes, and picked at every square inch of Battle Mountain. And then they found it. In the midst of the crazy patchwork quilt of mining claims was a tiny, unmarked triangle nestled between three other claims. It was only 1/10th of an acre, but after a quick trip to the courthouse, it was theirs. In honor of their old hometown, the boys named their claim the Portland. They were thrilled. It took until January of 1896 for the bulk of the legal battles to wind down. The tiny Portland had grown from one claim on 1/10th of an acre to more than 30 claims on 135 acres. Instead of being the smallest, weakest mine in Cripple Creek; it was now the biggest and strongest. This photograph of the 3 o'clock shift on the Portland was taken by H. Brennan of Cripple Creek, Colorado. It depicts many gold miners sitting in front with candles, sticks, and lunch pails in hand, many men have numerous candles in their pockets for their long day underground. Measures approximately 7.75" x 6". Condition: Good-very good, has stain upper right near corner.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72067 | Lot of Two Imperial Size Photographs Gold Mining Cripple Creek, Colorado, ca. 1890s. The first image is a group of miners with candles and sticks standing in front of the gold mining building with a caption on top "Garfield-Grouse Gold M. Co.", and in background, "Bull Hill". The second image is of a few miners sitting with sticks in hand looking at the photographer. Captions read "A Big Producer" and "New Shaft Noon Anchor C. Creek, Colo. Sept. 20, 97." Both images measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, mounts have problems, but does not affect imagesSold for: $358.50. |
| 72068 | Lot of Two Cabinet Card Photographs of Mining Town Idaho Springs, Colorado, ca. 1890s. First cabinet card photograph is a "Birds eye view" of Idaho Springs, Colorado photographed by Jake Whitter of Denver, Colorado- a very detailed photograph of that great gold mining town. The second photograph is a cabinet card, also by Whitter. This image is of the Consolidated Stanley Mining Company just outside of Idaho Springs. The Stanley mine was approximately 1½ miles up Spring Gulch from its confluence with Chicago Creek, roughly ½ mile southwest of Idaho Springs as the crow flies. This photograph was taken looking eastward toward Chicago Creek with Spring Gulch at the right of the image. You can read the name of the company on one of the buildings with a magnifying glass. They measure approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good-fine, dirty mount, small chipping on the bird's eye image.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72069 | Extracts from the Report of Hon. F. A. Trittle, Governor of Arizona, to the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, Washington City, for the year 1883. Six page territorial imprint on the Progress of the Territory of Arizona. "During the time intervening since the last report was submitted to your office... The Territory can now claim 75,000 people... During the last two years exceptional development has been made in all our industries, mining, grazing, and agricultural... Arizona Territory: Its present condition and future outlook. Within the past two years the Territory of Arizona has made rapid progress in wealth, population, and general advancement. The completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad across the northern portion of the Territory has given a marked impetus to all branches of industry..." Measures approximately 8.25" x 13.25". Condition: Very good-fine, some discoloration.Not Sold. |
| 72070 | Lot of Four Stereoviews of 800 Men in Line, Burke, Wardner, Idaho Divide, Idaho, ca. 1880s. Three stereoviews of Idaho are all photographed by T. N. Barnard, of Wallace, Idaho. Thomas Nathan Barnard (1861-1916) assistant to Huffman, Miles City Montana Territory 1881-1883, active in Coeur d'Alene region, Idaho Territory, 1886-1887, photo studio in Murray 1887, Wardner 1887-1889, Wallace 1889-1913. 1). "The Summit- Montana and Idaho Divide". Sign next to tracks, "Coeur d' Alene divide Idaho, Montana elevation 4680 above sea level". 2). "Wardner, Idaho" A great street scene in this silver mining town around 1887, you can read some of the signage. 3). "The Only Street in Burke, Idaho", is a very nice street scene with a lot of readable signage. The town was once a thriving silver and lead town with a population of almost 2,500. It was situated in a canyon only about 300 feet wide located on Burke-Canyon Creek Road in the northernmost part of the Shoshone County. Known for the train tracks running through the middle of town. 4). "11th of July, 1895 - 800 men in line", during the mining strike of the region. All measure approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72071 | Imperial Size Bird's Eye View Photograph of Deadwood, Dakota, ca. 1890s. Very nice photograph of Deadwood, Dakota photographed by Cross, views of the Northwest, from Niobrara, Nebraska. Depicts are very large mining town with lots of buildings. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, slight light contrast, mount has wear on edges.Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72072 | Mining Town Photograph "White Canyon Jessup, Nevada" ca 1908. Jessup, Churchill County Nevada. Other names refereed to (Copper Valley, New Virginia & Sebastopol). Gold and silver were discovered first in 1864, then again in 1908 (probable era of this photograph). Located in the southern Trinity Range, about 10 miles northwest of White Plains on the Southern Pacific Railroad, the district sometimes included the southern part of the Copper. The Sebastopol district, described as being six miles from New Truckee district in one 1865 account, and 4 miles in another (Gold Hill News, 1865), was probably in the western part of what is now the Jessup district. Very rare image of Jessup, Nevada. It appears that this tent city was erected to work the gold and silver discoveries of the area; there is only one wooden building in this town, great photograph taken by Lee Jellum of Lovelock, Nevada. Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, image dirty & crack at bottom of image.Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72073 | Stock Certificate: Enterprise Gold & Silver Mining Co. Virginia, Nevada Territory, 1863. Rare Comstock Lode stock certificate with patriotic (Civil War period) vignette of a bearded man waving his hat & holding a flag. Black on white printing, with 25 cent protest revenue stamp on front. States at top that mines were located at the "Wild Dutchman Ledge" located in the "Virginia City Mining District." Also states that they issued 1800 shares of stock at $300.00 each. Measures approximately 9" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, top left corner is nipped with tiny paper loss, also has a smell tear at bottom left corner with paper loss, some discolorationSold for: $507.88. |
| 72074 | Imperial Size Birdseye View Photograph of "Gayville & Black Pail Gulch, South Dakota," 1890s. Thanks to General George Custer's expedition to this northwestern section, gold was discovered at Deadwood Gulch in the fall of 1876. The resulting gold rush in the spring of 1877 had the Black Hills area booming. The larger towns of Deadwood, Lead City, and Central City, plus the smaller settlements of Gayville, Spearfish, Galena, and Sturgis were full of prospectors and miners. This scarce image by H. R. Locke & Co. of Deadwood, South Dakota (Gilded), is a bird's-eye view of this very small Gold Rush mining town. Has a lot of wooden buildings and railroad tracks in town. This image has period ink on mount "Gayville & Black Pail Gulch, S. D.". Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, cracked corner bottom right, also dirt on mount and image.Sold for: $1,434.00. |
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| 72075 | Deadwood, South Dakota Gold Miners Working Long Tom, ca 1880s-1890s. Imperial size cabinet card of three gold miners working a very long Long Tom. Looks to be a hydraulic operation. One man holding a gold pan working their claim, other two men working the dirt. This Burlington Route photograph measures approximately 10" x 8" . Condition: Very good, some small spots someone colored in.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72076 | Lot of Three Mining Photographs, Two Underground, ca. 1890s-1900s. None of the three photographs have identification or photographer. 1). An outdoor scene of three mining carts with a couple of men standing in back of the carts holding candles; it also appears that one man is holding a quartz specimen. In period ink verso "The group going into the mine". 2). An underground photograph of three men with rock drill and also holding candles with stick. Period ink verso "Drilling in the Mine". 3). Another underground photograph of three men sitting in the mine shaft. One is holding primer cord with two sticks of dynamite on cord, one has lamp in hand, lamp beside him, and a half full box of dynamite sticks. The last man has three sticks of dynamite in his hand. There are also three wooden boxes with printing on side the of one of them "Atlas Powder company". Measure approximately 9" x 7". Condition: All very-good fine, one has crease in image.Sold for: $179.25. |
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| 72077 | Mammoth Plate Albumen Photograph of Western Mining Town, ca. 1880s. Unidentified large format image of a good size town nestled in the valley of these hills. Appears to be the Nevada or California area from the tree lines. There are stone buildings, lots of wood structures, tailing in foreground. It seems to be a good size town. Absolutely no identification on this great photograph, nor is there a photographer named. Measures approximately 19" x 13.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, little light contrast near top, mount has normal wear.Not Sold. |
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| 72078 | Three Gold Miners Working "Long Tom" on River, ca. 1880s. Once the easy gold was found, more inventive ways were needed to find more. The Long Tom was an 8 to 20 foot rocker. Miners would shovel dirt into it, pour water over it, and rock it like a cradle. Lighter dirt and gravel was washed away, leaving the heavier gold. This great imperial sized photograph pictures three gold miners working a Long Tom on an unidentified river. It appears that one man is doing the rocking, one man is checking for the gold & gold dust, and the last man pushing a wheel barrow up to the device. There is no photographer listed on this image. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, image is nice, the mount has a broken right corner and dirty.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72079 | Imperial Size Photograph of Many Miners with Candles and Mining Lamps, ca. 1880s. The photograph has no identification or location. This large format photograph should be researched. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Good, has soiling and discoloration.Not Sold. |
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| 72080 | Wells Fargo & Co. Annual Statement of Precious Metals, 1877. This four page annual report shows the gold and silver produced in the west and then carried by Wells Fargo Express. It covers production from ten western states, Mexico, and British Columbia. It notes in the statement the yield of the Comstock mines is 45% gold. Of the whole bullion products of Nevada, 37% is gold. The report also shows Wells Fargo shipments of ore from 1870 to 1876. Measures approximately 8.50" x 11" Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $717.00. |
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| 72081 | Fantastic D. F. Barry Photograph Depicts the War Party Council with Sitting Bull's Tribe. Imperial size albumen photograph of approximately 40 Indian chiefs and tribal elders gathered beneath a large open teepee to discuss pressing matters of concern to the various tribal groups represented. Sitting in the center is a man in a white shirt with a feather in his hair purported to be Sitting Bull, although we cannot confirm this. At lower right foreground, one brave stares intently at Barry as he takes the photograph. Image is affixed to D. F. Barry West Superior, Wisconsin gilded mount & edges. Very desirable and extremely rare photograph from Barry's large archives of famous Indians. Measures approximately 9.25" x 7.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, light wear to corners, touch of light contrastSold for: $4,182.50. |
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| 72082 | Large Format Photograph Attributed to William E. Irwin of Apache Chief Geronimo With Texas Dance Revolver, ca early 1900s. After years on the run, the great Apache warrior Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. military in 1886, and was sent to Florida for imprisonment. In 1894, Geronimo and 341 other Apaches were brought to Fort Sill, where they were held as prisoners of war for the rest of their lives. Geronimo was occasionally allowed to leave the Fort later in his life, touring briefly with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show in 1908. Geronimo is pictured here wearing a horned headdress and a heavily fringed buckskin shirt. He has a Texas Dance revolver in his cartridge belt and looks very defiant to the photographer "Irwin" (attributed, not marked on image). A rare and desirable image of a great Apache warrior. Measures approximately 5" x 7". Condition: Very fine, contrast great, mount excellent.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72083 | Impressive William E. Irwin Photograph of Apache Chief Geronimo with Texas "Dance" Revolver, ca early 1900s The great Apache chief is pictured wearing an eagle-feather headdress and a heavily fringed buckskin shirt. He holds a Texas Dance revolver in his lap and looks to his left with a scowl on his face. A rare and desirable image of the Apache warrior. Printed in gild on mount from Irwin of Chickasha, Ind. Ter. Measures approximately 5" x 7". Condition: Very fine, contrast great, mount has some paper loss.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
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| 72084 | Geronimo & Natches on Horse Back, C. S. Fly, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, Cabinet Card ca 1886. Geronimo (1829-1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who warred against encroachment of the United States on tribal lands and people for over 25 years. This imperial size image of Geronimo and Natches seated on horseback, with two scouts, both with cartridge belts, one holding baby, the other holding Natches horse (Geronimo's son), pose for the famous photographer C. S. Fly. This great Image has the purple copyright stamp of C. S. Fly, Tombstone Arizona, bottom right corner. Also on verso the paper tag "Scene in Geronimo's camp, the Apache outlaw and murderer" also has the card No. 171, Geronimo and Natches mounted, Natches with hat on; son of Geronimo standing by his side. Measures approx 8.50" x 5.50". Condition: Good-very good, has water spots, and dirt, foxing, mount has pin hole upper middleSold for: $2,390.00. |
| 72085 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card Framed Photograph "Geronimo His Son and Two Picked Warriors", ca. 1890s. Geronimo fled on May 17, 1885, with 35 warriors and 109 women, children and youths. In January 1886, Apache scouts penetrated Juh's seemingly impregnable hideout. This action induced Geronimo to surrender, Mar. 25, 1886 to Gen. George Crook. Geronimo later fled but finally surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles on Sept. 4, 1886. The government breached its agreement and transported Geronimo and nearly 450 Apache men, women, and children to Florida for confinement in Forts Marion and Pickens. Imperial size cabinet card of Geronimo holding Model 1873 Springfield Infantry rifle with his son, and two hand picked warriors. This image is attributed to C. S. Fly Tombstone A. T. Measures approximately in frame 12.25" x 10.50". Image measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good-fine, slight light contrast.Sold for: $2,390.00. |
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| 72086 | Large Size Photograph of Apache Indians Arriving at San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1893. The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation was first established in 1871 by President Grant. For a time, the reservation housed many bands of Apache, Mohave, and Yuma Indians who were relocated from their homelands. Later, separate reservations were created for the Mohave and Yuma Indians leaving San Carlos for the Apache who are descendants of the Athabascan family which migrated to the Southwest in the 10th century. Image has no photographer, but probably Erwin Baer though, does have a period ink notation on verso. "Apache Indians arriving at San Carlos for issues 1892." The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona took many of this type of photograph. This scarce Apache Indians photograph on the San Carlos, Arizona Territory reservation depicts many Apache Indians with their wagons, horses, etc. arriving to their final destination of San Carlos. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast.Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72087 | Large size Photograph of Apache Indian School, San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1891. This photograph was taken by Erwin Baer, from Prescott, Arizona of the "students at the Apache Indian School, Arizona, San Carlos." (In period ink verso). There are many children in the image with three white teachers in foreground. Very nice printed backmark for this photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast.Sold for: $597.50. |
| 72088 | Large Size Photograph- Birdseye View of San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1893. The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona has taken this image of "San Carlos, 1893." (In period ink verso). This very scarce nice birdseye view of San Carlos Indian reservation, Arizona Territory, depicts buildings, tents, stables, etc. On verso nice printed back mark for this Wild West photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has light foxing.Sold for: $388.38. |
| 72089 | Large size Photograph Apache Rations at San Carlos, Arizona Territory 1892. The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona has taken this image of "San Carlos, Issue of Rations, Capt. Albert Meyer 11th Inf. Agent, 1892." (In period ink verso). This very scarce photograph of San Carlos Indian reservation, Arizona Territory, depicts many military officers, standing in front of the rations building, also their are a lot of Apache women standing in line to get their rations. On verso nice printed back mark for this Wild West photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has very light soiling.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72090 | Large Size Photograph Apache Indian Scouts San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1894. Image has no photographer credit, but probably Erwin Baer. It has a period ink notation on verso. "2nd Lt. W. Weigel and Co. of Apache Indian Scouts when Weigel took command of the Co. in Feb. 1894 of San Carlos Indian agency Arizona Territory." The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona took many of this type of photograph. This scarce Apache Indian photograph on the San Carlos, Arizona Territory reservation depicts many Apache Scouts staring at the photographer and a Military officer talking to Indians. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72091 | Large Size Photograph Apache Scout House of San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1893. Image has no photographer credit, but probably Erwin Baer. It does have a period ink notation on verso. "Home of Marijildo Grijalva interpreter Apache scouts and his wife (all of them) 1893." The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona has taken many of this type of photograph. This scarce Apache Indians photograph on the San Carlos, Arizona Territory reservation, depicts a interpreter/scouts house, with his wife or wives and children. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has very light soiling.Not Sold. |
| 72092 | Imperial Size Photograph of Apache Women and Child in Papoose, ca. 1890s. This is a photo of a photo from the Santa Fe Route of two Apache women with baby. Imprint bottom of image "No. 416 Apache Women & baby A.T & S.F.R.R." Also on verso a descriptive text on the Pueblo Indians and Indian Pueblos. Measures approximately 5" x 9". Condition: Fine, good contrast, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $334.60. |
| 72093 | Imperial Size Photograph Indians Outside General Store Wild West, ca. 1890s. Great large format photograph of this Wild West town depicts Indians gathered outside waiting for Monaghan & Murphy's general merchandise store to open. Down the street from that location is a saloon sign "Palace Saloon" John Dunn. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has slight wear.Not Sold. |
| 72094 | Large Cabinet Card Photograph of Yuma Indian with Bow & Arrows and Bowie Knife, ca. 1870s. Very nice studio photograph by E. A. Bonine of Pasadena, Los Angles, California of a very early Yuma Indian from Arizona, posing in his studio with his bow and arrows, and a huge sheathed Bowie knife. Measures approx 4.75" x 7.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has small chip middle left edge.Not Sold. |
| 72095 | Lot of Two Photographs of Tonto Apache Tribe San Carlos, Arizona Territory, 1894. First image described in period ink on verso; "Chief Antonio and his family, living on San Carlos river about 12 miles from the agency San Carlos Agency, Arizona, Feb 1st 1894, Geo. S. Lesher M. D." depicts man with wife and four children, including papoose in traditional Indian carrier. Antonio holds rifle and wears cartridge belt. Second photograph described in period ink on verso also: "Squaw and baby of Tonto Apache tribe living about 4 miles from agency, San Carlos, Arizona Feb 1st 1894, Geo. S. Lesher M. D." This photo depicts Tonto Indian women with papoose in a traditional back carrier, supported by strap across her forehead. No photographer identification. Measures approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast, mount has ageingNot Sold. |
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| 72096 | Cabinet Card Photograph Mescalero Apache, ca. 1880s. Mescalero (or Mescalero Apache) is a Native American tribe of Southern Athabaskan heritage currently living on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in south central New Mexico. The Mescaleros opened their doors to other Apache bands, the Chiricahua who were imprisoned at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and the Lipan Apaches. Fantastic studio image taken by unidentified photographer of Mescalero Apache. He is holding a fur (Ermine) quiver arrow case and bow with long sash. Also wearing many ear rings. He looks intently at photographer. Has identification on verso, "San Juan, War Chief". Great Apache photograph. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine excellent contrast, soiled mount.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
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| 72097 | Large Format Stereoview of Native American "Red Cloud", 1876. Beautiful stereo card of the famous Indian "Red Cloud" taken at the International Exposition of Philadelphia in 1876 by Photographers Edward L. Wilson and W. Irving Adams of Centennial Photographic Co. Depicts him wearing his full regalia with tomahawk, bear tooth necklace, great beaded war shirt and eagle feather headdress. Measures approximately 7" x 4.25". Condition: Fine, some light foxing.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72098 | Cabinet Card of Red Cloud's Wife by O. S. Goff, ca. 1890. Cabinet card purportedly of Chief Red Cloud's wife was photographed by O. S. Goff. The only identification on this photograph is in new pencil inscription verso, "Red Cloud's wife & child". This Indian woman in Goff's studio, wrapped in blanket with baby on back, was taken in the late 1890s. Measures approximately 4.25' x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $657.25. |
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| 72099 | Photograph of Chief Red Cloud's Home Pine, Ridge, South Dakota, ca. 1890. Scarce albumen imperial size cabinet card taken by George Trager of the Northwestern Photographic Co. depicts interior of Chief Red Cloud's home around 1890. Shown are: large American flag, beautiful silver concha belt, very nice blanket, wood stove, wooden frame bed, sword, and a beautiful embroidered blanket with a star burst design. Overall measurements 14.75" x 10.25". Condition: Very good-fine, a few light creases in albumen.Sold for: $1,195.00. |
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| 72100 | Bust Image of Sitting Bull with Monarch Butterfly, ca 1890s. Sitting Bull wears a striped store-bought shirt, and a buckskin jacket with fringe, embroidery, and a fur collar. His felt hat has a Monarch butterfly tucked into the brim, and his hair is tied but unbraided. He looks into the camera with fierce determination. Photographer Geo. W. Scott, Fort Yates, Dakota. Image measures approximately 3¾" x 5½" and is affixed to a photographer's mount measuring 4¼" x 6½". Condition: Very good, light contrast, slight soiling of mount edges and upper corners of image.Sold for: $507.88. |
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| 72101 | Imperial Size Photograph of "Sitting Bull's Cabin" by D. F. Barry, ca. 1889-90. Great large format photograph blindstamped twice by Barry, a copyright by D. F. Barry blindstamp and just a Barry blindstamp depicting Sitting Bull's log home at the "Standing Rock Agency" as it appeared in 1889-90. This image appears to be of Sitting Bull's family standing outside. The Hunkpapa leader embraced the Ghost Dance in 1889. He was arrested December 15, 1890 during which a fight broke out and Sitting Bull and three other Indians were killed. Overall dimensions 17.75" x 14.75". Condition: Very good-fine, a few scratches on albumen.Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72102 | Imperial Size Photograph of Chief "Rain in the Face" ca 1880s-1890s. Rain-in-the-Face (also known as Ito-na-gaju or Exa-ma-gozua) (1835 - 1905) was a warchief of the Lakota tribe of Native Americans. His mother was a Dakota related to the band of famous Chief Inkpaduta. He was among the Indian leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. This oversize albumen photograph was taken outside by an unknown photographer. The chief's name is gilded on the photograph. He is sitting proudly staring at photographer on his palomino pinto horse with beaded gauntlets, fringed leather jacket, and lasso, and some type of cap. Overall measurements in frame 14.25" x 11". Condition: Very good-fine, some foxing to image.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72103 | Large Format Chief Rain in the Face Barry Photograph, Ca. 1910s-1920s. In the late 1870s and early 1880s, D. F. Barry traveled to Fort Yates, Buford and other Dakota Territory Forts. He photographed famous Indian chiefs, warriors, and scouts including Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, and Rain in the Face. He also photographed important forts and battlefields of the Plains. He photographed General George A. Crook, his soldiers, trappers, and pioneers. In 1883, Barry returned to Bismarck where operated his studio. He had a great friendship with Buffalo Bill and photographed many aspects of his Wild West Show. In 1890, Barry moved his studio to Superior, Wisconsin. Here he sold his Dakota Territory and Indian photographs. Very nice "Rain in the Face" studio image showing him posing with his war bonnet, fringed jacket, etc. On verso the David F. Barry paper advertisement. Blindstamped in photograph "Copyright by D. F. Barry". Also Barry blindstamp on mount. Measures approximately 9.50" x 14". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $836.50. |
| 72104 | Large Format Stereoview of Gaul, Rain in the Face, and Low Dog, Dakota Territory, ca. 1880s. Great rare large format Stereoview by F. Jay Haynes Fargo, Dakota Territory. This photograph has the noted Sioux Chiefs at Standing Rock. Seated in the group in front of tent includes Rain in the Face (Uscapapa), Gaul (Uscapapa), Low Dog (Ogalala), Running Antelope (Ogalala), Spotted Eagle (Sandsarzk), and an empty chair at left where Hump had been seated. Great historical Wild West scarce Stereocard. Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $1,912.00. |
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| 72105 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Mountain Panther," Warm Spring Indian Chief, ca. 1890s. Warm Springs Indian is holding a Stevens octagon barrel rifle, dressed in his elaborate costume, with pipe bag & fringed outfit. The photograph was taken in G. V. Fry's studio of Bucyrus, Ohio. Someone has highlighted his eye pupils. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, image has discoloration left side, mount has light wearSold for: $418.25. |
| 72106 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Crow Indian "Chief Little Head," ca. 1880s. In this cabinet bust photo, Chief Little Head wears a richly beaded, embroidered, and fringed shirt and numerous necklaces. As with the Crow today, his hair was a source of great pride, and Chief Little Head wears his handsomely braided with beads, feathers, and fur decoration. Affixed to Haynes' photographer's mount which displays a list of "Cabinets of Noted Indians" on verso, "Chief Little Head 2857" Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50" Condition: Very fine, clean & fresh, in exceptional condition.Sold for: $1,673.00. |
| 72107 | Cabinet Card of Cheyenne Warrior "Wolf Voice" with Pistol ca 1880s. Great image of "Wolf Voice" Gros Ventre was a participant in the Little Bighorn, but his duties were not know. He was photographed by Huffman in his studio in Miles City, Montana Territory. Wolf Voice has a studded holster with cartridge belt and a nickel plated pistol. Very scarce Huffman view. Measures approximately 4.25 x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, slight stain, card has slight discolorationSold for: $1,912.00. |
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| 72108 | Framed Albumen Photograph of Famous Warrior "Ute Jim," ca. 1880-1890. Very nice albumen photograph of "Ute Jim" (Alias Big Jim) sitting in studio, with his Winchester on his lap, wearing fringed leather pants, porcupine quill war-shirt with fringe, porcupine quill leggings, beaded moccasins and a wonderful large bear claw necklace. No photographer identification as the photograph is sealed in frame. Overall frame measures 12" x 14". Condition: Very good-Fine, has small albumen paper missing left middle.Sold for: $537.75. |
| 72109 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "White Bear" (Crow Chief), ca. 1890s. Herrin, David C. Active in studios in Medford, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1895. Listed as Abell-Herrin Company in Portland, 1898. Active in Portland, 1898-1901. Later in his career had traveling galleries in Oregon and Washington. Photograph of "White Bear" Crow chief (photographer of this image is attributed to D. F. Barry) this is a photo of photo, done in Herrin's studio in east Portland, Oregon in the 1890s. Biographies of Western photographers: By Carl Mautz; a reference guide to photographers. Condition: Fine, good contrast, mount has soiling.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72110 | Cabinet Card Photograph Cheyenne Chief Two Moons, Dakota Territory, ca. 1880s. Very scarce photograph of Two Moons proudly standing in the studio of S. F. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota Territory. The North Cheyenne Chief is wearing a full length headdress and great beaded moccasins. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Two Moons participated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn and was later one of the three models for the U.S. "Buffalo" or "Indian Head" five cent coin. According to GNA's website ( Condition: Very good-fine, very nice contrast, has an upper left corner bump.Sold for: $3,346.00. |
| 72111 | Cabinet Card Photograph Native American Indian "One Bull," 1882. Image is of Sitting Bull's nephew. In this photograph, he was 27 years old and a very skillful warrior. This is a studio image taken by the photographers Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, Dakota, Territory. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $657.25. |
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| 72112 | Native American Indian "Chief Gall," by D. F. Barry, ca .1890s. Chief Gall was a Hunkpapa chief who played a leading part in the Lakota's long war against the United States. He encouraged his people to accept assimilation once they were confined on reservations. Gall was said to have gained his unusual name when, as a famished orphan, he ate the gall of an animal killed by a neighbor. He rose to prominence among the Lakota as a warrior in Red Cloud's campaigns, but he was unhappy with the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty that brought an end to those hostilities and he allied himself with Sitting Bull and others who refused to remain within the territory set aside for them. Gall eventually became Sitting Bull's military chief, and led attacks on army troops along the Yellowstone River in 1872 and 1873. At the battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, he led the Hunkpapa warriors who first drove Major Marcos Reno from the Lakota's encampment and then swept north to join Crazy Horse and his forces in the attack on Custer. David Frances Barry was born near Rochester, New York in 1854. Around 1870 Barry worked carrying water for an itinerant photographer named O.S. Goff, a relationship that was to be reestablished a few years later. Not much is known of Barry's life from 1870 until Goff hired him in 1878 to help him in his gallery in Bismarck, D.T. Here, Barry learned the finer points of photography and became Goff's apprentice, business partner, and employee. Between 1878 and 1883, Barry traveled to Fort Buford, Fort Yates, and other forts in the Dakota Territory. He went as far north as Fort Assinnaboine in Montana. For these trips he used a portable photographic studio in which he took most of his portraits. He photographed famous Native American chiefs, warriors, scouts, and women including Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, Gall, and Red Cloud. Barry also photographed some of the most important forts and battlefields of the Plains Wars, military officers including General George A. Crook, soldiers, trappers, and pioneers. In 1883 Barry returned to Bismarck where he operated a studio and gallery. He established a friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody and photographed members of his Wild West Show. In 1890 Barry moved to Superior, Wisconsin and opened a photographic studio and gallery dealing in his Dakota Territory photographs. He moved to New York City for a brief period around 1892 but returned to Superior where he lived until his death on March 6, 1934. Photograph taken in D. F. Barry's studio in Bismarck, Dakota Territory of the famous Lakota Chief "Gall". He is dressed with leather fringed pants, and coat with large eagle feather in hair and large silver cross around neck. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has wear on edges, light contrast Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72113 | Cabinet Card of Native American Indian "War Man" (Sioux Chief), ca.1890s. Herrin, David C. Active in studios in Medford, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1895. Listed as Abell-Herrin Company in Portland, 1898. Active in Portland, 1898-1901. Later in his career had traveling galleries in Oregon and Washington. Photograph of "War Man" taken in Herrin's studio in east Portland, Oregon in the 1890s depicts a Sioux Chief with Pendleton blanket and single feather in hair. Biographies of Western photographers: By Carl Mautz; a reference guide to photographers. Condition: Very good-Fine, light soiling on photo mount and chips at bottom Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72114 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Old Crow" Sioux Indian ca 1890s. Herrin, David C. Active in studios in Medford, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1895. Listed as Abell-Herrin Company in Portland, 1898. Active in Portland, 1898-1901. Later in his career had traveling galleries in Oregon and Washington. Photograph of "Old Crow" Sioux warrior was the body guard of Chief Sitting Bull. (photographer of this image is attributed to D. F. Barry) this is a photo of photo, done in Herrin's studio in east Portland, Oregon in the 1890s. Biographies of Western photographers: By Carl Mautz; a reference guide to photographers. Condition: Fine, good contrast, mount has chip right top corner Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72115 | Buckskin Charley (Charlie) Ute Chief Cabinet Card, ca. 1880s. Buckskin Charley (1840-1936) Southern Colorado, Utah, Ute Chief. Succeeding Chief Ouray in 1880, he became first Ute leader during the Reservation period. Remembered for leading the rescue of the women and children abducted during the Meeker Massacre and also riding with Geronimo in Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 Inaugural parade. Also received Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal in 1890. Very early great historical cabinet card of Buckskin Charley, sitting with Indian in shell jacket. Buckskin also wearing shell jacket, has hat in hand with band on it "POLICE" has medal on vest can't make out but appears to be GAR type badge. Caption verso, in period ink "Buck Skin Charley". Photographers stamp E. A. Wilder, photographer, Durango, Colo. 4"x 6". Condition: Very crisp contrast, cabinet card appears to have been slightly trimmed.Sold for: $836.50. |
| 72116 | Cabinet Card of Indians "Spotted Horse & Snake" (Sioux Warriors), ca. 1890s. Herrin, David C. Active in studios in Medford, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1895. Listed as Abell-Herrin Company in Portland, 1898. Active in Portland, 1898-1901. Later in his career had traveling galleries in Oregon and Washington. Photograph of "Spotted Horse & Snake" taken in Herrin's studio in east Portland, Oregon in the 1890s depicts two Sioux warriors in their garb, Spotted Horse appears to be wearing chaps, has a great cowboy hat on & also a peace pipe in hand. Biographies of Western photographers: By Carl Mautz; a reference guide to photographers. Condition: Fine, light soiling on photo & mount also chip at bottom left cornerSold for: $956.00. |
| 72117 | Cabinet Card of Indians "Snake & Bottsotts" (Sioux Warriors), ca. 1890s - Herrin, David C. Active in studios in Medford, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1895. Listed as Abell-Herrin Company in Portland, 1898. Active in Portland, 1898-1901. Later in his career had traveling galleries in Oregon and Washington. Cabinet card photograph of "Snake & Bottsotts" taken in Herrin's studio in east Portland, Oregon in the 1890s depicts two Sioux warrior's staring intently at photographer. Both wearing lots of beads. Biographies of Western photographers: By Carl Mautz; a reference guide to photographers. Condition: Fine, light soiling on photo & mount also chip at bottom left corner Sold for: $388.38. |
| 72118 | W. S. Soule, Photograph of Indian "Big Bow" Kiowa, ca. 1870s. William S. "Will" Soule made his way west in 1867. At age 29, he was a wounded Civil War veteran looking for a way to improve his health. Upon his arrival at Fort Dodge in Kansas, he clerked in trader John E. Tappin's post store. When Soule left for the west, he brought along equipment for landscape and portrait photography. He was acquainted with photography through several means: his employment, after his injury, with a photographic gallery in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; and his brother, John P. Soule, who established the Soule Photographic Company in Boston before the Civil War. Soule's photograph of a scalping victim taken near Fort Dodge became his first published work. An engraving was made from his photograph, and it appeared in the January 16, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly. Soule left Fort Dodge for Camp Supply, Indian Territory, in the spring of 1869, and arrived in Fort Sill, Indian Territory, in early 1870s. Fort Sill was a military headquarters and Indian agency for several tribes, including the Kiowa, Wichita, and Comanche. Most of Soule's Indian portraits were taken at or near Fort Sill, and they dated between 1870 and 1874. Soule returned to Boston in late mid 1870s, and partnered with W. D. Everett in the photographic business. His brother John P. Soule secured copyrights for many of the Indian portraits through the Library of Congress. Soule died in 1908. Big Bow's high rank was indicated by the fact that his leggings were fringed with human hair. He took part in raids into Texas and New Mexico during the 1860s and led one against the Ute's in southern Colorado in the summer of 1869. Although he reportedly was an accomplice at the Salt Valley attack on May 17, 1871, he evaded arrest at Fort Sill. With his friend and fellow chief White Horse he staged the attack on the government wagon train at Howard's Wells on April 20, 1872, and the attack on Abel Lee and his family near Fort Griffin on June 9. Thomas Battey, a Quaker missionary, stated that Big Bow has probably killed and scalped more white people than any other living Kiowa. later recalled Big Bow's "treacherous and ferocious countenance." At the outbreak of the Red River War in June 1874, Big Bow attempted to talk the Kiowa war faction, led by Lone Wolf and Maman-ti, into staying holed up in the canyons along Elk Creek. But when Maman-ti's "medicine" predicted complete safety for the group in Palo Duro Canyon, they voted to go there. Big Bow thus participated in the siege of Lyman's wagon train on September 9-14. Cabinet card of Big Bow (Zepko-Eete) Kiowa taken at Fort Sill, Indian Territory by William Soule, imprint verso. This Indian Warrior has a peace medal around his neck sitting in Soule's studio. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine, Light soiling on mount, very good contrast.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
| 72119 | W. S. Soule, Photograph of Native American Indian "Otter Belt" Comanche, ca. 1870s. Otter Belt (Paatsoko nehki) In March 1872 the Army was given a first hand account of how the Kwahada cattle trade worked. That month troops from Fort Concho captured a Comanchero named Polonio Ortiz. At first dissembling, under interrogation he admitted that in early February he and several others from the Pecos valley of New Mexico had left for the Indian country. With burros owned by the leader of the party and loaded with goods furnished by traders at Puerto de Luna and Cuesta, they traveled to Almo Gordo creek. Where they were joined by others until the party numbered fifty or more. Crossing the Llano Estacado, they headed for Muchoque. There they found a village of Kwahada Comanche's and Mescalero Apaches, numbering "100 lodges, perhaps 200" under "Pahween or Pachacunee." The former name is unknown, the latter is paatsoko nehki "Otter Belt", Comanche's suggested this group was called numukiowa 'Comanche-Kiowa" 9 Gatschet 1893). Cabinet card of "Otter Belt" (paatsoko nehki) Comanche, taken at Fort Sill, Indian Territory by William Soule, imprint verso. This Native American Comanche Indian with war paint on sitting in Soule's studio. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine, Light soiling on mount, very good contrast.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72120 | W. S. Soule, Photograph of Indian Kiowa Brave ca 1870s. Cabinet card of Kiowa brave in war dress was taken at Fort Sill, Indian Territory by William Soule, imprint verso. This Indian has breast plate, holding bow and arrow with quiver case on lap. Staring defiantly at the photographer Soule in his studio. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very fine, Light soiling on mount, Image has fantastic contrast.Sold for: $1,912.00. |
| 72121 | W. S. Soule Photograph of Indian Wearing "Colonel" Shoulder Board and Peace Medal, ca. 1880s. Early albumen photograph taken by W. S. Soule, of Fort Sill Oklahoma Territory. (Imprint verso) This great unidentified Native American Indian sitting in Soule's studio wearing Peace Medal and "Colonel" Shoulder boards has a great unassuming look. Measures approximately 4.25' x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, great contrast, mount has minor wear.Sold for: $1,673.00. |
| 72122 | Cabinet Card Photograph by D. F. Barry of Lakota Indian "Long Feather," ca. 1880s. "Utley and others, agency officials in late 1876 were sending peace talkers to the camps of the Northern Indians to ask them to come in. Bears Face and Long Feather came to Sitting Bull from Standing Rock. It was stated that only that both men were from Standing Rock". Photograph by D. F. Barry of Bismarch, Dakota Territory taken of Chief Long Feather a Hunkpapa Lakota depicts this Indian standing in studio of Barry with his crucifix around his neck and peace pipe in hand. Wearing a crucifix, perhaps showing that he wanted to be on good terms with the missionaries or had been baptized already. Nice Barry image. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine, albumen paper has a spot upper right, colored with yellow, mount soiled.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72123 | Photograph Chief White Eagle Sauk Indian ca 1880s. On verso of image appears to be in pencil; "Chief White Eagle 1883, Sauk Indian, Pictured in True West by David R. Phillips." This framed albumen photograph has an Indian in an unknown photographers studio. Has a white man's shirt & kerchief on, also wearing a large bone breast plate. Blanket wrapped around waist. Measurement in frame 10.25" x 12.25". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $262.90. |
| 72124 | Framed Large Format Photograph of Six Zuni Chiefs, 1882. Photograph taken in Boston, Mass. March 1882 by Frank Cushing of six important Zuni chiefs. They were there to conduct ceremonies at the Atlantic Ocean and replenish their supply of sacred sea water. Identification from left to right, Na-na-he (a Hopi who married into Zuni), Nai-iu-tchi (senior bow priest of the Zuni), Lai-iu-tsai-lun-kia (foster father to Frank Cushing during his involvement at Zuni), Pah-lo-wah-ti-wa (governor of Zuni, also know as Patricio Pino), Ki-a-si (junior bow priest of the Zuni). Last one not known. Frame measures approximately 17" x 19.50". Condition: Good, photograph has stains and scrapes in albumen.Sold for: $537.75. |
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| 72125 | Large Format Stereoview of Ute Chief "Captain Jack", Thornburg Massacre, ca. 1870s. When Maj. Thomas Thornburg arrived in the area with a column of troops from Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming, the Utes became angry as they thought the troops had come to arrest them. In a meeting with Ute leaders, Thornburg assured them that the soldiers had not come for that purpose. However, when Thornburg moved his command forward so as to be closer to the agency, the Utes interpreted this as a hostile action and attacked the soldiers. In the fight that followed at Milk Creek Canyon, Thornburg was killed and his besieged command was rendered helpless. The Utes, their anger now unleashed, attacked the agency. Meeker and nine of his employees were quickly slaughtered; Mrs. Meeker and her daughter Josephine, together with another woman and two children, were taken captive. A rare Stereoview depicting this famous Ute Chief "Captain Jack", sitting in unknown Colorado photographer's studio. He is wearing silver earrings, vest, and wearing a scalp on necklace. Looking very defiant. Measures approximately 7" x 4" Condition: Very good, slight light contrast, mount normal wear.Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72126 | Lot of Two Apache Indian Imperial Size Photographs, ca. early 1900s. These two great photographs were taken by an unidentified photograph on the Apache Reservation. First one is a great Apache family scene in front of their wickiup, there is a cradle board on ground, nice Apache basket next to it and many Apache women. Period ink verso; "Apache". Next photograph in period ink verso; "House on Apache Reservation". There appears to be a saddle on the ground next to an Apache man. There is a white man next to log cabin and young Apache boy holding bow and arrow set, staring at the unknown photographer. Measures approximately 12.25" x 9". Condition: Fine-very fine, photographs are nice, mounts have wear on edges.Not Sold. |
| 72127 | Cabinet Card Photograph Pima Indians Salt River Valley Arizona Territory, ca. 1890s. The Pima are a group of American Indians living in an area consisting of what is now central and southern Arizona and Sonora (Mexico). The name means "river people". The name "Pima" apparently comes from a phrase that means "I don't know", used repeatedly in their initial meeting with Europeans. Very nice imperial size photograph of Pima Indians on the Salt River Valley near Phoenix, Arizona Territory Photograph was taken by J. P. Rhodes, Phoenix, Arizona. Depicts a group of Pima Indians sitting in front of their wikiup, a white man to the left looks intently at photographer. There is a nice basket, grinding stone and pottery in the view. In period ink; "Pima Indians, Salt River Valley, Arizona". Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount dirty photo has light stain top.Not Sold. |
| 72128 | Two Stereoview Views Tucson & Pima Indians by Henry Buehman ca 1870s. Henry Buehman opened his studio in Tucson, Arizona Territory in 1875. These images are from his camera. The first image is a Pima Indian in flannel shirt sitting in Buehman's studio in Tucson, Arizona. From his photographs of "Arizona Scenery". 7" x 4". Second image is a street scene of Tucson, Arizona. Sign in foreground reads "C. Essinger, tailoring, French steam scouring establishment". Great old Tucson image. 7" x 3.5". Condition: Fine, mounts corner rubs and soiling.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72129 | Framed Photograph Apache Indian, Arizona - New Mexico, ca. 1880s. Framed photograph of an Apache Indian sitting looking intently at the unknown photographer. Sitting in front of his crude cloth & straw wikiup with wife and dog behind him in an unknown location, probably Arizona or New Mexico area. In pencil verso "Apache hiding from Gen. Crook". Framed dimensions 13.75" x 10.75". Condition: Very good-fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72130 | Large Format Photograph of Arizona Indians with Burden Baskets, ca. 1880. A great imperial size photograph taken by Buehman and Co. of Tucson, Arizona Territory. These two Papago Indians with their Burden Baskets. These women in essence are street vendors, generally coming from San Xavier Mission to sell various articles in Tucson. This photograph was originally taken as a Stereoview. Measures approximately 5.25" x 8.50". Condition: Very good, light soiling and foxing, mount shows wear to edges and corners.Not Sold. |
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| 72131 | Mescalero Apache Sitting in Whittick Studio, San Carlos, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880s. Wittick & R. W. Russell had a partnership that traveled northeastern New Mexico Territory, Arizona & northern Mexico photographing Indians, Pueblos, and the Wild West. They were at this location in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 1881-1884. This Whittick & Russell image of an Apache man has bow and arrow set in hand, with all the accoutrements. He is sitting in studio with young Indian woman beside him. In period ink verso, "Carlos, Mescalero Apache". Measures approximately 4" x 7". Condition: Very good-fine, some light foxing.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72132 | Edward S. Curtis Sepia Photograph of a Mojave Indian Youth. "Copyright 1903 by E. S. Curtis x 979" in negative, lower left, inscribed "Mojave" below, 7" x 6.5", overall with mat. Some scuffing to upper right corner, old tape on verso, overall very good condition. Seattle-based Edward S. Curtis (1868 - 1952) began photographing Native Americans in the 1890s and received considerable acclaim for his efforts. This work came to the attention of financier J. P. Morgan who, in 1907, commissioned Curtis to produce an extensive series of photographs documenting American Indians and their culture. Condition: very fine.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72133 | Six Ben Wittick Albuquerque, New Mexico Indian Photographs, ca. 1880s. Six imperial size Wittick photographs: Mojave squaws, Apache maiden, Giant cactus, Yuma squaws, #2 Apache maiden, & three Apaches in studio. Printed on verso; New Mexico, Arizona & Old Mexico, photographed by Ben Wittick, published by Ben Wittick, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Measure approximately 5.25" x 8.5". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast, some foxing, the three Apache photo has bend in photographSold for: $657.25. |
| 72134 | Imperial Size Photograph of Sioux Indians at Encampment ca 1890s. Very large format photograph of two Native American Indians standing in front of tepee. The warrior is holding a catlinite pipe, a great beaded pipe bag, beaded and fringed hide coat, and beaded moccasins. She has porcupine quill shirt and great blanket. There is no location & no identification on this image. Measures approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Very good, light contrast, bottom right corner broken, mount has some small corner problems.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72135 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Sioux Indian Chief with Pistol, Fort Yates, Dakota, ca. 1880s-1890s. Very nice photograph taken in George W. Scott's studio of Chief Lone Dog Ree Chief (period red ink obverse) at Fort Yates, Dakota Territory. This Sioux chief has a percussion pistol, studded in his belt, very nice beaded leggings, and has a large crucifixion around his neck. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $3,883.75. |
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| 72136 | Stereoview Photograph of Armed Sioux Scouts in Camp by F. Jay Haynes, ca, 1880s. Very nice stereoview of seven armed Sioux Indian scouts and two white men amongst them. They all appear to be holding percussion rifles in front of teepee. Photographed and published by F. Jay Haines Fargo, Dakota Territory. Measures approximately 7" x 3.50". Condition: Very good-fine, mount usual wear.Sold for: $3,883.75. |
| 72137 | Cabinet Card Photograph Sioux Indian "Standing Holy." ca. 1890s. Nice photograph of Indian girl "Standing Holy", she is wearing a great dress with many Elk teeth attached, great long ear rings, and a beautiful sterling silver Concho belt. Printed verso in part, "Indian chiefs, for sale by Z. Gilbert, photographer Mandan, North Dakota." Lists many Indians and their tribes. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has small chip upper left hand corner.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
