Holabird’s Western Americana BONANZA

"we are going down with the shaft at about a foot per day" "do not know what it will assay -some of the boys say it will be over $500...

Lot of 2 letters, both written by D.M. Shropshire to "Harry" (H.B. Adsil), one to Indianapolis and one to him in Telluride, CO. They discu...

1) 1888 Arizona Co-op Mercantile Inst., Woodruff, Arizona Territory. Fish was an important Mormon. He helped his father build the Nauvoo Temple in Ill

DATED 1920-1923, LOT of 14: 1) Four Booklets, By-Laws Cochise Lodge, Tombstone, dated 1923. 2) Two, Grand Dance Tickets, Tombstone, for Saturday, Oct.

Addressed to Mr. W.K. Flint in San Francisco, and signed by G. Henry, the letter discusses the two mines and their prospects. Date: 1880 Cit

Coleville receipt fro Creamery & Commercial Co. dated 1892 and signed by D W Barnett; Rickey Land & Cattle Co. billhead to State Bank & ...

A group of 5 pieces relating to the Mountain Spring Canyon Mines, Ltd. from 1930-31. The mine was located in the Argus mining district in Mountain Spr

The document reads-Recd. of G.H. Oliver, the sum of seventeen dollars and fifty cents for license to sell Goods and Liquors for the term of three mont

Two page handwritten document documents a bill of sale for the Life Preserver mine at Bald Hill from A.O. Bell to J.L. Holland of Nevada City. Accord

Dated 1855 Date: 1855 City: Benicia County: Solano State: CA

1878 letter signed by M Griswold; 1907 wedding announcement; 1917 membership certificate of James Sinnamon to The American Red Cross; 1885 Appointment

1) Elpion, 1913. 2) Case with Meinke's Recreation Parlor token, Vondy token, Bishop Club token, 1898 Knights of Pythias Second Annual Ball ribbo...

Lot of 45. Includes 1) a business card from P. A. Chalfant proprietor of the Inyo Register and one from the Long Valley Resort. 2) 1908 Great Register

DATED 1909. Date: 1909 City: Bishop Creek County: Inyo State: CA

A simple letter from a guy to his girl starts, “Please accept this small gift, also some Gold dust which I panned out for the express purpose of sendi

1) Promissory note to James Currie in 1901. Includes envelope with Bodie cancel. 2) Letter to W. O. Parker in 1897 with an envelope with a Bodie cance

1881 letterhead, 1886 letterhead, and 1890 billhead for E. L. Benedict, successor to George W. Penter, Banker. Addresses withdrawals from the famous K

Lot of six. 1) Bodie Knights Templar Calling Card used by Alex Bock at Triennial Concave in 1883. 2) 1898 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Applicati

1) Silas B. Smith, general merchandise, 187-. 2) 1887 N. S. Warren, City Market. 3) Harvey Boone receipt of $700.00 per Mono County Court House. 1903.

Lot of 32. Reprint of 1878 report, letter to Aurora Mines, Aurora Consolidated Mines Company letter heads, Bodie Historic Park, 10 color photos of the

Lot of 22. Letter signed by Cain selling the Tunnel Mines in 1899, 1904 Cain billhead to credit - including R. K. Colcord former Nevada governor, 1893

1) Check to D. W. Earl & Company. Check reads Gilbert Clements, 318 Front Street, San Francisco. Dated 1881. 2) Receipt dated 1880. 3) Receipt d...

2 copies of No. 184, September 1865. Has concluding part of "A trip to Bodie Bluff and the Dead Sea of the West". Has 5 illustrations. (Am...

3 Charge receipts from 1879; The Bodie Bank check signed by W. E. Pope; receipt from The State Bank & Trust Co. of Carson City; cancelled check ...

