Western Americana Postcards, Vintage Photographs, and Stocks

Certificate #251, issued to J.H. Thompson and signed by Frank Williams as vice president. Nice printing job by G.T. Brown of San Francisco. Vignette

Burnt out shell can be seen in the snow covered ground. Real Photo Postcard City: Truckee State: California Date: ID# 44930

Two RPC's of Scotty Allen's dog sled team c1930. He was competing in the Truckee-Tahoe Dog Sled races. Scotty Allen won the Iditarod three t...

Autographed by Allen on the back. In 1907, several mushers based in Nome, Alaska, calling themselves the Nome Kennel Club, which promoted the breeding

Five RPC's. Titles include an Alaska Dog Team and Prize Winning Team. City: Truckee State: California Date: 1915-1928 ID# 44938

Three distinctly different views of the race. One with Ted Kent and his Labrador team,. They had won the American Dog Derby four times. City: Trucke

Lot of 7. An advertising card for Buffalo Scales; three beverage labels from Donner Brand: Ginger Ale, Root Beer and Grape Soda; a Southern Pacific Ti

Some early, scarce RPC's. 23 total. Includes overviews, main street, and snow. Two different sidewalk scenes that look eerily similar! Overviews...

Seven RPC's of Truckee in winter. 1) Bad Spill. Postmarked Truckee 1914. Back says "This is the way I looked after my spill this morning. 2...

Lot of 28. 4 RPC's. Includes Truckee River, street views, overview, Gateway Motel, McGlashan House, flora and fauna, Donner Lake Lodge, Truckee ...

Both are very sharp and clear with great contrast! City: Truckee State: California Date: ID# 44943

One taken on street and one above the town. One is postmarked Truckee, 1917. City: Truckee State: California Date: c1917 ID# 44932

1) Main Street. 2) Whitney House with the champion dog sled team from Alaska out front. City: Truckee State: California Date: c1910 ID# 44942

It is said you can move the rock housed in the round tower with one finger! City: Truckee State: California Date: 1910 ID# 44941

Judging from the automobiles this postcard is just about 100 years old. On the Lincoln Highway! Description on back, "Free auto yard. Our perso...

Real Photo Postcard (RPC). Very patriotic. City: Truckee State: California Date: ID# 44940

Lot of 8. 1) Two stocks: West Tulare Land Co. (issued 1931, not cancelled) and Alpaugh Warehouse and Milling Co. (issued 1915, not cancelled). 2) Offi

Lot of 3: California State Institution for Women near Tehachapi; Main Street Upland 1906; Chaffee Union High School, 1914. City: Upland State: Calif

This cabinet card shows a training ship docked. Mare Island became the first United States naval base on the West Coast in 1854. It received its prese

Lot of 2: one photo of the view, one of the living room. City: Walnut State: California Date: ID# 44819

Includes: IOOF Official Certificate; map of Watsonville and vicinity; five 5" x 7" photos of cable cars, Santa Cruz hotel, Santa's Vil...

14 total menus with photographs by Ansel Adams. Seven different early (1941) Ahwahnee menus: Nevada Fall, Merced Lake, El Capitan, At the Badger Ski F

Five different, reasonably high quality, photographs, possibly dating to 1880-90. They are all mounted and have pen notations describing them. One pho

Lot of 33 small photographs detailing trips to Yosemite. Many views of waterfalls. Includes: 10 from a 1920 trip (3.5" x 5.5"), 15 from a ...

Lot of three Taber photographs mounted on heavy cardstock. 1) No. 5157. Upper Yosemite Fall, A.D. 1890. Taber Photo, San Francisco, Cal. Measures 10...

Lot of 19. Includes: handbill (10" x 6.25") advertising the Nevada Stage Co.'s stagecoach to Yosemite (taken out of a book), eight sma...

Lot of 75 . Great collection! About half are very high quality. Most are 2.75" x 4.5." Views of Hotel Wawona, elk, lots of waterfalls, Mir...

Stereoview of a party in the Yosemite valley produced by G. Bierstadt of Niagara N.Y. Inscription states: 1122 "Our Party" Yosemite Valle...

Lot of 8 black and white and colored Postcards including the Sunset Motel. City: Yucaipa State: California Date: ID# 44818

One view labeled: Old Custom House, Monterey, Cal., by Richard Behrendt, California. One other has "Sonora, California" written on the bac...

11 RPC's: Unit of Camp Cooke during a Desert Review, At Biskra Palms, Coachella Valley, Writings of a Prehistoric Race on Coral Covered Rocks at...

Lot of 13. 1) Six Pajaro Valley Bank (four issued 1888-1904, all punch or stamp cancelled) and Pajaro Valley National Bank (two issued 1910, stamp can

Collection of ephemera from California that includes an autographed letter and cover from the Sacramento Chief of Police, W.M. Ahern c.1912, A 1935 fl

Rare. First ones seen by us. 1) And No. 83, issued to JA Fraters on July 10th, 1929. It is for 99,997 shares of stock - all most 1/5 of stocks distri

Lot of 45: Glen Ivy, Gilman, Desert, Harlem Springs, Palmrow Castle, Rancho La Puerta, Tecopa, Warner, Casa de Diablo Hot Springs. Massacre Canyon Fa

Lot of three, two different. 1) Suisun City Hotel Company. Two issued stocks 1889 and 1918, both pen cancelled. 4" x 9.75" RD Robbins came...

Crowley Lake, Bucks Lake photo Postcards and one from the 1938 American Legion Locomotive Contest at Los Angeles. City: State: California Date:

Lot of 16 scenic Sierra lakes: Convict Lake, June Lake, Fifth Lake, Campbell Hot Springs, Sierraville; Huntington Lake, Lake Ediza, Silver Lake, Crowl

5 Gilroy, 4 Marysville (1 UNL), 5 Petaluma, 1 Sonora UNL, 5 Santa Rosa, 3 Sacramento (1UNL). (Prag Collection) City: State: California Date:

Lot of three: Perris, Holt (Santa Fe RR), and Daggett (Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe). City: State: California Date: ID# 44872

Lot of 2: "The Loop" Tehachapi Pass, Southern Pacific Railroad, colored; Looking North, Saugus, Cal. City: State: California Date: ...

Lot of four different: one check and three exchanges. 1) 1931 San Francisco check for May's Studio with Chinese characters. 2) 1918 2nd of Excha...

Collection includes: Auto Assoc. Coast Route from Las Cruces to Ventura; Auto Assoc. Map of Southern California; Metsker's County Map of Ventura...

Death Valley, Furnace Creek area. 7 RPC's: five of Furnace Creek Inn, Death Valley; The Norconian "Resort Supreme", Norco; Furnace Cr...

Two stock certificates from 1921 for the little known car company. The Leach Power Plus Six was expensive ($6500) but popular with Hollywood movie sta

Lot of 14. Includes: Mariposa Development Co. (1933, not cxl); O.P. Downing & Co. (1907, not cxl); The City Store (San Jose, 1895, pen cxl); Nat...

French mining stock from Trinity County California. Issued by the "siege social a paris". City: State: California Date: 1894 ID# ...

Lot of 16 Sierra Nevada Mountain Postcards. Featuring Mono County, Sardine Lake, Leyinning Falls Tioga Pass, Mt. Williamson, Inyo County, Alabama Hill

Lot of 2 photo Postcards: San Gorgonio Inn and Cafe, Skyland Inn. The San Gorgonio Inn was Banning, California's first hotel, built by George W...

Nine pieces of paper from Los Angeles banking companies. Union Bank, Farmers & Merchants National Bank, Citizens National Bank and others. City...