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| 72138 | Photograph of Large Group of Sioux Indians, ca. 1880s. This image has about 40 Sioux Indians gathered for an historical photograph. Many wearing Indian peace medals, they have peace pipes and are dressed in full regalia. In the back row there is a chief and medicine man. This was taken out of a Canadian Northern railroad photograph album. Mounted on heavy card stock. Measures approximately 7" x 5". Condition: Fine, some light contrast upper portion of image.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72139 | Cabinet Card of Full Dressed Sioux Chief and Wife, ca. 1880s. Studio cabinet card of unidentified full dressed Indian chief,wearing a full eagle feather war bonnet, beautiful beaded vest, appears to have two peace medals around his neck & porcupine quill moccasins. His wife has many beaded necklaces around her neck and great moccasins. The image was photographed by K. C. Mey, Armour, South Dakota. Measures approximately 4.25 " x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has foxing.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72140 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Indians Wearing Dancing Bells, ca. 1880s-1890s. Image of Indians wearing dancing bells are standing in front of long cabin outdoors, getting ready to dance. The Indians used animal hoofs for bells, then they found American made sleigh bells, brass or metal and started using them in their dances. These Indians are wearing dance costumes, great beaded moccasins & riveted belts. Mount measures approximately 9" x 7". Condition: Fine, minor wear on mount.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72141 | Lot of Two Scarce Mohave Indian Imperial Size Photographs, ca. 1890s. First large size cabinet card depicts a band of six Mojave (Mohave) Indian police, standing with a white gentleman staring at unknown photographer. Four of the Indians are wearing military shell jackets. Photograph stamped at top Colorado River, at bottom Indian Police. Second photograph penciled on verso; "Mohave Indians Arizona Reception to Chief Hook-a-Now on his return from a visit to Washington." Very nice outdoor scene of many Mojave Indians gathered around posing for this unknown photographer. Both measure approximately 8.25" x 5.25". Condition: Good, light contrast, first image has albumen paper missing bottom left.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72142 | Unmounted Photograph of Osage War Dance, early 1880s. The Osage were originally known by Ni-U-Kon-Ska, which means meaning "Children of the Middle Waters." Today they call themselves Wazházhe, which was translated by French explorers as Ouazhigi, which later became the English name Osage. Early settlers have said that the Osages were the largest native people in North America, with the Osage men averaging over six feet tall. Large early group of Osage Indian Warriors are gathered in front of building posing for unknown photographer at unknown location. They are dressed with beaded vests, bone shields, sleigh bells around their knees, eagle feathers, tomahawks, peace pipes, bow and arrows, and beaded moccasins, appear to be ready for war. Note United States American 38 star Flag (flew from 1877-1890) on pole flying up side down. Measures approximately 7.50" x 5". Condition: Good very-good, has repaired tear top middle, un-mounted with black paper remnants verso.Sold for: $3,346.00. |
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| 72143 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card of Indian on Horse, ca. 1890s. Photograph of a Spokane Indian (Spokane on mount in period ink) sitting on a horse in front of a very primitive tepee, has no photographers name or location. This photograph portrays the vastness of the plains. Measures approximately 11" x 9". Condition: Fine, slight light contrast, mount has minor wear.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72144 | Lot of Twelve Related Mounted Photographs of the Mankato, Minnesota Massacre, 1862 . In 1862, Minnesota was still a young state, part of a frontier inhabited by more than one million Indians. Times were hard and Indian families hungry. When the U.S. government broke its promises, some of the Dakota Indians went to war against the white settlers. Many Dakota did not join in, choosing to aid and protect settlers instead. The fighting lasted six weeks and many people on both sides were killed or fled Minnesota. Former Minnesota governor Henry Sibley led an expedition of soldiers and Dakota scouts against the Dakota warriors. The war ended on December 26, 1862, when thirty-eight Dakota Indians were hanged in Mankato in the largest mass execution in U.S. history. Afterwards the government forced most of the remaining Dakota to leave Minnesota. For white Minnesotans, their experience of blood and terror negated all promises they had made to the Dakota. Stories and history books told about the great "Minnesota Massacre," but for many years the Indian side of the story was ignored. Shakopee (Shakpe, 'six'). The name of a succession of chiefs of the Medwakanton Sioux, residing on Minnesota river not far from the present town of Shakopee, Scott County, Minn. Three men of the name are mentioned in succession. The first met Maj. S. H. Long at the mouth of the Minnesota in 1817, when he came up to distribute the presents which Lieut. Z. M. Pike had contracted to send them 12 years earlier, and Long found him very offensive. This Shakopee was succeeded by his son, who was known as Eaglehead- Shakopee, and he by his son Little Six (Shakopeela), who was a leader in the Minnesota massacre of 1862. These mounted photographs of this incident are related to the Minnesota massacre. Photographs included are: Son of Little Crow, Sioux Warrior, Little Crow, Anpetu-Tokeca, (other day) he rescued sixty-two persons from the Indian Massacre, Shakpe's (Shakopee) scalping knife. The second sheet Old betsy "Bets" a friendly Sioux Squaw, Medicine bottle or "Grey Iron" a sious (Sioux) Murdered, Shakpe (Shakopee) another Indian captured with medicine bottle, hanging Shakpe (Shakopee) and medicine bottle, 1865, and a percussion revolver. Measures approximately 14" x 11". Condition: Fine-very fine, normal wear on mounts.Sold for: $896.25. |
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| 72145 | Sixth Plate Tintype of Two Indians, ca 1860-1870. Early studio tintype of two Plains Indians. Both wearing bone breast plates, gauntlets and beautiful beaded moccasins. There is a scratched name on verso Iron Hill (looks new) would be very hard to identify these two Indians. Just a nice tintype image. Measures approximately 2.50" x 3.50" Condition: Very good-fine, tin has bends and hole at top.Sold for: $334.60. |
| 72146 | Two Unidentified Images of Indians, ca 1900s. The first, 5" x 8.75" including mat, depicts a somewhat suspicious mother with her curious papoose. Acid transfer to the mount's back has resulted in the ghostly image of a white man being present. Overall fine condition. The second, 3.25" x 2.75", is a sepia-toned snapshot depicting four Indians sitting in front of a building. Loss to upper left corner, else very good condition.Not Sold. |
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| 72147 | Lot of Three Chickasha Indian Territory Photographs by W. E. Irwin, ca. 1890s. William E. Irwin (1871-1935), a photographer active in Chickasha, Indian Territory in the 1890s and early-1900s, whose images document the Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa who lived near Anadarko, Indian Territory and Fort Sill. He documents aspects of late 19th century American Indian life and material culture. Notable persons he has photographed Geronimo and Quanah Parker. These three Irwin photographs consist of, a great out-door scene, apache woman hauling wood in front of Teepee. Two Wikiup houses, with teepee in back-ground. Kiowa family, in village of Tepees, Indian man with two children on horse in village of Tepee's. Measures approximately 7.25" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, slight light contrast, two cards have paper loseSold for: $298.75. |
| 72148 | Cabinet Card Photograph Indian Wickiup, Chickasha, Indian Territory, ca. 1890s. Great photograph taken by William E. Irwin, of Chickasha, Indian Territory. Depicts an elaborate Wickiup and a Teepee in foreground. Measures approximately 7.25" x 5.25'. Condition: Very good-fine, contrast good, mount has normal wear, light crease left bottom corner.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72149 | Kiowa, Martha Napawat, and Child in a Cradleboard, Chickasha, Indian Territory, 1897. Very nice published Irwin photograph from the Chickasha, Indian Territory, of Kiowa Indian mother Napawat is standing in his studio with fabulous beaded cradle board. A famous Irwin photograph. Measures approximately 5.25" x 7.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, good contrast, mount has soiling, and edges have wear.Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72150 | Photograph of Indian Woman with "Elk Tooth Dress" Indian Territory, ca. 1880s-1890s. Photograph taken by Irwin of Chickasha, Indian Territory of this beautiful Native American Women sitting in his studio. In ink verso "Millie Ogtant dress trimmed with elks teeth valued $1000." In pencil under that, "White Fawn-Kiowa". Who ever she was, it is a great image of a lady with fringed leather Elk teeth dress and great moccasins. Measures approximately 5.25" x 7.50" Condition: Very good-fine, mount has hole at top and wear on edges.Not Sold. |
| 72151 | Imperial Size Photograph of Kiowa Indian, Purcell, Indian Territory, ca. 1889-1890. Very nice large size cabinet card of Kiowa Indian man sitting in Lenny & Sanders of Purcell, Indian Territory studio. Has beautiful pair of beaded moccasins, he is starring intensely at the photographer. On verso in pencil, Cat or Baa-o Kia 1888 in tradition Kiowa moc. Measures approximately 5.25" x 8.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, normal wear on mounts.Sold for: $507.88. |
| 72152 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Two Osage Indians, Pawhuska, Indian Territory, ca. 1890s. Nice cabinet card of two Osage Indians, woman on left in typical costume, staring at photographer Drum in his studio, at the Parsons Gallery. Located in Pawhuska, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Indian man sitting with great beaded and fringed leggings. Printed on verso of card, Pictures of Warriors, Chiefs, Squaws and Papooses, etc. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, contrast good, mount has normal light wear.Not Sold. |
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| 72153 | Cabinet Card Photograph Nez Perce Indian Steps, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory, 1882. Cabinet card of Steps who escaped from his band while surrounded in the badlands of Nebraska by General Miles in 1878. He then joined Sitting Bull's band of Uncapapa Sioux Indians. He lost his feet above the ankles, also his right hand by being frozen. Photograph by Bailey, Dix & Mead, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72154 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photograph Indian Chief with Fantastic War Bonnet, Pendleton, Oregon, ca. 1890s. A great image of Chief "Joe Craig" (Identification verso) taken in Wheelers' Studio Pendleton, Oregon, (blindstamped bottom). Chief has a beautiful full length eagle feather war bonnet, beaded arm bands, beaded pants, a beautiful lance, with a great mounted arrow head. Measures approximately 7" x 9.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has wear on cornersSold for: $1,015.75. |
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| 72155 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card of Nez Perce Indian Man, ca. 1890s. Great looking Indian man posing in W. S. Bowman photograph studio in Pendleton, Oregon. This Indian is wearing a Pendleton blanket, great cowboy hat, beaded tobacco bag, and very nice beaded moccasins. Measures approximately 7" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, image has fly specs, mount has normal wear.Not Sold. |
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| 72156 | Cabinet Card Photograph Two Nez Perce Full Dressed Indians, ca. 1890s. Photograph has Nez Perce Chief with tomahawk in hand, full length war bonnet and great bead work. The Nez Perce Indian sitting in chair has great bead work also, with bag at feet and very beautiful moccasins. The studio back drop is a Pendleton blanket. Image is by Milner Studio, Nez Perce, Idaho. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72157 | Imperial Size Photograph of Four Nez Perce Indians, ca. 1890s. Very large Wheeler photograph of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians. This image from the Northwest coast area has full dressed Indians, with great beaded moccasins, Pendleton blanket pants, bead necklaces, etc. The Indian warrior on the right has a great Indian police badge on and holding a large caliber Colt pistol. Two of the Indians have some type of modern identification, far left George Tenawit, next to him Whirlwind Shaplish (Towayalil). Fantastic large size Indian photograph. Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Fine -very fine, ink writing on mount, photograph has great contrast.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72158 | Three Cabinet Card Photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians, ca. 1890s. Three Nez Perce/Umatilla Indian cabinet card studio photographs are all taken in the Idaho, Oregon, or Washington area. The ladies are holding beaded bags, and have Pendleton blankets. Nice images of Nez Perce Indian women. The mounts measure approximately 4.25" x 6.5" Condition: Two Images are excellent, one is very good.Not Sold. |
| 72159 | Two Photographs of Armed Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians, ca. 1880-1890. First photograph with black border. There are five Nez Perce Indians in photograph, three of them are holding guns that appear to be long barrel Colts. The other is a pearl-handled Colt. Second image is a Nez Perce Native American Indian with Colt pistol in hand and a pistol on floor in front of him next to a Bowie knife. This Nez Perce is dressed in a beaded sash with ermine pelt, a silver arm bracelet with many beaded necklaces on. Measure approximately 4.25" x 6". Condition: Very good, light contrast.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72160 | Imperial Size Photograph of Three "Nez Perce/Umatilla Indian Chiefs," ca. 1890s. Large format photograph has three unidentified fully dressed Nez Perce/Umatilla chiefs. Chief on left has full headdress, beautiful bone necklace, great bead work moccasins, beaded waist bag, also beaded trousers under his skirt, etc. The Indian in middle has great accoutrements also- has beaded trousers, and moccasins also sporting a holstered pistol. The last Indian with full headdress great floral shirt, beautiful moccasins, tomahawk with ermine hide, etc. All three Indians are posed for this unidentified photographer. Measures approximately 10" x 12". Condition: Fine, fly spots, mount has some rub & light damage on corners.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72161 | Lot of Four Cabinet Card Photographs Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians ca 1880s-1890s. This lot consists of four cabinet card photographs, two taken by Bowman of Pendleton, one J. A. Briggs of Pendleton, Oregon, one not legible. All measure approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Good, all four have problems.Not Sold. |
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| 72162 | Cabinet Card Photograph by O. S. Goff, Two Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians, ca. 1890s. Very nice photograph taken in O. S. Goff's studio depicts two Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians sitting with Pendleton blankets, great cowboy hats, vests, and kerchiefs. The Indian on the left appears to be holding a bag of tobacco, looks like tobacco pouch. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50" Condition: Fine-very, slight light foxing.Not Sold. |
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| 72163 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photograph of a Group of Nez Perce Indians, ca. 1890s. Very nice large photograph of a group of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians sitting in an un-identified studio. Two of the men are wearing full eagle headdress (war bonnets), one on left is wearing a full trailer war bonnet. They are also wearing sleigh bells, so we assume they are grass dancers, they look to be going are coming from a very important ceremony. A hard to find image. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very fine, light spots on image minimal wear to mount.Sold for: $1,135.25. |
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| 72164 | Three Cabinet Card Photographs of Nez Perce Indians, ca. 1880s-1890s. There are three small cabinet card photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians. The same Indians in all three images, all holding Pendleton blankets, great beaded necklaces, they also have beaded pipe bags and moccasins. The Indian on the left has a revolver with cartridge belt. They measure approximately 6.50" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast.Not Sold. |
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| 72165 | Large Imperial Size Photograph of Indian Children with Full Headdresses, ca. 1890s. Great large photograph of two small Indian boys wearing dads war bonnets. They both have on great eagle feather full bonnets, also wearing Indian bead necklaces. The little Indian boy on right starring in full defiance of the unidentified photographer. Measures approximately 7" x 9". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $239.00. |
| 72166 | Fantastic Imperial Size Photograph of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indian, ca.1890s. Great image of Indian with fantastic bear claw necklace, bone plate necklace, great full beaded gauntlets, nice hide shirt & pants, full beaded moccasins and a bow and arrow. A very pleasing image of this unknown Indian. Measures approximately 7.57" x 10". Condition: Excellent, great contrast minimal wear on mount.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72167 | Imperial Size Photograph of Nez Perce Indians in Camp, ca. 1890s. Great scene of two Nez Perce Indian women sitting on their horse posing for this unknown photographer in an Indian camp on the plains. Both these horses have very elaborate beaded harnesses. Measures approximately 9" x 7". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72168 | Large Size Photograph of Nez Perce Indian Chiefs Wearing Peace Medals, ca. 1890s. A great image of seven prominent Nez Perce/Umatilla Indian Chiefs posing for this historic photograph. Two of these Indians are wearing peace medals. Four of them are displaying their fancy dress in an unidentified photographers studio. Three are wearing white man's clothing, there is also a white man standing with them in background. Pencil identification verso, "Forest Chauteau, A. R. Miller, Silas Conn, Albert Taylor, Little Fire, Jim Pepper, Jess Majhoe & Ray Manval." Measures approximately 10.75" x 8.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has glue residue.Sold for: $448.13. |
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| 72169 | Imperial Size Photograph of Two Nez Perce/Umatilla Indian Chiefs in Camp, ca. 1880s. Large format photograph of two Nez Perce Indians Warriors with their lances, head dresses, pinto ponies, posing for unidentified photographer, in a Indian camp with many teepees in background. Measures approximately 9.50" x 7". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has damage at top.Sold for: $239.00. |
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| 72170 | Lot of Two Cabinet Card Photographs of Nez Perce Indians, ca. 1900s. Pair of photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians from Oregon/Washington/Idaho area. Both photographs have full dressed Indian chiefs. One Indian chief is wearing a very large eagle feather war bonnet, has an exquisite pair of flower beaded gauntlets, a fringed leather shirt, what appears to be a small horse blanket under shirt, and he is also wears full beaded moccasins. In pencil verso: "Se Lu Pak lo Tim, pained eyes - Nez Perce, Francis McFarland." The second photograph is a young Indian, with single feather bonnet, a shirt which has been profusely beaded, many beaded necklaces, appears to have small mirrors on leather pants and beaded moccasins. In ink verso: "Property of Elida A. T. Miller, Luke Cawapo." On front of mount in ink; Luke Cawapoo. Large image measures approximately 7" x 9". Condition: Very good, light bends in photographs, mounts have wear.Not Sold. |
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| 72171 | Lot of Four Photographs of Nez Perce Indian Cradleboards, ca. 1890s. Very nice beaded cradle boards of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians from the Idaho, Oregon area. These four cabinet card photographs of Cradleboards sheathed with hide & decorated with beautiful glass beads, all have babies posing for the photographers in the studio. Three images are from Idaho with photographer names, last photograph has no identification. Measure approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Image very good and mount very good, light contrast.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72172 | Lot of Four Photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians with Cradleboards ca. 1890s. Very nice beaded cradleboards of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians from the Idaho, Oregon area. These four cabinet card photographs of cradleboards sheathed with hide & decorated with beautiful glass beads, all have babies posing for the photographers in the studio. Three images are from Idaho with photographer names, last photograph has no identification. Measure approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Image very good and mount very good, light contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72173 | Lot of Four Nez Perce Indian Cabinet Card Photographs, ca. 1890s. Very nice photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians in the Idaho - Oregon area. First image from Lewiston, Idaho by Photographer E. G. Cummings. Portrays a handsome Indian with much bead work and holding a tomahawk. Second image Grangeville, Idaho by photographer Hanson of the Elite studio. Indian man standing in studio, in ball point ink verso identification Jesse Williams. Third image Pendleton, Oregon by photographer W. S. Bowman. Indian man sitting with family in studio, in pencil verso identification Julius Williams, Cordilia Longhair. Last image no photographer or identification. Nice outdoor small image 3" x 4.75" of Nez Perce Indians with Pendleton blankets wrapped around themselves. Three images measure approximately 4" x 5.75". Condition: Very good, mounts very good with corner rubs, soiling & trimmed.Not Sold. |
| 72174 | Imperial Size Photograph Nez Perce Chief "Billy Joshua," ca. 1880s. Great three quarter bust shot of Nez Perce/Umatilla Native American Indian Chief "Billy Joshua" (written on back). He is sitting in unidentified photographer's studio posing for this great image. He is wearing many trade bead necklaces, flannel shirt and a beautiful beaded sash. Measures approximately 7" x 9". Condition: Very good-fine, scrapes in image been colored, mount soiledNot Sold. |
| 72175 | Imperial Size Photograph Umatilla Indians Oregon/Idaho, ca. 1890s. Photograph of Chief "No Shirt" of the Umatilla Indians. There are five chiefs or sub chiefs in this image, three have eagle feather headdresses & two have cowboy hats with a single eagle feather. This outdoor image was photographed by W. S. Bowman. Walter S. Bowman 1865-1938 who worked in Pendleton, Oregon, from the late 1880s to the mid 1930s. Bowman's photographs the daily life in North Eastern Oregon, and also photographed the Pendleton Round-Up. Measures approximately 9.25" x 7". Condition: Good -very good, light contrast, soiled mount.Not Sold. |
| 72176 | Photograph Album of Indians by Major Lee Moorhouse Pendleton, Oregon 1906. Major Lee Moorhouse, an eastern Oregon businessman and civic leader who served a short stint as Pendleton's mayor in the mid-1880s and later worked as an Indian agent on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. He was also an avid semi-professional photographer, taking more than 9,000 photos from 1897 until his death in 1926. This Moorhouse Souvenir Album of Noted Indian Photographs is copyrighted in 1906, his second edition from Pendleton, Oregon has 26 lithograph photographs of Nez Perce/Umatilla Indians. Very nice Native American item of Northwest Indians. Measures approximately 11.25" x 9.25". Condition: Very fine, light crease on cover.Not Sold. |
| 72177 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Yakima Indian," State of Washington, ca. 1880s. Appears to be a Yakima Indian posing in the studio of L. L. James North Yakima, Washington. Has many beads, ermine tie down for his hair and looks sternly to his right side. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good, light contrast, mount has normal wearNot Sold. |
| 72178 | Cabinet Card Photograph "Chief Moses" (The Sun Chief), ca. 1880s. Chief Moses (1829-1899) was an Indian chief of the Sinkiuse-Columbia tribe in the Washington Territory. The area that this tribe encompassed extended from Waterville to the White Bluffs, of the Columbia Basin. They were also in the Moses Lake region. They numbered a few hundred. This image taken in Dixon & Canfield Gallery, Colfax, Washington. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72179 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Chief Seattle's Daughter "Angeline" North Yakima, Washington, ca. 1890s. Chief Seattle outlived two wives. The only child by his first wife was a daughter, (Angeline) Kik-is-om-lo. Mrs. David Maynard, one of the city founders and friend to Chief Seattle, considered her name unattractive so she rechristened her "Angeline." Princess Angeline died on May 31, 1896, and was buried at her request in the Lakeview Cemetery. Photographed in E. E. James, Studio North Yakima, Washington. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has minor wear.Not Sold. |
| 72180 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Four Yakima Indians on Horseback, ca. 1880s-1890s. These Yakima Indians are in the town of North Yakima, Washington, riding their horse with full regalia on and posing for the town's photographer E. E. James. In period ink verso "Yakimas". Measures approximately 6.50" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fine, slight light contrast, mount has normal some dirt.Not Sold. |
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| 72181 | Lot of Two Outdoor Photographs of Spokane Indians ca 1880s The Spokane Indians are a Native American people in the northeastern part of the state of Washington in mostly in Stevens County. The city of Spokane gets its name, from them which literally means "children of the sun". Lewis and Clark on their trip west committed they lived in the vicinity of the Spokane River. These two great imperial size photographs of Spokane Indians taken by the photographer Bailey of Spokane, Washington illustrate how they lived in the area. First photograph depicts an Indian camp with many Teepees nestled in the forest. Second image is a close up of three Indians posing in front of there teepee, very nice outdoor photographs of this Indian habitat. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Fine, light foxing, light wear to corners, touch of light contrast.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72182 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Two Yuma Indian Women with Child, ca. 1870s-1880s. The Yuma Indian tribes of this area regarded themselves more as national entities, unlike the village or tribelet oriented people elsewhere in the state. The people of the Colorado River area also traveled extensively outside of their own territory, carrying trade goods to the coast and into the southern San Joaquin Valley. The peoples of the Colorado River culture area include the Quechan (Yuma), Halchidhoma, and Mohave. Great studio photograph of two Yuma Indian women sitting in studio, probably taken by Buchman & Hartwell of Tucson, Arizona Territory. This image depicts two women with minimal clothes, no shoes etc. Period ink verso: "Yuma Squaws". Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast, chip right middle of image, mount usual wear.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72183 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Yuma Indian Woman with Child ca 1870s-1880s. The Yuma Indian tribes of this area regarded themselves more as national entities, unlike the village or tribelet oriented people elsewhere in the state. The people of the Colorado River area also traveled extensively outside of their own territory, carrying trade goods to the coast and into the southern San Joaquin Valley. The peoples of the Colorado River culture area include the Quechan (Yuma), Halchidhoma, and Mohave. Very nice studio photograph of Yuma Indian woman with child on her lap was taken by Buchman & Hartwell of Tucson, Arizona Territory. This image depicts a woman with minimal clothes, no shoes etc. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has wear on edges.Not Sold. |
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| 72184 | Large Format Photograph Indian Sitting on Horse, ca. 1890s. Indian sitting on painted pony has a very long braided rope, eagle feathers in hand, appears to be a chief as he is wearing a eagle feather in his bear hide hat. No location or photographer. Measures approximately 9.50" x 7.75" Condition: Very good, break at bottom taped on verso, fly specs, mount has wear.Not Sold. |
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| 72185 | Cabinet Card of Native American Indian with Cane & Fan, ca. 1880s. This unidentified Indian sitting in Cheny Studio of Jonesville, Michigan is holding a cane in one hand and a feather fan in the other. He is wearing a very large bone breast plate and what appears to be some type of badge, can't quite make it out. Also has a great pair of beaded moccasins. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very good-Fine, minor wear on mount, has small albumen paper missing upper left corner.Not Sold. |
| 72186 | Photograph of Indian Holding American Flag, ca. 1880s. Great image of Indian sitting in studio holding an American flag. He has two eagle feathers in hair, bone breast plate. Printed on verso "From W. Peppets, Art Gallery Homer, Mich." Measures approximately 4.25' x 6.50" Condition: Very good-Fine, minor wear on mount.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72187 | Large Format Photograph of an Umtilla Indian, ca. 1880s. Large format photograph taken from the Bureau of American Ethnology collection has identification on verso "Chief Homle of Walla Walla tribe 1885 Umatilla Reservation". This Indian is sitting in studio with full dress holding a catlinite pipe (Pipe stone). Measures approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72188 | Large Format Photograph of Indian Woman and Children in Front of Teepee, ca. 1890s. Unknown photographer had taken this large format photograph of a unidentified Native American woman and two small children sitting in front of their teepee. Measures approximately 10.75" x 14". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72189 | Cabinet Card of Seneca Indian Lady and Baby in Papoose, Ca. 1890s. The Seneca Nation of Indians is one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794. Great cabinet card photograph of a Seneca Indian woman posing in J. T. McCarty's photo studio in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Depicts Indian women in typical lavishly embroidered blouse and skirt. Baby in a beautiful papoose. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine, light soiling and foxing, mount shows light wear to edges and corners.Not Sold. |
| 72190 | Lot of Two Large Format Native American Photographs of Same Indian, 1880s-1890s. First photo is an unidentified Indian standing in front of teepee with full headdress, tomahawk, and beaded sashes. Second photograph is same Indian sitting on horse posing for unidentified photographer, wearing a full length eagle feather war bonnet in front of teepee and he is also holding a long rifle. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast, one mount has crease.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72191 | Two Cabinet Card Photographs of Native American Indians, ca. 1890s. Large format unidentified photograph with approximately seven unknown chiefs wearing large eagle feather war bonnets, one is holding hatchet, many wearing bone breast plates and beaded items. Very interesting photograph could be a Wild West show. Smaller photograph has two full dressed Indians posing with a white family. They are wearing full headdresses, bone breast plates, and beaded moccasins. Larger photo measures approximately 8.75" x 6.75". Condition: Very good-fine, a little light contrast.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72192 | Four "Ute" Native American Indian Cabinet Card Photographs, ca. 1880s. These four images of Ute Indians, with three identified by Durango, Colorado photographers, have various subject matter. One has an Indian standing above the other with knife in his hand. They have great bone breast plates, another image has five Ute Indian women seated for their photograph, Three Ute's standing outside on porch, and the last one has two Ute Indians on horse back, one with saddle other bare back. The largest photo mount measures approximately 5" x 8.5". Condition: Good-Very good, some light foxing, light contrastSold for: $298.75. |
| 72193 | Stereoview "Ogalallah Sioux Indians North Plate, Nebraska ca 1870s. Very early Stereo view of Oglallah Sioux. Card No. 315, "Group of Ogalallah Sioux, at North Plate." Carbutt, Photographer, Chicago, Ill. Views of the Rocky Mountains and vicinity. The image depicts a group of Sioux Indians sitting out doors in a discussion with many white men in top hats looking on. Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $448.13. |
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| 72194 | Silver print By Carl Moon Chief Vincente ca 1910. Born in Wilmington, Ohio, 1878. Worked for various photographers in Ohio. In 1907 Moon moved his studio to El Tovar, Grand Canyon and contributed his photographs to Fred Harvey Collection of Southwest Indian Photographs. His large format silver prints were sold through Fred Harvey outlets. In 1923, Moon sold three hundred large format photographs and twelve oil paintings to Henry Huntington. He produced Indians of the Southwest, a four volume atlas-folio set containing one hundred photographs, 1936: however only ten copies were printed. Carl Moon Silver print, taken in his studio circa 1910, of Ochi-za-Begay aka Vincente, Chief of all the Navajos. Measures 4" x 6". Condition: ExcellentSold for: $388.38. |
| 72195 | Original Photograph by L. A. Huffman "The Omaha Dance" ca 1880s. Laton Alton Huffman (1854-1931) arrived in Miles City, Montana Territory in 1879 in time to document the beginning, middle and end of the open range era - and no one did it better. Huffman preferred to set up his traveling photo shop on the trail, to capture authentic action shots of cattle drives, roundups and typical ranch life. Albumen print, photograph is rare a presentation photograph in green suede coverlet with brown silk interior. Probably Sioux in the Rosebud. It is titled "The Omaha Dance" - ceremonial celebration. This image is from the estate of Laton A. Huffman in 1979. Overall dimensions of frame are approximately 13.50" x 18.50". Condition: Very fine, great contrast Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72196 | O.S. (Orlando Scott) Goff Photograph of Grass Dance ca 1890s. Cabinet card photograph with unknown location appears to be on a South Dakota Indian reservation. This image has American flag in back ground. The Native American Indians depicted in this photograph are doing a Grass Dance ceremony. they are dancing mostly stripped in breach cloth and roach headdresses, displaying feathered bustles and otter skin capes. Most have brass sleigh bells tied around their calves or ankles. A few have body paint and most are dancing barefooted. Measures approximately 6.50" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fine, has some foxingSold for: $657.25. |
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| 72197 | Original James Traver large Photograph Cheyenne Chief ca 1911. This image from the town of Webster City, Iowa. Blind stamped lower right corner (Traver, Webster city, Ia.) taken by James Traver, was one of many photographs taken by him. This photograph was taken in 1911 when the Cody (Buffalo Bill) show appeared in this small town. During his photograph journey at the Wild West Show Traver secured a number of excellent photographs of Buffalo Bill on foot and mounted on his favorite pony, photos of buffalo herd's, groups of cowboy's, and many other interesting scenes of the west. This image mounted on large card of Native family, with Indian outfits and standing in front of Tee-Pee, small child is wearing Indian chief Head Dress. Image measures approximately 7" x 10". Mount measures approximately 11.25" x 15.5" Condition: Very fine, mount has water damage bottomNot Sold. |
| 72198 | Stereoview of Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory Peace Council ca 1868. Rare, albumen stereoview taken from life by Alexander Gardner of the Fort Laramie Peace Council with the, Northern Plains Indians, (Oglala Dakotas) this photograph was taken inside the Council tent. Sioux Chief "Young Man Afraid of his Horses", has just passed the peace pipe to one of the Peace Commissioners who is smoking the pipe, this was not a posed or staged view, the photographer Gardner took this very journalistic photograph and captured the Peace council actually smoking a peace pipe in 1868. Un-published view. On verso of image in period ink; No 88 Interior of Council Chamber man afraid of his Horses in Centre. There is an image in "Peaceful Encounters", page 35 of this incident but not this image. Condition: Very good-fine, light contrastSold for: $2,390.00. |
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| 72199 | Large Photograph of Native American Indian with War Bonnet ca 1890s-1900s. Large format image of Indian man standing in un-known studio. He is wearing a very nice Eagle headdress bone necklace, great War shirt, etc. Printed on verso "Bureau of American Ethnology. Measures approximately 7" x 10.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has chipped cornersSold for: $310.70. |
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| 72200 | Cabinet Card of Miss Sickles and Little Chief at Pine Ridge Agency, ca. 1890s. Very scarce cabinet card view by Butcher & Orvis of West Union, Nebraska. Miss E. C. Sickles consents, at his request, to have her picture taken with Little Chief in his war bonnet, pipe bag and great beaded moccasins. Miss Sickles was the superintendent of the Ogalla Boarding School. Printed on verso is "Photographing Indians S.D. Butcher and H. C. Orvis of West Union, Custer County, Nebraska, returned from the land of the Indian insurrection where they secured negatives form over forty of the finest views of the Pine Ridge Agency, between 6th and 11th of January 1891. These pictures will be especially appreciated by the general public when it is taken into consideration the narrow risks they took of getting their 'hair Lifted' for going into bloody mess, but they got there all samee and all samee got away, with negatives worth thousands of dollars 'West Union Gazette.'" Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good, light soiling on mount.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72201 | Stereoscopic View of Group of Indians, "Snake Chiefs," ca. 1860s. Very early photograph of a group of Indians standing in front of a teepee on the plains, probably in the Rocky mountain area. On verso in period ink: "Published by O. C. Smith New York. No. 579 Snake Chiefs". The photographer of this image is A.J. Russell of Rocky Mountain Scenery, Stereoscopic Views 1868-1869. This photograph is "No. 15. Groups & Indians Series 579-Snake Chiefs." Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has small some foxing.Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72202 | Lot of Eight Early Stereoviews of Sioux Indians, Nebraska, ca. 1880s. Ponca Creek, Knox County in central Nebraska. One of the photographs depicts Wiseman's residence near St. James, Nebraska. The Indians killed four of his children at once while he was absent from home. Other photogrraphs are as follows: No. 185 White Thunder Chief, No. 16 Summer quarters, No. 10 drying meat, No. 180 Spotted tails Teepes, No. 100 Sioux Indian/Teepes on Ponca creek, No. 84 Ponca Grave & the last one Sioux Indians sitting in front of Teepees. All images photographed and published by W. R. Cross of Niobrara, Nebraska. All measure approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, normal wear on mounts.Sold for: $537.75. |
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| 72203 | Stereoview of Sioux (Custer's) Camp in Castle Creek Valley by Illingworth, 1874. On July 2, 1874, General George Armstrong Custer started out with a force of 1,000 men, 110 wagons, and hundreds of horses, mules and cattle from Ft. Lincoln, Dakota Territory. His orders were to go to the Black Hills, explore the territory, locate a potential site for a fort on the western side, find a connection to a previously known route from Ft. Laramie to the southwest, and report back to Ft. Lincoln by August 30. Unofficially, the expedition was also to confirm or deny the rumored presence of gold in the Black Hills. Until this time, no organized party of whites had traveled into the Black Hills and returned to civilization to tell about it, though several groups had passed around the perimeter of the mountains in earlier years. This bird's-eye stereoview of the expedition depicts many wagons lined up in the background, lots of tents, and cattle grazing. In period pencil on verso: "Whear we had the first fus with the Indians in the Hills". Printed at bottom of card: "Sioux Camp in Castle Creek Valley". It's actually Custer Camp. Left side of card reads "Scenery of Dacota & Wyoming Territory and Black Hills. Photographed by W. H. Illingworth". Right side: "Published by W. H. Illingworth No. East Seventh Street, St. Paul, Minn." Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72204 | Southwest Native American Policemen and Families Large Format Imperial Card, ca. 1885. This stunning image features period script ink identifications for nearly all of the men and women pictured. Several of the men wear shield police badges, and several also have suspension medals pinned on. There is a very tall white man standing in the rear, and the children are shown in the front. This imposing image measures 13.5"x 10" overall, the corners are clipped in various degrees, and there is significant foxing; the tone is very light although much detail remains. There is a photographer's credit in the negative toward the bottom right that could be deciphered reading, "H. B. Pol- -". One of the men is identified as, "Arizona Charlie". An image worthy of further limited research, which could determine the exact location.Not Sold. |
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| 72205 | Native American Indian Burial Site Photograph, ca. 1880s. Photograph of Sioux burial site, with body on elevated platform made of rough-hewn logs. A classic burial site on the plains of the West. No photographer credit, title on image Indian grave, No. 37. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Good-very good, very small part of image missing bottom middle, mount dirty.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72206 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Ponca Burial Ground, ca. 1880s. Early Oklahoma Territory photograph by Croft of Oklahoma City, depicting the "Ponca Indian burying ground". Many wooden buildings with a 42-star American flag flying in the burial ground. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Very good, mount has water stain and small chips.Sold for: $567.63. |
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| 72207 | Crow Indian Photograph, Hairy Moccasin & Corner of the Mouth, ca. 1890s. This framed silver gelatin photograph print of Hairy Moccasin was taken by Fred E. Miller (Helena, Montana). Hairy was a scout for Custer; he died October 9, 1922. Miller photographed records for the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Crow reservation. He was also a land clerk at the Crow Agency. In 1905, he was adopted into the Crow Nation. Measures in frame approximately 16" x 23". Condition: Fine, has not been taken out of frame. Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72208 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Four Indians on Horseback, ca. 1890s. An unknown photographer has taken a photograph of these four Native American Indians who appear to be Comanches. They are sitting on horses in front of a hardware store sign in an unknown town. Measures approximately 6.5" x 5.25". Condition: Very good, mount has bent corner bottom left, and wear on others.Not Sold. |
| 72209 | Very Rare Stereoview of "Texas, Lipan Indian Chief," ca. 1880-1890. The Lipan formerly ranged from the Rio Grande in New Mexico over western Texas and southeastward as far as the Gulf of Mexico. The position of the Lipan prior to the eighteenth century is somewhat obscure, but during that century and the early part of the nineteenth, they ranged over the region just indicated. In 1757, the San Saba mission was established for them, but it was broken up by their enemies, the Comanche and Wichita. In 1761-62, the missions of San Lorenzo and Candelaria were organized for the same purpose but met a similar fate in 1767. In 1839, the Lipan sided with the Texans against the Comanche but suffered severely from the Whites between 1845 and 1856, when most of them were driven into Coahuila, Mexico. They remained in Coahuila until October 1903, when the 19 survivors were taken to northwest Chihuahua, and remained there until 1905. In that year they were brought to the United States and placed on the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, where they now live. A few Lipan were also incorporated with the Tonkawa and the Kiowa Apache. This very rare stereoview (etched on glass plate before printing) depicts a Lipan Indian chief standing outside his dwelling with family, he appears to be wearing a peace medal & is also holding a Winchester rifle with saddle ring. Measures approximately 7' x 3.5". Condition: Fine, good contrast, mount has slight wear on corners. Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72210 | Large Format Photograph of Sioux & African American Warrior, ca. 1880s. This original albumen, in an original period frame, was photographed by Eli Johnston from Evanston, Wyoming. On verso, in period hand: "Scarecrow Sioux & African American Warrior." This is a very rare image of a mixed-race Indian. Very nice gilt-edge frame. Overall dimensions in frame: 19.5" x 23.5". Condition: Very fine. Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72211 | Four Cabinet Card Photographs of Indian Children on Cradle Boards, ca. 1880s-1890s. A cradle board is a typical North American baby carrier used to keep babies secure and comfortable and at the same time allowing the mothers freedom to work and travel. The cradleboards were attached to the mother's back with straps from the shoulder or the head. For travel, cradleboards could be hung on a saddle or travois. Lot consists of four cabinet cards of Native American Indian children in Cradle boards. Three images are Nez Perce / Umatilla Indians, with beautiful floral bead work on the boards. The last one is a Ute Indian board with great bead work also. The only one with identification is the photographer Nast from Denver, Colorado. This image shows Sevara family members, photographed by Detroit Photograph Company. All image mounts measure approximately 4.5" x 6.5". Condition: Very good - fine, some light foxing, mounts have wear.Not Sold. |
| 72212 | Lot of Two CDVs of Sioux Indian Camps at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, ca. 1863. Fort Laramie was built in 1835 by fur traders and was acquired by the federal government in 1849 for $4,000 to protect travelers on the Oregon trail during the California Gold Rush. The fort's relationship with the Plains Indians began with the Treaty of Fort Laramie in 1851 and later served as the main base of operation for the unsuccessful Powder River Expedition against the Sioux and Cheyenne in 1866. These two rare Civil War-era CDV photographs of Fort Laramie are very early and believed to be done from paintings by C. Moellman, who was an 18 year old private in the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He was stationed at Fort Laramie in 1863. The first image depicts Fort Laramie at a distance with the American flag flying above and Indian tepees at the outskirts; second image depicts a large group of Sioux Indians dancing in a circle near the Fort. Condition: Fine, images have good contrast.Sold for: $478.00. |
| 72213 | Imperial Size Photograph of Navajo Chief Francisco, ca. 1880s. Very old Chief Francisco astride an equally old donkey. Wearing well worn moccasins, blanket, and walking stick. This albumen photographed by Hook is titled in plate: "Chief Francisco, two patriarchs, N. M. 1102." Great photograph. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine-very fine, good contrast. Not Sold. |
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| 72214 | Lot of Two Photographs of Native American Indians, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca. 1890s. Lot consists of two cabinet cards of Carlisle, Pennsylvania Indians, photographed in J. N. Choate. First image is of two Indians girls dressed in white women's clothing. The second image is a young Native American Indian also dressed in white man's clothes. All three of these Indians are students at the Carlisle Indian School. Measure approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good-fine, slight foxing on image, mount has some dirt.Not Sold. |
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| 72215 | Imperial Size Photograph of Indian Family Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca. 1890s. Photograph taken in studio by unknown photographer depicts a family of Indians in white man's clothing at the Carlisle Indian School. In period ink on verso is "Group of Sioux- who came to Carlisle to see their children- the parents are in the centre. From J. L. Leuseney Indian Leland Carlisle, Pa." Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has some dirt.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72216 | Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Western Mule Skinner Holding Whip, ca. 1850s. This fantastic rare sixth-plate of a mule skinner has his bull whip in hand, sporting a great wide brim hat, and open button down shirt. His shirt is tinted blue as it appeared on the daguerreotype plate over 150 years ago. This amazing image has crisp sharpness with unbelievable contrast. The man has a very intense stare as he sits for the daguerreotypes to get his photograph taken. The seal has been broken. Measures approximately 2.75"x 3.25". Seal broken, image and case excellent condition. Condition: Very fine-excellent, great contrast, some very, very light discoloration. Sold for: $4,780.00. |
| 72217 | Hand-Tinted Sixteenth Plate Tintype of Great Armed Wild West, ca. 1870s-1880s. A young cowboy with pistol & Bowie knife in his belt poses before a studio backdrop of an outdoor landscape. The young man rests his left arm on a stand draped with a decorative blanket. The man's cheeks are lightly tinted, lending a life-like feel to the image. The image is housed in a beautiful gutta-percha case with a deeply embossed floral pattern on both sides, a pressed velvet interior, and decorative pressed-tin, gilt "frame" around the image. Measures approximately 3.25" x 3.75". Condition: Fine, minor dents, small scratches on tin.Not Sold. |
| 72218 | Sixteenth Plate Tin Type of Two Armed Cowboys & One Cowgirl, ca. 1870s. Very nice sixth-plate tintype of three cowboys wearing great cowboy hats. One has a beautiful beaded holster with pistol, another on left of image wearing wooly chaps and has holstered pistol. There is also a cowgirl behind the Mexican cowboy with rope in his lap. A very pleasing image from the early Wild West Cowboy era. Measures approximately 2.5" x 3.25". Condition: Fine, tin has light bend. Not Sold. |
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| 72219 | Sixth Plate Tintype Photograph of Cowboy Holding Pistol on Horse, ca. 1870s. Very early sixth-plate tintype of Wild West cowboy. This cowboy is sitting on his horse with chaps, kerchief, great cowboy hat, holding long-barrel revolver with a cigar in his mouth. There are buildings in background but they cannot be identified. Great image of early Wild West. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4.75". Condition: Fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $334.60. |
| 72220 | Very Early "Cowboy" Sixth-Plate Tintype, ca. 1860s-1870s. Full dressed cowboy standing in studio photographed by unidentified photographer. Cowboy has a rope & lasso in hand, studded leather chaps, great cowboy hat, cowboy shirt and kerchief. A fully dressed early cowboy. Measures approximately 2.5" x 3.5". Condition: Fine, contrast a touch dark.Not Sold. |
| 72221 | Celluloid Photograph of Black Cowboy, ca. 1900. This very rare celluloid image of black Cowboy wearing a great hat, kerchief, and what appears to be a shell jacket. He is staring intently into the camera. The wire stand-up stand missing on back. Measures approximately 5.75" x 7.75". Condition: Very fine, no foxing, excellent.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72222 | Great Cabinet Card Photograph of Armed Cowboy with Holster, ca. 1890s. Very nice studio cabinet card taken at Ball & Sons, Seattle, Washington. Depicts a full dressed cowboy with holstered pistol (you can see barrel at end of holster), cartridge belt, fringed pants, cowboy shirt, and great cowboy hat. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72223 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Fully Dressed and Armed Wild West Cowboy, ca. 1880s. Very early armed cowboy standing in unknown photographer's studio. Great gilded & scalloped-edge photo mount depicts this well dressed Wild West cowboy wearing a great cowboy hat, leather tooled gauntlets, fringed leather chaps, and a very nice triple-loop holster with pistol. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast, mount has slight discoloration at bottom right corner. Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72224 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Great Armed Scout from Colorado, ca. 1880s. Superb image of Scout with leather fringed jacket, beaded shirt, great knee high boots & wide brimmed cowboy hat. Standing in the studio of J. R. Riddle located in Loveland, Colorado. This un-identified scout is also holding a Model 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Rifle and a holstered revolver with cartridge belt, a great image. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very fine, great contrastSold for: $1,553.50. |