5 photos of Courthouse, ranches and town of Bridgeport. Letter of 1882 to Mrs. Geo. G. Lyon; County of Mono tax receipt; Telegram to Joseph E Hill fro

YUBA COUNTY BUSINESS LICENSE: The Auditor Of Yuba County grants a license to sell Merchandise, Marysville, California, dated 1854. Signed by John A. P

U.S.G.S. Bulletin 580-A, The Darwin Silver-Lead Mining District-California, by Adolph Knopf, Government Printing office 1914. 18 pp. softbound. Water

Three page document from the California gold rush recorded in Amador County in 1859 with an orange Amador County District Court seal. Indenture docume

Large cabinet photo shows the dam under construction in 1895. Waite Photo. Titled, “The Great Lake Hemet Dam”. Image 6 ¼” x 8 ¼” on light ...

H. W. White, Assaying. 1928. Values from $61.20 to $20.40. All in Mercury. Date: 1928 City: Independence County: Inyo

12 pieces including billhead from The Binton Co. of 1909; 2 billheads of Nathan Rhine of 1889; United States Land Office Register letter of 1899; bill

Santa Rosa Mines Development Company Stock Agreement; Santa Rosa Mine prospectus; billhead from Rivers Bros. Co.; J. R. Lecyr business card of Santa R

Rarely seen map produced by the forest service. The actual title, is, “Tahoe National Forest, California and Nevada, Mt. Diablo Meridian 1926. Map mea

Fabulous lot of 3. 1) 1913 Pass for Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Collins, District passenger Agent. Signed by Duane Bliss (of lumbering fame). 2) Unused envelop

1) Stock, Los Angeles Improvement Co., dated 1885. 2) Los Angeles California Booklet, Circa. 1920's. 3) 4 Photos, and a Real Photo Post Card, on...

This lot consists of a business card presumably handed out by a representative of James Irving & Co. The card measures 4.75" x 3" and ...

1881 Deed to a lot next to W O Lundy in Lundy, CA. The town of Lundy served both the Tioga & Homer mining districts. Also included is a cover a...

Several pieces of history from the desert including 2 Merchandise receipts oh the early 1900's; Miners Transfer Card; canceled checks from Mono ...

Express Way-Bill #15 for coin and a parcel. On route to North Bloomfield. August 17, 1878 Date: 1878 City: Nevada City County:

Lot of 46. 1) Two U. S. Mint receipts. 2) Six Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Company applications for employment: 1926-1917. 3) Four shift boss r...

Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company check signed by president Charles Burcham and secretary Rose Burcham. Rose began her career as a doctor back e

Lot of nine. Includes letters to Golden West Plating Works and back. Four letters to John McClintock from John Taylor. Billhead. Mine report. (Ames C

25 post cards from the area; 1919 letter from Harry Davis; Souvenir Program of 1933; Cudahy Packing draft from 1898; Yellow Aster Mining receipt from

2 Consignee's receipts from Wells Fargo & Co's Express, and one to Geo. W. Lloyd, Dr. of 1899. (Ames Collection) Date: 1899, 1902 Cit...

1) Advertisement, J,W. Leftwich's, Photograph Parlor, Fine Water Color Portraits, J St., Sacramento, 1880's. 2) Letter, W.O. Bacon, Photogra...

Lot of 4: These Magazine's have stories & articles about the in's and outs of banks and banking. Nov.,1907,Sept., 1909, Oct., 1909, and ...

1) 1916 Ethanac Cash Store (O. J. Hanzlik, proprietor) calendar. Very striking. 2) Early San Bernardino Valley promotional booklet Date: c1916

San Francisco was the financial and economic hub of the west at this time and this book is a great resource for researchers. Date: 1911 City

Smith's Cash Store in San Francisco is offering a 10% discount on Soldier's Lunch Basket. Located at 25 Market Street and very convenient fo...

From their Express Banking office in San Francisco Date: 1854 City: San Francisco County: San Francisco State:

Large lot of 36, 1876-1923: 1) Hall Luhrs & Co., Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, and Groceries, 24 ea., 1916-1923, Sacramento, Ca. 2) Goldberg, Bowen ...

