Historic Americana

THREE GREAT WESTERN BOOKS. Lot of 3. Includes LeClaire, Antoine. "Black Hawk's Autobiography." 1912. Rock Island, IL: American Publis...

FORTY-NINER GOLD MINER DIARIES AND MORE. Edwin Pickering Drew (1828-1892) and his elder brother Joseph (b.1825) were Dartmouth-educated New Hampshire

ALLENDER PATENT COUNTERFEIT GOLD COIN DETECTOR. An exceptionally scarce fulcrum scale, patented by J. Allender with pans marked for $10, 20, 5, 2.5 a

EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING BOOK. Kelly, William. A Stroll through the Diggings of California. 1852. London: Simms and M'Intyre. 16mo, 240pp.,...

LEADVILLE MINING MAP. Chromolithographed map of the "Leadville Mining District," copyright 1901 by Chas. F. Saunders, printed by Denver L...

CDV OF GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER. From negative by Mora. This may be a copy print; on light blue mount. Bend in upper right corner, else VG+. PLEASE NO

GENERAL HENRY B. CARRINGTON'S BROKEN SWORD. Ames presentation-grade militia officer's sword with cast full bodied eagle pommel, with silver...

PHOTOGRAPH OF YANKTON CHIEF BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, titled in negative "L(ower) Yankto...

PHOTOGRAPH OF ARAPAHOE BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, with typed strip label "Powder Face &a...

OGLALLAH SIOUX WOMAN BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board. Original negative likely by Alexander Gardne...

UPPER YANKTON CHIEF BY ALEXANDER GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board. Identified in negative as an Upper Yankontai ...

BANNOCK PRISONERS AT FORT HALL BY W.H. JACKSON. Lot of 2 albumen photographs, each 5 x 7.5" on larger mounts. Negative by W.H. Jackson, taken ...

PHOTOGRAPH OF UMATILLA CHIEF BY A. GARDNER. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board, with strip label "Umatilla. Wolf. (prof...

LITTLE WOUND, OGLALLAH CHIEF BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7" mounted on large board. Not signed, but attributed to Bell on the basis...

PHOTOGRAPH OF STANDING BUFFALO BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7.5" mounted on larger board of this Ponca chief. Not signed, but attrib...

PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICAN HORSE BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7" mounted on larger board. Not signed, but attributed to Bell on the basis...

GROUP OF ROOKWOOD POTTERY INDIAN PHOTOGRAPHS. Lot of 11, various sized images, all mounted on 8 x 10" card stock. Most copies, printed by the ...

CABINET CARD OF BLACK COYOTE, ARAPAHO CHIEF OF POLICE. Anonymous, albumen image mounted on cream mount, with inked id on verso "Chief of Polic...

PONCA INDIAN PHOTOGRAPH BY C.M. BELL. Albumen photograph, 5 x 7", mounted on larger board of "Hairy Bear" a Ponca chief. Not signed...

TWO CABINET CARDS OF NORTHERN PLAINS INDIANS. Albumen photographs with imprint of W.E. Hoo, on orange mounts, One of Tall Bear, a Minneconjou Sioux m