Holabird-Kagin Americana 2011 Grand Finale Auction

Lot of 18 photos of the engineering fete that would later become known as Hoover Dam. Images show the dam site, Black Canyon. Visitors to the site pan

Lot of 20 showing Rhyolite as a ghost town. Scenes include The "$40,000 Depot," the bottle house, the school house and several other buildin

Lot of 5 items from the Bullfrog area mine. Four photos showing workers and visiting stockholders. There is one Golden Ace stock certificate issued to

Lot of 4 N.E. Johnson photos of Black Rock Canyon previous to construction of Boulder (later Hoover) Dam. Group includes 2 views of the Colorado Rive

Lot of 11 photos of the colorful desert character. Images show Scotty with his beloved mules and donkeys, posing in front of an old mud wagon and a pi

Lot of 11 photos with views of The U.S. Hotel in Truckee, Black Canyon, the town of Fairview a few novelty shots including gossiping ladies on a stree

Lot of 14 photos from the towns of Goldfield, Tonopah and Eureka. Images depict every day life in Nevada mining towns as well as some great street sce

Lot of 4 photos showing such notable Goldfield personages as Diamond Jack Davis, him posing with his "New Jersey Mob", photo of George Wingf

Lot of 2 showing Montillus (Montillion) Murray "Old Man" Beatty, first postmaster of the town that bears his name. On the reverse is a note

Lot of 19 photos of Las Vegas. Images depict the downtown area, a group of people in front of the train station, a group of Realtors and insurance age

Lot of 5 Johnson images, including an elderly American Indian, a gathering of citizens in front of Tex Rickard's Northern Saloon, a large water ...

Lot of 7 from Grutt Hill Truitt Mining Company, Rawhide Regent Mining Company, Rawhide King Hill Mining Company and The Rawhide Red Hill Gold Mining C

Lot of 35 photos of Reno and Carson City, including the capital building, various buidings on the University of Nevada Reno campus. There are also pic

Lot of 4 showing street scenes of the old mining town that once boasted a population of over 7,000. Besides the main street shots, one showing a banne

Lot of 4 10"x 13" black and white scenes of the ruins of this once thriving mining town. Images are very crisp, with some fraying on the edg

Lot of 11 black and whites, showing some of the miners and now deserted silver towns in Pershing County. Most measure 5"x 7", some are cropp

Lot of 4 depicting Sen. Harry Reid's Clark County birthplace. The lot features three original prints by Johnson and one cut and pasted collage o...

A collection of 70 photos and postcards taken by Johnson and others with scenes from Virginia City, Nevada to Kingman, Arizona. Subjects include Pres

Lot of 3 photos showing financier George Wingfield posing with a group of miners and their families, as well as two of the first women in Wahmonie, po

Lot of 3 images of a mining camp and its inhabitants. Pictures show miners sorting through tailings, two gentlemen displaying the bounty of their labo