| 72225 | "Whittick" Photograph of Two Armed Full Dressed Scouts, ca. 1880s-1890s. Great early photograph of two well dressed frontier scouts, photographed in George. B. Witticks' studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. These two men posing in the studio are well armed, both have holstered pistols, great fringed leather pants and shirts, and are wearing moccasins. The man sitting down is holding a Winchester, and sports a double-loop holster. The man standing has a triple loop holster, and what appears to be a breech-loading centerfire Whitney double barrel shotgun. You can see three triggers. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine, image has a couple of scratches, nice contrast, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72226 | Imperial Size Photograph of Two Armed Cowboys, ca. 1890s. Two unidentified cowboys sitting in the studio of an unidentified photographer. This is a great image of two armed cowboys, one with Winchester Rifle, the other sitting with holstered pistol, both wearing leather chaps and cowboy hats. The man on the right has a small whip attached to his suspenders. Measures approximately 5.25" x 7.25". Condition: Fine, mount has normal wear.Not Sold. |
| 72227 | Photograph of Two Cowboys with Ivory Handle Pistols, Amarillo, Texas, ca. 1880s. These two gentlemen are standing in photographer Therman's studio in Amarillo, Texas. Both men are sporting derby hats, great stitched pattern cowboy boots, holsters with ammo, and pistols with Ivory grips. Man on right has steer head grips and man on left has spread eagle pattern grips. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good-fine, contrast is great, mount has break at the bottom left corner, which has been repaired with tape. Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72228 | Cabinet Card Photograph of an Armed Wild West Cowboy, Arizona, ca. 1890s. Great Arizona Territory photograph of a Wild West cowboy standing in Williams Gallery in Safford, Arizona. This young cowboy has a great cowboy hat, kerchief, very nice leathered holster with colt pistol, fringed chaps, cowboy boots, and rope. A great photograph of real cowboy from the true Old West. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72229 | Cabinet Card Photograph of an Armed Wild West Performer, ca. 1890s. Great looking Wild West performer with large full brim cowboy hat, very nice fringed jacket, leather holster, with cartridge belt. Subject has a pistol stuffed in his belt, and is holding a revolver in his hand. Great studio photograph by Whiten. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, mount has wear upper left corner.Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72230 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Gentleman Cowboy," ca. 1890s. Photograph from Durango, Colorado taken by the photographer Boston has identification on verso as "John Herr, about 1898". Cowboy is wearing a pair of brand new leather chaps, has a new rope in his hand, and a holstered Colt revolver. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good, light scratches on image.Sold for: $203.15. |
| 72231 | Lot of Two Cabinet Card Photographs with Spurs and Guns from New Mexico Territory, ca. 1890s. First image is a studio photograph by H. W. Lucas, Silver City, New Mexico of a cowboy with great hat, lace up shirt, knee-high boots, and a pair of spurs. Second photograph is by Cobb of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and depicts a man standing in the studio with a Winchester rifle, Winchester cartridge belt, and a Colt revolver stuck in his cartridge belt. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Good-very good, one light contrast, the other has scratches on image.Not Sold. |
| 72232 | Rare Signed Photograph of T. R. Roddy, "White Buffalo," ca. 1890s. Very rare signed photograph of T. R. Roddy. On verso, in period ink: "Compliments of T. R. Roddy, White Buffalo." The Nebraska dealer T. R. Roddy, a dealer in Indian artifacts, also known as "White Buffalo", had purchased eleven wampum belts from the Great Lakes region from an Iroquois Indian in 1899. Then George G. Heye purchased these same items through another dealer in 1910. These famous wampum belts were all returned to the Six Nations Confederacy on the Grand River in Canada in 1988 after many years away from their rightful owners. Photograph by V. C. Houser Chicago, Ill. Historical institutional autographed photo. Measures approximately 5" x 7.25". Condition: Very fine, small horizontal chip at top right of mount, great contrast.Not Sold. |
| 72233 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Cowgirl," ca. 1890s. Photograph identified on verso as "Lone Star May Mackey", also written "taken in Texas this belongs to May Hendreckson." Very nice Wild West cowgirl performer "Lone Star May" sitting on her horse with great cowgirl hat, outfit, gauntlets, fancy bridle on horse, and 1897 Winchester shotgun. Measures approximately 4.5" x 6". Condition: Fine, good contrast, photo mount trimmed.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72234 | Cabinet Card Photograph of a Fully Dressed Armed "Cowgirl," ca. 1890s-1900s. Very nice photograph of a cowgirl with great outfit. She has great hat, kerchief, holstered pistol (up-side down), very nice fringed leather skirt, and a fantastic pair of fringed gauntlets with bold white star on them. In pencil on verso is written: "Clara Carratt". Measures approximately 9" x 6". Condition: Very fine, slight rub on mount.Not Sold. |
| 72235 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Cowboy Scout "Wild Burt," ca. 1880s. Great outdoor photograph of this cowboy scout with his leather chaps, huge large brim hat, kerchief, and long gun. Photograph taken by Smith of Cooperstown, New York. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Very good, contrast little light, light stain on mount.Sold for: $537.75. |
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| 72236 | Terrific Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photograph of Armed and Duded-Up Cowboys, ca. 1890s. Interesting photograph features four mounted cowboys wearing their Sunday best and full field gear, including chaps, holsters, belts, hats, gloves and lariats. Three of the men pictured proudly show off their weapons: Colt single-action Army revolvers, rifles, and pistols. Photographer, subjects, and location are unidentified; possibly photographed in Montana. Excellent sharpness and contrast; sparse spotting does not detract from this handsome image. A great association piece for any Western Americana collection. Measures approximately 10"x 8". Condition: Fine, minor rubbing at corners and edges.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72237 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photograph by C. H. Grabill, "Roping and Changing," 1890 . Printed on photograph: "No. 1234. Roping and Changing. Changing Horses on Round up. Photo and copyright by Grabill, 1890." When camp was set up, it was the job of the wrangler to set up the corral, usually about 50 feet in diameter. The rope was held up by forked sticks visible in the photograph. One end of the rope would be tied to a wagon wheel. Another rope tied to another wheel would serve as a gate for the corral. When the horses were broken, they were trained to stay in the rope corral. The reason for the large number of horses, called a "remuda," was not only to allow horses to recover from any injuries and to rest, but horses had different abilities. Some were better for roping, others for mountainous areas. The roundup could cover over a hundred miles. Photo by John C. H. Grabill. Measures approximately 9.75" x 6.75". Condition: Very fine, slight foxing.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
| 72238 | Imperial Size Photograph of "Montana Cowboy's" by F. J. Haynes, ca. 1880s. Very nice Wild West imperial size photograph by F. Jay Haynes. Printed on card: "192c Montana Cowboys, Haynes-Photo." In period ink on verso: "No. 5214 Cowboys & branding on the range." This image has eight cowboys with chaps, cowboy hats, ropes, etc. lassoing a calf to brand. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
| 72239 | Lot of Eight Imperial Size Photographs of Wild West Scenes by Kirkland of Cheyenne, Wyoming, ca. 1880s. Their are two images of cattle on the range. Other photos include one of a "Bunch of trail cattle", one titled "Rounding Em Up", one of cowboys sitting on horses looking into the camera, a photograph of five cowboys sitting on horses, and one with a cowboy sitting on a cow that has been roped. The latter photograph has "Arrosa P .Q. R." written in period ink, dated 1886. Condition: Good-very good, slight foxing, some have light contrast.Sold for: $4,182.50. |
| 72240 | Lot of Twelve C. D. Kirkland Cowboy Cattle Photographs, Wyoming, ca. 1880s. In 1872, Charles D. Kirkland arrived in Cheyenne from Denver in order to work in a photography studio. He opened his own studio at 292 Ferguson Street in 1881. He invented a gelatine chloride process of photography and in 1893 returned to Denver, where better facilities were available for the manufacture of the gelatine chloride. In Denver Kirkland maintained studios. He ultimately sold the process to George Eastman. Very nice Kirkland Imperial size photograph lot. Consists of twelve photographs taken By Kirkland of Cheyenne, Wyoming. List of images: No. 53 Pitching broncho, No. 51 Branding on the Prairie, No. 28 Branding a Maverick, No. 56 General view of Round up, No. 21 Roping and cutting out, No. 9 General view of round up, No. 38 Roping a steer to inspect brand, No. 47 Inspecting the brand, No. 37 The horse heard, No. 22 Group of cowboys. All measure approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, some dirt on mount and light contrast. Sold for: $3,585.00. |
| 72241 | Two Imperial Size Photographs of Cowboys on the Range, ca. 1880s-1890s. First photograph of cowboys on the plains depicts many men sitting in front of a cook's tent. They are all wearing great cowboy hats, staring intently at this unknown photographer. Second image has two cowboys in this photograph who appear in the first photograph, again wearing great cowboy hats. A few cowboys are on horses. They are probably cattle men on the range. Both measure approximately 8.5" x 6". Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $1,015.75. |
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| 72242 | Cattle Photograph & Stock Certificate, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880s-1890s. Beautiful signed issued and canceled stock certificate from the El Capitan Land and Cattle Company, printed in 1885. This historic document was printed by Truatmann, Bailey & Blampley Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a bull. The certificate is signed by the company's president, Melvin Emyor Richardson. The large photograph is by an unknown photographer. The location is also unknown, but a nice cattle ranch item. Photo measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Both item fine, stock has cut a bottom for cancellation. Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72243 | Document Signed of a Court Case, State of Nebraska vs. Joel Collins & Eight Others (Gang) For 1877. In 1876, Bass and Joel Collins drove a small herd of longhorns to Nebraska and earned the princely sum of $8,000, which they squandered in the gambling dens of Ogallala, Nebraska, and Deadwood, South Dakota. After trying their hands at freighting, Bass and Collins turned outlaw. At first unsuccessful at stagecoach robberies, they pulled off a huge heist of a Union Pacific passenger train on September 18, 1877, netting $60,000 (shared amongst the six gang members) in newly minted twenty-dollar gold pieces from the express car, $1,300 in cash from the passengers, and four gold watches. After dividing the loot, the bandits decided to go in pairs in different directions. Within a few weeks, Collins and two others were killed while resisting arrest. Extremely rare document for the Collins gang. Document reads, in part: "State of Nebraska vs. J. Collins, 22nd day of September 1877 for the crime of robbery, has been committed in the County of Cheyenne and that J. Collins & Eight others (names unknown) committed the same." Measures approximately 8.5" x 7". Condition: Fine, a couple of small pieces missing at top. Sold for: $896.25. |
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| 72244 | Lot of Two Sixth Plate Tintypes of Indians, ca. 1870s. First one is of a young man sitting in a studio with cartridge belt under coat cowboy boots, kerchief and great cowboy hat. Second is of a young man standing in studio with cowboy boots and very nice cowboy hat. Both measure approximately 2.25" x 3.5". Condition: Very good-fine, light scratches.Not Sold. |
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| 72245 | Sixth Plate Tintype of Black Chickasaw Indian Sheriff, ca. 1860s-1870s. "This list (Dawes Commission) of Black Chickasaws surnames represent the names of the freedmen who were adopted through the Dawes Commission, between 1898 and 1916. Note that many of these names appear in other Indian nation lists, and their appearance here does not absolute provide proof of Black Indian Ancestry. In addition to these items, it is recommended that the researcher obtain as much oral history as possible on the family, and then locate the Dawes records on the family, including the names of ancestors on the Enrollment Cards and other pertinent records." Oberton (Keel) is noted on this list. This rare sixth-plate tintype of a Black Chickasaw reads on verso, in period ink, in part: "Oberton Keel, Sheriff of Pickens County (Oklahoma) Chickasaw Nation, 2 miles from Guthrie." Measures approximately 3.5" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, has minor rust on edges. Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72246 | Extremely Rare Sixth Plate Tintype of Native American and African American Cowboys, ca. 1860-1870. Images of Indian cowboys are rare, as are images of black cowboys. Here we have the best of both worlds: both in the same photo! The two young men seem ill at ease as they pose side by side for their portrait. The Indian cowboy wears typical cowboy gear - heavy slacks, colorful neckerchief and fringed buckskin jacket. The young black cowboy wears his best three-piece suit. This photo has been placed in a Lucite casing for protection. Image measures approximately 2.25" x 3.25". Condition: Very fine, light rush verso.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72247 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Geronimo Holding a Dance Revolver, early 1900s. After years on the run, the great Apache warrior Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. military in 1886, and was sent to Florida for imprisonment. In 1894, Geronimo and 341 other Apaches were brought to Fort Sill, where they were held as prisoners of war for the rest of their lives. Geronimo was occasionally allowed to leave the fort later in his life, touring briefly with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show in 1908. Here, the great Apache chief is pictured wearing an eagle-feather headdress and a heavily fringed buckskin shirt. He holds a Texas-made Dance revolver in his lap and looks to his left with a scowl on his face. Blind stamp reads "Addison, Fort Sill O. T" (Oklahoma Territory). A scarce and desirable image of a great Apache warrior. Condition: Very fine, great contrast, with minor chips and wear to the edges and corners.Sold for: $1,673.00. |
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| 72248 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Native American Indian Holding a Revolver, ca. 1880s-1890s. Image photographed by Nonpareil of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania depicts an unidentified Native American Indian staring intently at the photographer and sitting in studio holding a large revolver. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine, some light soiling.Not Sold. |
| 72249 | CDV Photograph of an Indian with Percussion Rifle and Bow & Arrow Set, ca. 1880s. Carte de visite of an American Indian identified on verso as "Daniel McKay the great Indian Scout and interpreter." Native American Indian in unidentified photographer's studio, posing with great early bow and arrow set with quiver, and holding a percussion rifle. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4". Condition: Very good, good contrast, two top corners on mount have been trimmed.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72250 | Apache Indian with Holstered Pistol and Evans .44 Rim Fire Rifle, ca. 1880s. One of the most unusual yet least known rifles of the 1870s was the Evans repeating rifle. Designed by a Maine dentist named Warren R. Evans. Together with his brother George, who helped perfect the design, they started the Evans Repeating Rifle Company of Mechanic Falls, Maine in 1873. The most unusual feature of the Evans was its magazine capacity, which was more than double the capacity of the Winchester. It held an astounding 34 rounds in its rotary magazine. This image depicts an Apache Indian with holstered pistol (holster has rosette cartouche) and a cartridge belt with .44 caliber bullets. He is also holding an octagonal Evans rifle with intricate wood carving. Measures approximately 5.25" x 6.25". Condition: Poor-good, has crack through middle of photograph, mount has rub.Sold for: $418.25. |
| 72251 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Two Indians Holding Pistols in Muskogee, Indian Territory, ca. 1890s. Studio cabinet card, depicting two Native American Indians holding revolvers and a bottle of whiskey were photographed by Austin of Muskogee, Indian Territory. Indian on left has great cowboy hat, kerchief and six-shooter in cocked position. The Indian on right is holding a six- shooter and a bottle of whiskey. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Good-very good, has scratches and rub on image, mount has small chip bottom.Not Sold. |
| 72252 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Two Armed Indians in Cowboy Outfits, ca. 1890s. Photograph has two Native American Indians in a studio taken by an un-identified photographer. The Indian on the left is pouring liquor out of a bottle, with a liquor jug sitting in front of him. The second Indian is wearing great leather chaps with fringe, cowboy boots, and kerchief. He appears to be holding a Colt revolver. Measures approximately 4.25" x 5.75". Condition: Very good, mount has been trimmed.Not Sold. |
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| 72253 | Cabinet Card of Two Armed Native American Indians, ca. 1890s. Photograph of two Native American Indians both holding percussion rifles. The Indian on left is wearing shell jacket, slouch hat, cartridge belt and beaded leggings. Has period pencil writing on verso: "Three irons and Son" also imprint T. N. (Thomas Nathan) Barnard he was active as a photographer in Montana and Idaho area 1890-1910. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine, good contrast, mount has a couple of pin holes and wear on edges. Sold for: $1,314.50. |
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| 72254 | C. S. Fly Photograph Indian Scouts Fort Huachuca, Arizona Territory ca 1880s. Fort Huachuca is a product of the Indian Wars of the 1870s and 1880s. In February 1877, Colonel August B. Kautz, commander of the Department of Arizona, ordered that a camp be established in the Huachuca Mountains. This camp would offer protection to settlers and travel routes in southeastern Arizona while simultaneously blocking the traditional Apache escape routes through the San Pedro and Santa Cruz valleys to sanctuary in Mexico. A temporary camp was established at the post's current location on March 3, 1877, by Captain Samuel Marmaduke Whitside with two companies of the 6th Cavalry. The site was selected because it had fresh running water, an abundance of trees, excellent observation in three directions, and protective high ground for security against Apache tactical methods. Camp Huachuca was redesignated a fort in 1882. In 1886, General Nelson A. Miles designated Fort Huachuca as his advance headquarters and forward supply base for the Geronimo campaign. Geronimo's surrender in August 1886 practically ended the Apache danger in southern Arizona. The Army closed more than 50 camps and forts in the territory, but Fort Huachuca was retained because of continuing border troubles involving renegade Indians, Mexican bandits, and American outlaws and freebooters. Large size photograph taken by C. S. Fly of Tombstone, Arizona Territory. A very nice outside photograph of a couple dozen armed apache scouts and possibly Lt. Gatewood in center of photograph. They have their tents set up at Fort Huachuca in the field. In period ink verso; "Indian Scouts Post Huachuca Ariz". Measure approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, light soiling on mount Sold for: $7,170.00. |
| 72255 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Many Armed Apache Indians in Desert ca 1880s. Imperial size photograph of over a dozen Apache Indians (possibly Tonto Apaches) holding percussion rifles, one Indian has a huge Bowie knife strapped to his side. They all appear to be wearing cartridge belts full of ammo. In the middle of the band of Apache Indians is an un-identified white man holding a Winchester rifle, great image with no photographer identification. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very fine, slight light contrast Sold for: $4,182.50. |
| 72256 | Two Imperial Size Photographs "Apache Indian Scouts & Apache Kid" ca 1880s-1890s. Ski-be-nan-ted (Apache Kid) was born on the San Carlos Reservation in about 1860. He worked as a scout under Al Sieber. By July 1882 he had reached the rank of sergeant. The following year he accompanied General George Crook on the expedition of the Sierra Madre. In 1887 the Apache Kid was left in charge of the guardhouse at San Carlos. He left his post in order to hunt down a man he believed was responsible for the death of his father. On his return to the guardhouse there was an argument with Al Sieber. During the dispute someone (not the Apache Kid) shot Sieber in the leg. The Apache Kid escaped but later surrendered to the authorities. Apache Kid and three others were accused of attempted murder. He was found guilty and was sentenced to seven years in Yuma Territorial Prison. While being transported to the prison the Apache Kid escaped. During the fighting that took place three guards, Glenn Reynolds, Eugene Middleton and W. A. Holmes were killed. Over the next few years the Apache Kid was accused of various crimes. However, if is impossible to determine how many of these he actually committed. A $5,000 reward for him, dead or alive, was promised by the Arizona territorial legislature. This did not result in his capture and after 1894 reports of his crimes came to an end. Some sources claimed he died at this time while others argue he had crossed into Mexico and lived to an old age. Two very scarce historical photographs. The first is an imperial size three-quarter bust image of the "Apache Kid", definitely starring at the photographer with very stern look attributed to (Erwin Baer). Notation in ink verso; "White Mountains Apache Indian renegade know to have killed 32 whites, and many Indians, a price of $17,000.00 was offered in 1892 for his capture". Second image depicts six Apache Indian scouts two on the ground pointing at the trail of "Apache Kid". The officer sitting on the horse with binoculars is 2nd lieutenant Herbert O. Williams, 11th Infantry. In ink verso; "2nd Lt. Herbert o. Williams, 11th Inf. and his Co. of Apache Indian scouts on the Trail of the Kid near San Carlos, Arizona". Both images measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good-fine, light soiling on images, the Kid photo has light water stain Sold for: $4,780.00. |
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| 72257 | Cabinet Card photograph "Indian Scouts" ca 1880s-1890s. Early image of eight Indian scouts. White man at right is probably in charge of the Indian scouts. One of the scout's has sergeant stripes and some type of badge (Indian police) on his chest. These Native American Indians appear to be Navajos'. It also looks to be a military headquarters on the Wild West range. No identification on photo or the photographer. Image measures approximately 7" x 4.25". Condition: Fine, mount has break has been taped and discolored Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72258 | Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photograph Armed Apache Scouts Arizona Territory ca 1880s-1890s. Fantastic photograph of thirteen Apache Scouts, eleven Apache Scouts holding percussion Rifles. All the Scouts are wearing shell jackets, cartridge belts and bandanas. Some of the Indian Scouts have great gauntlets on. One Indian wearing fancy gauntlets with Stars of them. There is also a lieutenant standing to the right with holstered pistol, and a Mexican interpreter (Maryildo Grivalva) with great hat, Winchester & cartridge belt. In the foreground there are a couple Wickiups'. Photographed by Erwin Baer, Prescott, Arizona. Views of the following sections of the Territory. On verso in period ink, "Lt. Herbert O. Williams, 11th inf. Comdg. Apache Scouts at San Carlos Arizona 1890. Maryildo Grivalva interpreter". Very rare photograph. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has some soilingSold for: $5,078.75. |
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| 72259 | Imperial Size Photograph of Seven Indian Police with Badges ca 1890s. Imperial size image of finely dressed Indian police, all wearing badges, hats and shell jackets. A few are wearing "Police bands" on their hats, also a couple have revolvers under their coats, the man on bottom left you can see butt of gun, a great photograph. Measures approximately 7.75" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, slight light contrast, damage to albumen paper top center, mount has soiling Sold for: $2,629.00. |
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| 72260 | Cabinet Card Photograph Captain Sword Chief of Indian Police ca 1890s. Cabinet card photograph of Captain Sword chief of police on agency (in period ink on mount) and wife sitting in the studio and posing for J. E. Meddaugh, Bushville, Nebraska. He is wearing an Indian police badge and a police uniform with captain boards on shell jacket. Measures approximately 4.25" X 6.50". Captain Sword. Those who actually went off of the Cheyenne River agency probably number 303, and there were a few from the Standing Rock reserve with them, but as to their number I do not know. There were a number of Ogalallas, old men and several school boys, coming back with that very same party, and one of the very seriously wounded boys was a member of the Ogalalla boarding school at Pine Ridge agency. He was not on the warpath, but was simply returning home to his agency and to his school after a summer visit to relatives on the Cheyenne river. Wounded Knee-Historical Reference: Massacre at Wounded knee, South Dakota on December 29, 1890 Reference to Turning Hawk, Captain Sword, Spotted Horse and American Horse (Sioux). From the report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1891, volume 1, pages 179-181. Extracts from verbatim stenographic report of council held by delegations of Sioux with Commissioner of Indian affairs, at Washington, February 11, 1891. Condition: Good-very good, foxing on image and mount Sold for: $2,270.50. |
| 72261 | Ute Indian Police with Agent Denver, Colorado ca 1890s. In period ink on imperial size photograph" Photo by C. S. Lillybridge, Denver, Colo. Pueblo Indian Nation, at Denver Oct. 18th 1895". On verso period pencil, "For Billy Barron, with Ute Indian Agnt. Durango, Colo". This image has the Ute Indian agent on the left hand side, with numerous Indians standing posing for photographer. There are also what appears to be Indian Police, they have badges on. There are also many Indian pottery items laying on ground in front of them. Measures approximately 8.25" x 6.25". Condition: very good, light contrast Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72262 | Imperial Size Photograph of Mescalero Indian Agency New Mexico Territory 1893. Mescalero Apache tribe was established by executive order of President Ulysses S. Grant on May 27, 1873. There are three sub bands that comprise the Tribe: the Mescalero Apache, the Chiricahua Apache, and the Lipan Apache. Very scarce birds eye view photograph of the Mescalero Indian Agency New Mexico, (Territory) October 1st 1893 (Period ink verso) depicts the reservation, with houses, main buildings, and Indian Teepee's. No photographer. Measures approximately 9.25" x 6". Condition: Very good-fine, slight foxing on image, great contrast, mount has stains Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72263 | Edward S. Curtis, Original Photogravure Photograph ca 1908. Early original copper plate photogravure of "The Camp" depicts a beautiful photograph of Indian teepees on the plains. This photogravure from a copyright photograph 1908 by E. S. Curtis. Image only measures approximately 7.25" x 5.50". Condition: Very fineSold for: $298.75. |
| 72264 | Large Format Photogravure by E. S. Curtis of "A Corner of Zuni" 1903. Native American Indian Photogravure by Edward S. Curtis. "A Corner of Zuni". Plate No.615. The chamber at the left, with ladder-poles projecting from the hatchway, is the kiva of the north. Many dances are performed in the small plaza here shown. The dark material piled against one of the houses is sheep-dung for firing pottery. On recto this image Copyrighted 1903, the photogravure was done by Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass. Measures approximately 21.75" x 18". Condition: Very fine, great contrast, has light crease bottom corner light crease in sky areaNot Sold. |
| 72265 | Lot of ten William H. Jackson Western Chromolithograph photographs ca 1890-1910. W. H. Jackson agreed to join the firm as a partner and moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1898. The precise method of printing was only known by those who were working for the Company, and were sworn to secrecy. The photochrom chromolithographs (chromos) were produced from hand-carved stones imported from Bavaria. The exact number of stones is not known, most likely varied. The process was painstaking, they where printed from fine grain lithograph stones with light sensitive asphaltum coating and the process occurred for each color. This company used nine or ten stones per photograph. Lot has Western related lithographs, two are mounted on cards, No. 51293, an Embryonic Warrior, (Ute Papoose) & No. 51210. Bringing the harvest. Seven un-mounted, No. 51055 Colorado, Burros loaded with lumber, No. 51007 Manitou, Colorado. No. 51037 Panorama, Denver, Colorado. No. 51041 Colorado, a prospect shaft. No. 51047 Colorado, Miners cabin in the winter. No. 51173 New Mexico, Los pueblos de Taos. & No. 51195 Parnsworth's loop, Santa Catalina Island (Stagecoach). All nine of these measure approximately 7" x 3.75". The last image is no. 54056 Obtossaway, a Chief of the Ojibwas. 7" x 9". Condition: Very good-fine some light creases, one has small tear Sold for: $537.75. |
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| 72266 | Large Format Stereoview Apache Indian with Long Rifle Tucson, Arizona Territory ca 1870s. Very early Buehman & Company of Tucson, Arizona Territory stereoview of and unidentified Apache Indian in studio posing with a percussion rifle. Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Good-very good Light contrastSold for: $298.75. |
| 72267 | Imperial Size Photograph "Zuni Transportation" by John K. Hillers ca 1879. John K. Hillers (1843-1925) was a photographer for the US Geological Survey and the Bureau of American Ethnography from 1871-1919. He worked with John Wesley Powell on the Colorado River, joining Major John Wesley Powell in 1871 as a boatman on Powell's second journey down the Colorado River. Hillers became the expedition photographer, and followed Powell to the Smithsonian Institution's newly-founded Bureau of American Ethnology and with the Cushing team from the Smithsonian on studies of the Zuni and Pueblo peoples of the Southwest. Imperial size photograph of two Zuni, Inihi (left) and Hota (right) appear to be leaving on trading expedition. Photo taken by John Hillers at the Zuni Pueblo, New Mexico Territory in the winter of 1879. Gold toned albumen photograph on Smithsonian mount. Signed and titled in the negative. This photograph was taken under the directorship of John Wesley Powell and the Bureau of Ethnology. It period frame that measures overall approximately 22" x 18". Image itself measures approximately 7.25" x 9". Condition: Fine-very fine, excellent contrast Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72268 | Document Signed President R. B. Hays Appointment Mescalero Apache Indian Agent 1878. Mescalero had been rounded up (frequently) and held (infrequently) at the Bosque Redondo of Fort Sumner, New Mexico, since 1865, although army agents in charge of them continually complained that they came and went with alarming frequency. Four centuries of almost constant conflict and decimation by disease along with the loss of the land base that had sustained them all combined to reduce the Mescalero to a pitiful few by the time their reservation was established. The late 1870s through the teens of the twentieth Century was a particularly difficult time, because of inadequate food, shelter, and clothing. Despite their own suffering, they accepted their "relatives," first the Lipan and later the Chiricahua, onto their reservation. Very rare "Agent for the Indians of the Mescalero Apache Agency in New Mexico" Frederick C. Godfrey of (Lincoln County, New Mexico wars fame) was suspended from his duties as Indian agent and John Brodhead of Fayette, New York was appointed and designated Mescalero Apache Indian agent by A. Bell acting Secretary of the Interior. This very rare autographed by the president Rutherford B. Hays. An extremely rare document. Measures approximately 19" x 15.50". Condition: Good-very good, heavy folds, soiled, and paper backedSold for: $1,195.00. |
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| 72269 | Lot of Seven Indian Agency Documents ca 1881-1893. First, one page note 5.75" x 9". Fort Fred Steele, Wyoming 1881, office of J. W. Hugus & Co. post traders, U. S. A. Second, one page note 7.75" x 9.75". Montana Territory 1882, United States Indian Service, Crow agency. Third, one page 8.50" x 3.25". Ponca Agency Indian Territory, office of J. H. Sherburne U. S. Indian trader signed check. Forth, one page note 7.75" x 9.75". Elko Nevada 1891, Western Shoshone agency, Nev. United States Indian Service. Fifth, two page note 8" x 10.50". Elko Nevada 1892, Western Shoshone agency, Nev. United States Indian Service. Sixth, one page 8" x 10.50". Washington D. C. 1893, U. S. Indian agent Mission agency Colton, California, benefits request, approved. Seventh, two page note 5" x 8". Ignacio, (Colorado) 1893, U. S. Indian agent Southern Ute agency. Condition: Very good-fine some minor tears in foldsNot Sold. |
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| 72270 | Document Signed E. W. Bushyhead (Cherokee Indian) Sheriff San Diego 1880s. He was born March 2, 1832, at Cleveland, Tenn. His father led 1,000 Cherokees over the Trail of Tears. He was one of two Cherokees who trekked west that year who made names for themselves in California journalism and letters. Ned Bushyhead tried mining at Placerville for a year, then tried Tuolumne County for two years, then went to Calaveras County. There he met an Illinois lawyer, William Jeff Gatewood. Together they published a newspaper. Because Gatewood had married into the Crosthwaite family of San Diego and came under their influence, the paper was moved to San Diego. Bushyhead did not like the prospects of San Diego nor the new venture and purposefully did not use his name in connection with the publication of the first issues of The Union. The publisher was listed as J.N. Briseno, an employee. But the Cherokee outlasted them all. Gatewood sold out after eight months. Bushyhead stayed with The Union through four partners and the transition from a profitable and enterprising weekly to a daily which demanded much from him and Douglas Gunn, his last partner. In 1873, he sold his interest for $5,000. Bushyhead served San Diego and San Diego County as chief of police and sheriff. State and County tax document dated Dec. 15, 1884, receipt signed by E. W. Bushyhead was a famous Chief of Police and Sheriff in San Diego County, San Diego, California. Measures approximately 10.25" x 8.25". Condition: Fine-very fineNot Sold. |
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| 72271 | Broadside Sioux Bible Verse Card Nebraska 1890. Sioux Indian Mission Bible verse two sided broadside, printed in Sioux was issued at the "Santee Normal Training School Press, Santee, Nebraska" this being a scripture recital card printed on heavy card stock and an unlisted Sioux Missionary imprint. Very scarce item. Measures approximately 5" x 7.75". Condition: Very-Fine small clip corner upper leftSold for: $358.50. |
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| 72272 | Hope for the Indians "Our Brother in Red" Indian Territory 1884 - Muskogee Indian Territory July 1884. Our brother in red, Christian education the hope of the Indian- 16 page "missionary newspaper published at Muskogee Indian Territory, beginning with the "directory of the Indian Mission Conference" listing all the missionaries working in the Indian Territory, published by J. F. Thompson, a merchant at Tahlequah, Creek Nation, Indian Territory. A scarce missionary item. Measures approximately 8.75" x 14". Condition: Fine-very fine, scotch tape in three places on outside holding newspaper togetherNot Sold. |
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| 72273 | Mammoth Plate Photograph of "Red Men Band" Deadwood, South Dakota 1890s. Fantastic framed mammoth plate albumen photograph of the Red Man Band of Lawrence County Deadwood, South Dakota. The International order of Red Men band is posing in front of the County Court house, in their full dress musician uniforms, with their kepis and the IORM emblem. They all have their brass instruments, with only two drummers. This photograph was probably hanging in the IORM offices in its original frame. Measures in frame 30" x 26". Condition: Very fine, fantastic contrastSold for: $896.25. |
| 72274 | Richards Conversion of Colt Army Revolver 1860 - Serial Number 191534, circa 1870s. 7½" barrel in .44 Colt center fire cartridge. All serial numbers match throughout. Wood grips. Mechanically functions. All features are standard for this cartridge variation. Condition: Revolver is basically black with deep pitting on cylinder, barrel frame and loading gate. Barrel address pretty well gone. Wood grips may not be originally on this revolver but are definitely old.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72275 | COLT SINGLE ACTION REVOLVER. Serial Number 14709, Circa 1874. 7½" barrel in .45 caliber. Mechanically functions. Wood grips. Condition: Basically a composite of original Colt parts. The frame, backstrap and trigger-guard came together. The remarked barrel, cylinder, ejector housing and hammer are all from later vintage single actions. Entire revolver reworked and artificially aged. Wood grips appear old but do not fit well.Sold for: $1,912.00. |
| 72276 | Colt 1860 Army Richards Conversion ca 1873-1878 - Serial Number 198946, configuration and marking on this pistol are as manufactured by factory, with the exception of those noted in condition. Rare 12-stop cylinder in .44 center fire calibre. Condition: Even though this revolver evidences all factory-manufactured components, the serial number on the bottom of the barrel has been removed, creating a step between the bottom of frame at its junction with the barrel lug. Cylinder scene is re-rolled. Wedge is re-numbered. Grips are very good, and fit the straps perfectly, yet they have an extra coat of varnish applied. The revolver metal has a relatively gray appearance, with virtually no pitting. All factory applied stamps are clear and legible.Sold for: $1,195.00. |
| 72277 | Colt 1860 Army Richards Conversion Revolver ca 1870s - Mixed serial numbers, 8" barrel in .44 Colt center fire caliber. Serial number 191010 on frame, barrel, backstrap and cylinder. Triggerguard #191619. Barrel and frame stamps clear and legible. Functioning action with ivory grips. Accompanying this lot is a brown leather tooled two loop holster. Condition: Scene on cylinder partially visible. Ejector head missing. Entire revolver has been cleaned leaving a light to medium grey color overall. Wedge and wedge screw are replacements. Ivory grips have a beautifully aged patina. One chip and one small piece broken and repaired on right grip. The holster is soft, supple, tooled and untrimmed, evidencing good use. Two repairs on the reverse that don't detract from the holsters outward appearance.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72278 | Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver ca 1860s - Serial number 101418, 8" barrel in .44 calibre. All physical features as standard for this government inspected model. Functioning action with checkered ivory grips. All serial numbers match, including wedge. Condition: Entire revolver heavily buffed and nickel-plated post government purchase. Approximately 90% of plating remains. Barrel address legible. Frame patent stamp partially visible. Checkered ivory grips are well worn with a great patina. Grips are undersize for straps and have an old lengthening repair on both sides where they butt up against the frames. One inch long chip on left grip at heel.Sold for: $1,434.00. |
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| 72279 | Colt Model 1877 "Thunder" D.A. Revolver. Serial #107583, circa 1898. 4 7/8" barrel in .41 Colt D.A. caliber. All markings and configuration as standard for this model. Functioning action. Condition: Cold blue has been applied to all metal surfaces. The hard rubber grips are sound with normal wear. There is some pitting on the frame in front of the cylinder and at the muzzle as well as on the cylinder. Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72280 | Colt House Model Revolver (Cloverleaf). Serial number 530, circa 1870s. 3" round barrel in .41 r.f. calibre. This specimen is modestly engraved in a factory pattern. All markings as standard for this revolver. Serial numbers on frame of barrel are matching. Non-functioning action. Condition: Frame has a uniform pleasing patina. Metal surfaces are lightly pitted. Walnut grips are sound with normal wear. Action is currently frozen but I doubt it would take much to have it repaired. Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72281 | Merwin Hulbert & Company Pocket Army Revolver ca 1880s - Serial number 10028, 7" barrel in .44-40 caliber. These large frame revolvers were actually manufactured by Hopkins and Allen in Norwich, Connecticut. Left side of frame marked "CALIBRE WINCHESTER 1873". This revolver is nickel plated with pearl bird's head grips. All serial numbers match. Functioning action. Condition: Approximately eighty five percent of old re-nickel finish remains. All factory markings are light to non-existent. Barrel bulged about 1½" forward of cylinder. Repaired chip on left side of grips other wise very nice pair of pearl grips. Though re-finished during period of use, this remains a very handsome revolver.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72282 | Colt Single Action 'U.S. Cavalry' Revolver. Serial number 120981 circa 1880s. 7 ½" barrel in .45 calibre. All markings and configuration as standard for a U.S. single action revolver of this vintage. Condition. Entire metal surface is a medium brown color with light to relatively heavy pitting overall. Grips are well worn with chips at toe on both sides. No visible cartouches. Action needs work. This D.F.C. inspected range of cavalry revolver appears to have suffered more from poor storage than hard use. Sold for: $4,481.25. |
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| 72283 | Very Rare Post Trader Pay Table with Three "Good-For" Paper Tokens, ca. 1870s. Soldiers received credit from the post trader and company commander. Also there is a document to pay the trader from the soldiers pay. These good-fors 25 cent, 50 cent & 5 cent are all imprinted with G. H. Andrews name over the printing, they all read "good for in goods Post Trader, 18th Infantry". The 18th U. S. Infantry fought Chief Red Cloud & the Sioux Indians in the Dakota's. This is probably a proof sample given to the post commander. Good-Fors measure approximately 2.50" x 1.50", document 8.25" x 5.25". Condition: Good-very good, discoloration of document good-for's are rich in color, and glued to document.Not Sold. |
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| 72284 | C.S. Fly Imperial Size Photograph at Fort Huachuca, Arizona Territory, ca. 1880s-1890s. C. S. Fly was known as "The Father of Frontier Photography," Tombstone photographer Camillus Sidney (C.S.) Fly ventured to Fort Huachuca to capture images of the Army's famed Apache-hunters some time in the 1880s. Great image taken in the Arizona territory desert depicts a complete panorama view of Fort Huachuca. This photograph has the purple "Fly's Gallery Tombstone, Ariz. C. S. Fly, proprietor", stamp on verso. A great imperial size photograph. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine, light soiling on image & mount.Sold for: $5,676.25. |
| 72285 | Large Format Photograph of "Fort Apache, Arizona Territory," 1893. Established as Camp Ord in Spring of 1870, named in honor of General O.C. Ord, Commander of Arizona. This post changed its name to Camp Mogollon August 1, 1870, then Camp Thomas September 12, 1870 in honor of Major General George W. Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" of Civil War fame. The post was finally designated Camp Apache on February 2, 1871 as a token of friendship with the nearby tribe. Renamed Fort Apache April 5, 1879 and gained great significance after many tribes were gathered in the nearby San Carlos Reservation. Friendship between the neighboring tribe and the soldiers was strained during the first 20 years of its existence. Troops from Fort Apache pursued and fought renegade bands of Indians led by such famous warriors as Geronimo, Matchez, Chato, and Chihuahua until the surrender of Geronimo in 1886. The escape of renegade Indians, including Geronimo, took place here on August 30, 1881 when officials attempted to arrest Nocky-de-Klin-ne. The expedition to recapture Geronimo was begun here in November of 1885. The fort continued in operation until l924 when it was turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be used as a school. The headquarters building is now the Post Office for the town of Fort Apache. From Globe, take US 60 northeast 66 miles; turn east on State 73 and drive about 27 miles to Fort Apache. Large albumen birdseye view photograph of Fort Apache, Arizona Territory taken by unknown photographer around 1893 (In period ink verso) shows the Fort as it was, with many buildings and military residences. Measures approximately 10' x 8". Condition: Very good, 3.5" fold in card verso, does not break albumen.Sold for: $507.88. |
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| 72286 | Stereoview of Cavalry Troops, Fort Apache, Arizona Territory, ca. 1870s. On May 16, 1870, an army post was established near the present town of Whiteriver in order to assist the White Mountain Apache Tribe to peacefully protect their lands. That same month, the post and surrounding area was designated as a reservation for the tribe. Located in the heart of Apache country, Fort Apache was an isolated outpost of Anglo expansion. Fort Apache is perhaps most widely recognized in association with the famous renegade leaders from various Apache bands, such as Geronimo and Cochise, who were pursued by the soldiers from Fort Apache and the White Mountain Apache Scouts, including Chiefs Alchise and Diable. It was these men who were instrumental in bringing a lasting peace to the Southwest. Arizona scene photographed by H. Buchman at Fort Apache depicts the barracks and three military buildings in background and the Soldiers in foreground. Note: Period ink verso "#198 Parade Fort Apache, Three companies are represented. Two of Cavalry and one of Infantry. Instead of 40 men in line there ought to be 189, the balance are on detached service, baking, cooking, carpentering, gardening, herding, an guard and I can keep in for a week. So you wonder why the American army is not well drilled? The two houses are the two Cavalry Co. quarters." Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has very light soiling, and chip at top right.Sold for: $836.50. |
| 72287 | Photograph of 11th Infantry on Patrol "Arizona Territory," ca. 1890s. Nice imperial size albumen photograph of medical military wagon (cross on side) with four mules and appears to be one officer, and two enlisted men on horseback in the desert of the Territory of Arizona. Enlisted man driving the team and a man holding the mules for the photograph E. M. Jennings. In period ink verso "Major Pope M. D. with 11th Inf. on March in Arizona in 1891". Printed, Views in Arizona-Prescott, Arizona. Views of the following sections of the territory: Prescott & vicinity, Fort Grant, etc. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25" Condition: Very good, cracks in photo right.Sold for: $525.80. |
| 72288 | Cabinet Card Photograph of a Trooper, 1st Cav. Pistol & Carbine, 1890s. In 1892, the 1st Cavalry was transferred to the Department of Arizona, relieving the 10th Cavalry. Headquarters and Troops C, E, F, H and K, going to Fort Grant, Arizona.; B and I to Fort Bayard, New Mexico; D to Fort Apache, Arizona; and G to San Carlos. Troop A was at Fort Meyer, Virginia, and was not moved. Since its arrival in Arizona the regiment had not been engaged in any serious Indian difficulties, although the several troops had been kept in practice in field work by that ever active and elusive "Apache Kid", who had been responsible for more movements of troops than any Indian ever known. Great photograph of Calvary trooper standing with holstered revolver and carbine rifle, taken by Southwest Photo Co. (Tucson, Arizona Territory). The first Cavalry was sent to Arizona to capture the famous "Apache Kid." Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72289 | Signed Cabinet Card Photograph of General George Crook, 1882. George Crook (1828-90) was a graduate of West Point, 1852. During the Civil War, Crook commanded a regiment of Ohio volunteers as colonel. After the war, he operated against the Paiute and Snake in Idaho. He also fought against Apache Indians in Arizona where he was promoted to brigadier general in 1873. He was engaged in the hard-fought Sioux War of 1876. In Arizona in 1883, Crook led an expedition into the mountains against a Chiricahua band of the Apache and finally succeeded in persuading Geronimo to return to the reservation in 1884. Later, Geronimo broke his pact and escaped, which led to censure of Crook's policies and which led to his resignation in Arizona. Until his death, Crook was major general and commander of the Division of the Missouri. Cabinet card photo taken in Omaha, Nebraska by E. L. Eaton photographic gallery of General Crook is signed on the verso by Crook: "Your affectionately George Crook Brig. Gen. USA" Typed pasted note on verso of photograph reads "#1 Brigadier General George Crook. Omaha, Nebraska, 1882. Writing on front belongs to Col. C. C. Smith. Crook's signature on reverse of photo." Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Good, some foxing, paper remnants on image, verso has paper missing where signed.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
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| 72290 | Ledger of William A. Hancock, One of the Founding Fathers of Phoenix, Arizona. 1869-1870. In November 1864, Hancock enlisted in the 7th Regiment of Infantry, California Volunteers, in San Francisco and was soon posted to Fort Yuma, California. The following September he was transferred to an Arizona regiment and was commissioned second lieutenant of Company "C" 1st Regiment of Arizona Volunteers. Under the command of Lieutenant John Walker, this unit consisted of eighty-two Pima Indians, including their chief Azul as first sergeant, and forty citizen Pimas. As part of the garrison command by Lieutenant Colonel Clarence E. Bennett and ordered to establish a new post in the Tonto Basin, Hancock and his Pimas arrived at the site of what would become Fort McDowell. William Hancock remained at Fort McDowell as post sutler until 1869, and it is during his tenure as the McDowell storekeeper that this account ledger begins. With the relocation and regarrisoning of Camp Reno in the Tanto basin, Hancock signed a contract in August, 1869, to build a store and become post sutler there. He completed and stocked his store just as Camp Reno was deactivated and the town of Phoenix was created. Nevertheless, this 239 page ledger from this period (1869-1870) contains detailed accounts for many of Reno & McDowell officers including General Andrew J. Alexander, Colonel George B. Sanford, Major James M. Williams, Major Patrick Collins and Lieutenant George W. Chilson. A very rare and early historical item from the Arizona Territory. Measures 8"x 12". Condition: Very good, original boards front cover separated, overall condition is very good.Not Sold. |
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| 72291 | Large Cabinet Card Photograph by Randall "Peaches," Apache Scout Pursuing Geronimo, ca. 1880s. Apache guide Peaches (Tsoe, Pah-na-yo-tishn), Member of the Canyon Creek band of the Cibecue Apaches. Peaches accompanied his friend Chatto on a devasting southwestern raid in the spring of 1883, but deserted the guerillas in the spring of 1883, and were captured by Britton Davis at San Carlos in April. He was interrogated by Crook and agreed to guide the General into the Sierra Madre, to pursue Geronimo. Imperial size cabinet card of "Tzoe ot Peaches Gen. Crook renegade guide," which is written in period ink on obverse. A great image of "Peaches" holding octagon barrel rifle and has holstered revolver, with cartridge belt, and a heavily fringed jacket. Printed in purple ink on verso: "A. F. Randall Wilcox, Arizona Territory. Paper tag verso; Entered according to act of congress in the year 1884, by A. F. Randall, in the office of the librarian of congress at Washington." Measures approximately 6.75" x 10". Condition: Fine, good contrast, but dark spot middle of image, mount has some light wearSold for: $717.00. |
