Best of The West - February 2014

c1905 Lot of 4: District Court Subpoenas of various individuals suing the mining empires of the time. Some of the listed defendants include the &qu...

c1900 Extra large binder filled with court documents, letters and correspondence. The binder is sub-divided into categories labeled "Affidavit...

c1909 This lot includes five different letters touching on a variety of topics. Included is a June 1, 1909 letter announcing the resignation of a can

c1895 This is a group of papers, including a criminal complaint and subpoena issued in the case of Terbucio Estrada for stealing two horses and a wag

This lot includes a billhead from Layton, Allred & Company General Merchandise that requests a surety bond application from George Carlton of So...

c1916 This is an expense report in the name of J.A. Phillips, a Democrat who is running for the office of precinct committeeman during the September

This lot contains 31 Declaration of Intention applications requesting citizenship in the United States and the Territory of Arizona. Dates range from

c1900 This is a lot of 48 documents from various places in Graham County including several from Solomonville. One of the many documents included in t

c1917 This lot is a resignation letter addressed to the Graham County Board of Supervisors by Jim Gillespie. He gives no reason in this September 29,

c1916 A lot consisting of various documents, including a report by the Graham County Board of Supervisors announcing the tax on the Western Union Tel

c1901 Lot contains several court subpoenas from Graham County as well as Ham County, Arizona. Most are from around 1900, and all are in very good con

This lot contains information Graham County District Court paperwork regarding the murder of Mason “Lee” Slaughter. Slaughter was shot and killed on J

This is a great lot featuring a bench warrant, witness deposition and indictment brought against John Mc Daniels, who “unlawfully and feloniously was

c1893 This is a criminal complaint document issued on December 8, 1893 against Panteleon Garcia, suspected of causing an explosion. This group of pap

This lot includes four dairy bottles. There are two clear glass one pint bottles from the U.V.X. Dairy near Jerome, AZ. Both have round slug plates an

c1900 This lot contains two nice 7" tall, tool topped, early turn of the century bottles from Phoenix, Arizona. In an oblong slug plate, is em...

c1900 This is a stereo view of the converting room at the United Verde Smelter near Jerome, Arizona. This photo is the work of Olaf Larsen of Moscow,

c1900 Mountain side view of the United Verde Copper Mine near the town of Jerome. The caption reads ""United Verde Copper Mine, Jerome, A...

c1900 Lot of 2: 1 is a Stereo view of the power generator for the smelter of the United Verde Copper Mine of Jerome. The caption reads "Power ...

c1900 Street view of the mining town of Jerome. The Boyd Hotel is prominent in this shot, along with a horseman on the street and telegraph lines. Th

This is a fantastic image of the mining town Jerome! There is no listing of photographer. The focus is sharp and the contrast is good. There is some s

c1910 This is a one half pint mini jug “Compliments of John Keller & Co. Fashion Saloon” in Jerome Arizona. According to Michael Miller’s A Col...

1916 This is a lot of two Arizona bank calendars, one from Kingman, the other, Gila County. The Flagstaff/Kingman one is from The Arizona Central Ban

c1885 Lot of 2. 1) Photograph of the Colorado River from Lee’s Ferry. It was taken by Colorado photographer William Henry Jackson. Jackson was an act

Just outside of Bisbee lies the ghost town of Lowell. This jug wishes“Merry Christmas, 1911 from Fitzsimmons & Jennings.” The jug seems to have ...

c1903 Pair of cards representing copper mining at Mt. Shannon, in the Metcalf mine and the Wilson mine. Both cards were published by "Underwoo...

c1900 This is a stereo view copyright 1903, of the incline leading to the copper mines near Metcalf, Arizona. It is from Works & studios of Arl...

c1880 This is a lot of five various and sundry items showing some of the lesser known mining areas of Arizona. 1). This is a colorized panorama drawi

c1882 Lot of 2 letters, both addressed to Mr. J. I. Throckmorton, Atty. In Columbus, OH, from A.L Brown, regarding the development work on a mine out

c1880 The stereoview has low to medium contrast and focus is sharp. There is some surface wear. The photographer is identified is Daniel Francis Mitc

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...