Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Booklet titled "Imperial Valley California" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company in 1908. The booklet (6.5" x 4.5") d...

California map published by Southern Pacific Railroad with descriptions of resources, attractions topography and climate. map folds out to 27" ...

Southern Pacific Key #47; Railroad map of the United States for men in uniform by SP RR; SP Co. Passenger Department receipt; expense bill from Marysv

Booklet titled "The Inside Track, the Way through the Wonderful Fruit and flower Garden of Southern California" published by Southern Paci...

Booklet titled "Wayside Notes on the Sunset Route" published by Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 1908. Booklet (6.5" x 4.5") s...

Photo album from the early 1900's depicting the building of Western Pacific railroad through northern California. Many great photos of camps, br...

Approximately 500 Western Pacific Railway Company original freight bills dated 1910-1912. City: State: California, Date: 1910

Lot of 27 items. Includes: an issued 1905 $100 gold bond for the Yosemite Short Line Railway Co. (w/ 72 coupons still attached); 14 c.1940s photograp

Lot of 4. 1) A 1905 $100 Gold Bond for the Yosemite Short Line Railway Company. No. 5043, uncancelled. Vignette of train with "Y.S.L" on t...

Booklet by A. J. Wells titled "the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees of California" published by Southern Pacific railro...

Includes: small photograph of man (unidentified) on back of train car giving speech; brochure advertising Balloon Route excursion; subscription receip

Over 100 items of Southern California railway ephemera. Includes 1 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen traveling card, dated 1912; 4 Pullman Car Service

Lot of 100. Includes: large stack of pictorial California Street Cable Railroad Co. (1890s); Bakersfield & Kern Electric Railway Co. (1940s); Si...

Time schedule, Principal Terminal Depots, Oakland, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Cruz; expense bill to Sacramento Valley RR; Sierra Railway Co. of Califo

Two certificates of The Atlantic=Pacific Railway Tunnel Co. One unissued, one issued to Nikolas Felz. City: Denver State: Colorado,

Lot of five. 1-2) Thru the Rockies. 20 pages. All photos. Two different back pages - two different editions. 3) Heart of the Rockies. Raised gold lett

Annual report extras: fifteen 1900, 01, 03, 04, 05, 08, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19, 22, 44, and 46. For a more complete description see other C&S an...

Lot of thirty-four with no duplicates. Includes Numbers 1-16, 18-22, 23-26, 34, 36, 38, 40-41, 45-48, and 1953. It would take a lifetime collecting th

16 full color illustrations of St. Peter's Dome, Broadmoor, Silver Cascades, Cheyenne Canon, Observation Point, Cathedral Spires, etc. All are r...

Lot of 4 items. 1) Summit of Pike's Peak Via The Cog Road. J.G. Hiestand, Publisher. Red softcover, stapled binding. 11 black and white photogra...

Lot of 25 checks and receipts for railroads into and out of Cripple Creek. Includes: five paychecks (1914-1915) for the Florence and Cripple Creek Rai

Lot of four. 1) 1899 contract between the Canon City & Cripple Creek RR, Florence & Cripple Creek RR, and Golden Circle RR. 6 pages. 2) The...

This booklet (6.25" x 6"), A Chain of Gold Cities in the Cripple Creek District: Cripple Creek, Victor, Anaconda, Elkton, Portland, Indepe...

1)"Colorado Springs, Manitou, Denver and Cripple Creek best reached via Missouri Pacific Railway System" 18 pages. 8 1/2" x 6". ...

As Denver grew, this station shrunk. Through fire and reconstruction, it does not look like this today, although the guts of this building still remai

Seven different. 1) "Across the Continent by the Scenic Route: Colorado, Utah, & New Mexico via the Denver & Rio Grande Railway." ...

Railroad Red Book of the West. Official Guide and Time Tables. Handbook and Guide for Travelers.August, 1897 (10" x 7") 84 pp.; October, 1...

Annual Reports to the Stockholders of the Denver and Rio Grande, Co. for years 1882, Printed by William Mann & Son, Railroad Stationers and Prin...

Fascinating metal device that lists all stations on Denver and Rio Grande Railroad on rolling cloth with covers to show or block station names. Device

Group of annual reports from 1927 (1st Annual) - 1946 (20th annual). Softcover, approximately 25 pages, includes income statements, profit and loss ac

Group of 6 reports from 1927 (1st Annual), 1940, 1941 (2), 1942, 1946. Softcover, approximately 25 pages, includes income statements, profit and loss

With the Mercantile Trust Company. Property of White & Kemble. 5 pages. Possibly only one known. City: State: Colorado, Date:

Narrow Gauge from Leavenworth, Kansas to Denver, Colorado. 19 pages with a killer map! This ill-starred branch began its colorful career in 1871. For

Lot of three all presented by the Kansas Pacific Railway. 1) Colorado Resorts and Attraction to the Pleasure-Seeker, tourist and Invalid. 28 pages. Ne

1) 1868 Second Annual Report to the Board of Directors. 32 pages. 2) Argument submitted on behalf of the Kansas Pacific Railway Co. before the Secreta

By General William J. Palmer. The railroad wanted to expand to San Francisco and San Diego. 250 pages, Map has been torn out. Covers missing., Very Sc

Two nice mounted cabinet photos circa 1902 by J.G. Hiestand, the railway's official photographer. First photo show a group at the summit, at 14,...

Four different cabinet cards. Includes: "377. First Passenger Trains on Pike's Peak. Season of 1892" (train, crowd and brick building)...

Five cabinet cards and two smaller photographs taken on the Manitou & Pikes Peak rail line. Includes four from J.G. Heistrand: "352. Above ...

Lot of 5 cabinet cards that show people outside of train cars on the summit of Pikes Peak. The railroad is the Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway. Inc...

$1,000 bonds. Interest at 7% semi-annually paid in gold coin. 1) No. 1692. Issued to Isaac T. Burr, George B. Wilbur and Alden Spear of Boston. Novemb

1) First Mortgage to the Central Trust Company of New York, Dated July 1st, 1890. 26 Pages. 6" x 9". Tears and writing on cover. 2) Tim...

36 pages. This pamphlet is written in German, but appears to be discussing routes into Denver via the Kansas Pacific Railway. Map showing route from G

Communication Relative to the Location of the U.P.R.R Across the Rocky Mountains Through Colorado Territory 5" x 8 1/2". 16 pages. by A. ...

Keep your eye on Akron. Grand Excursion Broadside. 8 1/2" x 12 1/2". Some wearing at fold lines. City: Akron State: Colorado,

Group of 4 Short Line Blue Books from September 1902 and 1904, March and June 1905. A Handbook for Travelers, Official Time Tables of the Colorado Spr

Group of 7 items, including: Two "What may be Seen Crossing the Rockies En-Route Between Ogden Salt lake and Denver." Softcover. 36 pages ...

Rocky Mountain Official Railway Guide: Containing Railway Time Schedules; Connections and Distances; Hotel Directory; Postal and Express Guide, giving

1) "Proceedings of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers." Denver, Colorado on October 16, 1889. Cover is missing. C...

All photographs are close ups of train crossing "The Loop." shots all come from below the tracks. Range in size from 4 1/4 x 7" to 8 ...