| 72292 | Geronimo Field Orders "Fort Bowie", Arizona Territory 1886. Established during the Civil War on a former Overland Mail Route, Fort Bowie (1862-1894) played a key role in the pursuit of Geronimo and his band of renegade Apaches. Printed field orders from the headquarters department of Arizona in the field, Fort Bowie, A. T. April 8, 1886. Field orders No. 25. (5). Major F. M. Coxe, paymaster, will at once proceed to Fort Bowie, A. T. and pay the 2nd Battalion of Indian Scouts to include the muster of February 28, 1886. The Quartermaster's department will send by express to Bowie Station, A. T. such public funds as will be necessary to make payment. Signed by assistant adjutant general. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine, some slight discoloration of paper.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72293 | Scarce Indian Hostilities California War Bond 1854. Reads, in part: "We hereby certify that coupon No. 5, of bond No. 6 issued by the State of California for expenses incurred in the suppression of Indian hostilities, [said bond bearing interest at the rate of twelve per cent per annum] has been given up by Richard W. Hurbbust the holder of the same, to the Secretary of War of the United States and that there is unpaid on said coupon twenty dollars, being the interest on said bond from January 1st, to March, 1854. Commissioners California War Dept." Measures approximately 7.75" x 5". Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $418.25. |
| 72294 | Photograph & Clipped Signature of Gen. Edward Canby, Killed in the Modoc Indian Wars, 1873. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby (1817 - 1873) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil Wars and Indian Wars. On April 11, 1873, after months of false starts and aborted meetings, Canby went to another parlay, unarmed and with some hope of final resolution; however, Judge E. Steele of Yreka, California maintained that when he warned Canby that the Modocs were volatile and apt to kill the peace commissioners at the slightest provocation, Canby replied, "I believe you are right, Mr. Steele, and I shall regard your advice, but it would not be very well for the general in command to be afraid to go where the peace commissioners would venture." The talks were held midway between the army encampment and Captain Jack's Stronghold near Tule Lake. Two members of Canby's party brought concealed weapons, but, even more of the Modocs were armed. Frustrated by the negotiations, Captain Jack, along with Ellen's Man, one of his lieutenants, shot Canby twice in the head and cut his throat. He was the first, and only, general killed during the Indian Wars. Lot consists of two items: a very nice CDV (carte de visite) studio photograph of General Canby taken by Buchtel & Stolte of Portland, Oregon and also a clipped signature of Canby. Signed "Edward Canby, Feb. 14, 1847". Condition: Both items are very fine. Sold for: $334.60. |
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| 72295 | Modoc War Document, $53.45 for Horse Rental 1873. The Modoc War, also known as the "Lava Beds War", was an armed conflict between the Native American Modoc tribe and the United States Army in southern Oregon and northern California from 1872-1873. The Modoc War was the last of the Indian Wars to occur in California or Oregon. Document is for the hire of one horse for a J. B. White A. A. Surgeon USA with Battalion 21st U. S. Infantry en route to Camp on the Lost River Ford, Oregon, from the 1st of January 1873 to 31st of January 1873 inclusive being 31 days at $1.50 coin per day. Note: Paid legal tender at .87 cents Total $53.45. As paper money was not excepted at face value in those days. Measures approximately 8.5" x 11". Condition: Fine-very fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72296 | Lot of Two Documents regarding Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory, 1873. In preparation for the Northern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks to the Missouri River and beyond, the military was dispatched to the area. In June 1872, an infantry post, called Fort McKeen, was built by Companies B and C of the 6th Infantry. The name Fort McKeen was short-lived; the designation was changed to Fort Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1872. In 1873 Congress authorized the addition of a cavalry post and its construction was mostly completed the same year. The Seventh United States Cavalry, which had been scattered throughout the south and west, proceeded north to Fort Abraham Lincoln. By 1874, Fort Abraham Lincoln housed three companies of the 6th and 17th Infantries and six companies of the 7th Cavalry, making the fort a nine-company command. With a total complement of about 650 men, the fort was among the largest and most important on the Northern Plains. First document is an "Invoice of Stores Transferred," by 2nd Lieut. J. M. Willey 6th Inf, invoice receipt, for 6 shovels valued at .59 cents each. Second document is a receipt by 2nd Lieut. J. M. Willey 6th Inf for three common tents in good condition. Both measure approximately 11" x 8.5". Condition: Very good, separations in folds. Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72297 | Document for "Blue Tomahawk" Chief of the Ogallala Sioux, under Treaty with the United States, 1879. One page Document Signed on "United States Indian Service, Rosebud Agency, Dakota" letterhead, dated march 20th, 1879 stating Chief Blue Tomahawk is under treaty with the United States, as follows, "This is to certify that Blue Tomahawk is a chief of the Ogallala Sioux, and is under treaty stipulations with the United States Government, and has promised his great father to be always friendly towards white men, and any white man to whom he may show this paper, is requested to treat him in a friendly manner, and give him no cause to break his promise. H. C. Bulis, special U. S. Indian Agent in charge." Has the official seal with red and blue ribbons still pasted to the document, and a red "U. S. Indian Service Pine Ridge Agency Aug. 16 1884 Dakota." A rare Indian treaty with the chief of the Ogallala Sioux mentioning peace and the great father. Superb item, very rare. Measures approximately 7.5" x 8.75". Condition: Good-very good, some foxing, and stain. Sold for: $2,270.50. |
| 72298 | Indian Wars Document Signed for Indian Scout "Blue Tomahawk" Discharge from the U. S. Army, 1878. Lt. George W. Baxter, 3rd Cavalry A superb U. S. Government document, partly printed and dated October 31, 1878 in which Indian Cavalry Scout "Blue Tomahawk" is released from service in the United Sates Army. Document features a screaming eagle vignette and reads in part, "Know ye that Blue Tomahawk a private of 2nd Lieutenant George W. Baxter, 3rd Cavalry Company of the Spotted Tail Indian Scouts who was enrolled on the 1st of July, 1878 to serve four months or during the war, is hereby discharged from the service of the United States." The document further gives a brief physical description of Blue Tomahawk and is signed by George W. Baxter, 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Cavalry Company. A very rare manuscript Indian Scout document from the days of the Indian Wars. Measures approximately 8.25" x 10.75". Condition: Good-very good, some foxing. Not Sold. |
| 72299 | "Nez Perce Indian Wars Discharge" from the Idaho Territory. Pre-printed discharge. Reads, in part: "To all whom it may concern: Know ye, that J. M. Jeffreys a Com. Sergt. of Company "E" of the First Regiment of Volunteers of the Territory of Idaho, who was enlisted on the twenty third day of June One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-Seven to serve during the Nez Perce Indian Wars, is hereby Honorably discharged from the Service of the Territory of Idaho. To date the thirty-first day of December 1878, by reason of service no longer required, and pursuant to an act by the legislature of the Sate of Idaho, approved March 6, 1909. The adjutant General State of Idaho." Very scarce Indian Wars item. Condition: Fine-very fine, small spot middle bottom.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72300 | Document Signed for Services as Posse Member, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, 1874. To R. T. Brewer for 11 days' services as posse comitatus, from Sept. 2nd to Sept. 12th, 1874 both days inclusive, at $3.00 per day, for a total of $33. One-page document measuring 8.5" x 14". Reads, in part: "I R. T. Brewer of Fort Gibson in the Cherokee Nation and district aforesaid, being duly sworn, depose and say, that on the 20 day of Sept, 1874, I was employed under and by virtue of the third section of act of congress, of June 14, 1858, by Kidder Kidd, U. S. Deputy Marshal for said district, at Fort Smith Arks, etc. Signed by United States Marshall, J. F. Fagan". Scarce document from early Indian Territory. Condition: Very-Fine, very small tears in folds.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72301 | Autograph Letter Signed on 10th Cavalry Letterhead, Fort Sill, Indian Territory, 1873. Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who led a campaign into Indian Territory to stop hostile tribes from raiding border settlements in Texas and Kansas, staked out the site of Fort Sill on January 8, 1869. Sheridan's massive winter campaign involved six cavalry regiments accompanied by frontier scouts such as "Buffalo Bill" Cody, "Wild Bill" Hickok, Ben Clark, and Jack Stilwell. Troops camped at the location of the new fort included the 7th Cavalry, the 19th Kansas Volunteers and the 10th Cavalry, a distinguished group of black "Buffalo Soldiers" who constructed many of the stone buildings still surrounding the old post quadrangle. Autograph Letter Signed on rare letterhead for Headquarters Tenth Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) from Fort Sill Indian Territory. The letter talks about the killing of two men, and reads, in part: "If it makes no difference it is desirable to keep this here for the present as the man Clark, charged with the Killings be returned here and is now in confinement, and under the law is amenable to trial before a court martial for Manslaughter to be prejudice of good order & military discipline". Measures approximately 8" x 10.25". Condition: Very good-fine, water stain bottom right corner.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72302 | Large Format Photograph of Group of Armed Men ca 1890s, Image has no photographer or location but does have great content. A group of four men standing in front of mud-wagon, they all have rifles & revolvers. One of the men has a fancy hand carved steer ivory grip pistol in holster and large bowie knife on his cartridge belt. All of the men are wearing cartridge belts, some are full of bullets. Three of the guys are wearing single or double loop holsters and the man on right has Winchester, stag handle bowie knife, & a colt pistol. Just a great Wild West photograph. Measures approx. 9" x 7.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, great contrast, small piece of image missing bottom left corner, mount has normal wear.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72303 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Indian Wars Col. Richard I. Dodge, Kansas, ca. 1880s. Col. Richard Irving Dodge (1827-1895) was a career Army officer who served many years in the Western Plains, and participated in a number of the conflicts with the indigenous Indians. In 1882, he published Our Wild Indians: Thirty Three Years Experience Among The Red Men Of The Great West, an acclaimed primary source about U.S. Army operations of the time and the lives of the Native Americans warriors of the Plains. Cabinet card of this famous author taken by E. E. Henry in his studio on Delaware St., Leavenworth, Kansas. Depicts Richard Dodge in his uniform with his GAR badge and Indian War medals. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Very fine, light crease on cover. Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72304 | C. N. Notewan. Autograph Document Signed, Nevada Territory, Indian Uprising, ca. 1860s. C. N. Notewan, Autographed Document Signed as Secretary of State. Three folio pages measuring 8" x 12.5". A "Memorial" to the United States Congress dated at Carson City, Nevada, March 9, 1867, soliciting financial relief for the volunteers from California that helped put down the Indian uprising in 1860 An excerpt reads as follows: "The Indians inhabiting the western portion of 'Utah Territor' now organized as the state of Nevada became hostile towards the white settlers and it was necessary to call volunteers from California at a time when the snows over the Sierra Nevada's were almost impassible." Large State of Nevada Seal next to autograph. Early official manuscripts from Nevada are quite rare, especially with Native American content. Condition: Fine-very fine, document has some separation in folds.Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72305 | Lot of Three Stereoviews. Two Dakota and One Montana Territory Views ca. 1870s-1880s. Three photographs all taken by F. J. Haynes. First Stereoview is a Bird's-eye view taken from the bluffs of Fort Benton, Montana Territory. This stereo has a printed back stamp reading "Northern Pacific Views comprising scenes along the entire line of the Northern Pacific Railroad." Excellent condition. Second stereo card is #1189, Mandan, Dakota Territory. Period ink verso "Street view - Shows wooden sidewalks like we have here & much the same kind of houses." Photographed by Haynes, official photographer, N. P. R. R. Fargo. The third stereo card is No. 548, Cantonment, Little Missouri (Dakota Territory). Albumen stereoview of U. S. soldiers on review in front of barracks. Photographed by Haynes, official photographer, N. P. R. R. Fargo. Also has red back stamp "Sherwood Hough Books stationary engravings, Printing, Etc. St. Paul, Minn." Small cards measure approximately 3.5" x 7", the large card measures 4" x 7". Condition: Very good-very fine, mounts have very light soiling.Sold for: $1,553.50. |
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| 72306 | Rare Photograph of The U. S. Grand Jury of Socorro, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880s. In the early 1880s, Socorro was the center of a frenetic mining boom, with thousands of silver and lead ore deposits located in and about the area. The town was incorporated in 1884, and became a center of commerce and agriculture, as well. Here we see a group of men identified as the "U.S. Grand Jury" standing on the steps of the courthouse. Slightly underdeveloped, but a fine image, nevertheless. Photograph has been cut from an old photo album, and features portions of two images glued to the other side of the page, each showing parlor scenes. Condition: Very good-fine, has a small tear at extreme lower right corner. Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72307 | Lot of Six Photographs of the 2nd U. S. Cavalry, Troop "E" New Mexico, ca. 1880s-1890s. Lot consists of six images of the 2nd Cavalry, Troop "E", New Mexico. First image. In period pencil verso; Camp 2nd Cav. Jemez River. Second image. Period pencil verso; Camp Colyer San Juan River "E" Troop 2nd U. S. Cavalry. Third image. Camp Colyer San Juan River, "E" Troop. Fourth image. Troop E. 2nd, Cav. Crossing Riv. Grande. Fifth and sixth images. On the Mancas River, New M. All measure 5.25" x 4.25". Condition: Good-very good, slight foxing, some have light contrast.Sold for: $537.75. |
| 72308 | Autograph Document Signed Samuel W. Fountain "Order of Indian Wars" 1928. Samuel Warren Fountain Autograph Document Signed "S. W. Fountain". One page, 8.5" x 11". Washington D. C. June 25th 1928, to General Weigel. Document reads, in part: "I was delighted to note your election to companionship in the order of Indian wars of the United States. Our order is prosperous we have debts and are getting new members...We have a cadet at West Point who is a member of the order...Cordially Yours S. W. Fountain." S. W. Fountain served in the Geronimo campaign in 1885-86. On December 9, 1885, he had a long distance fire fight with the Apache raiders of Josanie (Ulzana) at Lillie's Ranch on Clear Creek, New Mexico, and on the 19th ran into ambush near present-day Alma, New Mexico, having five men killed and wounded two. Among the dead were assistant Surgeon T. J. C. Maddox, and the wounded included Lieutenant De Rosey Cabell. Condition: Fine-very fine.Not Sold. |
| 72309 | Lot of 16 Cabinet Card Photographs, Eight of 6th Cavalry Company "D", ca. 1880s. The 6th U. S. cavalry was organized in August 1861, where it took to the fields of the eastern theater as part of the Union army of the Potomac. The regiment took part in sixteen campaigns, among them the Maryland campaign, Gettysburg campaign, Overland campaign and the Appomattox campaign. From 1865 to 1871 during Reconstruction, the regiment was stationed in Texas. It also took part in the Indian Wars and the Johnson County War. In 1887 they where involved in Apache Wars of New Mexico. The "Fighting Sixth" sailed to Cuba during the Spanish-American War and took part in the battle of San Juan Hill alongside Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders". Very colorful unit. Lot has eight photographs of the 6th "D" Company: five full length photographs and three three-quarter head shots. Photographed by Baker & Johnson. In period ink on verso: "Brockty Troop "D" 6th Cavy. Fort Stanton N. M." Second photograph verso: "Limerick Troop "D" 6th U. S. Cavy." Both in same hand. All measure approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good, wear on mount, some foxing on photographs. Sold for: $4,780.00. |
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| 72310 | Imperial Size Photograph of Officers at Fort Sidney, Nebraska, ca. 1880s. Sidney Barracks was established in 1867 with the primary function of protecting the Union Pacific Railroad track layers against the threat of hostile Indians. In 1869, the post was relocated to the present site at Sidney, Nebraska, and the following year it was renamed Fort Sidney. In the mid 1870s the post became a major strategic point as the initial supply depot on the Sidney-Blackhills trail. Fort was closed and all buildings sold in 1899. Photograph depicts all officers identified with numbers at top and bottom in period ink at Fort Sidney, Nebraska. On verso in period ink: "21st U. S. Infantry at Sidney". Also in period ink is all 16 officers' names and ranks. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast, numbers written on mount.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72311 | 1870 West Point Military Academy Yearbook. United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, class of 1870 album. (Spectemur Agendo '70). This Academy photo album contains 136 tipped-in albumen photographs, including 14 of the administration and professors, 70 cadets, and 52 various views including summer camp scenes, interiors, parades, formations, buildings, and bugler cadet Betz. Photographs measure 8.5"x5.5", cadets 4"x 5" mounted on 12.5"x 10" pages. Cadet photographs include: four Medal of Honor winners, three in Indian Wars action, one killed in Indian Wars, one killed at Custer's Little Bighorn (Winfield S. Edgerly). Winfield Scott Edgerly (1846-1927) was born in New Hampshire in 1846. He was admitted to West Point, graduating in 1870. He was appointed 2nd Lieutenant, and assigned to Company "D" of 7th Cavalry, and joined the regiment at Fort Riley, Kansas. He was with the 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn, assigned to Weir's Company "D". He was with Benteen's command when the fight broke out, and survived the Hilltop fight. John Brown Kerr. Medal of Honor recipient for "White Rivers" Indian Wars, South Dakota, 1891. On January 3, 1885, he was appointed captain in the Sixth Infantry, and has since been chiefly engaged in scouting. Captain Kerr ranks twelfth in the list of Cavalry Captains and has been awarded a Medal of Honor for distinguished bravery in command of his troop in action against hostile Sioux Indians on the north bank of the White River, near the mouth of Little Grass Creek, South Dakota, on January 1, 1891. William Edward Birkhimer. Medal of Honor recipient for "Philippines Insurrection", 1899. William Edward Birkhimer was a United States Army brigadier general and lawyer awarded the Medal of Honor while a Captain during the Philippine-American War. His career was long and varied, as he started as an Iowa private in the Union Army during the Civil War. Robert G. Carter. Medal of Honor recipient at "Indian Wars Texas", 1871. On January 23, 1900, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his action in the Brazos River campaign in October 1871. Edward John McClernand. Medal of Honor recipient at the "Bear Paw Mountain", Montana Indian Wars 1877. Breveted First Lieutenant, February 27, 1890 for gallantry in the pursuit of Indians and in action against them in the Bear Paw Mountains, Montana, September 30, 1877. Awarded the Medal of Honor November 27, 1894 for most distinguished gallantry in action against hostile Nez Perce Indians at Bear Paw Mountain, Montana. Robert Weir. Killed in Action against Ute Indians, Oct. 1879. Son of West Point Instructor Robert Weir, joined the 5th Artillery. He transferred to the Ordnance Dept. in 1874, and promoted to 1st Lt. Weir was killed in action with Ute Indians near the White River Agency. Condition: Very good-fine, cover and spine exhibit damage and separation with some loss. Interior photographs in good condition, some have light contrast, light foxing, last 22 pages have insect or worm holes. 47 pages with no holes. None of the pages showing cadets have suffered worm holes.Not Sold. |
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| 72312 | Cabinet Card Photograph, 21st Infantry Moving from Fort Randall ca. 1892. Colonel Horace Jewett succeeded to the command of the regiment. In the spring of 1892, Headquarters and five companies were transferred to the Department of the East, and at this date (May, 1892) the regiment is distributed as follows: Regimental Headquarters and Companies A, C and E at Fort Niagara, New York; B and H at Fort Porter, New York; F and I at Fort Randall, South Dakota; G, Fort Sidney, Nebraska. Imperial size cabinet photograph depicts Company "G" 21st U. S. Infantry moving from Fort Randall (period ink verso), moving to Fort Sidney, Nebraska. The troops all have rifles and following the wagons full of supplies. Notation on image No. "1" & No. "2" in period ink. On verso number one in period ink is Maj. W. H. Boyle and number two is Capt. Chas. Banistal. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Good, has ink on image upper left, light contrast.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72313 | Lot of Two Imperial Size Photographs, Camp Grant, Oregon ca. 1891. Two imperial size photographs by Clarence L. Winter of Douglas County, Eugene, Oregon. C. L. Winter, son of John A. Winter, was active in Eugene from 1891-1906. These images are some of his first photographs taken in the Eugene area. Both photographs gilded and titled "Second Reg't, O. N. G. (Oregon National Guard) Camp Grant, 1891. Eugene, Oregon Winter Photo Company." The first image depicts troops doing maneuvers on the hills, with townspeople looking on. Second image is the Oregon National Guard standing at attention. With large American flag in center of troops. They also have a bivouac behind the troops. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Good-very good, image with troops at attention has stains of photographs, corners of mounts have rub.Not Sold. |
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| 72314 | Imperial Size Photograph, Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, 1891. Historic council meeting between hostile & friendly Indian chiefs was photographed by W. F. Eastman, the official photographer from Sturgis, South Dakota. The inscription on front of the image reads "Grand Council between friendly and Hostile Chiefs at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Jan. 17th 1891, Chief Kicking Bear Talking." There are teepees in background, and many Indians sitting in their wagons, listening to Chief Kicking Bear. Image measures 8.5" x 5.75". Condition: Fine, good contrast, image has been re-mounted and repaired.Sold for: $507.88. |
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| 72315 | Early Stereoview on Missouri River, Fort Benton, Montana Territory, ca. 1870s. Cow Island was part of the transportation network, which supplied the Montana gold fields in the 1860s and 1870s. Steamboats moved freight up the Missouri River to the head of navigation at Fort Benton and bull trains distributed the goods. The Cow Island Trail was used to freight supplies from Cow Island to Fort Benton when the river was too low for boats to reach Fort Benton. Early stereoview of a group of people on boat, appears to be a military men, also a women with her children, etc. In period ink on verso: "The Mackinaw Montana, leaving Benton for Cow Island Missouri River, M.T." Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72316 | CDV Photograph of Infantry Soldier, Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, ca. late 1860s. Post-war rare studio carte de visite (CDV) photograph taken by McFadden & Bishop's of Laramie City, W. T. (Wyoming Territory) depicts an Infantry soldier with 1866 Trapdoor rifle & bayonet. This infantry man is wearing his full Civil War Uniform. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4". Condition: Fine, very light contrast upper left.Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72317 | CDV Photograph of 3rd Cavalry Trooper, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, ca. 1870s. Nice early rare Indian Wars military man photographed in John H. Durays' studio, Cheyenne, Wyoming territory, of 3rd Cavalry, Company "D", unidentified trooper. His unit saw a lot of service during the Indian wars. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4". Condition: Very good, mount has some discoloration.Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72318 | Indian Wars Era Cheyenne River Agency Autograph Letter Signed, 1871. Established in 1869, this agency is sometimes called Cheyenne Agency. The agency was located on the west bank of the Missouri River below the mouth of the Big Cheyenne River, about six miles from Fort Sully. The following Lakota bands settled at Cheyenne agency: Miniconjou, Sihasapa, Oohenunpa, and Itazipco. Headmen at this agency included: Lone Horn, Red Shirt, White Swan, Duck, and Big Foot of the Miniconju; Tall Mandan, Four Bears and Rattling Ribs of the Oohenunpa; and Burnt Face, Charger, Spotted Eagle and Bull Eagle of the Itazipco. Very scarce content letter written to Capt. Malcolm McArthur, 17th U. S. Infantry, who was from Livingston, Maine. Written by brother officer from Cheyenne Agency. He writes about Indians performing famous Sun Dance Ceremony. Measures approximately 7.75" x 9.75". Condition: Fine-very fine, has tear bottom right edge.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72319 | Mammoth Plate Albumen Photograph of Full Dressed 5th Infantry Indian Wars Officers, ca. 1880s. Vintage U. S. military officers in full dress uniforms in a wonderfully clear and detailed imperial size photograph. Depicts nine officers in various positions from seated to standing. Eight of these officers are wearing the 1872 pattern frock coats, with ranks from 1st Lt. through Lt. Colonel. These same officers wear the 1881 model dress helmet with yak hair plume, and full chest cords. Their shoulder knots appear to be the 1881 pattern with the high central pillow. A regiment '5' is evident on the shoulder knot pillows for most of the men. Interestingly, one of the officers wears a chapean style military hat and a military overcoat. He is obviously part of this regiment as a '5' can be seen on the right side of his head-gear. All men are wearing their sword belts, with swords proudly displayed by several. The central figure in this group is most likely a medical officer, as he is wearing a medical officer-style sword. Great content with superb detail. Measures approximately 18.5" x 14.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, slight dings to mount. Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72320 | Photograph of Cadet T. T. Thornburgh, Killed in White River Massacre, 1879. Nathan Meeker was struggling with his job as Indian Agent at White River. Many of the Utes in his charge rebelled against his plans to change their way of life. Some of them fled the agency to raid nearby farms. After the raids increased, Meeker sent out a plea for military help. His request was answered. Major Thomas T. Thornburgh, a West Pointer and Civil War veteran from Tennessee, and a professor of military strategy, had been based at Fort Steele in Wyoming on scouting duty for more than a year. He led a command of 153 soldiers and 25 civilians toward the Ute Reservation, and agreed to ride alone to meet Meeker and two of the complaining Indian leaders. But when he reached Milk Creek, 25 miles north of White River, he found the creek dry. He ordered his troops to move some miles into the reservation where there was available water. Indian eyes were watching. Suddenly a gun was fired, then a firefight began. Within minutes, Major Thornburgh and at least 11 of his troopers and teamsters lay dead, another 28 were wounded, and three-quarters of the horses and mules were killed. The trapped Army survivors found refuge behind wagons and piled up bodies of dead horses, and managed to hold off the warriors until relief troops arrived six days later. Three-quarter view photograph of Thornburgh in his cadet uniform with officers stripes taken out of the 1867 West Point yearbook. Depicts photograph of Thomas T. Thornburgh. Inscribed "T. T. Thornburgh 2nd Lt. 2nd Artillery 17th June 1867." Very scarce Indian Wars item. Measures approximately 9" x 11.25". Condition: Very fine.Not Sold. |
| 72321 | Signed CDV Photograph of Captain S. H. Cook, Sand Creek Massacre, ca. 1860s. The Sand Creek Massacre (also know as the Chivington Massacre or The Battle of Sand Creek) was an incident in the Indian Wars of the United States that occurred on November 29, 1864, when Colorado Territory militia attacked and destroyed a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho encamped on the eastern plains. Cavalry officer Captain Samuel H. Cook served in the 1st Colorado Cavalry under Colonel Chivington, in the notorious Sand Creek Massacre. Cook also fought in Valverde Campaign where he was WIA. This three-quarter view CDV shows Cook in uniform, with unusual badge. Ink signed on front "Yours truly S. H. Cook" Revenue stamp verso. No photographer. Measures approximately 2.25" x 3.75". Condition: Very good, light contrast, mount normal wear.Sold for: $478.00. |
| 72322 | CDV Photograph of James Dyer, Killed by Indians at Indian Look Out, ca. 1869. In period pencil on verso: "James Dyer Killed by the Indians at Indian Look out south of Delphos." John Dyer was killed in the last Indian raid in June 1869. CDV photograph depicts him wearing a shell jacket. Delphos was laid out as a town in 1869 by W. A. Kiser. It was officially recorded in January 1871. The name Delphos was submitted by the first resident in this vicinity, Levi Yockey, who came from Delphos, Ohio. Like many Ohio towns, Delphos, Kansas was laid out around a square that became a tree-shaded green park with a bandstand near its center. Measures approximately 2.25" x 3.75". Condition: Good-very, stain on image, mount has dirt.Not Sold. |
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| 72323 | Cabinet Card of Abbie Gardner Sharp, Captured at Spirit Lake Massacre in 1857, ca. 1880s. The Rowland Gardners, nine members in all, came by covered wagon on July 16, 1856. The entire family, except Abbie 13, and her sister Eliza, died in and about the cabin on March 8, 1857. The Luce family, their cabin not yet completed, were living with the Gardners at the time of the massacre. Those murdered were Rowland Gardner, his wife Frances M. Smith Gardner, Rowland Jr., their eldest daughter, Mary M Luce and her two small children. The bodies of Robert Clark, who was temporarily living with the families, and Harvey Luce were found together where they had been ambushed while on a mission to warn the Howes and the Thatchers living on East Okoboji. Abbie was taken hostage by the Indians and was ransomed May 30, 1857 by the Indians from the Yellow Medicine Agency for blankets, horses, ammunition, tobacco, calico, ribbons and money. She was reunited with her sister, Eliza, a few months later. Abbie married Caswell Sharp and returned and bought the cabin and the surrounding grounds. Ransom was paid by the State of Minnesota legislature. Studio portrait of Abbie G. Sharp taken by unknown photographer. She sits calmly posing in her beautiful victorian dress. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Very good-Fine, water damage right left hand corner.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72324 | Autograph Letter Signed regarding the Henry Lott Massacre in Homer, Iowa, 1854. Two pages, 7.5" x 9.5". Homer, Webster County, Iowa. April 22, 1854. In part: "I wrote to you from Fort Desmoines to direct your letters to Home, Boon Co. The name of the office is Homer, in Webster Co. I now prefer if you should wish to write to me that you would direct to Boonsboro, as I have made arrangements to have it forwarded to Fort Dodge - I presume you have heard before this that LOTT killed seven of the Sioux Indians and left the country it has alarmed some of the frontier settlers..." This letter talking about Lott killing the Sioux Indians, which started the Spirit Lake Massacre. Nice bold handwriting. In 1848, a band of Wapekutahs, led by Sidominadotah (Two Fingers), traced some stolen horses to the cabin of Henry Lott, who was living at the confluence of the Des Moines and Boone rivers. Lott and his 14-year old son, Milton, fled but became separated during their escape. The boy froze to death before his father could return with help. Lott struck back at the Indians in January of 1854. Finding Sidominadotah and his band camped on the Des Moines River about 30 miles north of Fort Dodge, Lott and his stepson attacked the camp, killing the chief and six of his relatives. Inkpadutah, Sidominadotah's younger brother, became the new leader of the band and vowed revenge. Lott and his stepson left Iowa for California. Incidents between the settlers and the Indians continued, culminating with the killing of a young Indian man accused of making lewd advances to a Mrs. Gillett, wife of one of the settlers in the area. Unable to find the Gilletts, who had wisely left the area, Inkpadutah's band turned their anger on the remaining settlers. On March 8, 1857, Inkpadutah and his band began attacking the scattered cabins of settlers in the vicinity of Spirit Lake and Lake Okoboji. The bloodshed also spread to the nearby town of Springfield, Minnesota. Thirty-eight settlers were slain, including James and Mary Mattock and their five children. A relief expedition from Fort Dodge, led by Major William Williams, buried the victims and made a futile attempt to track down the perpetrators of the massacre. Williams found enough bloody clothing and other evidence to conclude that 15 to 20 Indians had probably been either killed or wounded. Condition: Very fine, light creases in folds.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72325 | Indian Affairs Document, Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, 1894. Belknap agency was established in 1887 north of the Little Rocky Mountains. It is home to Gros Ventre and Assiniboine-Sioux Indian tribes. United States of America. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington D. C., Nov. 22, 1894. The document reads: "This is to certify that Little Chief is a recognized Assiniboine, of the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana now visiting Washington on tribal business." This is under treaty stipulations with the tribe and U. S. government." Very hard-to-find Indian Affairs multi-color document. Measures in frame approximately 15.25" x 18.25". Condition: Good, with discoloration and some foxing, two small tears, and two holes punched at top.Sold for: $418.25. |
| 72326 | Harney's "Sioux Expedition" Special Orders No. 2, ca. 1855. Two pages, 5" x 7". US Army headquarters special order, dated March 28, 1855 assigns General W. S. Harney to command of "Operations against the hostile Sioux", naming western forts & units of his command. With headquarters posts 'to be built" on upper Missouri river. Ink signed by Irwin McDowell, Union commander at Bull Run. Condition: Fine, light color discoloration along edges.Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72327 | Letter Describing Two Hundred Indians, Fires Were Still Burning, etc., 1865. Autograph Document Signed "Chas. F. Porter." Four pages, 8" x 12.5", regarding Indian conflicts. Headquarters, post Gilman Station, Nebraska Terr., May 15, 1865, from C. F. Porter, Capt., 1st Battalion, Nebraska vol. Cavalry to Lt. F. A. McDonald, A. A. A. Gent'l, E. S D of the plains. Reads, in part: "Sir, I have the honor respectfully to report, that at about half past one O'clock P.M. on Friday the 12th instant, I received information from Sergt. Langstaff of my company in command of detachment of troops at Smith's station and that the men under his command had had a fight with about thirty Indians near the station and that the Indians had succeeded in driving away Mr. Smith's cattle across the Platte River. I sent a courier to post Cottonwood, notified Major O' Brien of the facts and requested him to send some mounted men to cooperate with me in following the Indians (if possible). I immediately started with twenty-one men for the point where the Indians had crossed the river. Some men who had been at Smith's station during the fight met me at the crossing and said that they had seen another band of Indians on the island besides those that drove away the cattle...After proceeding about five miles farther my scouts discovered where a large party of Indians had been in camp across the stream. At least two hundred Indians had been in camp at that place there was from forty to fifty camp fires and it was evident that the whole party had left but a short time previous as a number of the fires were still burning. This party added to the one I had following made nearly three hundred, considering it recklessness and unwise to follow so large a party with my small force...I decided to return to the Platte about 35 miles from the Platte I discovered where some other troops had been but had turned back..." Great content. Condition: Fine-very fine, tears in fold towards bottom.Sold for: $597.50. |
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| 72328 | African-American Soldier's U. S. Army & G. A. R. Discharges, 1868 & 1871. U. S. Army discharge from 1868 for 24th U. S. Infantry soldier, with physical description, complexion "Dark", and good character, discharged in Natchez, Mississippi, and signed by post commander, Captain James Biddle, 24th U. S. Infantry, with eagle vignette. Accompanying his discharge is a GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) honorable discharge, from Massachusetts in 1871, which also has an eagle vignette and the famous GAR symbol. Very scare Buffalo Soldier item. Both measure approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Both very good, both have stains.Not Sold. |
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| 72329 | Lot of 63 Western Letters & Documents to Gen. H. G. Thomas, ca. 1860s-1880s. Very nice lot of documents, letters, receipts, etc., to Union Army Brigadier General H. G. Thomas and postwar frontier Army paymaster, in the Dakotas, from friends, officers, businessmen, on news, business & Army pay matters. Many are from western posts, 20 or so have notations by Thomas listing where he was stationed when receiving the letters. A lot of them from Dakota Territory Forts, including Ransom, Sykes, Snelling, Lyons, Steele, Custer, & Totten. There are also pre-printed & handwritten documents, letters, receipts, and more. This lot should be investigated a great deal for interesting Western ephemera. Condition: Very good-very fine.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72330 | Report of a Reconnaissance in the Ute Country, 1873. Booklet by Lieut. E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, War Department, Washington, government printing office, 1874. There are articles on the "Routes to the Ute Country", sub-report on Musca Pass and Puncha Pass Lines, as well as detail on the mines and mineral veins of the area. There is an impressive foldout map of the surveys in Colorado made on reconnaissance in the Ute Country under the direction of 1st Lieut. E. H. Ruffner, engineers, Chief Engineer, Department of the Missouri by assistant H. G. Prout, 1873, engraved by Ado Hunnius. Map measures approximately 27" x 22". Booklet measures approximately 6" x 9". Condition: Good, cover has problems, been badly repaired, interior is very good.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72331 | Great Photograph of Comanche, the Only Surviving Horse of the Custer Massacre, ca. 1890s. Caption on photograph reads: "Now at Fort riley, Kansas Troop "I", Seventh Cavalry, and taken care of by Korn, who was at the time of the Custer Massacre in Troop "I" was at least five years old in '68, when he went through the Cheyenne campaign in the Indian Territory; was one of the few horses that got through the trial; was afterwards ridden by Col. Keogh and was his mount at the Little Big Horn. Comanche was wounded seven times there: three severe, and four light flesh wounds. The seven wounds were; (1) through the neck, (2) just behind the front shoulder, passing clear through. (3) In hind quarter, passing out between hind legs. He is now at least twenty-six years old." Great photo of Comanche photographed May 21, 1889, by Ramsour & Pennel. Someone has etched on the original glass plate: "Now dead - died Nov. 7th 1891." Also "Korn was killed at Wounded Knee." Korn standing and posing at Fort Riley, Kansas. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Fine, light dirt on mount.Sold for: $776.75. |
| 72332 | Large Stereoview by F. Jay Haynes of "War Horse Comanche" with Caretaker Gustave Korn, ca. 1880s. Comanche was a mixed Mustang Morgan horse who survived General George Armstrong Custer's detachment of the US 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He was bought by the U.S. Army in 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Captain Myles Keogh of the 7th Cavalry liked the 15 hand bay gelding and bought him for his own personal mount, to be ridden only in battle. In 1868, while fighting the Comanche in Kansas, the horse was wounded in the hindquarters by an arrow, but continued to let Keogh fight from his back. Thus the horse was named "Comanche" to honor his bravery. Comanche was wounded many more times, always exhibiting the same toughness. Beautiful stereoview of Comanche, probably on the parade field of Fort Meade, Dakota Territory (South Dakota). In the photo, Comanche is being taken care of and shown by his caretaker, Gustave Korn. Photograph measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very fine-excellent, as nice as the day it was printed.Sold for: $1,434.00. |
| 72333 | Imperial Size Photograph of the Horse "Comanche" of Custer's Massacre, ca. 1870s. Comanche came down on the very next boat, the E. H. Durfee , which left the Rosebud depot on August 5 and reached Bismarck on the 10th, with no local notice to mark his arrival. His voyage was recorded, however, by an anonymous reporter writing from the mouth of the Rosebud on the 10th: Hardly a day pieces but brings some eloquent reminder of the terrible disaster to General Custer's command. The steamer Durfee , which passed down the river several days since, had on board a horse, which was suffering from some severe bullet wounds received in that last charge. It was owned by Captain Keogh, 7th Cavalry, who was killed at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and is named Comanche. It is presumed that after the death of Keogh, it broke through the enemy lines, as it afterwards joined Reno's command. When discovered it carried seven bullets, which were extracted, and it was determined to attempt to save its life. It was accordingly shipped down the river and is now comfortably quartered at Fort A. Lincoln. Today it is the only living thing to remind one of the awful carnage. Comanche is an old soldier, having carried the dead Keogh through a number of battles during the Rebellion, and his honorable wounds should require that he be placed on the retired list with full pay. Photograph of "Comanche," at (Fort Meade, Dakota Territory) the survivor of the Custer Massacre, 1876. The picture presents side view of horse and front view of a uniformed man (Korn) holding the bridle and the 7th Cavalry, Company "I" regimental flag. Photographed by Coules & McBride, Deadwood, Black Hills, Dakota. Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, image has some small damage, mount has problems.Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72334 | Colt Pocket Model 1849 with Custer Association. This .31 caliber revolver, serial number 199673, features a 5-shot cylinder, 6" octagon barrel, and loading lever and plunger, all of iron. The trigger guard, back strap and front strap are brass. The trigger guard is slightly bent, indicating a possible blow on left side. The serial number appears on the barrel lug, bottom of frame, and flat of trigger guard and butt strap. The wedge could not be removed. '9673" appears on the loading lever flat. The walnut grip shows modest wear with a few dings and scratches. No finish remains. Cylinder is marked "Colt's Patent" over "no. 99673". Cylinder scene is very faint. Will not index. Provenance: Affidavit, Dated, Sept. 25th, 1955. This gun was displayed for many years at the Adams Memorial Hall Deadwood, South Dakota, as part of the W. D. Fisher Collection. Etc, Condition: Fair minus. Possible exposure to the elements. All iron parts are dark with evidence of pitting. Surface rust is visible in cylinder stops, on inside of recoil shield and hammer face. Brass parts exhibit a dark, mellow patina.Not Sold. |
| 72335 | Stereoview of Custer's Expedition - "Our First Crossing of an Alkali Valley" by Illingworth, 1874. This stereoview of the expedition depicts many wagons in the background, horses grazing, and men sitting on the plain. Printed at the bottom of the card is "800 our first crossing of an Alkali Valley." Left side of the card reads: "Stereographs of the Black Hills. Photographed by W. H. Illingworth." Right side: "Published by W. H. Illingworth No. East Seventh Street, St. Paul, Minn." Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has rub.Sold for: $6,273.75. |
| 72336 | Stereoview of Custer's Expedition on the Plains by Illingworth, 1874. Stereoview of the expedition depicting many wagons, men on horses, all posing for the photographer W. H. Illingworth. Printed at bottom of card is "Custer's Expedition on the Plains." Left side of card reads: "Scenery of Dacota & Wyoming Territory and Black Hills. Photographed by W. H. Illingworth." Right side: "Published by W. H. Illingworth No. East Seventh Street, St. Paul, Minn." Measures approximately 7" x 3.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, has bump left image near middle.Sold for: $1,434.00. |
| 72337 | Imperial Size Photograph: "Custer's Monument on Crow Agency" by H. R. Locke, 1894. Photograph taken by H. R. Locke, taken inside the fenced monument, depicts how the monument is disintegrating from lack of care on the Indian reservation. Printed on image is "No. 3 Custer's Monument on Crow Agency, Montana, along the B. & M. R. R. Photographed and copyrighted by H. R. Locke, in 1894. Deadwood, So. Dak." Printed on verso of this image; "Views of the Battlefield where General Custer and Soldiers of the old Seventh United States Cavalry were Massacred, June 25, 1876". Measures approximately 8" x 10". Condition: Very good-Fine, mount has broken corners, some light contrast.Sold for: $1,015.75. |
| 72338 | Cabinet Card Photograph of "Custer Battle Field" by D. F. Barry, ca. 1880. This area memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here, in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. Scarce cabinet card photo of the Custer Battle Field, "Little Big Horn" monument depicts about eight grave markers of downed Custer troopers, with the stone monument in foreground. On verso in period ink: "Custer battle field- very scarce". Printed in red ink "D. F. Barry Photographer, Bismarck, D. T." (Dakota Territory). Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $956.00. |
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| 72339 | Unmounted Photograph of J. J. Crittenden Reburial. Stanley Morrow Photograph of the reburial of Lt. J. J. Crittenden on the Custer Battlefield. Lt. Crittenden's remains were placed in a wooden box after his family had his remains put into the Custer Battlefield. The photograph is an early reproduction off original glass plate, with dark lettering in the negative titled "Grave of Lt. Crittenden - Custer Battlefield - 1877." It was taken by L.A. Huffman, who replaced S. J. Morrow as post photographer in 1878 and opened his studio in Miles City, Montana, in 1880. Measures approximately 4" x 5". Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72340 | Ames Last Year Enlisted Man's Light Cavalry Saber, Indian Wars Period, ca. 1870s-1880s. Nice Wild West-era Indian Wars single edge enlisted man's Cavalry saber, the same sabers used by Custer's men. Manufactured by Ames, dated 1865 (last year), stamped "U. S. & J. F." Great large brass guard, and a bass pommel cap. Has complete leather washer. Also a leather grip with twisted wire that is complete, no breaks. Blade measures approximately 1 1/16" wide. Condition: Blade has very, very light staining, guard is slightly bent, overall nice example. Not Sold. |
| 72341 | Model 1860 Presentation Grade Silver Grip Staff and Field Officer's Sword, ca. 1875. Great Indian Wars-era sword. Has an elliptical shaped etched blade By Horstmann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with etched stand of flags, cannons & foliate patterns. Nice gold gild brass guard, with large eagle on one side, and a gilded pommel cap. Nickel plated scabbard is mounted with two decorated ring mounts and brass drag. Has a silver grip with twisted wire wrap 100 percent. Blade is 11/16" wide. Condition: Blade has minimal staining, scabbard shows very minor erosion, mall dent a drag area. Not Sold. |
| 72342 | Model 1860 Warnock Uniforms Staff Sword, ca. 1890s. Diamond-shaped etched blade By Warnock Uniforms New York, New York, with etched stand of flags & foliate patterns, and large U. S. etched on blade. Very elaborate brass guard, with large eagle on one side, and brass pommel cap. Nickel plated scabbard is mounted with two ring mounts and drag, which is also brass. Leather grip and twisted wire wrap complete. Blade is 11/16" wide. Condition: Blade has minimal staining, scabbard shows erosion. Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72343 | Presentation Grade Silver Grip Staff and Field Officer's Sword of F. W. Tittle, ca. 1880s. Nicely diamond-shaped etched blade By M. C. Lilley & Company, Columbus, Ohio, with etched stand of flags & foliate patterns. Name etched on blade "F. W. Tittle" then gilded on two thirds of blade. Very elaborate gold brass guard, with large eagle on one side, and cannons & rifles on the other, also gilded pommel cap. Nickel-plated scabbard is mounted with decorated ring mounts and drag, which is also gilded grip silvered and twisted wire wrap 100 percent. Great presentation sword. Blade is 9/16" wide. Condition: Blade has minimal staining, scabbard shows very minor erosion. Sold for: $478.00. |
| 72344 | Model 1852 Presentation Grade Silver Grip Naval Officer's Sword, Indian Wars, ca. 1870s. Nice Navy Indian Wars-era single edge sword. Sword boldly etched on blade "Iron Proof." Etched blade by Horstmann & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with etched Anchor, USN on ribbon & foliate patterns. Nice brass guard, with large USN, initials on one side, and a brass pommel cap. Leather scabbard is mounted with two very decorative brass ring mounts and fancy brass drag. Has a silver grip with twisted wire is complete. Blade measures approximately 7/8" wide. Condition: Blade has staining, scabbard shows wear, not broken, very small dents in drag. Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72345 | Officer's Model 1850 Cavalry Sword Presented to Capt. D. Bayhed, ca. 1870s. Indian war period cavalry sword. Etched blade with U. S. stand of flags & foliate patterns. Also etched on scabbard. Presented to "Capt. D. Bayhed by the Independent Schuetz, April 28, 1876." Once gilded guard, basket and pommel cap (worn off). Scabbard is mounted with gilded decorated hangers and drag, which is also gilded (worn off). Condition: Fishskin grip has damage and wire wrap is missing, blade is worn, scabbard shows erosion, and small dents.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72346 | Indian War Vintage U.S. Regulation Canteen with Shoulder Strap, ca. 1880s. Canvas cover has bold "U.S." stencil. Shoulder strap is inspected and Rock Island Arsenal marked. Original ring top cork stopper with chain intact. Condition: U.S. is a little light. Canvas cover soiled. Shoulder strap with a little crazing but sound. Ideal for an Indian War or Spanish American display.Sold for: $334.60. |
| 72347 | Presentation Grade Silver Grip Model 1860 Staff and Field Officer's Sword of Edward A. Wells, ca. 1890s. Nicely etched blade by James H. Hirsch and Company, Chicago Illinois, with steam boat, eagle, stand of flags & foliate patterns. Has the original leather washer intact. The name "Edward A. Wells" etched, then fire blue at the top third of the blade. Blade stamped "Made in Germany." Very elaborate gold brass guard, with large eagle on one side, and cannons & rifles on the other, also gilded pommel cap. Nickel-plated scabbard is mounted with decorated ring mounts and drag, which is also gilded grip silvered and twisted wire wrap 100 percent. Condition: Blade has minimal staining, nothing offensive, very pleasing example. Scabbard shows scattered erosion. Not Sold. |
| 72348 | Military-Style Five Button Coat with Kepi Cap. Circa turn of the century. Coat is standard military pattern blue cloth with a mixture of Horstmann backmarked buttons. Lining is green polished cotton. At a particular point in time, a white cloth number 1 was affixed to each ear of the collar. Subsequently, these numbers were re-covered with an additional piece of blue cloth. Stamped on the inside of the right coat sleeve at the shoulder is "Property of EAVES Costume Co. N.Y., N.Y." This U.S. or militia coat was apparently sold to said costume company after the style went out of regulation. Kepi style cap is in relatively good condition on the exterior. The lining is missing from the interior. Sweat band is separated about half way around. Chin strap is replaced. Two state buttons secure the chin strap to the hat body. Short tarred visor is sound. Not Sold. |
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| 72349 | Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of a Frontiersman with Hawken-Style Rifle, ca. 1850s. Beautiful sixth plate daguerreotype, taken in studio, by photographer James P. Palmer, is of a frontiersman who has all the accoutrements he needs: mountain lion hide haversack, bed roll, fabulous 1839 forage cap, large hatchet and half stock percussion rifle. The seal has been broken and the image has been re-sealed. In a magnificent leather case depicting a sunset. Measures approximately 2.75" x 3.25". Condition: Very fine-excellent, great contrast, some discoloration around frame. Sold for: $5,676.25. |