Lot of 7: 1) Large Station Broadside from the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries, the Steamer Calistoga, lists Fire stations, Lifeboat Stations, Man

Lot of 12, 1882-1910: 1) Receipt, State Investment & Insurance Co., Principal office 218 & 220 Sansome Street, 1882. 2) Letterhead, Pacific ...

For the 23rd President of the U. S. Lot of 2: 1) Rare, 1888, Election Banner for the 23rd President of the U.S., Benjamin Harrison, and Levi Morton fo

Lot of 15, 1871-1913: 1) Billhead, L.E. Wertheimer, Cigars & Tobacco, Front Street, 1871. 2) Billhead, Oppenheimer & Bro., Cigars & Toba...

Lot of 14: 1) Statement, J.A. Folger & Co., California St., 1876. 2) Receipt, A. Schilling & Co., 1886. 3) Letterhead, Adelsdorfer & Bra...

Lot of 14: 1) Billhead, Wooster, Shattuck & Co., Front St., Commission Merchants, Importers , Provision's, Butter, Cheese, Etc., Front St., ...

Lot of 26: 1) Billhead, Jon. A. Nace, Job Printer & Stationer, Samson St., 1892. 2) Bill, Bancroft Co., Booksellers, Stationers, Printers, Marke...

Lot of 12: 1) Letterheads, S.H. Frank & Co. Leather & Hides, Battery St., 1887, 1889, and 1899. 2) Billhead, W. Davis & Son., Harness, S...

Lot of 7: Receipt, A.P. Hotling & Co., Dealer in Wines & Liquors, Jackson St., San Fran., 1873. 2) Receipt, Geo. W. Chelsea & Co., Whole...

Lot of 5, 1876-1901: 1) billhead. A. Haas & Co, Sansome St., 1876. 2) billhead, Fechheimer & Steele, Battery St., 1881. 3) billhead, Steele ...

Lot of 19: 1) billhead, American Biscuit Co., Battery St., 1890. 2) American Biscuit Co., Battery St., 1891. 3) billhead, American Biscuit Co., Batter

Lot of 11: 1) Anglo Calif. Bank Ltd., S.F., 1899, deals with commissions & charges. 2) 2 ea., Mackintosh & Bacon, S.F., 1882, Account Statem...

1) Boston Cloak & Suit House, Market St., note-there is a small piece missing on the front. 2) Robert Flenniken, Dry Goods, Boots, & Shoes, ...

Lot of 4: 1) Letter making, Civil War General E.A. Wild, Superintendent of the Diana Gold & Silver Mining Co. 2) Un Issued, San Francisco Warran...

1893-1944. Lot of 9: 1) Letterhead, Levi Strauss, S.F., from the Bullion Exc. Bk., Feb.9, 1893, deals with a draft sent for $495.17. 2) Receipt, Levi

Lot of 8: 1) billhead, C .A. Klinker & Co., 320 Sansome St., S.F. 2) billhead, C.A. Klinkner, S.F., 1892, sold to Calif. Nevada Creamery. 3) bil...

Lot of 3: Three large, all different 7" x 41/2" B/W, Trade Cards from Raphael's Leading Clothiers, 433-435-437 Montgomery St., San Fra...

Letter to S T Hauser, Esq., dated 1866 on The Bank of California letterhead.. Letter was mailed to Virginia City, Montana. Signed by D. O. Mills, mad

U. S. Mint Service receipt for Gold Bullion from the Yellow Mine for $12,689.85 dated Oct. 5 1912. (Ames Collection) Date: City: San Fr

About 15 different documents, including a letter from San Francisco to the Carson Agent 1887, a blank express receipt from the Truckee office from the

March 23,1907 Date: City: San Francisco County: State: CA

1) The Bank of California, dated 1884. 2) The Anglo Californian Bank Limited, Dated 1888. 3) The Anglo Californian Bank Limited, Memorandum Check, dat

Lot of 15. 1) Premium Receipt Book, from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1911, Seems to be from the Yosemite Theatre, Bldg., Stockton, Ca., as th

