Best of The West - February 2014

1908 This is a rare aqua Hutchinson soda bottle from Purity Bottling Works of Nogales, Arizona. There is a slug plate that also includes the name M.B

c1915 This is a 40”x 9” black and white panorama taken by American photographer N.E. Johnson on Christmas Day 1915 in the mining town of Oatman, Ariz

1915 This is a 40”x 15” panorama giving a bird’s eye view of Oatman, Arizona, with all the area mines notated in pencil. This photo is framed, matted

1909 This is a gallon stoneware jug from The Arizona Mercantile Company of Phoenix, Arizona. The store was located on the corner of Center and Adams

1900 This is one of the first of the Arizona Hutchinson bottles. It’s from The Arizona Bottling Works of Phoenix. This particular sample could use a

1913 This is a one gallon stoneware jug from Capital Liquor Company of Phoenix Arizona. According to Michael Miller’s A Collector’s Guide to Arizona

Jug measures 11" x 7" at the base. It has some wear including cracks. " Leo & Charles Goldman began selling groceries, liquors an...

1901 This is a stereo view taken during President William McKinley’s visit to Phoenix and the rest of the Southwest in 1901. This particular view is

1895 This is a one gallon stoneware jug from Melczer Bros. of Phoenix, Arizona. The Melczers purchased the business from Goldman & Company, whi...

1908 Lot of 2. 1) A & B Cash Grocery. Groceries for Less. Mesa, Arizona. Calendar for January 1925. It measures 17" x 13" and has som...

1884 This is a beautiful aqua applied top Hutchinson from the Phoenix Bottling Works. It has an applied top and reads PHOENIX BOTTLING WORKS PHOENIX,

1913 Lot of 2. 1) Camp-Tannehill Co. calendar for January 1913. The calendar features an image of Tantallon Castle in Scotland. It measures 9.10&qu...

Lot of 2. 1) Home Builders, Inc 124 North First Ave calendar for January 1923. It measures 12" x 9.25" and has little wear. 2) Phoenix Rub...

1907 Two Phoenix Hutches—Arizona Bottling Works. This company opened in 1900 under the continuous ownership of G. Fred Sharp until 1934. This 1907 sa

1895 This is a very rare pharmacy bottle from Elvey & Hulett “The Reliable Druggist” from Phoenix, Arizona Territory. This is a clear glass sam...

The Melczer Bros were a Wholesale Liquors Business on 114-122 W. Adams St. in Phoenix, Arizona. Early records through the Maricopa County Arizona Hist

c1895 This lot features 6 shots of Phoenix at the turn of the 20th Century. Some of the shots include street scenes, shoots overlooking the city and

c1864 The famous Fort Whipple Hospital is depicted in the rare stereo card. The card does display age fade, with minor yellowing and a few tiny stain

c1875 Rare B & W stereo view of the Crooke Reduction Works and canyon surrounding it. The famous Crooke Mining & Smelting & Co. in the ...

c1878 Very rare image of A.B. & Matilda Spence with their 4 children in front of the Palace Station shortly after they built it in 1878. The re...