| 72350 | Quarter Plate Daguerreotype of a Frontiersmen with Dragoon Pepperbox & Half Stock Percussion Rifle, ca. 1850s. Very rare cased quarter plate daguerreotype of mountain man/frontiersman. He is accompanied with all the accoutrements for his adventure. This full standing image of an unidentified man with mountain lion sash, holding a Hawken-style percussion rifle, Dragoon pepperbox pistol stuffed in mountain lion pelt holster & axe in belt, definitely has the frontiersman look. There is a small paper tag on front of brass mat labeled "James A. Palmer, artist." A very desirable daguerreotype with great composition. Nice tooled leather case with spine repaired. Seal has been broken. Measures approximately 3.25" x 4.25". Condition: Very fine, great contrast, has one toned spot in middle.Not Sold. |
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| 72351 | Descriptive Letter of Travels on a Wagon Train to Pike's Peak, Colorado, 1859. The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. An estimated 100,000 gold seekers took part in one of the greatest gold rushes in North American history. The participants in the gold rush were known as Fifty-Niners after 1859, the peak year of the rush. Great letter of travels on a wagon train to Pike's Peak, Colorado. With two additional poetry letters, one about July 4, 1859 & the other about gold seekers to Pike's Peak. Also has the original envelope. The letter reads, in part: "June 5th A. D. 1859, Ofalland Bluff, Nebraska Territory. Much respected Miss. I adopt this as the first suitable opportunity of addressing you by letter. It is a joyful blessing to know that we have the power of intellect, & the present liberty of exercising it...be an impossibility to communicate on one or two sheets of paper all that has transpired within my knowledge since last saw you. Therefore I shall only give you some sketches of our experience... A great many difficulties among the emigrants generally some want to turn back others want to go. They fall out and quarrel, sometimes fight, divide their possessions, one party goes to the east & the other to the West...Some of our train turned back...We are 8 Wagons & 24 men strong, we organized ourselves into a company between St. Jo. & Ft. Kearney & they foolishly chose your humble servt. We had a very unpleasant trip after we left...We are encamped on the banks of the Great South Platt River 130 Miles above Ft. Kearney; about 420 miles from your residence I suppose, & 275 miles from the Gold regions we learn. We are at perfect peace among ourselves & the Indians who are encamped all around us, but entirely friendly, there have been some of them among us all day I fed about ½ dozen Squaws at breakfast this morning...We see some ladies occasionally on their way to California...Direct your letters to Denver City, Kansas Territory way of Ft. Laramie for they have to come thru sisters & others who may inquire. So farewell! T. M. Biggerstaff." The envelope has partial cancellations which can be read: "Jones & Russell ___ Express Co. Denver City 1859. Leaven (worth and Pikes Peak Express Company) K. T. (Kansas Territory)." Measures approximately 4.5" x 7". Condition: Good-very good, some foxing, envelope missing pieces.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72352 | Rare Wagon Train Carte de Visite Photograph of Wagons Going West, ca. 1860s. Photograph has over a dozen covered wagons, pulled by horses, in an unidentified large town. Town has two story buildings, wooden sidewalks, etc. Note on CDV reads: "Wagon Train of Grandma & Grandpa from Ill. To Iowa, 1866 Roe." Very scarce subject matter. Back of CDV, in period pencil: "W. O. & ? E. Roe, From I. T. V. H. Milers." Condition: Good-fine, light contrast.Sold for: $388.38. |
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| 72353 | Carte de Visite Photograph of Kit Carson by E. Anthony, ca. 1860s. Christopher "Kit" Carson was a fur trapper, mountain man, and guide to explorer John C. Fremont, who gained national fame for his service in California during the Mexican War. He also gained notoriety as an Indian fighter. During the Civil War, he commanded the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers. Carte de Visite of Kit Carson is an engraved photograph print done by E. Anthony, New York from an 1850s image. A very popular photograph. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, light contrast right hand side, also light crease lower bottom right.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72354 | Rare Carte de Visite of Kit Carson & Spy Lafayette C. Baker, ca. 1860s. Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson was an American explorer, guide, fur trapper, Indian agent, rancher, and soldier, who traveled through the southwestern and western USA. Carson took a wagon train to the Santa Fe, New Mexico, area. He worked as a fur trapper and got to know the local Indians very well (his first two wives were, respectively, Arapahoe and Cheyenne). John C. Fremont hired him as a guide on an expedition to map the trails to the Pacific Ocean (1843-1844). Carson led Fremont to Oregon and California, traveling across the central Rocky Mountains, through the Great Basin, and across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Fremont wrote of this trip, making Carson a national hero. Lafayette Baker (1826-1868) was the head of the U.S. Secret Service during the Civil War, and wrote History of the United States Secret Service in 1867. The book is generally marred by the self-serving sensationalism that characterized Baker's personality, but the beginning forth-rightly details his start in espionage and the first mission he undertook as a Union spy. Political contacts gained Baker a June 1861 interview with army commander Gen. Winfield Scott, who was desperately in need of intelligence about Confederate military activity around Manassas, VA. Scott recognized Baker's qualities and employed him to undertake a spying mission into Virginia to gain information that five other Union spies had already failed to gather. Furnished with ten $20 gold pieces from Scott's vest pocket, Baker set out on July 11, 1861. Unable to evade the Union pickets at Alexandria, VA, Baker was arrested as a Confederate spy, promptly returned to Washington, and brought before Scott, who with a smile of amusement told him to try again. On his next attempt, Baker did not even make his way across the bridge over the Potomac River before he was once more arrested. Very rare and desirable CDV of the pair of these two famous icons, with L. C. Baker sitting in studio, with great coat and hat. Kit Carson is standing in military frock coat above Baker with his hand on Bakers' shoulder. A fantastic CDV. Measures approximately 2.5" x 4". Condition: very good, mount has dirt, image has some slight discoloration.Sold for: $3,585.00. |
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| 72355 | Diary of an Expedition through Yellowstone, Wyoming Territory, ca. 1870s. Diary starts in May 1873, with an entry written for each day. Examples include: "May 26th , 1873 ...To kill time, are meeting Capt Mines and start a game of draw poker..." Next, "May 29th, 1873...This Morning finds us still on our way up the Missouri river..." Also, "June 3, 1873, This morning we awaken to find our boat quit a distance above Grand river...We passed the miner and all the sadies of the 7th Cavalry, with the expedition of Mrs. Gen. Custer who goes with her husband on the march". Approximately 100 plus pages form May to October of 1873. Very interesting and very articulate diary. Measures approximately 3.75" x 6". Condition: Good, pages separated from binding.Sold for: $1,673.00. |
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| 72356 | Elizabeth B. Custer. Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota with General Custer. Annotated by John W. Ford, the telegraph operator at Ft. Laramie who reported the massacre of Custer at Little Bighorn. NY: Harper & Brothers (1913). 315pp. Later printing. Blue decorative cloth stamped in gold and black. Very good. Howes C983. Heavily annotated with marginalia in ink by Captain John W. Ford. In part: "A little volume written by a devoted and womanly woman, descriptions of the domestic life in the regular army with whom my wife and I lived the first eleven years of our happily married life, written so o simply and attractively, earnestly and truthfully, that it brings up many happy scenes of our very own army life, partially dormant perhaps but by no means forgotten, full of pathos and humor but true to life." It is marked on the little map where Ft. Laramie, Wyoming was located where we were stationed at the time and first got news of the massacre of Custer and his entire command. Genl. Bradley of the 9th Infantry was in command of the post at the time. In August of 1874, Reynolds appeared at Ft. Laramie from camp near Harney's Peak in the Black hills and of the Black Hills expedition of 7th Cavalry under the command of Custer. He had a heavy private mail for officers and command and the first official report of the Black Hills country consisting of over six thousand words to Dept. commander of Omaha, Genl. Ord., then Dept. commander. It was addressed to my telegraphic headquarters for transmission. This report I have now in my possession with Custer's autograph attached. Genl. Smith of the 14th infantry was in command at Fort Laramie at the time and of the...at camps Robinson and Sheridan, the former being the Red Blood reservation and the latter being the Spotted Trail reservation named from their respective head Indians, and Genl. Smith signified his displeasure was that a breach of military etiquette had been committed in that the report had not been addresses to or sent through the Comdg. Officer at Fort Laramie but it went all the same and from Reynolds, afterwards killed at Battle of Little Big Horn with Custer and his command was in the hospital for several days before he was able for his return trip. He was a superior man, an educated gentleman, who lived this daring, isolated life from...and some disappointment or occurrence in his life. I doubt if Reynolds was not an assumed name. His actions indicated that he courted death and did not view the manner of his takings off with dread, but with absolute pleasure. Many such characters were and are still in the far west but Reynolds was so conspicuous by being superior to any I ever met both in appearance and education, so thoroughly to "the manner born" and a gentleman always...He finally spent a few hours at our quarters from time to time with our books and souveniers and when Mrs. Ford always made him welcome at my request and because she had a women's pity and commiseration for him. A...character for Bret Harte who never made a character overdrawn, and a duplicate could have been met in far west. I saw it at Camp Sheridan in 1877 when Crazy Horse "came in" there and surrendered his arms and we had a veritable dog feast, real dog and it was not half bad. Genl. Crook was at table and Col...and Col Stanton and other of the pay master department. A fine dog feast was an Indian roast turkey stuffed with oysters. [back cover] The reception of the news at Fort Laramie of the battle of the little Big Horn was paralyzing. I received the dispatch in the morning with all of the details of the fearful fight. It is customary at frontier military posts for the officers to congregate at the adjutant's office directly after...which is usually about nine O'clock in the morning. The Comdg. Officer and adjutant, Qtr. Master and commissioning officer, the old and new officers of the day are always there officially to get instructions etc. The company officers and others for talks and friendly meetings. We were getting reports of the battle at my office when the general's orderly reported with some dispatches to be wired, on sending his compliments and asking if "any news this morning" I wrote a hurried note with a pencil with my compliments to Genl. Bradley in command, now retired, and living in Tacoma Washington state 9th infantry, that I had no official telegrams or business but some very interesting army news then being received that I would formally deliver adjutant's office as soon as possible, and to please tell the assembled officers so they could remain if they wished for it was important. This was superfluous since news was so scarce any news was a boon. I dared not mention its...fearing a general stampede to telegraph office before replying and tabulation and interruptions. When I reported at Adjutant's office all were waiting. Some began badgering me about its assumed importance. No one anticipating how alarming and important it was. I gave the written message directly to Genl. Bradley as courtesy required, but he, knowing it was general news asked me to read it for benefit of all, I did so as well as I could for I personally knew numbers killed in the fight. As I progressed the silence became oppressive and when concluded was unbroken. Genl. Bradley finally said "Custer is dead - His entire command, almost his regiment annihilated." Then after a moment added. "There can be no doubt of the authenticity of this report" I answered "Nota particle General, it is all confirmed by later news, and by instructions both from Government and from Headquarters of Western Union Telph. Co. is transmitted to all posts for their information. It is absolutely the truth". He answered "The question was unnecessary Mr. Ford, pardon me, your delivering it is sufficient proof of its truth." It was an awful shock to the garrison. The officers were blanched and still, even the soldiers were...Women wept from sympathy. It might have been their fate. In a few days the official orders came from department Headquarters announcing it and whole army of the United States went into mourning for a period of six months. One horse alone "came out" alive. Every little while a newspaper paragraph appears of some survivor of this massacre being buried etc., usually to court publicity, get pictures in a newspaper, and name in print, but is false. This horse was found a day or two after the battle quietly grazing in a picket common, but with brand of 7th cavalry on his shoulder. This horse was taken in charge by the reformed regiment of the 7th cavalry the nucleus being the two companies under Major Reno, not in fight. An attendant...was detailed as his constant companion. A special box stall was always his domicile, no one was ever allowed to mount him, nor any work performed by him, simply exercise for his health, but always under guard and watched. He was a gentleman, and bore his honors with becoming dignity...at all reviews or parades he was included, attended by his groom, with an inverted carbine suspended from...saddle, and a pair of...cavalry boots flung across the saddle and fastened to it. No doubt he is dead now, but buried in some of our national cememteries with horses of war, three volleys fired over grave, and taps sounded. I hope so. Considerable discussion occurred over action of Major Reno in entrenching himself with two companies three miles from the fighting grounds, when he was expected to be with him, but the consensus of opinion of many army officers was that he did right, his duty was to save his men, under the circumstances, and just that many more would have been slain had they been with Custer. I have no doubt of this, a hundred and fifty or two hundred men could not saved the day. They were so hopelessly outnumbered. Respectfully submitted, J. W. F. Sold for: $4,182.50. |
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| 72357 | Three Frederic Remington Items, a Letter and Five Drawings. This is a fantastic Fredric Remington archive. Three pages, written in his hand 7" x 8.75", signed twice by Remington. The letter reads as follows: "301 Webster Avenue, New Rochelle Aug 30. My Dear Burdick, It seems strange that my future happiness is locked up in you - but it is so. I have enlisted George Wright subject to your going and Rodgers the artist and myself for a three weeks canoe trip n the upper Ottawa river to start about the 15 of next month (Sept). We can get inguns and canoes up there - It's a great big river - all still water and trout jump into the boat - the moose come splashing into the water and the little black bear ramboles in the underbrush. The wild duck sputters and glides away over the water - the mist rises or hangs over the glassy surface of the river in the morning as the canoe glides along. The injun cuts wood to beat hell or gets the seat of his pants knotted and the hot scotch bubbles on the glowing embers of the camp fire. We get very dirty and as healthy as a hired man and when we are done - it is not forgotten, for is not there the Oct. number of Harpers Magazine with a full account of all the important point, more or less truthfully but always interestingly told by that eminent school Mr. F. Remington Esq. Now Burdick - you have earned a reputation as a good sport by long work and you mustn't go back on us now. I have George hypnotized - Rogers is the original American canoeist - a good fellow and a handy man on a woods trip. That is the only true wilderness in American except British Columbia - the flies do not bite when the frosty nights set in and the wild fox licks his bole unscared. I was going West with Miles but if you will depose and say that you will go send me down the papers and it's done. We would have the finest kind of time - it would be better than getting married. It's an ideal crowd - all poets - it's the biggest hunting trip and the easiest thing - & cheap "Inguns" 1 bone per diam - they canoe for $10. - Depew & Burdick furnish the transportation". [Drawing of Indian paddling canoe with passengers relaxing] [Drawing of a man shooting a moose with rifle at point blank range with Indian] You may tie it but how can you beat it. [Full page with three drawings, each with captions: 4 canoes on river, a campsite with Indians cooking, a man fishing from canoe] Don't hesitate - say you will go. Yours faithfully, Frederic Remington" Condition: Fine-very fine, adhesive spots left side top & bottom on all three. Sold for: $4,182.50. |
| 72358 | Self Portrait of L. A. Huffman, Montana, 1926. Laton Alton Huffman moved to Miles City, Montana Territory in 1879 at the age of 25. He had come to be the post photographer at nearby Fort Keogh. Soon after the Custer battle of 1876, Fort Keogh was established to provide military assistance in eastern Montana. He was appointed the post photographer, an unpaid position that provided a dirt floor log studio and an opportunity to make and sell photographs. Famous well known self portrait sepia photograph of photographer L. A. Huffman from 1926. Huffman sitting in studio staring intently at the camera with his great hat, pin-striped suit and spotted tie. In period ink on verso: "L. A. Huffman post photographer Fort Keogh Mont. Ter. to C. E. Zink from W. R. Felton". Measures approximately 7.25" x 9.5". Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $233.03. |
| 72359 | Photograph of Old Piper Dan Ranch, Tongue River, Montana Territory. The Tongue River is a tributary of the Yellowstone River through Wyoming and Montana. It rises along the northern slope of the Bighorn Mountains in north central Wyoming and flows northeast, past the town of Sheridan, and then into Montana, forming the eastern boundary of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. It joins the Yellowstone near the town of Miles City. In August of 1873, the Tongue River was the site of a cavalry engagement between the Sioux Indians and George Armstrong Custer. Photograph by L. A. Huffman, a great early photograph of this elusive man's ranch. Piper Dan, like other close-mounted individuals on the frontier, never told anyone his name, nor whence he came. The story is told that for a long time he received a newspaper from Canada. Then the paper stopped coming and not long afterward Piper Dan disappeared. Huffman captured this great photograph before his log shack burned. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $1,912.00. |
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| 72360 | Carl Moon, Noted Photographer of the American Indian: Collection of Cameras, Clothing and Personal Items. Carl Everton Moon or Karl as he sometimes spelled his name spent a lifetime preserving a visual legacy of the American Indian. He specialized in photographing Native Americans in their natural state with an aim to showing the Indian as he lived before civilization stripped him of his customs, dress and lifestyle. Over the years he formed friendships with his subjects that enabled him to spend weeks at a time in tribal villages, learning about their culture. Moon's work has been exhibited at The National Museum in Washington, D.C., the American Museum of Natural History, New York and at the invitation of President Theodore Roosevelt, at The White House. This diverse and extensive collection of Moon's personal belongings well represents his passion of photography and the American west. As you would expect, there are several cameras and camera related items including a well-worn Eastman Kodak No. 3-A Folding Pocket Kodak Model C with Moon's initials "C.M." in gold leaf on the case with tripod; a No. 2A Target Hawk-eye, a No. 0 Kodak Brownie, and accessories including a film holder, enlargement mirror and lens covers. With the collection are several items of Moon's clothing including his heavy ten-button double-breasted fur coat with "K.M." embroidered on the bottom inside hem, matching seal-skin cap and gloves, and Stetson-made National Park Service ranger hat with embossed leather band and Moon's initials "CM" on the size tag (which has become detached). The collection also includes many personal items of Moon's including a vintage Gruen watch with a beautiful turquoise-studded Indian silver bracelet watch band, brass match safe with lucky horseshoe motif on one side and "KM" engraved on the other, nickel silver flask with "C.M." engraved on the bottom, an animal hoof ink well with the initials "KEM" engraved on the lid, Moon's wooden cane with "KM" engraved on a 14 karat band, Masonic sash, and sunglasses. Moon was an active Mason and the collection include a 1924 certificate of withdrawal from the Pasadena Lodge and a one page letter dated September 1, 1946 from San Francisco's Park Lodge No. 449 saluting Moon as "an American and Mason" and apprising him that "the 'latchstring' at Park Lodge is always out to you." Appropriately, the lot includes a 3" x 5" original snapshot of Moon standing atop a rock formation and holding what may well be the folding Kodak pocket model camera included in the collection. The collection is further highlighted by the fact that all items are pictured in Tom Driebe's book In Search of the Wild Indian: Photographs and Life Works by Carl and Grace Moon, Moscow [PA]: Maurose Publishing Company, 1997. This inscribed copy features the present collection on pages 356 through 359 and is included with the lot.Not Sold. |
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| 72361 | Early Large Format Stereoview of Chief Packer Moore by Haines, ca. 1870s. Chicago Tribune July 5, 1876. From Fort Fettermen to the Rosebud, May 29- Marched from our camp on the North bank of the Platte River, opposite Fort Fetterman, at 1:00 PM today, the column being composed of troops commanded by General George Crook. One hundred wagons accompany us together with 205 pack mules, the latter under charge of chief packer Moore, who has served with General Crook in Oregon and Arizona. We are assuming this is the same expedition. A very scarce large format stereoview depicts Chief Packer Moore posing for the photographer, card No. 1780 photographed by F. Jay Haines on the plains with military camp site in background behind Moore, Tents, Horses, etc. Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Fine-very fine, light stain right side.Sold for: $657.25. |
| 72362 | Stereoview of Custer Monument with Curley, Custer's Scout, ca. 1885. Scarce stereoview of a group of men at Custer Monument, Little Bighorn, Montana Territory. The Indian in the front is Curley, Custer's Crow Scout. Photo by F. Jay Haynes, Northern Pacific views-Fargo, Dakota Territory. Two of the men standing appear to be holding Winchesters. One man has a huge Bowie knife strapped on. Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast mount has slight discoloration on corners.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72363 | Cabinet Card Photograph by Goff "Custer Battlefield Monument", ca. 1890s. Monument memorializes one of the last armed efforts of the Northern Plains Indians to preserve their way of life. Here in 1876, 263 soldiers and attached personnel of the U.S. Army, including Lt. Col. George A. Custer, met death at the hands of several thousand Lakota and Cheyenne warriors. Beautiful photograph taken by O. S. Goff of Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory. He also photographed Custer and his officers. This image depicts the Custer Battlefield Monument after they fenced it. With magnifier you can read a lot of the names inscribed on monument. Measures 6.5" x 4.25". Condition: Very fine, photograph has small scratch, mount has very slight wear.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72364 | William H. Jackson Image of Trapper and Guide "Beaver Dick" Leigh ca 1880s. Born in Manchester England, Richard Leigh ran away from home at the age of 16 to join the Hudson's Bay Company. After a few years exploring and trapping the American west, Leigh made his way to the Teton Valley in 1870, becoming one of the first settlers in Jackson Hole. When the Hayden Survey of 1872 explored northwestern Wyoming, "Beaver Dick" Leigh led the explorers into the Teton Valley and to Jackson Hole. The survey team, accompanied by photographer William Henry Jackson - the first great photographer of the West - were so impressed by Leigh's guide and his Shoshone wife that they named Jenny Lake and Leigh Lake for them. Impressive Jackson image of Beaver Dick and his family gathered outside their teepee. Measures approximately 14 x 11". Condition: Moderate crease along upper edge of image; soiling and crease damage to matte boardSold for: $2,031.50. |
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| 72365 | Golden Reward Chlorination Works, Deadwood, South Dakota 1890s. Very nice imperial size gold mining photograph of the of "The Chlorination Works" in Deadwood, D. T., with very large wooden buildings, to the right of the photograph appears to be a residence. Photographed by Locke & Mc Bride, Lead City, South Dakota. Publishers of Black Hills scenery. Measures approx. 10" x 8" Condition: Fine-very fine Sold for: $239.00. |
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| 72366 | 1/6th Plate Tintype Young Lawman or Deputy Sheriff with Badge ca 1870s-1880s. Man wearing six-point star adorns the chest of this young lawman, along with another sort of badge pinned on his lapel. He is wearing a bow-tie, hat, and vest. No case with image. Measures approximately 2.50" x 3.50". Condition: Very good-fine, slight loss of focusNot Sold. |
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| 72367 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Arizona Sheriff with Revolver ca 1880s-1890s. Great early photograph of sheriff standing next to his horse, has a great hat, he is wearing a five point star badge, great leather double loop holster with pistol holstered. On verso in pencil; This is a man that worked for your father in Holbrook Arizona-Ted Carin Leahi, Utah, printed on mount J. C. Burge Photographer Flag Staff, Arizona Measures approximately 6.50" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has couple stains Sold for: $1,195.00. |
| 72368 | F. J. Wattron Sheriff Navajo Holbrook, Arizona Territory 1897. In November, 1899, the new courthouse jail was holding one of its most notable prisoners, a murderer named George Smiley. Convicted of having killed a railroad section foreman named McSweeney, Smiley was scheduled to hang on December 8, 1899. At this time Arizona law required that the county sheriff send "invitations" of executions to the other Arizona sheriffs, as well as certain territorial officials. However, the legislature did not provide a form for the required invitation nor any guidelines on the format. Goaded by his friends, Wattron decided to issue a "novel" invitation, having it professionally printed on gilt-bordered paper. However, when a reporter got a hold of the invitation, he wired it to the Associated Press. Before long the invitation was printed in newspapers all over the nation and even appeared in the London Times, the Berlin Tageblatt and Paris Fiarge. President McKinley then wired Arizona Governor Nathan Oakes Murphy, who stayed the execution for 30 days and issued a reprimand to Wattron Though Sheriff Wattron was seemingly un-phased, stating to a friend, "Well, I got a hell of a lot of notoriety anyway," the incident rankled him. Determined to make his point and have the last word, he prepared a second printed invitation, this time more "mournful" than the first and slightly sarcastic. It too was professionally printed, though this time the invitation was edged in black. He then waited to mail out the second invitation until he was sure it would not be received by the governor and other officials until after the execution had been performed. Frank J. Wattron letter signed "F. J. Wattron". One page, 8.50" x 11", asking U. S. Marshall if he needs help. "Wm. Griffith, U. S. Marshall of Arizona, Tucson, A. T. Dear Sir. If you are in need of a deputy in "this neck of the woods". I would be pleased to act. For you in that capacity, Hoping to hear from you. I remain, yours truly F. J. Wattron Sheriff of Navajo Co." Measures approximately 8.50" x 11". Condition: Very good-fine, punch holes topSold for: $418.25. |
| 72369 | Autograph Document Signed Judge "Roy Bean" County of Pecos, Texas 1882. Roy Bean Autograph Document Signed "Roy Bean" as Justice of the Peace. One page 8" x 12.25". Lined paper, County of Pecos, Texas, Sept. 8 1882. "State of Texas, County of Pecos, before me, Roy Bean, a justice of the peace in and for said County and State. Precinct No. 6 In the Sheriff or nay duly an changing constable you are hereby commanded to attach one Martin Ester and have you then and there the said Mr. Nester at any Court at Eagles nest in the County of Pecos and The State of Texas is plaintiff and B. A. Durham is defendant instated; in hold him, the said Nester, till other wise ordered by the court. Given under my hand and official seal this the 8th Day of September A. D. 1882. [Signed] Roy Bean, J. P. (Justice of the Peace) and said State and County Precinct No. 6". Condition: Very good, tears in folds, and spindle holeSold for: $2,390.00. |
| 72370 | Judge Roy Bean Autograph Document Signed, County of Pecos, Texas, 1880s. Signed "Roy Bean" as Justice of the Peace. One page, 8" x 9.25", Lined paper, County of Pecos, Texas. Document reads, in part: "State of Texas, County of Pecos, before me, Roy Bean, a justice of the peace in and for said County and State. Precinct No. 6. State of Texas vs. B. A. Durham to John Edgar, Sheriff of Pecos County, State of Texas. I Roy Bean a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and state, precinct No. 6 herewith commit into your custody for safe keeping on Martin Nester, a witness for the State in above entitled cause. He, the said Nester, not being able or willing to enter into bond for or give his testimony in the same. [Signed] Roy Bean, J. P. (Justice of the Peace) and said State and County Precinct No. 6". Condition: Very good, very small tears in folds, and spindle hole. Sold for: $2,987.50. |
| 72371 | Marshall "Seth Bullock" Signed Stock Certificate Lead/Deadwood, Dakota ca 1880s. Bullock, Seth 1849-1919 was western sheriff, hardware store owner and U. S. Marshall. Deadwood was a lawless, rowdy camp. The day after Bullock's arrival, Wild Bill Hickok, was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall, who was later found not guilty by an impromptu camp court and released, after which he promptly left town. After the event, a demand for law enforcement began, and Bullock's background made him the logical choice for Deadwood' first sheriff. Bullock took his job seriously, deputizing several residents and tackling the job of civilizing the camp. Despite (or perhaps because of) a reputation for fearlessness and an uncompromising nature, Bullock managed the task without killing anyone. Bullock met his match, however, in Al Swearengen, proprietor of the notorious Gem Theater, Deadwood's most notable brothel. Swearengen had a knack for making money through vice and shrewdly invested some of his profits in cultivating alliances with the camp's wealthy and powerful. When appointed sheriff, one of Bullock's first duties was to confront Dodge City deputy marshal Wyatt Earp, who was possibly interested in the sheriff's job. Bullock told Earp that his services were not needed and that he should leave. A week later Earp left Deadwood to return to Dodge City. A scarce Lead City, Dakota Territory, (Deadwood) blank Gold and Silver Mining stock certificate from Tornado Consolidated, Whitewood Quartz Mining district it is signed by Seth Bullock. Very historical Wild West item. Measures approximately 8" x 4.5". Condition: Very fineSold for: $448.13. |
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| 72372 | Autograph Document Signed "Frank M. Canton" Alias Joe Horner 1895. Canton, Frank M. alias Horner, Joe (1849-1927) was a bank robber, rustler and lawman. He was jailed in 1877 for robbing a bank at Comanche, Texas but escaped. He legally changed his name to Frank M. Canton and vowed to uphold law and order. By 1882, he was a respectable ranch owner in Wyoming and was elected Sheriff of Johnson County. In 1891, Canton joined Frank Wolcott's Regulators, a group of gunmen hired by the cattlemen to wipe out the settlers in Johnson County. After the siege of the KC Ranch and the murders of settlers Nate Champion and Nick Ray, Canton and the others were tried for murder but, with the influence of the cattlemen, had the venue changed from Johnson County to Cheyenne, where they were tried and freed. Canton became Deputy U.S. Marshal under Judge Isaac Parker, the "Hanging Judge". It was in this capacity that Canton signed this document. Two years later, he became Deputy U.S. Marshal during the gold rush days in Alaska's Klondike. Frank M. Canton Partly Printed Document Signed: "F.M. Canton" as Deputy United States Marshal, One page, 8.25" x 3". (Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory), May 12, 1895. The famed western outlaw turned lawman has filled out a form charging the government for expenses. [In full] "I Certify that from on May 10 to May 12 1895, I used my own team for the purpose of Endeavoring to arrest j. M. Shirley as stated in within account. I further certify that the rates charged do not exceed those ordinarily charged by liverymen, and that nothing is charged for feeding the team. I also certify that my team consists of Hack and two horses as good or better than the average livery team, that I kept this team for the sole purpose of enabling me to perform my official duties and that it would otherwise be impossible to serve processes, as teams to go into the Indian country for any length of time can not be hired. [Boldly signed] F. M. Canton" Deputy United States Marshall. An extremely desirable, rarely encountered autograph. Condition: Very fine, red ink No. 13 upper right corner, small spindle hole at top leftNot Sold. |
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| 72373 | Document Signed Twice Deputy Marshall "Frank M. Canton" alias Joe Horner 1897. Frank M. Canton alias "Joe Horner". Partly Printed Document Signed Twice: "F.M. Canton" as Field Deputy Marshal, One page, 8.50" x 14". (District of Oklahoma Territory), 27th July 1897. The famed western outlaw turned lawman has filled out a form charging the government for expenses. Joe Horner (1849-1927) was a bank robber and rustler. He was jailed in 1877 for robbing a bank at Comanche, Texas but escaped. He legally changed his name to Frank M. Canton and vowed to uphold law and order. By 1882, he was a respectable ranch owner in Wyoming and was elected Sheriff of Johnson County. In 1891, Canton joined Frank Wolcott's Regulators, a group of gunmen hired by the cattlemen to wipe out the settlers in Johnson County. After the siege of the KC Ranch and the murders of settlers Nate Champion and Nick Ray, Canton and the others were tried for murder but, with the influence of the cattlemen, had the venue changed from Johnson County to Cheyenne, where they were tried and freed. Canton became Deputy U.S. Marshal under Judge Isaac Parker, the "Hanging Judge". He also became Deputy U.S. Marshal during the gold rush days in Alaska's Klondike and befriended writer Rex Beach, who used him as a model for many of the frontier heroes portrayed in his books. Very desirable autograph of one of the important characters of the American West. Affidavit of field deputy to voucher, District of Oklahoma, F. M. Canton, deputy United States Marshall for said district, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the annexed account for Two Hundred Forty dollars and Fifty Five cents for services performed and expenses incurred by him from July 1st to July 22nd, 1897., is true and correct; that the services therein charged were actually and necessarily incurred and paid by him in lawful money; that in each case where an arrest was made the defendant was taken before the nearest circuit court commissioners, or the nearest judicial officer having jurisdiction under existing laws, and that all mileage charged is for travel made with cost to me. (Signed) "F. M. Canton," Deputy Marshall. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27th day of July, 1897. George m. Buckner U. S. Comm. $189.65. July 27. 1897. Received of Patrick S. Hagle, U. S. Marshal for the ____ District of Oklahoma, the sum of One Hundred Eighty Five dollars and Sixty five cents, in full payment of the amount due for fees and expenses as shown by the annexed account. (Signed again) "F. M. Canton," Field Deputy Marshal. Condition: Very fine, small spindle hole at top left, small tears in creasesNot Sold. |
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| 72374 | Autograph Document Signed "Frank M. Canton" alias Joe Horner 1895. Frank M. Canton Document Signed "F. M. Canton" as Marshall. One page 8" x 3" prisoners receipt, Territory of Oklahoma, April 13, 1895, in ink. Frank M. Canton (1849-1927) was born "Joe Horner" In Virginia. After his father and his brother were killed fighting in the Civil War, the remainder of the family moved to Texas where Frank grew up as a cowboy & rode in cattle drives before turning to a life of crime rustling cattle and robbing banks. In 1874 he was in a gunfight with several Buffalo Soldiers (Black soldiers) in a Texas saloon, killing one, wounding another and shooting his way out of town to make his escape. In 1877 he was jailed for robbing a bank, but later escaped, deciding to turn his life around. He quietly left Texas for good on a cattle drive to Nebraska, leaving behind his "Joe Horner" image. From Nebraska he traveled to Wyoming Territory and arrived as "Frank Canton," taking a job with the Wyoming Stock growers Association. He settled near the town of Buffalo, was elected Sheriff there in 1882 and later married. In 1886 he accepted another job with the Stock Growers Association as a 'Range Detective" & also served as a deputy U. S. Marshall there. During the famous Johnson County War there between the cattle barons and settlers, Canton sided with his employers and was involved in several gun battles, the worst being the hired gunman Canton led to the KC Ranch where two men were arrested and two were killed in the shootout. Canton left Wyoming and a year later was in Indian Territory as a Deputy U. S. Marshall under "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker where he gained a reputation as being fearless gunfighter, working alongside such notable lawmen as Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman and Chris Madsen. November 6. 1896 on the streets of Pawnee, outlaw Bill Dunn challenged Canton and both men drew their guns. Canton shot Dunn in the forehead before Dunn could pull his own trigger. Eyewitnesses say the dying outlaw's trigger finger twitched instinctively for several moments before he died. After breaking up several outlaw gangs, Canton accepted an appointment in 1897 as deputy Marshall in Alaska Territory during the gold rush period, but returned to Oklahoma Territory two years. He served as Deputy Sheriff in Oklahoma till 1907. This duplicate printed document form Territory of Oklahoma, April 13, 1895. (Reads) I certify that from ____ to April 13 1895 I furnished subsistence, etc. for the following United States prisoners in my charge, viz: M. Baker as per within account. As there is hardly a place in the country in which I am on duty where food or lodging can be obtained, it is necessary for me to be prepared at all times to furnish those articles myself, and the rates charged in within account are the lowest at which articles can possibly be furnished. (Boldly signed) "F. M. Canton", Deputy United States Marshall. Condition: Very fine, red ink No. 5 upper right corner, small spindle hole at top left Not Sold. |
| 72375 | Autograph Document Signed "Frank M. Canton" alias Joe Horner 1895. Frank M. Canton Document Signed "F. M. Canton" as Marshall. One page 8" x 3" prisoners receipt, Territory of Oklahoma, April 13, 1895, in ink. Frank M. Canton (1849-1927) was born "Joe Horner" In Virginia. After his father and his brother were killed fighting in the Civil War, the remainder of the family moved to Texas where Frank grew up as a cowboy & rode in cattle drives before turning to a life of crime rustling cattle and robbing banks. In 1874 he was in a gunfight with several Buffalo Soldiers (Black soldiers) in a Texas saloon, killing one, wounding another and shooting his way out of town to make his escape. In 1877 he was jailed for robbing a bank, but later escaped, deciding to turn his life around. He quietly left Texas for good on a cattle drive to Nebraska, leaving behind his "Joe Horner" image. From Nebraska he traveled to Wyoming Territory and arrived as "Frank Canton," taking a job with the Wyoming Stock growers Association. He settled near the town of Buffalo, was elected Sheriff there in 1882 and later married. In 1886 he accepted another job with the Stock Growers Association as a "Range Detective" & also served as a deputy U. S. Marshall there. During the famous Johnson County War there between the cattle barons and settlers, Canton sided with his employers and was involved in several gun battles, the worst being the hired gunman Canton led to the KC Ranch where two men were arrested and two were killed in the shootout. Canton left Wyoming and a year later was in Indian Territory as a Deputy U. S. Marshall under "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker where he gained a reputation as being fearless gunfighter, working alongside such notable lawmen as Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman and Chris Madsen. November 6. 1896 on the streets of Pawnee, outlaw Bill Dunn challenged Canton and both men drew their guns. Canton shot Dunn in the forehead before Dunn could pull his own trigger. Eyewitnesses say the dying outlaw's trigger finger twitched instinctively for several moments before he died. After breaking up several outlaw gangs, Canton accepted an appointment in 1897 as deputy Marshall in Alaska Territory during the gold rush period, but returned to Oklahoma Territory two years. He served as Deputy Sheriff in Oklahoma till 1907. This duplicate printed document form Territory of Oklahoma, April 4, 1895. (Reads) I certify that from ____ to April 4 1895 I furnished subsistence, etc. for the following United States prisoners in my charge, viz: Na Mun Ka & Mo Haty as per within account. As there is hardly a place in the country in which I am on duty where food or lodging can be obtained, it is necessary for me to be prepared at all times to furnish those articles myself, and the rates charged in within account are the lowest at which articles can possibly be furnished. (Boldly signed) "F. M. Canton", Deputy United States Marshall. Condition: Very fine, red ink No. 3 upper right corner, small spindle hole at top leftNot Sold. |
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| 72376 | Autograph Document Signed "Bob Dalton". Prisoner Certificate of Frank Dalton, 1887. Dalton, Robert Rennick "Bob" (1869-1892). Raised on the border of Indian Territory near Coffeyville, Kansas, the Dalton brothers originally were on the side of the law. Oldest brother Frank Dalton was a U. S. Deputy Marshal for the federal court of Fort Smith, Arkansas, but he was shot and killed in an ambush by the smith-Dixon gang. His younger brother Grat Dalton took up where Frank left off, becoming a U.S. Deputy Marshal for the Muskogee court. Bob Dalton was a U. S. Deputy Marshal for the federal court in Wichita, Kansas, working in and out of the Osage Nation. Youngest brother Emmett worked as a member of some of his brother's posses. Pre-printed prisoner certification document dated June 18, 1887 from Fort Smith, Arkansas. Reads in full: "Western District of Arkansas, I hereby certify that I have been employed and have acted 18 days, as a Guard over Jas. Davenport, et. al, a United States prisoner in charge of Frank Dalton Deputy Marshal, from Muscogee to Fort Smith, being a distance of 80 miles. [Signed by] Bob Dalton, P. O. Address Ft. Smith, Ark." Very rare signed Bob Dalton document. Condition: Fine, two small filing holes in top corner, on verso remnants of a document from being mounted and 1" piece of tape also thinned spots where old tape was removed.Sold for: $7,767.50. |
| 72377 | Manuscript Document Listing Emmitt Dalton, Bob Dalton, & Bass Reeves as Indian Territory Marshals, 1890. Marshall Emmitt Dalton, Bob Dalton & Bass Reeves- all listed as Marshals in this five page manuscript , from Fort Smith Arkansas, January 30, 1890. It has a manuscript listing of over 100 U. S. Marshals from Judge Issac Parker's court that were tracking down criminals in the Indian Territory. The Dalton brothers operated on both sides of the law, and Bob Dalton was initially appointed Chief of the Indian Police in the Osage Nation. Emmitt became a posseman there, at the same time they opened up a successful horse stealing operation in spite of their police badges. The Dalton Gang finally met their fate when they attempted to rob two banks at the same time in Coffeyville, Kansas. Deputy Bass Reeves was the first Black American lawman on the western frontier. Very interesting manuscript. Measures approximately 8.5" x 14". Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $3,883.75. |
| 72378 | Photograph of Four Members of the Dalton Gang, Killed at Coffeyville, Kansas, ca. 1892. Around 9:30AM on the morning of October 5, 1892, five members of the Dalton Gang (Grat Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Bob Dalton, Bill Power and Dick Broadwell) rode into the small town of Coffeyville, Kansas. Their objective was to achieve financial security and make outlaw history by simultaneously robbing two banks. From the beginning, their audacious plan went astray. The hitching post where they intended to tie their horses had been torn down due to road repairs. This forced the gang to hitch their horses in a near-by alley - a fateful decision. To disguise their identity, (Coffeyville was the Dalton's hometown) two of the Dalton's wore false beards and wigs. Despite this, the gang was recognized as they crossed the town's wide plaza, split up and entered the two banks. Suspicious townspeople watched through the banks' wide front windows as the robbers pulled their guns. Someone on the street shouted, "The bank is being robbed!" and the citizens quickly armed themselves - taking up firing positions around the banks. The ensuing firefight lasted less than fifteen minutes. A brief moment in time in which four townspeople lost their lives, four members of the Dalton Gang were gunned down and a small Kansas town became part of history. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer depicts four dead Dalton gang members, displayed on a wooden sidewalk in Coffeyville, Kansas. From left to right: Tom Evans, Bon Dalton, Grat Dalton & Texas Jack. They are all handcuffed, and they are all missing their boots. Great historical photograph. Measures approximately 4.25" x 3". Condition: Good, image has chips; mount is soiled & trimmed at bottomSold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72379 | Photograph of Mrs. Samuel James, Mother of Notorious James Brothers, ca. 1890s-1900s. Zerelda Elizabeth (Cole) James Simms Samuel was the mother of Frank James and Jesse James. Zerelda died in 1911 in the Burlington carriage on a train traveling to San Francisco, California, of a heart aliment which had been affecting her for some time. She was 86 years old and was buried next to Rueben Samuel, her third husband, and sons Jesse and Archie at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Clay County, Missouri. Printed on paper verso photograph; "This framed photograph of Mrs. James, mother of notorious James bothers who terrorized the West with robberies and hold-ups. The men in the group were tourists and sight-see-ers whose curiosity impelled the visit. The old lady capitalized on the family home near excelsior Springs, Mo. The mother of the donor of this photograph lived close by Mrs. A. J. Boothroyd." Note Mrs. James missing right arm, which was amputated at the elbow after the raid on the James Farm in January 1875. Measures in frame approximately 11.5" x 9.5". Condition: Very good-Fine, overall nice condition.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72381 | Lot of Three James Gang Items: Photo of Painting, Magazine & RPPC, 1880-1910. During his years as a bandit, Frank was involved in at least four shootouts between 1868 and 1876, resulting in the deaths of four bank employees or citizens. The most famous incident was the disastrous Northfield, Minnesota raid on September 7, 1876 that ended with the death or capture of most of the gang. This lot consists of a large size image of Frank James, a photograph of a painting. No identified photographer or location. 6.5" x 9.5". Also in the lot is a real photo postcard "Coffee tree near grave of Jessie James" (Kruxo back stamp). The third item is a Wide Awake library five cent, 15 page novel. 8.25" x 11.5". Condition: Good, has heavy foxing on mount of photo, also foxing on photograph.Sold for: $4,481.25. |
| 72382 | Chris Madsen Autograph Document Signed "C. Madsen," Indian Territory, 1891. Chris Madsen immigrated to the United States in 1876. He joined the U.S. Cavalry and was stationed at Fort Reno, Oklahoma before moving to Fort Russell, Wyoming. He remained in the army for 14 years and fought in various Indian campaigns. Madsen left the army in 1891 and found work as a deputy United States marshal in Oklahoma. During this period Madsen, Heck Thomas and Bill Tilghman became known as the Three Guardsmen and were largely responsible for wiping out organized crime in Oklahoma. This included the hunting down of Bill Doolin and his gang. He also took part in the killing of Red Waightman at Arapaho and Oliver Yountis at Orlando. During the First World War Madsen tried to enlist in the United States Army, but was rejected for being too old. Although he was now in his sixties he was appointed Chief of Police at Oklahoma City. Chris Madsen Autograph Document Signed "C. Madsen" one page, pre-printed, 7" x 8" document, dated 1891 from the Oklahoma Territory (Indian Territory), where a man has been charged for "Receiving & buying government clothing from persons not authorized to sell." This document lists five witnesses to the case including "C. Madsen." This document is signed on front by N. B. Wass as U. S. Commissioner. On verso, Madsen has signed his name acknowledging receipt of payment along with other witnesses & also approved and signed by U. S. Attorney Horace Speed. Condition: Very fine, tears in folds ink stain bottom.Not Sold. |
| 72383 | Autograph Letter Signed by U. S. Marshall E. D. Nix, Oklahoma Territory, 1895. Evett Dumas (E. D.) Nix Autograph Letter Signed "E.D. Nix U S Marshall". One page, 8.5" x 11", Department of Justice Letterhead, Guthrie, O. T., Dec. 2 1895. On September 1, 1893, a posse organized by the new U.S. Marshall, Evett Dumas "E.D." Nix, entered the outlaw town of Ingalls with the intent to capture the gang. Three of the fourteen lawmen carrying Deputy U.S. Marshalls' commissions would die as a result of the battle. Two town citizens would also die; one killed protecting the outlaws. Of the outlaws, Newcomb was seriously wounded but escaped, and Arkansas Tom Jones, the killer of the three deputies and one citizen, was captured. This pre-printed letterhead "Department of Justice U. S. Marshall's Office, Territory of Oklahoma, E. D. Nix U. S. Marshall, John M. Hale Chief Deputy." Letter reads: "Friend Tom, Please authorize the clerk to issue alias copies and certified copy of indictment against Ben Cravens and mail to me at once. It is important that I get this quick. Your friend, E. D. Nix US Marshall." Ben Cravens began his criminal career as a bootlegger along the southern border of Kansas, including Cowley County. He peddled whiskey to the Osage, Kaw, Otoe, Ponca, and Pawnee Indians in the outlet. He was arrested in December of 1894 and jailed at Guthrie, but he escaped. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $567.63. |