Mrs. Elizabeth O. Putzman is granted 160 acres of land. Recorded at the land office in Susanville in 1895. During office of Grover Cleveland, but not

Lot of 3: 1) Letter, from Auto Von Geldern, Civil Engineer ,S.F., asking Adolph Sutro, for a position, on a new Library, Sept.14, 1895. 2) Letter, fro

Great Tahoe collectible four page newspaper published every evening except Sunday. Published from the Grand Central Hotel, located in present day Taho

The location was Kaweah Canyon and the Giant Forest of Tulare Co., California, dated 1888. Date: 1888 City: Visalia County:

Check from Rhodes & Co. Bankers, Express office, Weaverville, CA. dated Nov. 15, 1854. “Paid” written in black pen. Vignettes of allegorical fig...

1) Bank of California check of San Francisco issued to Cutting & Company. Signed by Charles Brenham as secretary. Brenham was a riverboat captai...

DIMIT from Grange Association. Certifies W. M. Carson as a 4th degree. Signed by Amos Adams. Adams writes on the back the Calaveras branch has ceased

Lucky Horseshoe from Sutter's Fort: 1839 to 1940. Date: 1940 City: County: State: CA

Peter Collins is getting 80 acres from the San Bernardino Forest Reserve. 1903. Under Teddy Roosevelt, but not his signature. The San Bernardino Fores

Lot of six. 1) Great Dike Mine in El Dorado County. Includes two hand drawn maps, letter, and prospectus to potential client. C1948. 2) Quart Hill Min

Lot of four. 1) Geologic maps of the Jack Rabbit Mine, 1943. 2) Metsker Mono County Map. 3) Metsker Inyo County map. These are fantastic maps for the

Lot of 21. Includes 1893 letter about JS Cain datelined Laws, Thomas Hughes 1909 Laws billheads, 1910 Southern Pacific, Benton AD Schiveley, Lone Pine

1) 1920's guide to fishing and hunting. 2) 10 wonderful days in Inyo-Mono. 3) Inyo-Mono, Heart of the High Sierra. 4) 1938 guide to the High Sie...

CALIFORNIA/ NEVADA WINE AND LIQUOR GROUP 1870-1913 LOT OF 6 : Napa And Sonoma Wine Company, unused stock signed by J. A. Brienger as secretary. 2) The

LOT of 28: Billheads, Checks and Letterheads, San Francisco, Sacramento, Napa City, Grass Valley, to name a few. Date: 1872-1923 City:

LOT of 4: 1) Real Photo Card, from Darwin, American Metals Inc. Radiore Tunnel, on the back there is more hand written info. 2) Photo of a Death Valle

Sierra County, T. D. Becket appointed. Date: 1859 City: County: Sierra State: CA

Checks, Receipts, Invoices, Billheads, Stocks and Letterheads. Date: 1877-1965 City: County: State: CA

LOT of 44: stocks, checks, letterheads and billheads. Date: 1892-1930 City: County: State: CA

Stocks, billheads, invoices, letterheads and checks. Date: 1877-1923 City: County: State: CA

1) Ten Billheads, dated 1885-1921. 2) One Telegraph, dated 1888. 3) Two Letters, dated 1877-1893. 4) One Bond, dated 1913. 5) Seven Unissued Stocks. 6

This 32 page Report put out by T. Butler King on California, has a special message from the President of the United States, dated 1850, it says at the

DATED 1866-1918, LOT of 4: 1) Letter from Oasis, California, dated 1906. 2) Large Add from the W.W. Montague & Co., San Francisco, Ca., Warehous...

1) First Exchange, from the London, Paris & American Bank, Limited, San Francisco, dated 1890. 2) Check, Henry Kolter & Co., Fort Bidwell, C...

Consists of Billheads, letters, Receipts and Indenture. From the following Cities-Sacramento, Eureka, San Andrea's, San Francisco, Verona, Vina ...

Nice Historical Incomplete document Signed by J.W. Mandeville, Surveyor General of California, dated 1861. He was born in 1824, in Coventry, New York,