| 72384 | Autograph Document Signed by Isaac "Hanging Judge" Parker, 1890. Isaac Charles Parker served as a U. S. District judge presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas for 21 years. He served in that capacity during the most dangerous time for law enforcement, the western expansion. He is remembered today as the legitimate "Hanging Judge" of the American Old West. In 21 years on the bench, Judge Parker tried 13,490 cases, of which 344 were capital crimes. Guilty pleas or convictions were handed down in 9,454 cases. Of the 160 (156 men and 4 women) sentenced to death by hanging, 79 were actually hanged. The rest died in jail, appealed, or were pardoned. Isaac Parker Autograph Document Signed boldly "I. C. Parker". One page, 8.25" x 5.25", Oath of office document. Reads, in part: "I, J. Q. Williams, do solemnly swear that I faithfully execute all lawful precepts, directed to the Marshal of The united States for the Western District of Arkansas, under the authority of the United States, and true returns make and in all things well and truly, and without malice or partiality, perform the duties of Deputy Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas during my continuance in said office, and take only my lawful fees, so help me god. Signed J. Q. Williams, sworn to and subscribed before me this 4' day of April, 1890 I. C. Parker, Judge U S Dist Court West Dist Ark." Condition: Very fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72385 | Autograph Signed Document "John Selman," El Paso County, Texas, 1894. Autograph Document Signed "John Selman". One page, two sided pre-printed document, 8.5" x 14", January 30 1894. Selman lived on both sides of the law. His career included cattle rustling, robbery and murder and also arresting cattle rustlers, robbers and murderers. His brother and fellow outlaw Tom Cat Selman had been lynched when they were taken into custody, but John was transferred back to Shackleford County for trial. He had lived there several years earlier and had connected with gunfighter John Larn. Together, they rustled cattle and robbed. In jail in Shackleford County, Selman bribed his jailers and escaped. He fled to Mexico and sold farm equipment. In 1888, upon hearing news that he was cleared of rustling charges in Texas, he moved to El Paso with his two sons. He then led a life on the right side of the law, being elected City Constable in 1892. On August 19, 1895, he killed Texas' most notorious gunfighter, John Wesley Hardin, for money that was owed him. Holding his gun to the back of Hardin's head while Hardin was throwing dice at the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Selman pulled the trigger. Witnesses say that Hardin reached for his six-shooter as he fell to the floor. Selman kept shooting, even though Hardin lay dead. The gunfighter's death came as a huge relief to many townspeople. Ironically, Selman was killed the next year by a fellow lawman who owed him money. State of Texas pre-printed document from El Paso County. Reads, in part: The said W. A. Blackburn is plaintiff, against the said H. M. Patterson defendant filed on the 30 day of January A. D. 1894 and numbered docket No. 1058. The nature of plaintiff demand being in substance quit upon account for $119.00 being the value of 7 head of beef cattle sold by plaintiff to defend and at defendants request for $17. 00 per head...return came to hand on the 30 day of January A. D. 1894, and executed on the 31 day of January A. D. 1894 by delivering to H. M. Patterson the within named defendant in person a true copy of this citation." The document is boldly signed "John Selman." Condition: Fine, have some archival tape repairs in folds. Not Sold. |
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| 72386 | Document Signed regarding Services as a Posse Member, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, 1874. To W. E. Sharp for 17 days' services as posse comitatus, from Oct. 13th to Oct. 29th, 1874 both days inclusive, at $3.00 per day, $51. Document reads, in part: "Robt. Marshal charged with assault with intent to kill, Dist. Creek Nat in the Indian country, within the jurisdiction of said district, returnable to the office of said Commissioner, at Fort Smith in Sebastian County, Ark. Forthwith, 1874. Signed by United States Marshall, J. F. Fagan". Scarce document from early Indian Territory. Condition: Very-Fine, very small tears in folds.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72387 | Document Signed, U. S. Marshal's Oath of Office, Guthrie, Indian Territory, 1889. Pre-printed Oath of Office document dated June 15th, 1889 from Guthrie, Indian Territory. Reads: "I, T. J. Taylor, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute all lawful precepts, directed to the Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas, under the authority of the United States, and true returns make, and in all things well and truly. And without malice or partiality, perform the duties of Deputy Marshall of the Western District of Arkansas during my continuance in said office, and take only my lawful fees, so help me god. T. J. Taylor. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15th day of June 1889, W. S. Robertson U. S. Commissioner Dist. of Kansas for I. T." Measures approximately 5" x 8". Condition: Fine, some discoloration.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72388 | Autograph Letter Signed "Heck Thomas," Horse Thief from Oklahoma Territory, 1900. Henry H. "Heck" Thomas Autograph Letter Signed "Heck Thomas". One page, "8 x 10.5", Anadarko, Oklahoma, Oct. 14th 1900, Department of Justice letterhead, to U. S. Marshall C. H. Thompson. When talking about legendary lawmen, the "Three Guardsmen" always come up. Heck Thomas, Bill Tilghman and Chris Madsen earned this nickname as they pursued the Doolin Gang in Oklahoma. Upon leaving the Fort Smith court, Heck worked as a deputy marshal in Oklahoma Territory between 1893 and 1900, meeting Tilghman and Madsen along the way. In three years they arrested more than three hundred wanted men. It is said that Heck picked the most dangerous desperadoes to go after because the largest rewards were paid for them. He paid a price in being wounded half a dozen times in gunfights. Heck Thomas moved to Lawton, Oklahoma Territory in 1902 where he served as chief of police for seven years. He retired in 1909 after a heart attack, and died on August 15, 1912. Great content one page letter from Heck Thomas, Deputy. Document reads: "Department of Justice, Office of United States Marshall, Territory of Oklahoma. Anadarko, Okla. T. Oct. 14th 1900. Hon. C. H. Thompson, U. S. Marshall, Guthrie O.T. Sir I have had the enclosed warrant for Joe Cortez, since the first of Aug. and have made several effort to capture him, and finally asked the Under Sheriff at Kingfisher O.T. to watch Cortez wife, who is living in Kingfisher. Thought I could get him there. Last night I received the enclosed telegram & have written W. Kidy that I notified the U. S. Marshall of Cortez arrest. It is a dead sure Horse stealing case against this man and all the witness we need to convict him are gray Mountain & Ned Leach; of course I can make the trip to K. C. after Cortez if it is not convenient for any one else to go. I would like to see this man. He has committed thefts all over this county. Respt. Yours, Heck Thomas Deputy." Condition: Fine, two tears at top about half-inch each.Sold for: $2,868.00. |
| 72390 | Lawman's Letter Tracking Down the James-Younger Gang, Kansas City, 1874. Lawman's letter, four pages, 8" x 10", folded leaf letter dated Sept. 19th, 1874 from Kansas City, Missouri, to Charles Johnson, acting Governor of Missouri stating his movements in tracking down Jesse & Frank James and the Younger brothers. His letter informs the Governor that progress is slow & time consuming for his undercover work. Portions of this letter are quoted: "Any exhibition of haste in my action would excite suspicion and spoil everything. As I wrote you before I find very few individuals here that are not either in sympathy or afraid of these men - In fact, among the Sheriff's I have found but one that I would trust & that is Brown of Ray County - he manifests a willing disposition to assist me all he can but confesses that there are but a few men in this country that he would trust in this matter, therefore you perceive the obstacles I have overcome. Later I am fully satisfied that all the robberies that have been committed in this section have been done by the parties in question - I have followed them through these counties and find that it is their habit after committing a robbery to keep constantly moving - not remaining longer than a day & night in one place until they are satisfied that no effort is being made to capture them - my method has been to associate carelessly with the people under pretends of buying land and as an ex-rebel expressing a great deal of sympathy for them when ever they are spoken of. I have even been to their house & conversed with their mother making a proposition to her to purchase her property - I might have obtained a posse & followed them at any time since my arrival, had I done so, the chances would have been largely against my capturing them from the fact that they are mounted upon some of the fleetest horses in the country & thoroughly versed in it's geography. They have not remained long enough in one place since I have been here for me to summons a posse & surround them. I propose to pursue the following course - to linger in Ray & Clay counties, mixing with the people in my careless manner until they come to their home in Clay or among their friends in Saline to remain for a time & then take the posse from Ray County that I now have in waiting, and capture or kill them. In my judgment this is the only method of success, in fact I believe that any other course would be a useless waste of time & perhaps life..." The letter closes by asking the Governor for permission to approve this plan and signed on the last page by "F. Yancey." Yancy was a member of the St. Louis Police Department trying to catch the James-Younger gang. Information on him is thin, but we do know that two days after writing this letter, he encountered Jesse James and Jim Younger (according to his report) and they exchanged gun fire - Yancy believing he had wounded Jesse. The two men escaped, however and could not be found by posses. An excellent letter by this lawman who tracked one of the West's most dangerous outlaw gangs. Condition: Very fine, easy to read.Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72391 | Autograph Letter regarding "Man Hung Two Men Murdered," Jefferson Territory, Denver, 1860. The Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized territory of the United States that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Territory of Colorado on February 28, 1861. Its territory covered a broad swath surrounding the region of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, and was a functioning democratically elected government until the organization of Colorado Territory in 1861. At that time, the successor Jefferson County was permanently created, taking its name from its predecessor and incorporating the heart of its territory. This manuscript letter reads, in part: "Denver (Jefferson Territory) June 22, 1860. Dear Husband. I have wrote to you once sence [sic] you left home our babe [sic] is dead he died May the 30...and put him in the coffin myself there was no men to bury him till the minester [sic] went out and got some men to go to the grave...(Written by daughter in part) Dear Father Mr. Fester has took Mrs. Fester up to Fair Play (Colorado gold country) Mr. Blundell has got three claims up thair [sic] There has been a man hung and two men Murdered sence [sic] you left here and they think that they will hang that man that killed that man and the man that was hung was a Dutch man he had wife and child in the____ he said that the man wife that was killed was kinived [sic] in with him to kill her husband and he said that she said that she would Marry him and he could share in the___ and provisons [sic] and they would go up to blue..." Condition: Very good - fine, some small water spots. Sold for: $597.50. |
| 72392 | Lot of Two Documents regarding Death from a Gun Shot & Stealing Government Property, ca. 1870s. First document reads, in part: "Territory of New Mexico, County of Grant. We the undersigned corners jurors and justice of the peace of prescient No. 1 held an examination on the body of the deceased Henry F. Dwenger, about four miles North Easterly from Santa Rita Copper Mine, on the 12th day of March A. D. 1879. After due deliberation and examination upon our oaths do find that the deceased Henry F. Dwenger came to his death from a gun shot wound in the of his son William Dwenger assisted by William Young the ball entering the back of the head and coming out at the right eye the body and clothing having been reorganized by Ira E. Smith and sworn to by Ira Smith as the same he saw worn by the deceased Henry F. Dwenger on the 17th day of November A. D. 1878 when he last saw him, etc.. George Cassidy, Justice of Peace." 8" x 12.5". Second document reads, in part: "Territory of New Mexico, County of Grant. To R. H. Shell Const. Greeting Whereas P. H. Sutcliffe has made claim before me e. h. banner a justice of the peace in and for the above mentioned County and Territory, that on the Fifth day of January A. D. 187_ certain personal property belonging to the government of the United States, to wit: Two wagon tires one tent fly 1 Yuma or robber bucket and other government property of the value of fifty ($50.) dollars or upwards was stolen and feloniously taken from Fort Bayanar in grant County and that he suspects that Manuel Rico did steal and take the same aforesaid property..." 8" x 12". Condition: Very good-fine, some minor tears in folds.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72393 | Lot of Eight California Gold Rush Letters, Sacramento / San Francisco, California, ca. 1850s. Eight letters all written by the same person describing the hardships of California living, and also describing the hardships on the river (Sacramento). In part: "They are now in Yankee Jim's, I believe keeping a boarding house." (1855) "Running on the Steamer Young America, about two weeks since some fiend attempted to burn her on her upward trip about six miles below Sacramento" (1856). Nice lot of California gold rush era letters. Condition: Very good-fine, light discoloration. Sold for: $1,015.75. |
| 72394 | Document Signed Indicting Edward Fulsom for Murder, Later Hanged, ca. 1880s. Edward Fulsom had served one term in the penitentiary, and in February, 1881, fled to the Indian country to avoid prosecution on a charge of horse stealing. He beat William Massingill to death with a pistol in a saloon brawl on the Arkansas-Indian Territory line, after the latter had been wounded and lay on the floor, unarmed and helpless. Fulsom was such a slightly built man that his fall on the gallows did not break his neck. His pulse beat for one hour and three minutes before jail physicians pronounced him dead. This pre-printed 5" x 8"document is his indictment for murder. It reads: "Office of United States Marshall Western District of Arkansas. I hereby certify that I delivered a list of petit jurors in attendance on the United States district court eastern district of Arkansas, February term 1882 to Edward Fulsom indicted for Murder and now confined in the United States jail at Fort Smith, Arkansas on the 9 day of Feb 1882 at 12 o'clock __ M. V. Dell, Marshall by "C. C. Ayers" deputy." Condition: Very good-fine, separated at fold near bottom repair with archival tape. Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72395 | Large Cabinet Card Photograph of U. S. Marshall with Badge of Newton, Kansas, ca. 1890s. Great imperial size photograph of an unknown Marshall from Newton, Kansas was taken by F. D. Tripp, artistic photography Newton, Kansas. This great looking Marshall standing in Tripps' studio posed here with his holstered revolver, gun belt, billy club, and sports a great five-star Marshall badge. Measures approximately 5.25" x 8.5". Condition: Fine, good contrast, image has a couple of small chips, normal wear on mount. Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72396 | Autograph Letter Signed Inquiring about the Execution of Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby, 1900. On a sunny afternoon on March 17, 1896, Crawford "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby was escorted by prison guards, as well as his mother Ellen, Amanda Foster, an elderly lady who had help raise him, and Father Pius, a Catholic priest. They all walked to the gallows, where Goldsby was to be hanged for murder. Looking around at the crowd that had gathered to witness the occasion, he stated, "This is about as good a day to die as any". Manuscript letter reads: "May 7, 1900. Dear Sir, Crawford Goldsby, known as Cherokee Bill, was tried by Isaac Parker and Hanged @ Fort Smith. Will you send me the date of his Execution, and also state for what murder he was hanged? Where the crime was committed. I believe he was convicted of more than one murder of how many? How long after he shot a man in ____ to escape was he hanged. Send bill for this. Yours Wilbert F. Bryant." Reply at bottom, in pencil, reads: "1900 - May 9, hanged on 17 Mar. 1896 for murder of Ernest Molton - Indictments for Mar. 96, 106 & 113. __ on 19, Mar. 1896 - No. 106-Erenst Molton, No. 113-D. Brown, No. 132-L. Keating. 1900 May 10: Letter Book - J. H. clk." Measures approximately 8.25" x 10.25". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72397 | Cabinet Card Death Photograph of Chinese Man Lynched in Colusa, California, 1881. Cabinet Card Photograph of Chinese man lynched in Colusa, California 1881. This Chinese man Hong Di was hanged by vigilantes on the turntable of the Colusa & Lake Railroad on Eighth St. in gold country of Colusa, California. The vigilantes hung him for the murder of a woman and her child. In this image, his hands are bound, and he is wearing no shoes. That was Western punishment in those days. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Poor-good, mount is in bad shape. Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72398 | Cabinet Card Death Photograph of Navajo Frank Lynching, ca. 1882. From My Life on the Frontier, 1882-1897 by Miguel Antonio Otero: "Up over halfway hill, past the scene of the doomed man's crime and down Railroad Avenue went the procession, and no little amount of fun was enjoyed by the citizens on the march. Arriving at a suitable telegraph pole near the north end of the railroad yard, Navajo Frank was prepared for the execution...Seeing that there was no satisfaction to be gained by this prattle, the noose was adjusted, the knot coming under the left ear and the miserable bad man was raised from the ground and left dangling to the cross beam of the telegraph pole...From the time when the noose was finally arranged, Frank did not speak, nor did a muscle of his body move when he was swung into infinite space...Next morning a coroner's jury of six men gathered to view dangling remains, and arrived at the verdict that, "Francisco Tafoya (Navajo Frank)... came to his death by reason of being hung by the neck to a rope...same being attached to a telegraph pole, and that said hanging was done by some person or persons to this justice and jury unknown." This very rare framed cabinet card of the lynching of Navajo Frank was taken by an unidentified photographer in Deming, New Mexico Territory in 1882. This is the scene a few hours after he was pulled from jail still hanging from a telegraph pole next to the railroad yard. Overall measurements 12.5" x 11". Condition: Fine, slight light contrast, frame has minor scratches. Sold for: $1,434.00. |
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| 72399 | Sheriff's Invitation to a Hanging, Fairfield, California, 1887. Sheriff James Roney of Fairfield, California sent this invitation for a hanging to W. S. Dean, Sheriff of Quincy, Plumas County, California, to be delivered to Mr. W. S. Dean. The original envelope and imprinted invitation are both black bordered. Both printed and manuscript. The document reads: "Mr. W. S. Dean Dear Sir you are respectively invited to be at the execution of Michael Keefe, which will take place at Fairfield, Solano County, on Friday April 15, 1887, between the hours of 12 and 4 P.M. Respectfully, James Roney, Sheriff, Fairfield, April 1, 1887." Envelope is postmarked from Fairfield, April 7, 1887. Needless to say this ephemeral item is very rare. Invitation measures approximately 4.5" x 7". Condition: Very fine, light fold on invitation, envelope has piece missing form flap.Sold for: $5,377.50. |
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| 72400 | Lot of Three Imperial Sized Photographs of the Execution of Indian Johnnie and Joe Ibapah, Carson City, Nevada, 1906. These execution photographs, depicting two Native Americans being hung at the Nevada State Prison, are historically important. These images represent the only known lawful Nevada executions for the time. Early in 1906, Indian Johnnie (Shoshone Tribe) and Joe Ibapah (Goshite Tribe) cut the throat of a man in Montello, Nevada. The two were apprehended, tried and convicted in Elko, Nevada. Ibapah stated in the court "We'll hang next month; yes we killed the fellow alright. I cut his throat and Johnnie held him down." On December 7, 1906 they became the first two Native Americans to be executed in the State of Nevada by due process of law. First image shows Joe and Johnnie kneeling on the gallows receiving last rites. The second image shows the pair standing with executioner tying hands behind their backs. The final image shows the men hanging below the gallows. Measures approximately 7" x 9" Condition: Fine-very fine, mounts have usual wear.Sold for: $6,572.50. |
| 72401 | Early Sarony Cabinet Card of W. F. Cody/ Buffalo Bill, ca 1870s. Wonderful three-quarter bust image of a young W. F. Cody as photographed by Napoleon Sarony in his New York studio. Sarony was one of the first photographers to pay well-known individuals to pose for him, the then retained the rights to sell these photos for profit. Here, he has captured a 30-something Buffalo Bill wearing a double breasted jacket with fur trim. Affixed to Sarony's 680 Broadway photographer's mount. Very impressive image of this Wild West performer. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.5". Condition: Fine-very fine Overall age toning and soiling around edges.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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| 72402 | Exceptional Buffalo Bill/Sells-Floto Photo Album, ca. 1914. During the 1914-1915 season, Buffalo Bill Cody joined forces with the Sells-Floto circus. Strong-armed to appear with the circus by Harry Tammen and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils of the Denver Post, Cody reluctantly traveled with Sells-Floto for one season - this incredible photo album records that tour. The photo album was the personal property of actor Lawrence Hanley, who also toured with the circus that season, and was later gifted to Harry Tammen. Includes approximately 60 original photographs - one-quarter of which feature Buffalo Bill. He is pictured with troupe members, and meeting and posing with fans and local dignitaries. Included in the album is a great shot of Cody with President Teddy Roosevelt, seated together in a car, a few Roosevelt images in album. Album is bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover, overall size 10 x 7". A wonderful addition to any Buffalo Bill collection! Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $1,971.75. |
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| 72403 | Lot Of Five W. F. Cody/ Buffalo Bill Photographs, ca. 1890-1915. Lot is highlighted by a 10"x 8" image of Buffalo Bill in costume dress standing by two Army troopers. Also featured is a smaller image measuring 3.5"x 4.75" of Cody mounted on a horse with a parade saddle. A Brisbois cabinet card with facsimile signature, a small souvenir card, and an image of Cody and his wife measuring 5"x 6.75" overall round out this lot. Most of the images are in good condition with minor damage, and the process is the silver-nitrate type on the later cards. Nice lot for the Buffalo Bill collector.Not Sold. |
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| 72404 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, London, England, ca. late 1880s. Very nice cabinet card photograph of "The Chiefs of Buffalo Bill's Wild West" with all their regalia, headdresses, etc., They performed in London in the late 1880s, this photograph was done by Elliott and Fry, Baker Street London. Measures approximately 5.50" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has usual wear.Sold for: $746.88. |
| 72405 | Imperial Size Photograph of Two Indians in Front of Conestoga Wagon ca 1880s. Large imperial size photograph, has two great full dressed Native Americans; they appear to be Wild West Show performers. Both Indians are wearing full headdresses, moccasins, etc. and one is wearing bone breast plate. They are both standing with their rifles in front of a great looking Conestoga wagon. The pair is also wearing gun belts with holstered revolvers. In the foreground there is a great Wild West saddle with horse cartouche on it. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Fine-very fine, some light soiling on mount.Sold for: $418.25. |
| 72406 | Buffalo Bill/ W. F. Cody: Colorful Wild West Program, 1897. Program advertising the Buffalo Bill Wild West performance for the year 1897, has 64 pages of historical sketches & photographs of the show. Has a beautiful multi-color cover obverse-reverse. About 20 pages of advertising. All this for 10 cents. Measures approximately 7.25" x 9.75". Condition: Very good-fine, small chip bottom left corner.Sold for: $1,015.75. |
| 72407 | Photograph of Man Wearing Wild West Performer's Outfit, ca. 1890s. Great cabinet card photograph taken at the Chicago Gallery of New London, Wisconsin, circa 1890s. Image depicts a young man with cowboy hat, beaded vest, many strands of necklace beads, double barrel shotgun and ammo belt on. He appears to be a Wild West performer. Measures approximately 4.50" x 6.75". Condition: Very good-fine mount has soiling & scuff upper right.Not Sold. |
| 72408 | Tepee and Trail Wild West 101 Ranch Program, ca. 1915. The Miller Brothers 101 Ranch in Oklahoma/ Indian Territory near Ponca City, Oklahoma, was founded in 1879 by Colonel George Washington Miller, a former confederate soldier. The ranch spread over 110,000-acre of leased Indian land. At its height the ranch was a community unto itself, with its own complex of buildings including a hotel and school, a newspaper, its own issued scrip, oil refinery, and as many as 3,000 people lived there. In 1903 Colonel Miller died and the ranch was operated by his three sons, Joseph, George Junior, and Zack. The ranch remained in the family for almost 60 years. Miller Brothers advertising 101 Ranch Wild West Show is 36 pages, of Wild West performers, Cowboys, Indians, trick shooters, etc. Multi color front cover and a couple of multi color ads inside. Measures approximately 6.75" x 10". Condition: Good-very good, small chip top left corner and small tear.Sold for: $507.88. |
| 72409 | Lot of Three Wild West items, Gordon Lillie & Capt. Jack Crawford Autographs, ca. 1910-1930. First is a price list from Pawnee Bill's Buffalo Ranch for prime Buffalo Meat for sale. 5.25" x 7". Second, partially printed check signed by G. W. Lillie (Pawnee Bill) with a great vignette of Pawnee Bill's old town and Indian trading post. Third, signed letter J. W. Crawford Capt. Jack to Mr. J. C. Miller 101 Ranch Wild West Show, Jersey City, N. J. Note in Crawford's hand; "I could easily get two or three company's of U. S. Soldiers got Influence," Then typed letter to Miller (In part) "My dear Miller: Just before starting west I heard from a friend today that Cody (Buffalo Bill) is going into moving picture business and the idea suggested itself to me that I can arrange some real Indian fights that would be very valuable and if could be arranged that you could go sometime with the cowboys and get some Indians up at Pine Ridge or near where the old Custer Massacre was and reenact the massacre. I could play the part Custer in great shape and give such exhibition as was never seen before. We could get some of the Indians that participated, covering the same ground and the pictures would be worth a barrel of money, etc." Very interesting two sided letter printed on his letterhead by this famous Poet Scout. 8.50" x 11". Condition: All items very fine.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72410 | Lot of Twelve Wild West Show Colorful Letterheads, ca. Early 1900s. Two Miller Brothers 101 Ranch, Real Wild West Letterheads, one autographed by J. C. Miller. Young Buffalo's Wild West and Texas Rangers Letterhead, Tompkins' Real Wild West and frontier Exhibition, letterhead, Princess Wenona's Western Show-The Worlds Greatest Horseback Rifle shot, Dickey's "D" Ranch Frontier Day Fetes, Alf. M. Harding Trick and fancy roping, California Frank's Attractions (two page fold out), Jack Case Rodeo attractions, Bill Penny-Cheyenne Bill, Oklahoma and the West, & Texas kit fancy and trick roper. All measure approximately 8.5" x 11". Condition: Good to very fine, various conditions over all nice.Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72411 | Gold Bond from the Cochise County, Tombstone, Arizona Territory, 1881. As Tombstone's population grew, so did its political power. In 1881, the Arizona Legislature established Cochise County. No longer would the nearest county office be a long two-day ride. Built in 1882 at a cost of nearly $50,000, the Cochise County Courthouse was a stylish building as well as a comfortable symbol of law and stability in these turbulent times. It housed the offices of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and the board of supervisors. The jail was at the rear, under the courtroom. John Slaughter was a sheriff, virtually cleared the county of outlaws. So this is the gold bond that raised the money to build this famous landmark. Very scarce beautiful Gold bond no. 41 from Tombstone A. T. Has a copper filigree border around a great vignette of the courthouse. Two gilded $250. Dollars in gold coin vignettes and at bottom right corner a gilded miner with pick a shovel. This is a fully paid $250. Bond with only one coupon missing. Framed measures approximately 24" x 25". Condition: Fine, has not been taken out of frame.Sold for: $5,078.75. |
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| 72412 | Autograph Document Signed "Allen English" Famous Attorney Tombstone, Arizona Territory, 1883. Allen English famous Lawyer in Tombstone. Autograph Document Signed "Allen English-Notary Public". One page, 8" x 8.50", lined paper "Tombstone April 21st 1883" in period ink. This document is to the City of Tombstone for express men hauling something, signed Allen English. In large frame with copy photograph & information about him in Tombstone, Arizona. Frame measures approximately 22" x 26" Condition: Fine, has separation on one fold.Sold for: $239.00. |
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| 72413 | Lot of five Tombstone, Arizona Territory items ca 1880s. Two bills of fare (menus)- one from the Cosmopolitan restaurant, printed by Commercial print, Fremont St. Tombstone. Left bottom left corner missing, 5.25 x 8.75". Elite restaurant dinner bill of fare. Printed by Commercial print 211 Fifth St. 6" x 9.50". Has bottom left corner missing also tear in fold. Three Pima County Tombstone checks, one missing upper right corner. Tombstone, Arizona 60 day promissory note $200. signed by John Mc Dermott, had a Saloon in Contention City, and was also the postmaster also, just outside Tombstone to process Ore. 8.50" x 3.50". Condition: Very good-fine.Sold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72414 | Lot of Two Ben Holladay Overland Mail Items, One Autographed "Ben Holladay," ca 1860s. Benjamin "Ben" Holladay (1819-1887) was an American transportation businessman known as the "Stagecoach King" until his routes were taken over by Wells Fargo in 1866. A native of Kentucky, he also served in the 1838 Mormon War in Missouri before starting his transportation empire that later included steamships and railroads in Oregon. He moved to California in 1852 where he was to operate 2,670 miles of stage lines. Holladay acquired the Pony Express in 1862 after it failed to garner a Postal contract for its owners. He then operated seven routes with government subsidies totaling nearly $6 million dollars over a four year period. Holladay sold his stage routes to Wells Fargo Express in 1866 for $1.5 million and moved to Oregon where he organized the construction of a railroad along the Willamette River. Lot has two Ben Holladay items - first one is a signed check. Printed check from the London and San Francisco Bank Limited. San Francisco Jan 12, 1869. Has a Blue Paid bank stamp Jan 12, 1869. [Boldly signed] "Ben Holladay". Second item, blank pre-printed receipt for "Office of The Holladay Overland Mail and Express Co. 186_. Special deposit, Received of ______ one sealed package valued at ______ Dollars on Special Deposit, to be delivered on payment of charges, and return of this certificate. ____ Agent of the Holladay O. M. & Express Co. Condition: Very fine, signed check has cut cancel, blank receipt is excellent. Not Sold. |
| 72415 | Overland Stage Autograph Letter Signed Agent Joseph S. Roberson Salt Lake City, Utah 1865. Joseph S. Roberson Letter Signed "Jo. S. Roberson". One page, 8" x 10". By 1862 the company he was working for, the Central Overland and Pike's Peak Express Company, was purchased by stage coach magnate Ben Holladay. The only form of communication along the Overland Stage line of the early 1860s was written. Notes moved between station and line agents on the Salt Lake City to Virginia City line in a matter of two to four days. These notes were often requests for supplies, animals or queries on passengers. Transcribed Letter in full: Paul Coburn (Assistant Superintendent) Dear Sir, Eastern stage yesterday brought news by passenger, from Alex Benham, whom he met him in Sulphur Springs (Utah) that two suspicious persons were there the day before. Benham said that while at Sulphur Springs (Utah) a man (who used to be employed somewhere on the line, whether East or North, I couldn't find out) came to him and asked if any inquiries had been made at Salt Lake City for anyone. Benham said no, and asked why. The fellow said he had just come from Virginia City - had been mining there - got in a dispute with his partner and had killed him - said he had rode his horse 300 miles, - and didn't know but they were after him, and pretty soon an older man came to Benham and went through the same conversation. He Benham said nothing that would lead them to suspect that he knew anything, because he said there- but at Hallock he would give the information. The men were traveling with a large train. The police and everybody here are on the look out, and every suspicious person is watched. But as yet no body has been apprehended. Yours Truly Jo. S. Roberson. Very interesting historical letter. Condition: Very fine, very easy to read.Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72416 | Lot of Two Stagecoach Envelopes, ca. 1860s-1870s. Two very nice vignetted Stagecoach unused envelopes. First is a "Pacific Stage Express Company Paid" envelope, with nice stagecoach image. Second is "Southern Overland Mail and Express Company," Barlow & Sanderson proprietors, H. Sanderson, Gen. Sup't. Principal office, Pueblo, Col. H. C. Griffin, cashier. With fantastic stagecoach image. Measure approximately 6" x 3.25". Condition: Good-fine, Pacific Stage, envelope flap torn off, some discoloration.Not Sold. |
| 72417 | Lot of two CDVs of "Whip," Stagecoach Driver, ca. 1870s. Some drivers would as soon be caught without their pants as without their whips. Many of the whips used by the stage drivers were fine works of art, generally ornamented with handcrafted silver ferules girdling a handle made of hickory. Many of these whips are prized museum pieces today. Whips were never sold, loaned, borrowed, or traded. In his book, Stagecoach Days in Santa Barbara County, Walker A. Tompkins wrote, "Whips were considered a part of the driver, who kept the lashes well-oiled and as pliable as "a snake in the sun." Most stagecoach whips had buckskin lashes, usually from 11 to 12 feet in length, attached to a five-foot hickory shaft. The lashes were 10 feet too short to reach the lead team, which was controlled by reining. Two CDV photographs of "B. F. Robinson," stagecoach driver (Whip). This is a great scarce image of man standing & posing in studio with his whip, gloves, cowboy hat, and kerchief. The other photograph is him sitting with friend. They measure approximately 2.60" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72418 | W. H. Jackson Large Stereoview of Five Stagecoaches in Colorado, ca. 1880s. Stereoview in Buena Vista (Established 1897 replaced as county seat 1880) south of Leadville. Photograph taken by William H. Jackson of Denver depicts loading up their five stagecoaches for the trip to the Leadville, Colorado to the mining country. Printed at bottom of card "528 Buena Vista, Coaches for Leadville." Measures approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Fine-very fine, good contrast, mount has normal wear and discoloration.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72419 | Fantastic Imperial Size Photograph of Echo City, Utah Territory Stagecoach and Stop, ca. 1869. Image attributed to Andrew J. Russell (1830-1902). Russell, chief photographer for the Union Pacific Railroad, made one of the famous photographs of the ceremony joining the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroads at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Following that event, Russell took an excursion to photograph Echo City, Utah, an important Union Pacific boomtown northeast of Salt Lake City. Russell quit the railroad later in 1869 and returned to the East. The Union Pacific paymaster acquired all of his railroad negatives, and they then fell into the hands of Stephen J. Sedgwick, a traveling "professor" who illustrated his lectures with lantern slides. Russell's railroad photographs were published as stereographs, book and album illustrations, lantern slides, and other formats. Fantastic albumen imperial size photograph of Echo Canyon, Utah Territory, depicts a Stagecoach sitting in front of Stage stop in Echo Canyon, before it departs to Salt Lake City. All passengers and stagecoach drivers stand for the photographer A. J. Russell. In period ink on the image "Directors of N. W. R. W. at Echo City". No other identification on image. Measures approximately 12" x 9.5". Condition: Fine, good contrast, small upper corner bends, mount dirty.Sold for: $7,170.00. |
| 72420 | Imperial Size Photograph- Street Scene with Stagecoach, ca. 1880s. Great street scene of Mud Wagon/ Stagecoach in front of the Downing livery stable, next to the Pioneer Carriage Factory. No town location, but has a location in new pencil verso, "Taken in 1870 Stage driver by H. L. Foote to Mt. Diablo taken in Oakland." Measures approximately 7.50" x 5". Condition: Fine-very fine, very good contrast, light creases top to bottom left side.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72421 | Imperial Size Photograph of Boulder Canyon, Colorado Stagecoach, ca. 1880s. Nice photograph of the "Columbine Stage" photographed by J. B. Stuhtevant (a.k.a. Rocky Mountain Joe). There are two stagecoaches full of people in this photograph touring the Boulder Canyon, (Colorado), an historic image. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Good-very good, slight light contrast, two top corners on mount are damaged.Sold for: $334.60. |
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| 72422 | United States Stage Company Letterhead, Carson, Nevada, 1881. U.S. Stage Company was headquartered in Carson (City), Nevada. Its stagecoaches ran south and east, from Carson through Virginia City, Gold Hill, Genoa, Minden, Mound House, Sweetwater and Aurora, Nevada. It also crossed the state line of California, passing through Bodie, Mammoth, Bishop, Independence and Lone Pine. The letter written by a stage agent at Carson requests that the agent at Mound House deliver barley to B. Reymas teams that are traveling on the Mason Valley road. Beautiful vignette of U.S. Stage Company stagecoach. Measures approximately 8" x 10.50". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $358.50. |
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| 72423 | Gunnison & Grand River Stage and Express Letterhead, 1885. Very nice vignette of Stagecoach, on this very elusive lined letterhead. They advertise daily mail to Ashcroft, Aspen, Glenwood, Hot Springs and Gresham. With the main office in Crested Butte, Colorado. C. C. Pollard, was the manger of the Stagecoach line. Measures approximately 8.25" x 11". Condition: Fine-very fine, has creases and discoloration.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72424 | Montana Stage Company Boulder, Montana Territory Deeds for Virginia City Stage Property, 1888. Handwritten on Montana Stage Co. letterhead two page, 8.5" x 11'. Very interesting letter to "Mr. Buford Virginia City, Montana. Dear Sir, Enclosed please find deeds of the Virginia City Stage property. M. Salisbury has instructed me to explain to you that a deed from Wells Fargo & Co. to him is unnecessary, as his purchase of the entire Stage property from them, and his right of possession for the last fifteen in twelve years, gives him an undisputed title, also that three of the principal parties who were interested in the old Wells Fargo Stage Compy, and who had the right to give a deed have been dead for years and therefore can not give one, for that reason Wm. Salisbury sends you a warranty deed for the Wells Fargo part of the property, and a deed from Gilmer and Salisbury for the other portion. Please acknowledge receipt of the enclosed, soon as possible and if satisfactory, deposit the amount of the purchase money$700 with Wm. Henry Elinger for credit of the Montana Stage Compy, and oblige yours truly W. J. Townshend" Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $478.00. |
| 72425 | Lot of Four Wild West Stagecoach Passes, ca. 1870s-1890s. Comprises: 1). J. F. Willey's Line of Mail Stages 1871, paper pass. 4" x 2.50". 2). Owenton and Monterey Stage Line to Salinas, California 1883, paper pass 3.50" x 2.25". 3). San Diego, Cuyamaca and Mexico Stage Company, (California) U. S. Mail and express, cardboard pass 1893, 4" x 2.50". 4). Virginia City and red Bluff Stage Company to Norris (Montana), paper ticket 1894, 5.50" x 2.75". Condition: Fine, very fineSold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72426 | Imperial Size Photograph of "Deadwood Stagecoach" by Grabill, 1889. Printed on this oversized unmounted photograph "No. 2369. Deadwood Coach, the last official visit of Supreme Court Judges to Deadwood, and first legislative delegation for the New S. Dak, (South Dakota) all on road to Pierre, the Capital. Photo, and copyright by Graybill' 89." Oath ceremony, On October 15, 1889, all of the newly elected officers for the State of South Dakota met in Pierre to take the oath of office. However, there was no capitol building for the new officers because Pierre had just won the temporary capital site. The oath ceremony for the new officers was given at the Hughes County Courthouse in Pierre. In the foreground of this photograph there are tailings from a gold mine and you can also see the mine shaft. There are six horses pulling the stagecoach (mud-wagon) with Judges in their top hats and other delegates sitting top of coach. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Fine, unmounted, has a couple of light spots in image.Sold for: $1,135.25. |
| 72427 | Imperial Size Photograph Briggs Hotel/ Stage Stop, Carson, Nevada, ca. 1890s. Large imperial size albumen photograph of the Briggs House in Carson, Nevada was also a stage stop according to posted sign, "Briggs House Meal 25c Stage office to Lake Tahoe and all points South" There are many people posing for un- identified photographer, appears to be three Chinese cooks, one black man, and miscellaneous town folks. The St. Charles has been known by several names: 1862 - St. Charles built, 1890-Briggs Hotel, 1894 - Muller Hotel combines with St. Charles to become the Briggs House, 1910 - Golden West Hotel. Mount measures approximately 12" x 10" Image measures approximately 9.5" x 7.75". Condition: Fine, image has good contrast, mount has stains, tape, scuffsSold for: $657.25. |
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| 72428 | Photograph of Grand Encampment Stagecoach, ca 1890-1900. Great stagecoach photograph taken by unidentified photographer of many passengers on the Grand Encampment Stage. On verso in period ink; "Charter Oak Mine, hoist house & Grand Encampment Stage." Grand Encampment was in Southern Wyoming mining district. Measures approximately 6.25" x 5.25". Condition: Very fine excellent contrast, slight soiled mount.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72429 | Imperial Size "Stagecoach" Photograph Calistoga Springs, California, ca. 1890s-1910s. Later stagecoaches made that road famous under the three decades that Bill Spiers had a monopoly on freight wagons and stagecoaches over Mt. St. Helena. It was the Lawley toll road that made Middletown, and such spas as Adams, Seiglers, Anderson, Harbin and Caldwell. It should be noted here that the Calistoga terminus for Spier's stages was the Hotel Calistoga famous in itself to world travelers-whose owner and "mein host" was Owen Kenn. Very nice large size format photograph of stagecoach taken by Turrill & Miller of San Francisco. Shows a Stagecoach leaving a Speir's Stable and Stage line, full of passengers. Noted on verso Driver is Al Palmer the "Thorough brace" 18 in this group. Measures approximately 12.75" x 10.75". Condition: Fine, photo has a couple of small stains & mount has some small chips.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72430 | Cabinet Card Photograph Stagecoach or Mud-Wagon ca 1890s-1900s. Great photograph of a mud wagon/ stagecoach image in the desert. The stagecoach is being pulled by what appears to be mules. There is a man standing with large Mexican sombrero and also a lady standing out side of coach. These people and animals are all posing for this unidentified photographer. Measures approximately 7" x 5" Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $334.60. |
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| 72431 | Lot of Three Stagecoach Waybills, ca 1860s-1890s. "California and Oregon United States Mail Line" H. W. Corbett & Co., proprietors, from Marysville to Sacramento, Saturday Aug. 31, 1867. W. H. Rhodehamil agent. From Portland, to Sac, Salem to Sac, Jacksonville to Sac, etc. Measures approximately 9.5" x 16". "Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Company" John Huber, Driver. From Virginia City, Montana to Red Bluff & Revenue. Mar. 24 1897. Measures approximately 11" x 17". "Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line" Henry Buford, Driver. Way-Bill No. 4 from Virginia City to Sappington, July 5 1898. Measures approximately 11" x 17". Condition: Fine - very fine.Not Sold. |
| 72432 | Lot of Three Stagecoach Waybills OT, ca. 1860s-1890s. Lot consists of three Stagecoach way-bill's two from Montana, one from Oregon. First; "Way-Bill Extra, California and Oregon United States Mail Line. Oregon Stage Company". This two sided way-bill From Canyonville to Portland (Oregon) Feb. 10th 1867 has manuscript notations in period ink on the stops from Canyonville to Portland. Oakland, Eugene, Corvalis, Salem & Oregon, City. Measures approximately 15.5" x 9.5". The two Montana items; the first printed both sides, "Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Company". With many notations in period ink of passengers between Virginia City and red Bluff, (Montana). Measures approximately 11" x 17.5". Second printed both sides; "Virginia City and Sappington Stageline", from Sappington to Pony, (Montana). Manuscript notations of passengers on Stage line. Measures approximately 11" x 17.5". Condition: Good-fine, some discoloration, water stains on Oregon itemNot Sold. |
| 72433 | Lot of Two Stagecoach Company Waybills, Montana, ca 1880s-1890s. Montana Territory Stagecoach waybill pre-printed 10" x 16" document with large print across top "Benton & Barker Stage Company" lists this particular Stagecoach run from "Benton to Clendennin" and lists four passengers going form Benton or Cora Creek to Clendennin or Baptiste and the various costs, also lists baggage & other articles on board Stagecoach. It is signed by agent on verso. Second Stagecoach way bill is from Virginia City, Montana a pre-printed 8.50" x 14" document with large print across top "Western union Mail and Stage Company" agents monthly statement, (Mail to Helena, Montana each month), also lists where from, mostly Virginia City & Red Bluff to and from both towns. Signed by agent verso. Condition: Fine-very fine, some light soiling.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72434 | Large Format Photograph of "Spier's Stagecoach" Calistoga, California early 1900s. Later stagecoaches made that road famous under the three decades that William (Bill) Spiers had a monopoly on freight wagons and stagecoaches over Mt. St. Helena to Calistoga. Photograph has two of William Spiers Stagecoaches and many people posing for the unknown photographer. They are departing Calistoga Hot Springs, California going to San Francisco. Printed on the Stagecoach C. & C. L. Stage Line W. Spiers prop. U. S. M. (United Sates mail) Measures approximately 12" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has slight rub on corners.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72459 | "Copy" New Mexico Territory, County of Grant $10,000 Dollar bond for Lawman Harvey H. Whitehill, 1876. Four page partially printed court document 8.50' x 14.50". Know all Men by these presents that Harvey H. Whitehill as principal and Perrin O. Tower, Robert V. Newshaw, William Chamberlin, Johm R Magneder, and David S. Smith as sureties are held and firmly bound unto the Territory of New Mexico and the County of Grant (for the ____ and herefit of the said Territory and County) in the sum of ten Thousand Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be made we bind ourselves - our heirs, executors and administrators severally and jointly firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals and dated the first day of May A. D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy six. Pat Garrett is New Mexico's most famous lawman, but there were others who compare favorably with him in terms of actual deeds. Harvey Whitehill of Silver City is one of them. In an ironic twist, the two men, Garrett and Whitehill, actually faced each other in a political fight for the Ninth Council District (modern-day Senate) seat in 1882, a year after Garrett killed William H. Bonney, (Billy the Kid) at Fort Sumner. Whitehill won. What makes it particularly ironic is that Sheriff Whitehill was the first lawman to arrest "Billy the Kid", and Pat Garrett was the last to arrest Billy. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $418.25. |
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| 72460 | No lot.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72461 | Consolidated Fund of Texas Certificate, ca. 1837. No. 1808, for $100. Entitles James Morgan to one share of the sum of $100. Signed by Comptroller and Stock Commissioner. Dated from Houston, on June 7th, 1837. Measures approximately 6.50" x 3.25". Condition: Very good, cut canceled.Not Sold. |
| 72462 | Autograph Check "James Joseph Dolan" Lincoln County Wars, New Mexico. Dolan, James Joseph (1848-1898) he was a partner in a store in Lincoln, New Mexico 1870s. In 1877 Dolan shot to death Hilario Jaramillo, an employee threatened him with knife; he was cleared of the murder. Also in 1877 Dolan formed a partnership with John H. Riley which lasted through the Lincoln County war until 1880. Dolan had become leader of the anti-McSween forces, as no doubt he was, and hence the pivot of all the turmoil that is lumped together as the Lincoln County War. Dolan was named in a coroner's jury report as one of the slayers of Tunstall and in fact he had been a member of the "Posse," an advance element of which had brought him down, though Dolan was not directly involved. Dolan's forces won the Five Days' Battle at Lincoln in July, 1878, but it was a pyrrhic victory, trouble continued. Dolan was a central figure in the killing of attorney Huston I. Chapman February 18, 1879, and was indicted for murder. Scarce boldly signed check by James J. Dolan in Roswell, New Mexico, drawn on "The Bank of Roswell", December 21st 1895 for $25. Dollars. Measures approximately 6.25" x 2.75". Condition: Very fine Sold for: $1,015.75. |
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| 72463 | Lot of Two Republic of Texas $50.00 Texas Navy Certificates 1841. Texas Navy (1836-1843). During the Texas Revolution, government officials in Washington on the Brazos decided to establish an official navy. In January 1836, agents purchased four schooners, Invincible, Brutus, Independence, and Liberty. Under the command of Commodore Charles E. Hawkins they helped win independence by preventing a Mexican blockade of the Texas coast, seizing Mexican ships carrying reinforcements and supplies to its army, and sending their cargoes on to Texas volunteer army. The independence was captured and two other ships were wrecked shortly after the revolution. A threat to blockade Texas by Mexico's navy after the founding of the Texas Republic caused the Republic to buy six vessels from the United States to harass the Mexican coast and prey on its commerce. The navy operated until 1843 when it returned to Galveston. These two pre-printed Texas Navy receipts 9" x 4" are from the "City of Austin, Treasury Department", (Both dated) "April 23, 1841" (Certificate No. 220 & 545) The last Naval appropriation being inadequate to satisfy the claims of the officers, sailors and marines of the Texian navy, the holder of this certificate, or his assignee, will be entitled to Fifty Dollars upon its presentation at the Treasury, out of the first appropriation by congress to meet claims. Condition: Fine - very fine.Not Sold. |
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| 72464 | Sam Houston Document Signed, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1844. "Approved Sam Houston," One page, 7.75" x 9.75" Corpus Christi Feb. 14th, 1844. In full. "Received of Henry Redmond Esquire collector at Corpus Christi the sum of one hundred dollars on account of expenses in bearing dispatches from Texas to the commissioners in Mexico by order of the Government. - Corpus Christi Feb. 14th, 1844. A. Neil. Also received one box caps @ $ 0.50 Do Pair blankets ____ 4.00 Do 1 half __________ 0.25 4.75 I certify that the above bill for four 75/100 was paid by me for acct of A. Neil Henry Redmond Collector Approved Sam Houston 1st June 1844" Condition: Fine-very fine Sold for: $3,107.00. |
| 72465 | Sam Houston Document Signed, Washington City, 1847. Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the War of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years among the Indians, was commander-in-chief of the Texas army in the Texas Revolution, then president of the Republic of Texas, and later Texas senator and governor. Framed item has a Sam Houston Autograph Document "Sam Houston". One page, 4.50" x 6.75". Washington City 12th Feb. 1847. In full. " My Dear Youth, It will afford me pleasure to take two copies of your historical cards. Thine, truly Sam Houston to Master William C. Langdon, New Orleans. Second item is a lithograph image of Houston & last item is a $10 Dollar Government of Texas Treasury note, secretary signed. Over all framed dimensions 20" x 17" Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $2,390.00. |
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| 72466 | Cabinet Card of Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, Texas Navy, ca. 1880s. This is a rare cabinet card photograph of Edwin W. Moore, Commander of the Texas Navy from 1839-1845. The image is a hand-painted transfer from an earlier photograph, likely a daguerreotype. The cabinet card is marked by Foster of Richmond, Va., and has a fine imprint on the reverse side. There is also a period ink inscribed notation on the front and reverse, "Rare picture of Commander E.W. Moore of the Texas Navy." Commander Edwin W. Moore (1810-1865) was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy when he resigned to become Commander of the Texas Navy. He sailed with a crew in 1840 and quickly established the Texas Navy on the Yucatan coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, capturing several vessels. Sam Houston commissioned Moore to blockade the Texas Coast, but when there was a drop in funding Moore took matters into his own hands, formed an alliance with the Yucatan Rebels, and went after the Mexican Navy. Houston and the Texas Congress tried to have Moore charged with piracy, but he was eventually vindicated and continued his service. Historic image of the founder of the Texas Navy. Measures approximately 6.5"x 4.25". Condition: Good with minor breaks on the bottom corners, and flaking throughout. Image has not been affected greatly and has good color tone.Sold for: $2,270.50. |
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| 72467 | Houston, Texas Detective & Bounty Hunter De Gaultie Archive, 1882-3. Correspondence of eleven letters, from the bounty hunter/ detective A. De Gaultie & Company Houston, Texas. They range in date from July 1882 through September 1883. "Sending a detective into Mexico in order to capture a murderer hiding out there. "I guarantee success as I do not work in the dark. I am in this detective business since 1851 in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. I have to wait for the reward and I am very willing that the expense be deducted from the reward. I will overnight at your Ranch, but do not wish to be known as a detective outside of your family. After a hard fight, in which one of my men and three of the brigand's were wounded, one of my prisoners "Clark" shot twice-I have got my men". Western and especially Texas bounty hunter's letters are extremely rare, excellent and lengthy content, eleven hand written letters by Gaultie. Condition: Fine-very fine Sold for: $717.00. |
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| 72468 | Autograph Document Signed Moses Austin Bryan, 1892. Moses Austin Bryan (1817-1895), the son of James Bryan and Emily Austin Bryan (sister of Stephen F. Austin). He moved to Texas in 1831 after his father's death. Bryan became Stephen F. Austin's secretary in 1835, served in the Texas army, and took part in the battle of San Jacinto. He was aide de camp and interpreter for Sam Houston and in 1839 was appointed by Mirabeau B. Lamar as secretary to the legation to the United States under Anson Jones. This typed and manuscript court document is signed by "Moses Austin Bryan" (In part) State of Texas, County of Brazoria. Petitioner Laura V. Hill, for her deceased husband I. L. Hill a Texas veteran, who served in the war against Mexico for Texas independence in Captain Mosely Bakers command... Notice hereof be given in the terms of the law, that a pension and relief be granted her and as in duly bound will ever pray [signed] Laura V. Hill. Texas blind stamp on document. (Last page) in Bryan hand, (in part) The State of Texas, he swears that the Mrs. Hill is who she is. Said Mrs. Hill being he is acquainted with the facts, this day 25th day July 1892. [Signed] "Moses Austin Bryan" Measures approximately 8" x 13". Condition: Very good, some paper discolorationNot Sold. |
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| 72469 | Autograph Letter Signed by Texas Ranger & Sheriff Pat Dolan. Pat Dolan Autograph Letter Signed "Pat Dolan". One page 8" x 9.50"personnel letter about ranch. Letter dated 1892 from "Fort Davis" (Texas) which states in full - Mssrs. Humphries & Co. Gentlemen, if you have not sent my goods out to the ranch, don't send them until I get some wire from Alpine when all can be sent together, Very respectfully, Pat Dolan. Pat Dolan born in Ireland came to the States 1850. His first service to the land of his adoption was in the Union Army during the Civil war. In 1867 he lived in Fort Davis, Texas, and was a civilian employee with the troops stationed there. In 1873 he was elected sheriff of Uvalde County, which office he resigned to enter the Ranger service in 1874, first as lieutenant and later as captain, continuing in the service until 1879, when he resigned to engage in the cattle business. Later he served as sheriff of Jeff Davis County after it was cut off from Presidio County. Condition: Fine-very fine, has tear bottom left edge, punch holes top.Not Sold. |
| 72470 | State of Texas Subpoena Summons Dave Pig, Curly Bill, One Legged Bill, etc., 1895. The state of Texas, to the Sheriff or any constable of El Paso County, Greetings: You are hereby commanded to summon, Ben Patterson, Dad Russ, Grisly Jim, Little Phil Romaine, Dave Pig, Curly Bill, One legged Jim, and Brewster, to be an appear before the Honorable County Court of El Paso County, Texas, to be held at the Court House of said County, in El Paso on the 1st Monday in July 1895, then and there to testify as witness in behalf of the State in criminal action pending in said court, wherein The State Of Texas is plaintiff and Riley Hagne defendant, and there remain from day to day, and from term to term, until discharged by due course of law. Measures approximately 8.5" x 7.25". Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72471 | Famous Texas Cowboy and Pinkerton Detective Charles A. Siringo: Signed Business Card, 1920. Written on card: "Roswell, N. M. (New Mexico) Oct. 3rd, 1920. Dear Mr. Reid; as you are examining my books thought I would send this card and let you see what that noted actor, William S. Hart, thinks of them. Sincerely Yours, Chas. A. Siringo." Back side printed in purple ink. A very scarce signed business card by this elusive Texas cowboy. Measures approximately 4.50" x 2.75". Condition: Fine-very fine.Sold for: $1,135.25. |
| 72472 | Autographed Post Card John R. Hughes, Texas Ranger. Hughes, John Reynolds (1855 - 1947) Texas Ranger In July 1887, Hughes helped Texas Ranger Ira Aten track down and kill escaped murderer Judd Roberts. In August 1887, Hughes was persuaded to join the Texas Rangers. He had risen to the rank of sergeant in Company D Frontier Battalion by 1893. When their Captain, Frank Jones, was killed in June 1893, Hughes was promoted to captain of Company D. For most of his career, Hughes served along the border of southwest Texas. In 1901, when the Frontier Battalion was abolished and the State Rangers created, John Hughes was selected as one of the four Captains of the new companies. He served until his retirement in 1915. Zane Grey's novel The Lone Star Ranger (1914) is dedicated to Hughes and his Texas Rangers. Hughes never married. John Reynolds Hughes bold autograph postcard in pencil "John R. Hughes" two sided mailed postcard, postmarked Radium Springs, New Mexico 1930 from Texas Ranger John R. Hughes to Mr. E. H. Hughes of Austin Texas. "Radium Springs New Mexico Aug. 7th, 1930 Expect to go to Austin this month but don't know just when. My old pardoner is still sick. These springs do me lots of good. This is the rainy season here and all rains are cool. Yours truly, John R. Hughes" Condition: Very-FineNot Sold. |
| 72473 | Stage Line Transportation of Twelve Indians "Due me $78.00 Transportation and Meals" Fort Thomas, Arizona Territory, 1896. Two page letter 8.5" x 11" from Fort Thomas and Globe Stage Line, Fort Thomas, Ariz. July 10, 1896, (addressed to) W. K. Meade Esq, (U. S. Marshall) "Dear Sir, At the commencement of U. S. Marshall court in Solomonville, I received a telegram from Globe from Sheriff Thompson or me of his deputies to have transportation for about 12 Indians from San Carlos, I done so, I carried 13 Indians and one white man (Indian Farmer). I have not yet received anything for it. Mr. Thompson told me you had paid part to Capt. Myers and part to Andy Alexander, and thought it best for me to write you, and get orders from you on these parties for the money, there where 14 - $70.00 and cash I paid for meals $8.00 total $78.00. I believe before Mr. Thompson will have me loose it he will pay it out of his pocket, as he ordered the Transportation, but as long as you have already paid the money and no one in tilled to it but myself it should not be necessary for any one to be out it. I wish you would please send me orders to collect the amount you have paid for transportation & Meals, there is due me $78.00 Transportation & Meals. I done the work, and no one but Mr. Thompson ordered the Transportation, please let me hear form you & oblige, yours Respty. M. A. Leahy". Very good content. Condition: Fine, spindle holes at top.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72474 | L. G. Murphy & Co. Post Traders Fort Stanton, New Mexico Territory, 1872. Document from the post trader company L.G. Murphy was the faction that Billy the Kid fought in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico Territory. A year latter they moved the Post to Lincoln, New Mexico. Very scarce document. Measures approximately 8.50" x 14'. Condition: Fine-very fine, has some separation in folds.Sold for: $717.00. |
| 72475 | Fort Bridger, Wyoming Indian Wars Territorial Document & Mary Carter Check, ca. 1870s-1880s. W. A. Carter was a sutler and probate judge at Fort Bridger from 1859 until his death in 1881. After his death Carter's widow, Mary Elizabeth (Hamilton) Carter, took her husband's place as post trader until 1890. William Alexander Carter known as "Mr. Fort Bridger" was the most important individual at Fort Bridger, Wyoming and a key player in the economic development of the intermountain west. Carter's personality and the Fort were so intimately connected that to many contemporaries Fort Bridger was "Carter's Fort." Territorial check form Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory, signed by Mary E. Carter post trader, Executive of estate W. A. Carter, Deceased. Also a Indian Wars appointment (In part) to Sergeant in Company "H" of the Fourth regiment of U. S. Infantry in the service of the United States, to rank as such from the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventy six, (1876)... Given under my hand at the Head Quarters of the Regiment at Fort Bridger, W. Ty. (Wyoming Territory). This eleventh day of January in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and Seventy six, (1876). (Signed) by F. F. Flint Colonel 4th Infantry. Check measures approximately 8.25" x 3.75". Document 14.50" x 9.50". Condition: Very fineNot Sold. |
| 72476 | Estate Bond Nate Champion (Killed) Johnson County Cattle War Wyoming 1892 - The Johnson County War, also known as the War on Powder River or Wyoming Civil War, was a range war which took place in Johnson County, Wyoming, in April 1892. It was a battle between small farmers and large, wealthy ranches in the Powder River Country that culminated in a lengthy shootout between local farmers, a band of hired killers, and a sheriff's posse, eventually requiring the intervention of the U.S. Cavalry on the orders of the President of the United States. Nathan (Nate) D. Champion (1857-1892) was a key figure in the Johnson County War. Labeled falsely by the wealthy cattlemen's association in Wyoming as a rustler, Champion was the first person murdered by a band of hit men hired by the cattlemen. Although often portrayed as an outlaw, Champion was simply a small rancher, thus becoming a target of the large and powerful cattlemen's association. His fame is derived mostly due to his heroic stand while his cabin was besieged, and for a brief letter written during the siege describing the events, that he left behind. State of Wyoming court document for the estate of Nate Champion was signed by his brother Rufus Champion who was appointed administrator to his brother's estate. May 20th 1892. Very rare Johnson County cattle war document. Measures approximately 8.25" x 14". Condition: Very fine, punch holes at top.Sold for: $1,195.00. |
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| 72477 | Autograph Document Signed "Asa Shinn Mercer" Johnson County Wars, Wyoming Territory, 1888. A. S. Mercer became well known throughout the west as a publisher, and eventually found his way to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where he published the Northwestern Livestock Journal, a public relations vehicle for the moneyed cattle interests. As Mercer came to see the clearly underhanded treatment of individual ranchers by the cartels, he began to write more scathing accounts of the events that were unfolding on the open range. His account is told in his book The Banditti of the Plains, which was suppressed in its day, and is still difficult to find in public libraries in some parts of the western U. S. Following the events of the Johnson County War, which included destruction of his Newspaper office by arson, Mercer settled in to the quiet life of a successful rancher in Buffalo, Wyoming, where he died in 1917. A. (Asa) S. (Shinn) Mercer Autograph Document Signed "A.S. Mercer" one page 8.25" x 3.50" Cheyenne, Wyoming July 16th 1888. This promissory note 10 per cent per annum. Signed by A. S. Mercer. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72478 | Lot of Two Large Size Arizona Territory Photographs by Buehman & Hartwell ca 1880s-1890s. First photograph is a great street scene in unknown town in Arizona. There are five heavy hauling wagons with donkeys pulling them, some signs on the main street of town. This image is photographed by Hartwell of Phoenix, Arizona "Views in Salt River Valley and throughout Arizona" Second image is photographed by Buehman & Hartwell Tucson, Arizona Territory. In period ink verso Arizona Canal near Phoenix March 31, 1890. Also very early printed stamp on verso "St. Claire & Pratt, Stationers and Jewelers. Phoenix, Arizona" Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Very good-fine, street scene has crease left side 3.50".Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72479 | Lot of Ten Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming Territory Items, ca. 1860s. This lot has two letters, first one, "Office of depot Quartermaster, Fort D. A. Russell, W. T. Aug 25 68. Frank Creager Wagon master. Sir: You will proceed at once in charge of thirteen six mule teams to Fort Steel Wyoming Territory and report to the acting assistant quartermaster of the Fort for duty. You are rationed to the 10th of September inclusive and your animals are foraged to the 3rd of September inclusive. E. B. Carling Bvt. Lt. Col. AAQM." Second letter, "Depot quartermaster office Cheyenne, W.T. Novb 18th 1867, Frank Creager Wagon master. You will proceed at once with your train to camp 30th Inf. and ____ lieut. Sloan 4th Inf. to transport recruits to Fort Laramie, W. T. On arrival there you will report to Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. N. Palmer 2nd Cav. to load and haul telegraph poles and material from the Julesburg road to the Chugwater. Apply to the post quartermaster for what you need in way of rope and chain to bind the poles, and anything else you may need. On completion of the service, you will report back here. Respectfully E. B. Carling Bvt. Lt. Col. AAQM." Last item, Fort D. A. Russell Wyoming Territory officers dance. Lot of eight items- six U. S. Army officers calling cards, including cavalry officer, & H. DeLany, noted Sioux Scout commander, also two dance card invitations "Compliments of officers & ladies of Fort D. A. Russell. One dated 1880. Nice group. Letters measure approximately 7.75" x 10". Condition: Very good-fine, one letter has burn hole.Not Sold. |
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| 72480 | Lot of Four Arizona Territory Documents, ca. 1870s-1880s. First, Tucson, A. T. 1872, to the village of Tucson for survey, received payment $5.00, 7" x 5.75". Second, Tucson, A. T. 1877, L. M. Jacob & Co. General Merchandise, store sales $10,808.21, 8.50" x 7.25". Third Yuma, A. T. 1877, David Neahr, general commission and forwarding in merchandise, 8" x 10". Fourth Nogales, A. T. Custom house, deputy collectors office for cattle, 8" x 10". Condition: Very good-Fine some tears in folds.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72481 | Lieutenant C. E Dentler's Personal Photograph Album, Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory, ca. 1890s. Fort Whipple was established in November 1863 one-mile northeast of Prescott in the Chino Valley after Camp Clark was abandoned. Cavalry and Infantry soldiers stationed there participated in many Indian engagements. The Whipple Barracks became the Headquarters for the Military Department of Arizona on April 15, 1870. The post was General George Crook's District of Arizona headquarters in 1882. Centrally located in the state, the fort had a major influence on all Indian affairs in the region. The old post was condemned in 1869; all the buildings were torn down and rebuilt. Post was discontinued in 1898 and re-garrisoned in 1902. Llbum consists of 57 Photographs, measuring approximately 8" x 5" and they are almost all albumens, there are also six loose photographs four of which are cyanotypes, two albumens and two ephemera items. Most of the images depict military operations on or near Whipple barracks. For instance, birds eye view, military marching, shooting rifles, military drills, bivouac, encampment in forest, images of Dentler with his troops, Dentler with Indian scouts, etc. very nice historical personal photo album. Album measures approximately 10.25" x 7.50". Condition: Fine-very fine, album missing back spine.Sold for: $2,629.00. |
| 72482 | Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory Indian Scouts & Buffalo Soldiers Special Orders, 1885. Headquarters department of Arizona Whipple Barracks, Dec 20, 1885. General Crook orders pay for "Troops in the field including Indian Scouts, and 10th US Cavalry troops (Buffalo Soldiers) A-H, listed at various locales including "Ash Springs, Cave Canon, Bisbee Canon, Mowry Mine", signed by Crook's aagt. Also red stamp Maj. F. M. Coxe Jan 4, 1886. Pay dept. U. S. A. Measures approximately 8" x 11". Condition: Very fine, light color discoloration bottom middle.Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72483 | Large size Photograph: Bird's-Eye View of Fort Apache, Arizona Territory, 1897. Established as Camp Ord in spring of 1870, named in honor of General O.C. Ord, Commander of Arizona. This post changed its name to Camp Mogollon August 1, 1870, then Camp Thomas September 12, 1870 in honor of Major General George W. Thomas, the "Rock of Chickamauga" of Civil War fame. The post was finally designated Camp Apache on February 2, 1871 as a token of friendship with the nearby tribe. Renamed Fort Apache April 5, 1879 and gained great significance after many tribes were gathered in the nearby San Carlos Reservation. Photograph taken by Erwin Baer, from Prescott, Arizona of the "Fort Apache Arizona 1897" (In period ink verso). Great Birdseye view of Fort Apache, depicts all of the Forts buildings, stables, etc. Very nice printed backmark for this photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-Very, light contrast, two chips at bottom.Sold for: $322.65. |
| 72484 | Large size Photograph Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory ca 1890s. Fort Whipple was established in November 1863 one-mile northeast of Prescott in the Chino Valley after Camp Clark was abandoned. Cavalry and Infantry soldiers stationed there participated in many Indian engagements. The Whipple Barracks became the Headquarters for the Military Department of Arizona on April 15, 1870. The post was General George Crook's District of Arizona headquarters in 1882. Centrally located in the state, the fort had a major influence on all Indian affairs in the region. The old post was condemned in 1869; all the buildings were torn down and rebuilt. Post was discontinued in 1898 and re-garrisoned in 1902. Photograph taken by E. M. Jennings, from Prescott, Arizona of the "Whipple Barracks, Arizona Capt. & Mrs. J. E. Macklin on porch steps, Mrs. Invail & daughter next porch" (In period ink verso). Inside the Whipple Barracks compound. Very nice printed back mark for this photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-Very good, light contrastNot Sold. |
| 72485 | Large size Photograph Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory ca 1890s. Image has no photographer noted, but probably Erwin Baer, does have a period ink notation on verso. "Lower part of Whipple Barracks, Arizona near Prescott, Captain James Regan, 1890." The photographer Erwin Baer, of Prescott, Arizona has taken many of these type photographs. This scarce photograph depicts a full dressed military soldier at Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has light soilingNot Sold. |
| 72486 | Large size Photograph Whipple Barracks, Arizona Territory ca 1890s. Photograph taken by E. M. Jennings, from Prescott, Arizona "Granite Creek near Wings Fruit Ranch Point of Rocks, near Whipple Barracks, Arizona. Lt. Weight on horse, Lt. Dentler on Taran Tepede, post buckboard, Lt. Emery & Travis & Mrs. Emery, summer of 1892."(In period ink verso). Image depicts military officers near the Whipple Barracks. Very nice printed back mark for this photographer. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Good-Very good, light contrastNot Sold. |
| 72487 | Bird's-eye View Photograph: "Whipple Barracks," Arizona Territory, ca. 1892. Imperial size image depicts the military Fort, as it was around 1892, in the foreground there is a large farming area. The garrison buildings spread around this small valley, with flag pole right hand side of image. Printed verso; Views in Arizona. Erwin Baer, photographer. Prescott, Arizona. Views of the following sections of the Territory: Prescott and vicinity, Walnut Grove Lake, Camp Verde, etc. In Period ink verso "Whipple Barracks, Arizona in 1892 - Thumb Butte on left". Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, light soiling on image & mount.Sold for: $448.13. |
| 72488 | Large Format Photograph Flagstaff, Arizona ca 1890s. Flagstaff - this city is situated on the line of the A. & P. railroad, 344 miles west of Albuquerque, and is the best town on the line for a distance of 600 miles. It has a population of about 1,500 people, well watered and has a large timber, cattle and sheep interest surrounding it. Its elevation is 7,000 feet. It lies at the base of the San Francisco Peaks, whose elevations are over 13,000 feet. The city has fine business blocks, good hotels, schools and churches. Society is good, and scenery unsurpassed. Image was photographed by C. Osbon, Flagstaff Arizona. Depicts the railroad line, on side of railcar (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) in front of the town. Lots of signage in foreground. Period paper tag on verso of image. Measures approximately 9.75" x 6.75". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has corner break right hand side, and soiledSold for: $239.00. |
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| 72489 | Printed Location Sketch at Fort Yuma California 1876. First established on November 27, 1850, it was originally located in the bottoms near the Colorado River, less than a mile below the mouth of the Gila. In March 1851 the post was moved to a small elevation on the Colorado's west bank, opposite the present city of Yuma, Arizona, on the site of the former Mission Puerto de la Purisima Concepcion. This site had been occupied by Camp Calhoun, named for John C. Calhoun, established on October 2, 1849, by 1st lieutenant Cave J. Couts, 1st Dragoons, for the boundary survey party led by 2nd Lieutenant Amiel W. Whipple, Corps of Topographical Engineers. A ferry service, maintained by the soldiers for the survey party's convenience, also accommodated emigrants. Fort Yuma was established to protect the southern emigrant travel route to California and to attempt control of the warlike Yuma Indians in the surrounding 100 mile area. Established by Captain Samuel P. Heintzelman, 2nd Infantry, it was originally named Camp Independence. In March 1851, when the post was moved to its permanent site, its name was changed to Camp Yuma. A year later the post was designated Fort Yuma. In June 1851 the Army virtually abandoned the post because of the high costs incurred in maintaining it, and it was completely abandoned on December 6, 1851, when its commissary was practically empty of provisions. The post, however, was reoccupied by Captain Heintzelman on February 29, 1852. In 1864 the quartermaster Corps erected a depot on the left bank of the Colorado, below the mouth of the Gila River. When the extension of the railroad system obviated the need of a supply depot, Fort Yuma was abandoned on May 16, 1883. The reservation was transferred to the Interior Department on July 22, 1884. Today, the site of the military reservation is occupied by the Fort Yuma Indian School and a mission. Sketch showing location of sector for current observation, at Fort Yuma, California. Under the direction of 1st Lieut. Bergland, Corps of engineers U. S. Army March 15th to 20th 1876. Framed measures approximately 17" x 12" Condition: Fine-very fine. Sold for: $179.25. |
| 72490 | Cabinet Card of Military Scout, Junction City, (Fort Riley) Kansas, ca. 1890s. Photograph of armed military (Army) scout. Man standing and posing for photographer studio Ramsour & Pennel. He is wearing a wide brim hat, gauntlets, knee high boots, ammo belt with shot gun shells and a holstered gun. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Good, light contrast mount dirty.Sold for: $478.00. |
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| 72491 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Early View Street Scene, Dodge City, Kansas, ca. 1870s-1880s. A very historic, early view of Dodge City, Kansas with numbers labeling the position of the original buildings. The numbers over the buildings correspond to the label on the reverse in period script ink, which lists four saloons among 16 total buildings. The label lists no. 6 as "Chas. Rath's & Co. Genl. Mdse." (General Merchandise). Also listed at no. 16 is the, "Dodge City Hotel". No detail is obscured and some of the signs can be observed. Due to the period identification on the reverse, a historical item such as this should be prized in any collection of Dodge City, Kansas or western items. Measures approximately 6.25" x 4.25". Condition: Very good, light toning, bump on the bottom left corner and some staining.Sold for: $7,767.50. |
| 72492 | Cabinet Card Photograph of John Giesey's Bull Outfit, Fort Benton, Montana, ca 1880s. Great imperial size photograph of Giesey's Bull outfit from Fort Benton, Montana Territory. There appear to be 12 or 13 bulls (oxen) hauling three large wagons full of wood, on the street of Benton, Montana Territory. This image was photographed by Dan Dutro, of Fort Benton, Mont. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine, some slight foxing on mountSold for: $776.75. |
| 72493 | Stereoview Looking West from Water Tank, Carlin, Nevada & U. P. R. R., ca. 1870s. Carlin received its name from Captain William P. Carlin who camped one and a half miles up Maggie Creek with a troop of men. He was on a military expedition from Camp Floyd in Utah to California. The Central Pacific reached the present Carlin site in December of 1868. Carlin was selected as the eastern terminus of Humboldt division and a town site was laid out. The original post office was established on December 4, 1868. In the year 1868, the migration of men and their families began the arrival in the Carlin area. Most of the migrants worked for the railroad in the shops and in the roundhouse. At this time, the pioneer ranchers came, such as S. Pierce, C. Boyden, James Clark and T. Griffin. After the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad at Carlin, there was much competition among some of the pioneers in Carlin to build toll roads and enter the stage and freight business. These freight and stage lines connected the railroad with mines and towns such as Eureka, Austin, Mineral Hill and others. Very early great stereoview of Carlin, Nevada has no photographer, but does have great view of many Union Pacific Railroad steam engines sitting on tracks. On verso in period ink: "806 Carlin from the water tanks looking west." Measures approximately 7" x 3.25". Condition: Very good-fine, some light dirt on mountSold for: $310.70. |
| 72494 | Great Stereoview Carlin, Nevada Street Scene & U. P. R. R. ca 1870s. Carlin received its name from Captain William P. Carlin who camped one and a half miles up Maggie Creek with a troop of men. He was on a military expedition from Camp Floyd in Utah to California. The Central Pacific reached the present Carlin site in December of 1868. Carlin was selected as the eastern terminus of Humboldt division and a town site was laid out. The original post office was established on December 4, 1868. In the year 1868, the migration of men and their families began to arrive in the Carlin area. Most of the migrants worked for the railroad in the shops and in the roundhouse. At this time, the pioneer ranchers came, such as S. Pierce, C. Boyden, James Clark and T. Griffin. After the arrival of the Central Pacific Railroad at Carlin, there was much competition among some of the pioneers in Carlin to build toll roads and enter the stage and freight business. These freight and stage lines connected the railroad with mines and towns such as Eureka, Austin, Mineral Hill and others. Large stereoview of Carlin, Nevada has no photographer noted, but does have great signage on the street, Bakery & Emigrant supplies wholesale & retail wines, liquors by the bottle, Emigrants home, etc., in the foreground Union Pacific Railroad Station with Railcar sitting in front of building. Great early Nevada stereoview. Measures approximately 7" x 4.50". Condition: Very fine, great contrast.Sold for: $567.63. |
| 72495 | Photograph Palisade, Humboldt River, Nevada by Charles Savage, 1868. This view depicts railroad tracks, the Humboldt River, the steep walls of Palisade Canyon and one individual seated in the foreground. This photo is in Savage's trademark large format with his artistic fashion that set him apart from other photographers. A very important Nevada railroad image, by early western photographer, that shows the building of the Central Pacific Railroad. Size: 10.25" x 9". Condition:Very good-fine.Not Sold. |
| 72496 | Three Early Albumen Views of Kelly, New Mexico, by E. A. Bass, Socorro, New Mexico, all 5" x 8" overall, ca. 1880s. Each of these images is inscribed on the verso "From my brother H A Robinson (or, in one instance, Henry Robinson), with one mat additionally being imprinted by the photographer. Depicted are a mining operation from a distance, a several outlying buildings, and a wonderful town "portrait" wherein the population is lined up on the street before H. A. Robinson's general store. Inscriptions identify Robinson and his family. Of particular interest are a grizzled mountain man standing to the left of the storekeepers and, further up the street, two men on horseback. Prints intact with moderate chipping to mats, which are inscribed. Good condition. Kelly, founded about the time these photographs were taken, grew to some 3,000 souls. Zinc carbonate deposits in the area attracted the interest of the Sherwin-Williams Paint Co., which bought the town in 1904. Decline set in after 1928, resulting in yet another Western ghost town.Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72497 | Large Photograph of Ghost Town Lake Valley, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880s. Lake Valley began as little more than a stage stop in the 1870s. 1882, John Leavitt, a blacksmith, leased a claim that George Lufkin had been working. Just 40 feet away from the surface, Leavitt discovered a huge cavern lined with solid silver. This incredibly rich cavern was later named "The Bridal Chamber" because of the sparkle from its crystal encrusted wall. 1884 the railroad was extended to Lake Valley. Lake Valley became a typical mining town, with saloons open around the clock. The town had a reputation for lawlessness. A gunfighter named Jim Courtright, aka "Longhair Jim," was hired as town Marshall in 1882, and quickly brought things to order. The Kingston Stage and Express line, run by Sadie Orchard, linked Lake Valley with its sister towns, Hillsboro and Kingston. Collapse of silver in the 1890s turned her into ghost town. Bird's-eye view albumen photograph taken by unknown photographer in the 1880s, depicts a thriving silver mining boom town. Many buildings in image, and in foreground there is a locomotive passing through. Overall measurements 14.75" x 10.50". Condition: Very good-fine, a few scratches on albumen.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
| 72498 | Gorgeous Imperial Size Photograph of Troop "D", 5th U. S. Cavalry at Oklahoma Land Rush ca 1889. Brought in to keep the "boomers" in line during the Oklahoma land grab of 1889, Troop D of the 5th U.S. Cavalry is seen here in formation, atop their horses with swords drawn. This albumen photo by an unknown photographer is in amazing condition - clean, sharp, and spotless. Measures 7.25" x 4.25" and affixed to an 8.5" x 5.25" black photographer's mount with gilded edges. Very desirable!Sold for: $896.25. |
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| 72499 | Imperial Size Photograph: Great Street Scene, Sturgis, Dakota, ca. 1890. Large format photograph by Grabill (John C. H. Grabill) is titled "Ox teams" at Sturgis, Dak. No. 2717 1890. This image depicts an oxen team pulling wagons down Main Street of the town of Sturgis, also a wagon being pulled by two horses. There are many readable business signs in this image. Printed on verso in ink Grabill Chicago Portrait & view Co. 113 Adams Street opposite Post office, Chicago. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good, has spot right hand side, mount is soiled.Sold for: $956.00. |
| 72500 | Stereoview Bismarck, Dakota (Territory) Street Scene by O. S. Goff, ca. 1870s. Early image of Bismarck, Dakota. Lots of signage in this albumen stereo view, five men sitting on wooden board-walk, three men standing all starring at photographer O. S. Goff. Signage on street, J. A. Emmons, Pure Kentucky Whiskey, Brandies, Cigars, Stock Exchange, wholesale liquor dealer. Next building. "Drug Store", last building, "Empire Store, J. W. Raymond & Co." Stereo-card verso: In period ink Bismarck. The fancy logo "O. S. Goff, Bismarck, Dakota. Measures approximately 7" X 3.50" Condition: Good-very good, has photo damage in two corners.Sold for: $2,390.00. |
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| 72501 | Lot of two Imperial Size Birdseye View Photographs of "Central City, South Dakota" Before & After Fire ca 1880s. Thanks to General George Custer's expedition to this northwestern section, gold was discovered at Deadwood Gulch in the fall of '76. The resulting gold rush in the spring of '77 had the Black Hills area booming. The larger towns of Deadwood, Lead City, and Central City, plus the smaller settlements of Gayville, Spearfish, Galena, and Sturgis were full of prospectors and miners. Scarce image by H. R. Locke & Co. of Deadwood, South Dakota (Gilded), is a birds-eye view of this very small Gold Rush mining town. Has a lot of wooden buildings and railroad tracks in town. This image has period ink on mount "Central City S. D.". The second image possibly photographed by H. R. Locke (no identification), depicts Central City after the Fire of April 25th, 1888. A few less buildings then. Printed on plate "Central City" Sep. 14th 1888, 5 Months after the terrible fire of April 25th 1888. Early image measures approximately 10" x 8". After fire image 10.50" x 8.25". Condition: Very good-fine, early image has scratches in middle, also dirt on mount and after fire image, has small chip in albumen and mount as cracksSold for: $418.25. |
| 72502 | Imperial Size Birdseye View Photograph of "Deadwood, South Dakota" 1890s. The Treaty of Laramie of 1868 had guaranteed ownership of the Black Hills to the Lakota people. However, in 1874, Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an expedition into the Hills and announced the discovery of gold on French Creek near present-day Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush and gave rise to the lawless town of Deadwood, which quickly reached a population of around 5,000. Here we have a great birds-eye albumen view photographed by H. R. Locke & Co. of Deadwood (Gilded); you can read many advertising signs on the streets. Also left hand bottom on plate No. 91 Deadwood, S. D. on B, & M. M. R. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, has scratch left side, also dirt on mount and imageSold for: $418.25. |
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| 72503 | W. A. Carter Token & Promise to Pay Voucher Fort Bridger, Utah Territory 1860. W. A. Carter was a Sutler and probate judge at Fort Bridger from 1859 until his death in 1881. After his death Carter's widow, Mary Elizabeth (Hamilton) Carter, took her husband's place as post trader until 1890. Lot consists of two items a promissory note to Robert Campbell & Co. for $761. 92. With a rate of 10% per annum signed by W. A. Carter. Second item is a "Value 25Cts. Token W. A. Carter Post Trader Fort Bridger", (Utah Territory). Note measures approximately 8.25" x 3". Token is approximately 1". Condition: Both items, fine-very fineSold for: $298.75. |
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| 72504 | Stereoview View of Strawberry Ford (Utah, Territory) by A. J. Russell ca 1860s-1870s - In 1868 A. J. Russell began publishing the series "Pacific R.R. Views across the Continent West from Omaha". The views are found without credit to A. J. Russell. Notable series include Uintah series, Echo Kanyon (sic) series, Echo City series, Weber Kanyon (sic) series, Devil's Gate series, Salt Lake Valley series, California series, groups & Indians series. Union Pacific Railroad by A.J. Russell. "Distant view of Strawberry Ford" looking up Weber Canyon from Devil's Gate. No identification of A Russell assumed it's his work. Measures approximately 7" x 3.25". Condition: Fine, some dirt on mountSold for: $298.75. |
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| 72505 | Very Early Stereoview Camp Douglas, Utah ca 1868. Camp Douglas (Fort Douglas) was established on 26 October 1862, it was named after the late Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. Winter was approaching and dugouts were quickly built. The next summer log buildings were erected. The post was rebuilt of red sandstone in 1873-76 and the existing brick buildings were built in the early 1900's. The first major Indian engagement for the troops was the Battle of Bear River in Idaho on 28 January 1863. A band of Shoshoni Indians were almost annihilated, nearly three hundred Indians were killed, while twenty-three soldiers were killed or died later. The volunteers were discharged by 1866 and were replaced by regulars from the 18th Infantry. Great early Birdseye view of "Camp Douglas, over looking Salt Lake City" in period ink on front of card. Image taken by C. R. Savage, of Salt Lake City, Utah. Verso has orange back. Measures approximately 7" x 3.50". Condition: Fine-very fine overall age toning and soiling around edges Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72506 | Photograph "Garfield Landing", Great Salt Lake, Utah ca 1880s. Photograph of Ute Indian appears to be holding percussion rifle and standing in front of train. The Garfield Landing was a Mormon resort on the Great Salt Lake. This image is attributed to William H. Jackson. Overall dimensions of period frame approximately 15" x 13". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72507 | Stereoview Wild West Town of Corrine, Utah Territory ca 1870s. Corrine, Utah was settled in 1869 and named after one of the daughters of General J. A. Williamson, the agent who auctioned off lots surveyed by the Union Pacific Railroad. Between 1869 and 1878, over 257 businesses were active for some period of time in Corrine. Freighting companies hauled cargo from rail cars into Montana and back to Corrine. Though Creighton & Munro, established in April of 1869, was one of Corrine's largest freighting companies, it ceased operation in 1871 when the partnership dissolved. Fantastic stereoview of downtown Corrine, with great signage, "A fantastic advertising wooden rifle in foreground of photograph Hardware, John Kupfer, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Platt & Russell painters, and Union bank." This image published by William H. Jackson, Omaha Nebraska, scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. On verso in period ink 68 street main in Corrine, U. T. Measures approximately 7" x 3.50". Condition: Very fine, overall age toning and light soiling around edges Sold for: $2,868.00. |
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| 72508 | Lot of two items from Camp Brown, Wyoming Territory ca 1870s. Camp Brown, W.T. (Wyoming Territory) 1871-1878, was first called Camp Auger 1869-March 1870, Then Camp Brown until 1878, when the name was change to Fort Washakie, W.T., Wyoming was a territory until statehood was affirmed on July 10, 1890. Brass-round measures 41mm. The use of tokens to promote trade, and the similarities of the "J. K. Moore" tokens to the "W. A. Carter" are uncanny. The manuscript letter in this lot is to W. A. Carter. Lot has two items the first is a manuscript letter for monies owed headline of Camp Brown, Wyo. Ter. Augt. 31st 1873. Second item is a brass token form Camp Brown stamped J. K. Moore, Post Trader Camp Brown. Verso; 50 cts. Very Rare & Historical lot. Condition: Both items, fine-very fineNot Sold. |
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| 72509 | Lot of Four M. E. Carter Post Trader Items with Token Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory 1880s. Fort was profitably run by William Alexander Carter, who had come with William Alexander Carter, came with Johnston's Army as a sutler or storekeeper. He stayed there with his family rebuilding and restocking the fort, and he eventually became wealthy. A highly respected man, he was soon known as "Mr. Fort Bridger," Wyoming's first millionaire. Lot consists of a "W. A. Carter Post Trader Fort Bridger-Value 25 cts." token 1" diameter. Two Checks one with a very nice Vignette of long horn steers resting in field and also a Indian with headdress paddling a canoe, and last item is a letter from Baker & Johnson, wholesale and retail Grocers to W.E Carter, about him buying "Heavy". Interesting scarce lot of items. Condition: Fine-very fineNot Sold. |
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| 72510 | Post Trader Writing Letter about Rosebud Agency & General Crook, Fort Washakie, Wyoming 1905. Three page letter, with envelope 8.50" x 11". (In part) J. K. Moore Post Trader Fort Washakie, Wyo. Col. C G. Coutaut, Sheridan, Wyo. Dear Sir, Your letter of July 26th has been long un answered, which was not my intention but have been so very busy that I have had to put aside a great deal of correspondence. In reference to the Rosebud fight and it's part the Shoshones played in it, Thomas Cosgrave (one of Gen. Crooks Scouts) told me that the soldiers were whipped up to the time that the Shoshones went to their assistance. That the Shoshones were restrained, and not allowed to go into action; that he (Cosgrave) went to Gen. Crook and told him that his soldiers were getting whipped and that if he would allow the Shoshones to go in, that they could drive the enemy back. Gen. Crook replied that he knew the soldiers were getting ___ but said nothing more and did not then give the order for the Shoshones to go into action. Cosgrave said that he then went back to the Shoshones and told them the results of his interview. The Shoshones could be restrained no longer and went into battle without orders. They checked the hostiles and afforded a chance for the soldiers to get out of the difficulty. The soldiers at that time were in bad straits and being driven by the hostiles. The Shoshones rescued a good many that were cut off and at the mercy of the enemy, etc. More great content, very rare and interesting account at Rosebud Indian Reservation. Condition: Fine, some small tears in folds, also archival tape in foldsSold for: $597.50. |
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| 72511 | Cabinet Card Photograph O. S. Goff, Chuck Wagon on the Plains ca 1880s. Very nice photograph taken on the Plains of Montana. Appears to be a cook with his wagon and some cooking utensils on back of chuck wagon. This image was photographed by O. S. Goff, Fort Custer, Montana Territory. Measures approximately 6.50" x 4.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, very nice contrastSold for: $1,792.50. |
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| 72512 | Imperial Size Photograph Interior of Saloon ca 1890s. Large size photograph of saloon, has very nice front & back-bar, couple of spittoons on floor. There are some great signs in saloon "John Roots bitters", "Pabst Ribbon plant advertisement", on the back wall reverse glass advertising Chas. Person Wines and Liquors, also a cigar advertisement. You can also read many of the liquor bottles on back-bar. No identification on image or photographers name. Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Fine, nice contrastSold for: $310.70. |
| 72513 | Cabinet Card Photograph Interior of Saloon ca 1890s-1900s. Large format interior saloon photograph was taken by Home Portrait Studio, Chicago Illinois. In period ink verso; Matt H. Kerais' Tavern, Kenosha, Wisc. Men standing at bar with five spittoons on the floor, also one man in background holding beer in his hand. Image measures approximately 7" x 5". Condition: Very good-fineSold for: $310.70. |
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| 72514 | Framed Photograph of Saloon Idaho Area, ca. 1905. Photograph of interior of Saloon with lots of advertising signs, nudes, and Indians. Many spittoons on floor. Great advertisement for "Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition" (Portland, Oregon) a felt item hanging on wall, very nice saloon scene. Written on back of photograph Idaho, 1905. Measures in frame approximately 10.75" x 8.75". Condition: Good-very good, light contrast left hand side Sold for: $119.50. |
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| 72515 | Photograph of Saloon, Gambling Hall, & Poster of Buffalo Bill, 1915. Great image of a saloon, a pool table, has pool rack on wall full of cues, a card table (Faro) in background with deck of cards, dice table has poker chips in front of dealer and last but not least, a Buffalo Bill's Wild West poster on wall (The congress of the rough riders of the world) circa 1915. A rare content image with no photographer identification or location. Measures approximately 7" x 5". Condition: Fine, mount has small chips.Sold for: $2,390.00. |
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| 72516 | Court Document Two Men Hold Up Santa Fe Railroad Belonging to Wells Fargo & Co 1893. Affidavit, complaint or information for warrant. Two bandits - Amos Pierce & Mexico held-up and robbed a train on the Santa Fe Railroad and take & steal $1000.00 belonging to the United Sates and Wells Fargo & company at red rock, Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma (Indian) Territory, June 10 1893. Note: Same train & place the Dalton gang held up a year earlier. Measures approximately 8.25" x 14". Condition: Fine-very fine, chips on cornersNot Sold. |
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| 72517 | Lot of Four Wells Fargo & Company Express Ephemera items 1860s-1880s. Wells Fargo & Company Express receipt for $2600 1873, 7.50" x 5.50". Next, a W. F. & Co. blank Stage (coach) department receipt 1860s, 8.50" x 7". A wanted poster card (stolen) W. F. & Co. John J. Valentine 1876, 5" x 3". Wells, Fargo & Company Portland, Oregon Office, an advertising hard card for drivers, messengers, etc. 5" x 10". Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $358.50. |
| 72518 | Adams Express Company Shippers Guide, 1890. This 182 page guide is the largest most complete and will be found the most convenient ever issued by an Express company. This guide for the Adams Express Company lists 50,000 express offices and railroad stations that the company delivered to. The back of the booklet features 18 maps detailing the railroad lines that Adams used. Measures approximately 6" x 8.50" Condition: Poor-good, water damage Not Sold. |
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| 72519 | $200.00 Reward Poster Miles City, Montana 1899. Very nice lithograph photograph of wanted man from Miles City, Montana. In part; "The Montana Stock Association will pay the above reward ($200.00) for the arrest and detention of Samuel Eaker in any jail in the United States or Canada, or will pay $50.00 for any information that may lead to his capture. Eaker is wanted in Dawson County, Montana, for grand larceny (theft of cattle). W. D. Smith, stock detective Miles City, Montana". Measures approximately 6.75" x 10.25". Condition: Fine, pin holes & ¾" tear at top, some discolorationSold for: $478.00. |
| 72520 | Four George Cornish Wild West Photogravures ca 1909. George B. Cornish, a protégé and youthful partner of Prettyman's, who had a greater respect than his teacher for this monumental record. To this man goes the credit for preserving thousands of plates that belonged to William Prettyman. Here are four beautiful examples of George Cornish's photogravures. On the War Path, copyright 1909, Texas Longhorns, copyright 1909, Old Monarchs of the Plains, copyright 1907, and The Round-Up, copyright 1909. They all measure approximately 6" x 8". Condition: ExcellentSold for: $239.00. |
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| 72521 | Elizabeth Bacon "Libbie" Custer (1842-1933): Archive of Manuscripts Concerning George Armstrong Custer consisting of thirty-eight separate pages or groups of pages, all in Libbie's holograph, and all having to do with memories of her late husband. George Custer is one of the more flamboyant and controversial figures in American history. His military career and the events surrounding his demise at Little Bighorn have always been (and will continue to be) argued, analyzed, and discussed. The pendulum of public opinion seemed to swing in Custer's favor for many years after his death, while modern historians aren't nearly as kind and forgiving. The difference? Primarily that his loving wife Libbie spent her fifty-seven years of widowhood in a single-minded advocacy and campaign to make her husband's historical legacy a positive and heroic one. She wrote many articles and three books in his defense, Boots and Saddles (1885), Following the Guidon (1890), and Tenting on the Plains (1893). Though generally accurate in historical fact, they were obviously written to glorify her late husband, and to deflect those that sought to make him the scapegoat for the disastrous Battle of the Little Bighorn. What would make this beautiful, bright, and wealthy daughter of an influential judge fall so deeply in love with the poor son of a blacksmith who may have never graduated from West Point had the Civil War not caused the immediate need for army officers (he was last in his class)? The explanation to that is far beyond the scope of this cataloguer's expertise! From soon after their meeting in 1862, they wanted to marry but Elizabeth's father, Judge Bacon, wanted more for his only daughter than the life of an army wife. After Custer's brevet promotion to brigadier general though, the judge relented and George and Elizabeth were married on February 9, 1864. She followed him on nearly every assignment, even during the Civil War. She was his "Libbie" or "Darling Sunbeam"; he was her "Autie" or "Darling Boy." Here is a comprehensive lot of manuscript material where Libbie has jotted notes, annotated envelopes and visiting cards, and written down stories and memories of her dearly beloved. A partial listing of the thirty-eight pieces/groups included follows: •Across short side of folded yellow legal pad page: "A[utie] said not to expect people of ones own age to be friendly or free from jealousy..." •Two full pages regarding pioneers going west. •Draft of a letter on foldover stationery, ends with "...I should like those boys to carry it with them into their fight with the world." •Three separate notes, one on an envelope. One, in part, "...mentioning Tom with two in one week." This is a reference to (George's brother) Thomas Custer's amazing feat of winning two Medals of Honor for capturing Confederate flags in the space of one week. •Small lined sheet with various notes. Mentions "Walt Whitman" and "Red Badge of Courage". •Large, philatelically used envelope addressed to Elizabeth Custer. She has written "Buffalo Bill..." across the front. •Hotel Browning letterhead with notes regarding photos and items given to various places. She has written her initials "E.B.C." •Lined page with various notes, ends with "...With regard to Auties sword captured in the Civil War." •Small sheet quoting an 1867 letter from Custer's mother, "I am looking forward to the time when you will have to leave & I do not know how to meet it. My heart is entwined about you." •Large sheet with memories of time spent in Washington during the Civil War, "...The inadequate hospitals, poorly equipped, crowded, too few nurses. There were no trained nurses at the time." •A visiting card of Nathan P. Palmer with her notes, "Escort when A[utie] came after me at Harper's Ferry." •A small sheet about Custer's youth, "A[utie] went thro the old Scott manuel of arms when 4- on training day in New Rumley with a toy musket". •A full sheet of notes, including "Find Mr. Binghams letter to Autie about A[utie>'s application for West Point..." •An envelope with notes including "Did A[utie] capture the first flag in the Civil War? He received the last flag- the flag of truce..." •Small sheet, "Send picture of A[utie]'s grave to M. M. Tope Bonerston Ohio ed. Prenological Journal." •On the verso of an advert, "...Find what Genl McC[lellan] said of Autie in his book..." •A number of small diary sheets pinned together, mentions titles of two books, Gettysburg, Civil War surrender, et al. •Notes on unveiling of Custer Equestrian Monument with President Taft. •Approximately fifteen pages of miscellaneous notes and reminiscences. Worthy of further investigation. This material is all contained in a binder with various modern notes and transcriptions included. Gives an amazing insight into Libbie Custer's devotion to and veneration for her late husband. A researcher's dream lot. Not Sold. |
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| 72523 | William Clark (Lewis & Clark Fame) Letter Signed to Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Clark, William (1770-1838). Autograph letter signed "Wm. Clark" half page, 8" x 6.75". "Sir, I am directed by the commissioners Indian affairs, under date of 29 ___ to call upon the agent and sub agents to report without delay not only the amount of iron, steel & coal they have purchased for 1835, but the ___ they may have on hand remaining ___ supplies of former years. You will therefore be pleased to give the information desired immediately and unconnected with any other subject, Your Ob. Svt. Wm. Clark". Condition: Good, discoloration and paper missing.Sold for: $776.75. |
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| 72525 | Large Half Plate Tintype of Western Scene, ca. 1860-1880. Small town's residents must have been proud of this large, well-formed brick building, which serves as the impressive backdrop in this clear early tintype. The image has men and women of all ages, and is a good example of the Western architecture of this period. The tintype is very large, measuring 5"x 7", and is in superior condition. The edges have discoloration, which is a result of the original developing process and not due to fading or wear. The contrast is very good and the smaller details of the dress can be observed. An unusually large original tintype of a Western town scene.Not Sold. |
| 72526 | Sixth Plate Tintype of Three Men, One Holding "Large Size Currency" ca 1870s. Great early tin type photograph of three cowboys sitting in studio. All three cowboys are wearing great cowboy hats, vests, boots, etc. The man standing in back is holding two large size currency notes in his hands. Very nice early tintype. Measures approximately 2.50" x 3.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72528 | Official Directory Wells Fargo & Co. Express, 1914. This booklet lists thousands of destinations for Wells Fargo deliveries in the United States, the district of Alaska, Hawaii, the Yukon Territory and Mexico. Of particular interest is a two-page history of the Wells Fargo Company. Measures approximately 5.75" x 7". Not Sold. |
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| 72529 | Imperial Size Photograph Colorado River Agency Ariz. Ca 1870s. One of the ocean steamers leaves San Francisco every twenty days, running to the head of the Gulf of California, a distance from San Francisco of nineteen hundred miles. At the head of the gulf the passengers and freight are transshipped to four river steamers, and taken thence up the Colorado River to Yuma, one hundred and seventy-five miles, and thence portions are taken up the river to their several destinations, The river steamers make regular trips to Hardyville, three hundred and thirty-seven miles above Yuma, and five hundred and thirteen miles above the mouth of the river. Page 209. The Company has now four river steamers of four hundred tons each, and four barges of eight hundred tons. The river steamers are the Mohave, Gila, Cocopah, and Colorado. Captains: J. A. Mellen, William Poole, S. Thorn, and A. D. Johnson. The ocean steamers were the Newbern, Capt. William Metzger, and the Montana, Capt. George M. Douglass. The Newbern was burned at sea in December last, the only serious calamity that has happened to the Company since its organization. The Newbern will be replaced with a new boat. This rare steam boat image depicts Colorado River Steamer, high and dry. The steamship is grounded on the banks of the Colorado River. The signage on vessel read "Gila". Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". [From]; Arizona as it is; or, the coming Country. Complied from notes of travel during the year 1874, 1875, and 1876. Chapter XVII: Colorado Steam Navigation Company. Condition: Very good, photo has soilingSold for: $567.63. |
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| 72530 | Imperial Size Photograph Overview of "Yuma, Arizona Territory" ca 1880-1890. From the 1850s through the 1870s, the Yuma Crossing was known for its steamboat crossing, and spot for them to stop on the way up and down the river. The steamboats transported passengers and equipment for the various mines and military outposts. Yuma served as the gateway to the new western territory of California, as it was one of the few natural spots to cross the very wide Colorado River. The Southern Pacific Railroad bridged the river in 1870 and helped continue Yuma as a major hub in the desert southwest. Yuma became the county seat for the area in 1864. Large format photograph, taken by unknown photographer, of Yuma, Arizona in period ink on verso, "Yuma A.T." town has a few signs, that can be read Billiards, The Gem, Dealers in Merchandise, etc. There is another mounted photograph on verso also, captioned "Date Palms". Measures approximately 9" x 7". Condition: Fine-very fine, nice contrast, mount has minor wear Sold for: $334.60. |
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| 72531 | Union and Central Pacific Railroad Time Table ca 1870s. Two sided time table item has railroad times from San Francisco going east to Kansas. "Central Pacific Railroad" visit Salt Lake City and Denver on their way East. "Union Pacific Railway." the Central Short Line, the great through line between the Oceans, affording a choice of four routes. "Through Colorado and Kansas" via Denver and Kansas City, "St. Joseph Line", St. Joseph & Western Division. Great multi-color map from East to West has every small town ever known from Omaha to San Francisco about every 20 miles. Measures approximately Un-folded 44" x 16". Folded 4.5" x 8". Condition: Good-fine, some tears, and separation in folds & slight discolorationSold for: $1,015.75. |
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| 72532 | Photograph Yosemite, California Stagecoach/Mud Wagon ca 1880s. Mud wagon pulled by four horses full of tourists in the tall Sequoias of the Yosemite National Park, California. Painted on side of wagon Yosemite. Measures approximately 6.75" x 5". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has minor foxing Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72533 | Imperial Size Photograph "Mt. Shasta" From C. P. R. R. ca 1880. The 1887 completion of the Central Pacific Railroad, built along the line of the Siskiyou Trail, brought a dramatic increase in tourism, lumbering, and population into Mount Shasta. This early development continued to focus on tourism and lumbering. The area where the town later grew up was known first as Strawberry Valley, and then as Berryvale. With the arrival of the railroad, the town was given the name Sisson, California, after prominent land owner Justin Sisson. The name was changed to Mount Shasta 1924. large size albumen print of Mount Shasta, photographed from a Central Pacific Railroad car. Assuming this is probably Strawberry Valley, has a few buildings with signage. "Livery-Feed Stable, Saddle-Hoses, Hay-Grain sale, Teams, Saddles, Horses". Gilded under photograph "Mt. Shasta from C. P. R. R." Measures approximately 14" x 11". Condition: Fine-very fine, water spots, top of mount, right and bottomSold for: $358.50. |
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| 72534 | Large Format Photograph Scarce Los Angeles Scene ca 1880s-1890s. Great imperial size photograph of the "City Steam Carpet Cleaning Works" building, John Bloeser, Prop. This photograph taken by Haredesty & Armstrong Landscape photographers of Los Angeles, California depicts a great two story building with advertising there Carpet cleaning business and a horse drawn wagon advertising there carpet cleaning "City Steam Carpet Cleaning Works" with painting of some type of wooden apparatus to clean carpets. On verso of image; 507 So. Flower St. Los Angeles 1891 approximately Wm. Bloeser born Figseron (in front of Bldg.) Measures approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Good-very good, good contrast, mount has ageing & soilageNot Sold. |
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| 72535 | Two San Diego & One Riverside Street Scene Photographs ca 1880-1890s. First image is San Diego (California) 1886, Birds eye view. Has a view of the port with clipper ship in bay, this image was taken during the great boom of 1887, in San Diego. Population 30,000+ in 1890 around population about 16,000. Second image is downtown San Diego, Great Street scene, image depicts "Horton House" on left with a couple of street cars at end of street, great image. Also in this lot there is a Street scene of Riverside, (California), marked verso; "Main Street looking South", with lots of signage, on left side Carriages (sign), etc. This image also has many carriages on street. The two San Diego photograph mounts measure approximately. 10.25" x 5" & 7.75" x 6", Riverside 8.5" x 5". Condition: Very good, fine some light foxing, mount has chips at topSold for: $310.70. |
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| 72536 | CDV Photograph "San Francisco Store" ca 1880s. Early (CDV) Cartes de Visite of a Mercantile Store displaying many blankets, outside. There are also a stack of trunks, has no photographer or identification. Measures approximately 4" x 2.50". Condition: Very good-fine, light soilingSold for: $239.00. |
| 72537 | Two Imperial Size Cabinet Card Photographs Drug Store Los Angeles, California ca 1890s - Printed on back of imperial size cabinet cards: Corner Bryant & Vermont Ave. Los Angeles, Cal. In period ink verso; Dr. Thomas Mc Bay family, his building renters standing out in front. In background a wind mill, on front of building Dr. T. J. McCoy, station C. Post Office, West End Pharmacy, Empire Steam Laundry, Large sign on top of building Drugs, there is also a boot hanging from building (shoe repair) second image, in period ink verso Frank Craft, Dr. Thomas Mc Coy taken in his drug store. Photographs by Freal. 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, little light contrast, normal wear on mountsNot Sold. |
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| 72538 | Lot of Ten San Francisco Earthquake Broadsides 1906. Following the great San Francisco Earthquake and fire of 1906, William Randolph Hurst, in an effort to capitalize on the devastation periodically inserted these large broadside images of the earthquakes aftermath. He purchased the images from two photographers and printed some of the most vivid photographs of the event. These broadsides showcase these events. Included in the collection are; Two Panoramic Views of San Francisco from the Waterfront, In the Heart of the Ruins, Bird's Eye View from City Hall Dome and Ruins of Chinatown, etc. Overall a very rare set of earthquake broadsides. Small size 31.75" x 18", large 37.25" x 18". Condition. Very good. Separation to some folds and chipping to edges without loss of text or image. Not Sold. |
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| 72539 | Lot of Six Saddlery & Harness Letterheads 1850-1890. Sacramento, California 1859, L. Deitz & Co Saddle and Harness manufactures, 8.50" x 7". Marysville, California, 1885. H. M. Harris, Harness, Saddles, Bits, Spurs, Whips, Collars, Leathers, Saddleryware, etc. 8.50" x 4.50". Marysville, California 1885. H. M. Harris manufacture of Saddles, Harness, etc. All kinds of silver inlaid spurs and bits. 5.25" x 8.25". Denver, Colorado 1890s. J. H. Wilson, wholesale and retail dealer. Saddlery in all its branches. 8.25" x 11". San Francisco, California 1893. L. D. Stone & Co. wholesale manufacture and importer of Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Lap Robes, Whips, Saddlery hardware, etc. 8.50" x 7". Salt lake City, Utah 1894. J. W. Jenkins & Sons manufactures of and dealers in Saddles and Harness of all styles. And everything pertaining to horse equipments. 8.25" x 4.50". Condition: All fine to very fine slight tears in foldsNot Sold. |
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| 72540 | General Thomas' Manuscript "A Day at Spotted Agency" ca 1870s. General H. G. Thomas' 20 page manuscript notes, June 5, 1877, completely written by the General for an article in the "New York Tribune" newspaper. Excellent content regarding Sitting Bull, Crazy horse and Spotted tail being in the public spotlight as often as politicians, "No one knows where Sitting Bull is - has just visited the homes of Crazy horse and Spotted Tail and wants to describe them in everyday life among their followers and friends" Claims Indian agents make a fortune in two years, Gen. MacKenzie marching to Fort sill and describes a thousand Cheyenne Indians being removed from Red Cloud to Indian Territory. Also describes Crazy Horse as the "Stonewall Jackson of the Indian nation". An excellent first hand account of the time. Condition: Very good-fine, some small chipping to documents Sold for: $1,553.50. |
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| 72541 | Mammoth Plate Photograph by W. H. Jackson of Manitou, Colorado ca 1880s. William Henry Jackson went on to become one of America's forerunners in this art of photography. Jackson was born in Keeseville, New York in 1843. In 1867 he opened a photography studio in Omaha, Nebraska, and roughly 10 years later, moved to Colorado. He then began photographing the Colorado Rockies, for which he is most famous. Jackson swore by his 20" x 24" mammoth plate negative, which he would trek throughout the mountains. In the late 1890s, Jackson brought his over 40,000 glass plate negatives, and joined the Detroit Photographic Company. Late in life, he moved back to New York, where he died, at age 99. Very scarce mammoth plate albumen photograph of Manitou (springs) Colorado by William Henry Jackson. This Birdseye view of the town depicts many buildings and also railroad depot bottom left. This was the stop off on the way to the Silver mines of Leadville. Measures approximately 20.50" x 13". Condition: Good, has cracks in image, mount has been broken, framed to hide flaws Not Sold. |
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| 72542 | Lot of Four Photographs of Men with Weapons ca 1870s-1880s. These four sepia tone large format photographs depicts Hunters in the Rocky Mountains. No photographer identification on these images. The first image notation is "Study of a border Ruffian" a man sitting in chair in front of cabin, reading note, with snow shoe in background, he is wearing a great hat, has a cartilage belt with large shells in it and a Bowie knife attached to belt. Next image "A Place in the Rockies" an interior photograph of cabin, Wood stove, Fishing Creel, & Misc. also there is a Winchester on hanging on wall, and a long rifle in leather rifle gun holster scabbard. Third image "Hunting Outfit" four men on horses in front of Rocky Mountain cabin, they all have long rifles and there hunting accruements. The last photograph "Continental Divide" unidentified man sitting on horse with holstered revolver, Winchester rifle, cartilage belt, etc. a very nice early photograph deal. All photographs measure approximately 6.50" x 9". Condition: Very fine, mount has light discolorationNot Sold. |
| 72543 | Lot of Two Imperial Size Photographers of "Colorado Towns" ca 1880s. First image taken by W. E. Hook, of Colorado Springs is a street scene of College Place, has a few buildings out on the plains. Second photograph is Silverton, Colorado by W. H. Jackson, a great birdseye view of this wild west mining town. Depicts many buildings and some tailings. Both images measure approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Fine, Silverton photo has light contrast, mounts have light soilingSold for: $310.70. |
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| 72544 | Unmounted Photograph of Mud Wagon/ Stagecoach at Log Cabins, ca. 1880s. Photographed by Armington (active in Colorado) barely make out caption on image north twin sisters alt. 9500 ft. (listed in Colorado). This image depicts a mud wagon or stagecoach on the flat land of this stagecoach stop. Image measures approximately 7" x 5", with mount 10" x 8". Condition: Fine, photograph taped with white tape verso on corners.Sold for: $239.00. |
| 72545 | Lot of Three Stereoviews Colorado Springs, Denver & Manitou 1880s. Three large format stereoviews, first one is a Gurnsey's rocky mountain views, "The Cliff House, and Soda Springs", Shurtleff & Webster, proprietors. Manitou, Colorado. Card No. 178, published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Second card, very nice birds-eye view Denver, Colorado form Gilpin School, no photographer. The last stereoview is F. A. Nims' views of rocky mountain scenery. No. 64, Tejon St. North. A fantastic street scene of Colorado Springs has some signage Aikens with a large clock, Turney Brothers Jewelry, Pharmacy ad, etc. All cards measure approximately 7" x 4". Condition: Very good-fine, light soiling on mounts and imagesSold for: $298.75. |
| 72546 | Lot of Five Cheyenne, Wyoming Stereoviews Plus One Bolder, Colorado Exposition Card ca 1907. #1, Card No. 224, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Looking north on capitol Ave. #2, No. 218 Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Wyoming State capitol. #3, Card No. 219. Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Union Depot. #4, Card No. 232. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cowgirls in the frontier day parade. #5, Card No. 226. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cowboys arriving for the Frontier day celebration. #6, Card No. 248. Boulder Colorado. Disaster of August 10, 07. Where the car of dynamite stood. Hole made by explosion. (Union Pacific depot, at 10th and Pearl in Boulder. The depot was destroyed on August 10, 1907 when a Colorado & Northwestern boxcar, spotted alongside the depot and loaded with dynamite, was set on fire.) All stereographic cards photographed and published by Ed Tangen, Pearl St. Boulder, Colorado. 1907. Measures approx 7" x 3.50" Condition: Fine, light mount rubbingNot Sold. |
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| 72547 | Railway Lands, Kansas Pacific Railway, Lands in Colorado 1872. Original wrappers of this publication not present. One pager map of Denver Pacific and Kansas Pacific Railway lands, Byers & Parker, Denver, Col., on inside of front page. Possibly published by the Territorial board of immigration, Colorado Territory. Information included herein; Land grant: Irrigation, soil, crops, climate, Gold & Silver Mining, Coal, Iron, Timber, etc. The most significant part of this publication, though, is the one-page map. Measures approximately 9" x 5.50". Condition: Good, first page rough, been badly repaired, interior is very goodNot Sold. |
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| 72549 | Cabinet Card Photograph Of "Policeman" with Badge Quincy, Illinois ca 1890s. Very nice cabinet card image of Quincy policeman sitting in studio with huge Quincy, Illinois Police badge. Readable at top of badge in image (Quincy), also the buttons on his vest all read police. The photograph was taken by F. C. Bernard 423 Hampshire St. Quincy, Ills. Measures approximately 4.25" x 6.50". Condition: Fine, very light soilingSold for: $298.75. |
| 72550 | Group of 29 Cartes de Visite Photographs from Kansas, ca 1870s. Large grouping of Kansas pioneers and settlers (mostly portraits) all have backstamps from Arkansas City, Kansas. 2.5"x 3.5". Condition: Very good-fine.Sold for: $71.70. |
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| 72551 | Mammoth Plate Photograph by William H. Jackson ca 1880s. Hard to find mammoth plate image photographed by W. H. Jackson, Denver, Colorado. "Navajo Church near Fort Wingate, New Mexico". Frame measures 30"x 25.5". Image measures 18"x22". Condition: Slight light contrast, some foxing.Not Sold. |
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| 72552 | Kansas Wagon Trains-Horses Crossing the Bridge, Imperial Size Cabinet Card ca 1890s. "Crossing Horses on R.R. Bridge" is the caption of this W. S. Prettyman, Arkansas City, Kansas imperial size card. The wagons are almost finished crossing the Salt Fork River Bridge. A study of the migration to Oklahoma land. Measures approximately 9"x 6". Condition: Very goodNot Sold. |
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| 72553 | North-Western Overland Mail Company Tickets Miles City, Montana to Chicago 1870s-1880s. Item ticket No. 47 Second class ticket from Miles City (Montana) Territory to Chicago, Illinois, 2nd ticket is St. Paul to Chicago, 3rd ticket Glendive to St. Paul, & 4th ticket Miles City to Glendive. Measures approximately 2.50" X 8.25". Condition: Very Fine, never used Not Sold. |
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| 72554 | Northern Pacific Railroad Prospectus Broadside 1880. Scarce Northern Pacific Railroad one page large folio broadside 10" x 17". It's the new 7-30 gold loan this broadside promoting the sale of gold backed bonds issued by the Northern Pacific Railroad, these funds were to encourage pioneer settlement along the railroad route between Minnesota and Washington Territory. Excellent content covering three million acres along the railroad route. On verso as a full page map depicting the Northern Pacific Railroad route stretching from Duluth, Minnesota through Dakota and Montana territories to the Pacific coast. A rare and exhibit able railroad immigration broadside. Condition: Fine-very fine, very small chip bottom middleNot Sold. |
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| 72555 | Lot of Seven "Express Company" Documents Virginia City, Montana, ca. 1870s-1890s. "Pacific Express Company" envelope 1890s, has wax seals verso & also with L. M. Hughes Helena, Montana business card addressed to Buford Virginia City, Montana 9.50" x 5.25". "Union & Kansas Pacific Express", letterhead to Virginia City, Montana 1879 8" x 6.25'. "Galen & Black's Express", blank C.O.D. envelope 9" x 4". "Marshall & Goff's Passenger and Express Line" way bill document from Virginia to Mammoth, Montana 1881 8.50" x 14", and two "Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Company" Monthly statements with original envelope. 8.50" x 14". Condition: Very good -fineSold for: $334.60. |
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| 72556 | Virginia & Truckee Railroad Timetable Broadside, 1895. This scarce double-sided broadside from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad was not published for the general public but rather for the employees of the railroad company. It notes, "For the government and information of employees only, and is not intended for the public." This railroad company was built by the Comstock mining financial kings, William Sharon and William Ralston of San Francisco. It was to carry Comstock ore from Virginia City, Silver Hill and Gold Hill to the Carson City mint and then to return with supplies to the Comstock lode. The railroad line ran from Virginia City, Carson City and Reno totaling 52 miles. This broadside represents an early and important glimpse at the Comstock's only railroad operating in its prime. 16.75" x 13.75" in size. Condition: Very good, discoloration.Not Sold. |
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| 72557 | Imperial Size Photograph of Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory Street Scene, ca. 1890s. Very nice photograph depicts a couple of kids sitting on donkeys posing for photographer D. B. Chase. Has some signage in background. Imprint on photograph "No 11 Typical Street Scene, down San Francisco St. Santa Fe - D. B. Chase, photographer, Santa Fe, N. M." Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fine, great contrast, mount has crease upper left corner.Sold for: $388.38. |
| 72558 | Two Stereoviews- San Miguel Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1870s-1880s. Two early New Mexico Territory stereo's of the famous San Miguel church. This chapel was erected around 1582, by Franciscan Fathers. In 1680 the Indians rebelled against the Spaniards and drove them form the country. The original building was burnt down reconstructed in 1710. Title on stereo mount. "Among the ancient and interesting scenery of New Mexico, photographed and published at Santa Fe, N. M. by W. Henry Brown". Measure approximately 7" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fine, contrast good, mounts have normal wear, one as small chip.Sold for: $179.25. |
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| 72559 | Two Oklahoma Land Rush Photographs, "The Start" by A. A. Forbes ca 1889. The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 was as much a celebration as it was an attempt to settle the region, considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the country. The rush started at high noon on April 22, 1889 with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres, and countless thousands more looking on. Here we have two nearly identical images by A.A. Forbes, each taken as the land rush began and the first of the 50,000 set off to stake their claims. Images measure approximately 7.5" x 4" and are affixed to slightly larger mounts, one of which bears Forbes' ink stamp on verso. Although one image is less exposed than the other, both are in fine condition. Condition: FineSold for: $418.25. |
| 72560 | Extremely Rare Photograph of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory Four Weeks after Oklahoma Land Rush ca 1889. On April 22, 1889, the federal government opened up portions of Oklahoma territory to allow settlers to stake a land claim. Tens of thousands gathered along the Texas and Kansas borders, and at noon, when the bugle call rang out, the rush was on. The town of Guthrie appeared in one afternoon. This Imperial size image, taken on May 14 of that year, shows the progress made in Guthrie, with numerous finished buildings and several still under construction. Large crowds of white men and Indians stand in the street, proudly posing in their brand new city. Very desirable! Condition:Very fine-excellentSold for: $1,314.50. |
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| 72561 | Lot of Six Cabinet Card Photographs Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory ca 1900s. These images are photos of photos around the early 1900s there are two great photographs of the tent city, with a couple of wood structures, with some visible signage, then a street scene with many wooden buildings and parade, next a lot of people sitting in front of large tent, with sign "Club Theatre", next a image of and structure selling Bean Soup 10 cents, the last one is Sod house in Ok. Nice lot of photographs, no photographer. They all measure approximately 8.50" x 5". Condition: Very good, some light contrastNot Sold. |
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| 72562 | Imperial Size Photograph "Oklahoma Avenue" (Guthrie), Indian Territory ca 1890s. Very busy & early street scene in Guthrie, Oklahoma (Indian Territory) was photographed by Mitchell & DeGroff pioneer photograph studio, of Guthrie, Indian Territory. Lots of wagons, horses, & men in large bunches standing around. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Very fine, image has great contrast, mount has some light wearSold for: $388.38. |
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| 72563 | Imperial Size Photograph "Guthrie, Indian Territory" Land Rush 1889. The land Run of 1889 was the first land run into the unassigned lands and included all or part of the modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889 with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres. The unassigned lands were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the United States. The Indian Appropriations Bill of 1889 was passed and signed into law with an amendment by Illinois Representative William McKendree Springer, which authorized President Benjamin Harrison to open the two million acres for settlement. Due to the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres in size. Provided a settler lived on the land and improved it, the settler could then receive the title to the land. Imperial size photograph by Walters & Evington. This particular image depicts many people milling around getting prepared for the Indian Territory land rush. There are many tents on the plains set up with sundries for the prospectus land owners, many men in wagons, with there worldly supplies to be carried to there new home. Verso period pencil "Guthrie, I. T. 1889 Walters & Evington of Guthrie" Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fineSold for: $334.60. |
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| 72564 | Imperial Size Photograph First Decoration Day Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory (Indian Territory) 1889. Great early photograph of a military procession marching down Oklahoma Avenue in the new town of Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory. Just after the famous Oklahoma land rush. Printed on verso; Mitchell & DeGroff's Pioneer Photograph Studio, Harrison Avenue Guthrie, Indian Territory. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Fine, mount has some wear, and small chipsSold for: $298.75. |
| 72565 | Large Cabinet Card photograph Gambling Street Scene Purcell, Indian Territory ca 1890s. Purcell, the county seat and also recording town for district 18, Indian Territory. The post office was established April 21, 1887 and was named for E.B. Purcell of Manhattan, Kansas, Santa Fe Railroad director. Great rare imperial size photograph of outdoor Gambling street scene, on this very busy street in Purcell, Indian Territory. There are two wheels of fortune on the street and also some type of numbers game, man in front showing the crowd something. There is also a black man in the middle of crowd. Very interesting and RARE gambling photograph by Mitchell & DeGroffs of Guthrie, Indian Territory. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25". Condition: Very fine, image has great contrast, mount has some light wearSold for: $896.25. |
| 72566 | Large Format Albumen Photograph of Baseball Game Rapid City, Dakota Territory ca 1880s. Playing a Wild West baseball game in Rapid City, Dakota. Many baseball players on field playing the game, pitcher winding up to deliver a fast ball to the batter. There are a few spectators also. In the background they have their buggies parked a very rare photograph taken by W. J. Collins, Rapid City, Dakota, (South Dakota). Measures approximately 11" x 7". Condition: Very good, light foxing, slight light contrastSold for: $537.75. |
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| 72567 | Stereoview Golden Park (Harney's Peak) Black Hills South Dakota ca 1890s. Gold was found on the South and North side of, and in vicinity of "Harney's Peak" The gold region extends about fifty miles square. Caption: Golden Park, where the first Gold was found. Photographer W. H. Illingworth. Measures approximately 7." X 3.50" Condition: Very fine, great contrastSold for: $388.38. |
| 72568 | Lot of Three Imperial Size Photographs of "Black Hills, South Dakota," ca. 1890s. This lot consists of three images from the Black Hills area. These images are photographed by H. R. Locke & Co. Deadwood, South Dakota. Printed on image "Spearfish Canyon on B. & M. R. R. Photo Locke & Peterson Deadwood, S. D." Second image. "No. 34 ___ Blade, or needle Rock, Elk Canyon on the B. H. & Ft. P. railway photo by Locke & McBride, Deadwood, Lead. S. D. Last photograph. "No. 66 White Rocks, Deadwood, S. D. on B. & M. R. R. Photo by h. R. Locke & Co." All measure approximately 10" x 8". Condition: Very good-fine, dirt on mount and image.Sold for: $310.70. |
| 72569 | Large Cabinet Card Photograph by Grabill Fort Meade, Dakota Territory 1888. Fort Meade; Established August 28, 1878. Located on the east side of Bear Butte Creek, in the Black Hills, fourteen miles northeast of the town of Deadwood. Established by Major Henry M. Lazelle, 1st U.S. Infantry, on a site selected by Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheridan. Fort Meade was established to control the Sioux Indians and to protect the Black Hills mining district. Originally called Camp Ruhlen, the post was designated Fort Meade on December 30, 1878. Named in honor of Major General George Gordan Meade. Fort Meade has also been the home of Comanche, the horse that survived the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Birdseye view imperial size photograph, depicts the Fort Meade, with all its buildings. Printed on plate "Fort Meade, Dak. Photo by Grabill 1888" Imprint on mount in gild J. C. H. Grabill, Deadwood and Sturgis, Dakota Ter. Measures approximately 10" x 7". Condition: Good-very good, has foxing on photograph & mountSold for: $418.25. |
| 72570 | Imperial Size Photograph by Graybill of a "Bullwhackeress" Black Hills, Dakota Territory 1887. Great Large format photograph of Bullwhackeress "Canuteson", she is married, her and her husband driving a ten yoke team of bulls and they both been on the road between Pierre and the Black Hills for six or seven years. (Printed on Verso). This image depicts the team of bulls and numerous wagons. Ms. Canuteson is standing with her whip in the middle of this photograph. Measures approximately 9.75" x 6.75". Condition: Fine, photo & mount has slight foxingSold for: $1,314.50. |
| 72571 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Ox Team and Wagons Fort Custer, Montana ca 1880s-90s. Very nice Goff photograph from Fort Custer, Montana depicts a man posing with his ox team is holding what appears to be a Winchester rifle. This ox team of 14 oxen would have been used on the plains to carry very heavy loads of supplies, there are two wagons being pulled with this team of oxen. On verso printed Goff Photographer Fort, Custer, Mont. Measure approximately 6.50" x 4.25". Condition: Very good-fineSold for: $836.50. |
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| 72572 | C.S.R. Hamilton Photographs, Ma Bell Conquering the West ca 1890s. Two outstanding Imperial cabinets (8.75" x 6.5") of the installation of long distance telephone lines across Montana by Bozeman photographer C.S.R. Hamilton. The first image shows the workers' tent camp, with a large banner sign that reads: "Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co. From Livingston to Missoula. Long Distance Telephone Connecting All Intermediate Points: Livingston, Bozeman, Townsend, Helena, Butte, Anaconda, Philipsburg and Deer Lodge." The second photo is a closer view of the telephone linesmen, posed with their wives and camp dogs on a small hillside. In the background, one man stands nonchalantly halfway up a telephone pole. Affixed to Hamilton's 12" x 10" Condition: Fine, mounts which show moderate age toning, foxing, chips/ creases, and a few water stains. Sold for: $310.70. |
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| 72573 | Two Cabinet Card Photographs Birdseye Views Missoula, Montana Territory ca 1889. Two great Imperial size birds eye view images of Missoula, Montana Territory. Many residential homes also in back ground you can see the downtown district. The foreground depicts the Northern Rail Road Rail yard and the rail itself. On verso of both images Compliments of John J. Berger, Amateur photographer, Troy, N. Y. One image is printed on plate. 125. - Missoula, Montana Terr'y, 1889. Second image printed on plate. 126. - Missoula, Montana Terr'y, 1889. Condition: Fine, light contrastSold for: $507.88. |
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| 72574 | Large Format Photograph Texas Railroad Survey Team ca 1890. Period script ink identified and Texas-marked Survey crew photograph featuring seven members. A group of Mexicans can be seen behind them to the right, and two large transits are visible in the front. The men all wear hats and worn boots, their outdoor working gear. The photographer credit is stamped in purple ink on the reverse, "Thos. J. Cockrell - Laredo, Texas" who is listed in operation in about 1890; however this could be a slightly earlier photograph. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Mautz, Carl. Biographies of Western Photographers, Nevada City, California. Condition: Very good-fine, good contrast and throughout with some minor foxing.Sold for: $298.75. |
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| 72575 | Two Mormon Photographs By C. R. Savage: Prospect Hill & Brigham Young, ca. 1870s-1880s. Young, Brigham (1801-1877) was a leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and was the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death. Young was also the first governor of the Utah Territory. Early CDV of Brigham Young was taken by photographer C. R. Savage in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory (1871). Second image is a beautiful imperial size cabinet card birdseye view of Salt Lake City, taken from Prospect Hill, by C. R. Savage at 12 & 14, Main St., Salt Lake City. Measures approximately 8.5" x 5.25". Condition: Fine-very fineSold for: $310.70. |
| 72576 | Two Imperial Size Photographs by C. D. Kirkland Cheyenne, Wyoming ca 1880. Charles D. Kirkland noted western photographer, photographed many outdoor images of the Wild West. These are two of C. D. Kirkland's photographs of the "Horne Ranch", Wyoming. The first photograph depicts the Ranch house with windmill, bell tower and a wagon full of guests, second image depicts a panorama view of the ranch. They measure approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very fine, mounts have a couple of bumpsSold for: $776.75. |
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Miscellaneous |
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| 72577 | Lot of Six Minnehaha Missouri River Steamer Documents, New Orleans 1865. The Minnehaha Steamer was a side wheeler with wooden hull packet; she was launched at Guyandotte, Virginia 1857. She was destroyed by fire May 13th 1865 in New Orleans. This river boat steamer ran from St. Louis to Omaha and St. Louis to New Orleans. This lot contains four deeds for the steamer, bill of sale for half ownership 1864, & the inspector's certificate in St. Louis on June 5, 1863. These are very rare documents for steamship navigation on the Missouri River, during war time. Large item measure approximately 17" x 14". Condition: Fine, some minor soiling, rust spots and foxing Sold for: $2,151.00. |
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Military & Patriotic |
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| 72578 | Colonel Charles Francis Bates: Large Custer-Related Correspondence Archive, 1933-1942. Much of this archive pertains to Bates' research and writings on General George Armstrong Custer and other military historical subjects. The lot includes: Autograph Letters Signed and Typed Letters Signed to Bates from Correspondents, including Will Aiken, Cody Blake, Captain R. G. Carter, Elizabeth (Mrs. George) Custer [typed name, no signature], W. J. Ghent, Ruth N. Hamilton, E. S. Luce, the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Lewis Perry, Colonel Arthur C. Purvis [typed name, no signature], General William R. Smith of West Point, Alex Terrell of the Texas First Officers Training Camp Association, Edmond G. Toomey, the U.S. Department of the Interior, and others. Some original envelopes are included. Very good to fine condition. Typed Letters Signed from Bates to Correspondents, including Will Aiken, Elizabeth (Mrs. George) Custer (inquiring about a possible foreword for his article on Custer), Briggs Davenport, General E. S. Godfrey (numerous), E. S. Luce, Nellie Nason, Captain John W. Russey, and others. Some original envelopes are included. Very good to fine condition. Photograph, 3.5" x 5", black and white, of U.S. Army officer, identified on verso as possibly Colonel Charles Francis Bates. Fine condition. "Spiral" Notebook, including notes and rough drafts of correspondence written in both long- and shorthand. Near fine condition with minor wear and soiling. Address Book, including notes, records of correspondence, and a bibliography of sources used for his writing projects. Near fine condition with minor wear. Charles Francis Bates, Fifty Years After the Little Big Horn Battle (undated reprint), 19 pages, illustrations, 6" x 9". This booklet includes pencil annotations by Bates. Fine condition with minor wear. "Custer Battlefield National Cemetery," 6" x 8.5" brochure for the Montana historical site. Near fine condition with center fold.Not Sold. |
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Photography |
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| 72579 | Country Picnic with Stagecoach and Lemonade. Wonderful image of more than forty happy picnickers enjoying an afternoon in the country. A "Horse Livery" stagecoach serves as the focal point as the various subjects pose on and around holding up steins of beer and pouring glasses of lemonade. Two ladies sit atop the stagecoach horses while one horse jauntily sports a man's hat. Measures approximately 6.50" x 4.50" Condition: Minor abrasion to extreme lower right corner of image; soiled/water stained mount with worn corners.Not Sold. |
| 72580 | Five Images Pertaining to a Western Surveying Expedition ca 1890s. location and photographer unknown, consisting of one cabinet card and four albumen prints. The cabinet card is inscribed on the verso "Compliments of D C Humphreys" and is an excellent composition of light and shadow. A surveyor (presumably Humphreys) sights his transit while an assistant takes notes. The albumens variously show the surveyors' camp, crews working on the high plains and one of supplies on a protective platform. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Browning and stains, overall very good condition.Sold for: $358.50. |
| 72581 | Rare Outdoor U. S. Cavalry Carte de Visite. Imprinted by S. P. Townsend on left edge of mount, ca. early 1860s. A Civil War-era trooper in a shell jacket wears kepi with crossed saber insignia while holding the reins for two fine mounts. A verso inscription reads, "Liriline, Mrs. McG's riding mare and William Shakespeare". Very fine condition. These horses would have belonged to Captain Thomas McGregor (1837 - 1921) of the 1st U. S. Cavalry. The Scottish-born captain enlisted as a corporal in 1858, became an officer during the Civil War and retired a brigadier general in 1901.Sold for: $418.25. |
| 72582 | Pair of Frontier Albumens ca 1890s. location and photographer unknown. The first image shows two heavily armed young men in classic Western outfits consisting of wide-brimmed hats and fringed hunting shirts. Each fellow holds a repeating rifle and has a holstered revolver on his belt. The butt of a small pistol can be seen peeking out of one man's boot. The second image shows the well-appointed cabin interior that was likely home to the men. Neatly stacked small boxes above the bed contain ammunition. Were these fellows true frontiersmen or businessmen on holiday? Their freshly painted quarters, trunks and brass-cased clock somehow speak of Eastern money. Condition: Bumps to mats, overall very good condition.Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72583 | Nine Albumen Photographs Pertaining to a Western River Expedition ca 1890s. Location and photographer unknown. The key to identifying these images will be the houseboat found in three of the photographs. A box-like, rectangular affair, its side is clearly marked "Papoose U.S.E." and it appears to be the mobile base camp for an expedition. Associated with the craft is a longboat, which is manned by four oarsmen in two images. Other subjects in this curious group are two settlers' cabins, a riverboat, geological formations and a river town hosting an oil derrick. Certainly worthy of research. Measures approximately 8.50" x 5.25" Condition: Very good, Browning as expected. Sold for: $597.50. |
| 72584 | Ninth Plate Tintype of Armed Frontiersman ca 1870s-1880s. Housed in an embossed paper mat, this studio image captures a young man in broad-rimmed hat, hunting shirt, fringed breeches and boots. His belt supports a sidearm and he holds what appears to be a percussion long rifle of mid-19th c. vintage. This obsolete weapon could be, of course, simply a photographer's prop. Somewhat dark with a few hairlines to the emulsion. Condition: Very good Sold for: $298.75. |
| 72585 | Three Cartes de Visite Depicting Tooled Leather Morgan Saddles ca 1870s-1880s. One CDV with Holyland, Baltimore, Maryland backmark. Two cards are also inscribed "Return to Robt Lawson & Co Baltimore Md" on the verso. The Western-style saddles shown are all identified in the lower margin with inscribed numbers, no doubt to facilitate purchase orders. An unusual topical subject. Condition: FineSold for: $717.00. |
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Western Expansion |
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| 72586 | Grannan Detective Bureau Co. Three Badges & Photograph Ca 1890s. Very nice lot of (1) Photograph, (3) badges, (1) Grannan's pocket gallery of noted Criminals of present day (1890) 96 pages. In back of book it has noted criminals The James Gang etchings of "Jesse James, Frank James, Cole Younger, Jim Younger, Bob Younger, Clem Miller, Bill Chadwell & Charlie Pitts", & The Grannan Detective Bureau Co. identification card. Cabinet card photograph of Grannan & Co's Detective, identified on verso, as "Marshall N. Wilson" wearing detective badge. 1st badge Grannan & Co's, Detective Bureau, Cincinnati, O. Verso; "Jas. O'Connor", 177 Race St. Cin't.O. 2nd badge G. D. B. Co. Detective Bureau, U. S. A. Condition: Very fine.Sold for: $1,075.50. |
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Photography |
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| 72587 | Large Albumen Photograph of African American Prisoners in Striped Uniforms, ca. 1870s-1880s. Early unidentified & unmounted albumen photograph of black prisoners working, look to be hauling dirt repairing roads they all are shackled from their waists to their ankles also. Appears to be a military guard (wearing kepi) overseeing the prisoners. Measures approximately 9.50" x 7.75". Condition: Good, light contrastNot Sold. |
| 72588 | Framed Photograph of Two Armed Men and Indian ca 1890s. Photograph of two men with numerous animals and a Indian with one foot on beaver. Man on left has long rifle and holstered colt, with turkey from hunting. Man on right has rifle with cartridge belt and a bunch of squirrels tied to cartridge belt. Next to him is an Indian with part bonnet and one foot on large beaver, and cartridge belt, with shotgun shells. Frame measures approximately 13.75" x 11.75". Condition: Very good, photo has mount missing left bottom.Sold for: $179.25. |
| 72589 | Dock Scene at Major North Central Port Imperial Size Photograph ca 1880s. Unidentified Great Lakes shipyard scene of men offloading wooden planks from a Northern Pacific railcar to be used to built a large ship. In the background are several businesses with great signage. Image bears minor foxing but is otherwise in fine condition. On frame backing, a small label: "E.L. King Picture Framing, East Tawas, Mich." Measures approximately 12.75" x 10.25" matted and framed. Condition: Very good-fine, has some foxing on image Not Sold. |
| 72590 | Imperial Size Photograph of Steam Powered Carousel, ca 1880s. Salon steam carousels were assemblies from a large number of parts from several specialist artisans and other (older) fairground rides. A salon steam carousel was never bought as a whole at one moment in time. There were no manufacturers that sold such a ride as a complete item, so the salon steam carousels mostly evolved into their ultimate appearance by additions over a number of years. Only a small number of families actually owned a salon steam carousel. Rare albumen unidentified photograph of a steam powered carousel depicts people posing for this unknown photographer. Many children waiting for there turn to ride on the Carousel. There are cables running from the steam engine to carousel to power it around. You can make out a couple of figures under the tent, many wooden horses and looks to be a hand carved sled. Great photograph. Measures approximately 9.5" x 7.25" Condition: Fine, very light contrast upper leftSold for: $298.75. |
| 72591 | Archive of Over 100 Photographs Pertaining Mostly To Frisco Railroad Trestles ca Early 1900s. Scenes from Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma predominate. A few prints on blue proofing paper. In addition to the spans, there are views of towns, people, depots, etc. Many of the images are identified to location. A real trove for the railroad enthusiast. Measures approx 3" x 2' to 5' x 4". Condition: Overall very good Not Sold. |
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Western Expansion |
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| 72592 | Cabinet Card Photograph of Obelisk Monument Santa Fe, New Mexico ca 1880s. The monument that stands in the center of the historic Square in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Erected shortly after the War for Southern Independence, the obelisk recognizes the service of U.S. troops at the battles of Valverde and La Glorieta Pass, where they "fought with rebels." It is said that the word "rebels," used here to describe Southern soldiers, is the only place where that word appears on a monument. At least that was the story told in 1880. Photograph depicts the plaza at Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. Monument is dedicated to the Colorado Soldiers killed at the battle of Valverde, La Glorieta, and Peralta when General Sibley & his Confederate soldiers invaded New Mexico in 1862. Photograph by W. E. Hook, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Measures approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good-Fine, dirty mount, left bottom corner missingSold for: $418.25. |
| 72593 | Lot of Three Cabinet Card Photos of Montezuma Castle, Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory, ca. 1880s. In 1841, the Mexican government granted a Mr. Donaldson the land on which this castle would later sit. It was an inviting area because of the hot springs. In 1846, the land and hot springs was bought by the US Army. In 1862, the army sold the hot springs to OH Woodworth and in 1879 the Santa Fe Railway bought the land. A company was formed in 1880 by the railway in order to build a castle to be used as a resort. Tracks were run to the castle in 1882. There were beautiful landscaped grounds and gardens with elaborate fountains. Unfortunately, the resort burned to the ground two years later. Undeterred, the Santa Fe Railway contracted with architects to build an even more elaborate structure but only four months after it opened, another fire burned much of the upper part of the building. It was again rebuilt in 1886 and named "The Phoenix". However, it was never financially successful and was closed in 1890s. These three images taken by unknown photographer are three different views of this famous land mark. They all measure approximately 8" x 5". Condition: Very good-fine, very slight light contrast on two, mounts have wear on edgesSold for: $448.13. |
| 72594 | Lot of Four Matador & Bull Fighting Photographs ca 1890s. First photograph has five full dressed matadors posing for unknown photographer, next photograph is a matador fight bull with sword in stuck in bull, next image has three matadors fighting bull, and the last photograph there are four matadors in the ring fighting bull in El Paso, Texas, in background on painted signs. Measure approx 7.25" x 5.25". Condition: Very good-fine, mount has normal wearNot Sold. |
| 72595 | Magic Lantern and Collection of Southwest "Cowboy and Indian Slides" Fabulous set of 126 glass lantern slides depicting the southwest. From cactus to ceremonial dance, these photos capture the true early west. Slide ranges in the 1890s and several photographs were issued mostly through railroads. There is a complete box of 100 and 26 loose slides. The lantern is an electric model circa 1920, completely restored and workable. No makers mark or patents; 18" long with brass lens; 15" tall to top of chimney vent.Sold for: $2,151.00. |
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Antiques |
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| 72596 | Nickel plated Country Store Cash register ca early 1900s. "Newton" Fancy working cash register front with upright keys up to $2.00; 12" wide x 17½ tall. Condition: Finish is fine, top lock and name plate are missing.Sold for: $388.38. |
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Western Expansion |
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| 72597 | Saloon Coin Operated Slot-Trade Stimulator ca early 1900s. Caille Brothers, Detroit decals applied to oak case; 5 reel card design; 16½" tall by 10" wide on swivel base; works fine. Condition:Very fine with great patina.Sold for: $2,031.50. |
| 72598 | Spanish Double Barrel Percussion "Miquelet" Lock Shotgun ca early 1800s. 18" barrels in .12 gauge. Top barrel rib engraved in large block letters "POR FRUTO BARRENECHEA". Left barrel engraved "FABRICADO". Right lock plate engraved "FRUTO". This weapon is of probable Spanish manufacture. Both hammers are decorated in a serpentine configuration. All hardware, with the exception of the wedge escutcheon and ramrod thimble, are of iron and modestly engraved. Right lock is functional but left lock will not hold on full cock. Wedge escutcheons and ramrod thimble are silver. Fitted with an old sling. Ramrod looks to be original although shortened to suit barrels. Condition: Barrel shortened from original to length noted. All metal surfaces are dark grey to near black with age. Wood stock shows numerous handling abrasions but is fundamentally sound. Basically, a important colonial old west shotgun with great wear, age and patina.Sold for: $418.25. |
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Military & Patriotic |
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| 72599 | Springfield Trapdoor Rifle ca 1887. Model 1884, serial number 366419. .45-70 calibre with standard military finish. All components and markings as standard for this model produced in approximately 1887. Functioning action. Buffington rear sight. Condition. Good blue on lock plate, rear barrel band and receiver. Barrel a grey to dark patina. No visible cartouches. Wood relatively sound. Sold for: $896.25. |
| 72600 | Fowler American Flintlock, "Stamped" (I. Keller) on barrel ca 1780s-1810s. Barrel is 46.25", overall length is 61". The barrel is secured to maple stock with pins, has some fancy silver inlay two small hearts and three oblong pieces, all appear to be period. Rifle is in working condition. Condition: The trigger guard is brass. The stock is overall very good condition, small crack at butt, also small chip in stock middle of barrel. The hammer has been replaced and some of the screws been replaced. There is a very nice old patina on the wood and metal. The wooden ramrod appears correct and shows great age. Not Sold. |
| 72601 | Remington Double Barrel Hammer Shotgun Model 1889. Serial #36850, circa 1890s. 32" Damascus barrels in 12ga. Pistol gripped and checkered wood with original Remington hard rubber butt plate. All markings are standard for this model. Functioning action. Condition: Very good Damascus pattern remains on barrels. All metal surfaces are a relatively uniform grey patina. Both hammer screws are replacements. All checkering worn basically smooth. A coat of finish has been added to wood.Sold for: $1,195.00. |
| 72602 | Colt Double Barrel Wells, Fargo & Company Hammer Shotgun. Model 1878 is in a vintage leather case with beige lining. Serial number 22316, circa 1880s. 30" Damascus barrels in 12 gauge. Trigger plate stamped W.F. & Co. 22. Pistol gripped stock is checkered along with forend. Serial numbers match throughout. Functioning action. Condition. All metal surfaces are medium grey to light brown in tone. Wood is well worn but sound. Case accessories include cleaning tools and brushes along with two brass Winchester shell cases. Case is in very good condition. Sold for: $1,792.50. |
| 72603 | Winchester Model 1895 SRC. Serial #400589, circa 1919. 22-inch barrel in .30 U.S. caliber. Mechanically sound. 100% and authentic as manufactured. Condition: 90% of the original blue is on the barrel, with traces of blue of the receiver. The balance of metal surfaces are a medium gray/brown patina. The wood is sound, with minor wear and handling dents. Sold for: $836.50. |