Western and Historical Americana

1pp TLS by Cotton, Gallup, NM, 16 Dec. 1907 on Cotton Co. letterhead with Navajo weaver and "whirling log" designs on it. To Mose Drachman...

1pp TLS, on Hubbell's trading post letterhead, Ganado, AZ, 3 June 1908. To R H Cameron, in Congress from Arizona, first as a delegate (190

lot of 3. Includes Navajo Blankets & Indian Curios, Catalog and Price List, J.L. Hubbell, Indian Trader, Ganado, Apache County, Arizona. 3.5&quo...

small 8vo catalog in printed self-wraps; 21 numbered pp. L.W. Stilwell, Retail Catalogue No. 12. Stilwell advertises available beadwork, baskets, phot

1p, 7.5" x 9.75", Navajo Indian Agency, 14 Nov. 1879. On United States Indian Service letterhead. To W. W. Griffin, at the 1st Nat. Bank i...

all from 1876 and 1877, the beginning of the end of the war against the Plains Indians. A number of the Texas posts were built to protect the flood of

all from J. W. Hugus & Co., Post Traders. First from 27 Oct. 1876 requesting a 30 inch, 40 cal. barrel. Second is postcard dated 18 Jan 1877 req...

1p, 5" x 8", Denver, CO, 4 Dec. 1875. M.L. Rood writing to Sharps for (spelling retained) 3 Moulds Patch 44 Cal Ball 1 3/8 in Long Send Me...

1p, 7.5" x 9.5", Camp Grant, A.T., 3 Feb. 1876. Snider Buck & Co. to L.M. Jacobs & Co., Tucson, A.T. Notes that they are sending $...

1p, 8" x 10", Mammoth, Pinal Co., AZ, 1 Oct. 1894. On letterhead of Mammoth Trading Company, Dealers in General Merchandise. F. C. McKinne...

addressed to C. F. Kirtland, San Francisco, Care of the Pittsburgh and California Enterprize Company. The company was one of many "joint stock&...

earliest is an 8.5 x 14" ledger sheet from L.G. Murphy & Co., Post Traders, dated 1871, for Jan. - June, Fort Stanton, NM. It records purch...

three of the four relate to M.I. and L.M. Jacobs & Co., Tucson, and two to David Neahr, Fort Yuma, CA. The earliest is a three-page freight bill...

for Jan. 1884 (dated 1 Feb. 1884), T. Connell, Indian Trader, on letterhead legal-sized account sheet, with penciled Copy next to . Darlington, Indian

earliest form W. C. Lobenstein, to Hershfield & Bro., 14 July 1875, Leavenworth, KS, acknowledging receipt of bill and advising that payment wil...

soldiers do not seem to protest often, but this was a big deal at the time, so much so that these petition sheets were printed! This one for Co. A, 3

9.5" x 7.5" albumen print mounted on larger purple board with imprint of Johnston, Rock Springs, Wyoming and identified in pencil on verso...

a studio portrait of an unidentified militia man and officer, most likely from the Fourth Infantry Band, with Private Charles Howard's Ft. Sande...

c. late 1880s. Both unmounted, silver gelatin printing out paper images. One shows an Army officer in a mule-drawn buggy beneath cottonwood trees, one

lot of 2 silver gelatin photographs showing the mounted cavalry and their camp, image 4.5" x 6.75" on larger 7.25" x 9.25" card ...

2pp, approx. 8" x 10", n.p. stated, 18 Oct. 1856. Modoc War Discharge for William Woosley, "a packer," discharged by reason of t...

with Grabill's Sturgis, D.T. address, and identified in the negative 154. Ox Teams in Wyoming. Boldly autographed on verso. Captain McDougal, 7t...

boudoir-sized image, identified in the negative The Medicine Man taken during the Battle of Wounded Knee with copyright of the Northwestern Photograph

lot of 4. Includes two ordnance return reports on Ordnance Office partially printed forms. Both are dated 18 May 1895, for ordnance stores at Fort Sil

1p, 5" x 8", 17 Oct. 1890. Stamped at top Fort Apache, Arizona, Office of the Post Quartermaster. Receipt from J.C. Beveridge of $4.58 for...

four letters, printed government regulation sheet and envelope in which these were stored. The letters are in regard to a claim by St. Leger Beck (pos

4to in marbled paper boards, over 150pp. Compiled by Jim Bulkley, Secretary of the Custer Monument committee in Monroe, MI. The scrapbook contains art

albumen photograph with manuscript caption on verso Monument to General Custer erected at West Point Military Academy by the Custer Memorial Associati

5.5" x 9.25", on pink paper, 30 Aug. 1879. Even before its dedication, Libbie Custer hated it. Ever protective of her husband's imag...

including: ribbon with 1 5/8" celluloid with General Custer's Birthplace new Rumley, Ohio at bottom, engraving of Custer's birthplace a...

1p, 4" x 7", 13 June 1883, partially printed Bill of Sale with horse and rider in upper left corner. Sale to T. Connell to be delivered by...

albumen image, Keller, Helena (MT). With J.X. Beidler, 1880 on verso. This image of Beidler comes on the market occasionally. He wears a coat and plai

1p, 8.25" x 10.75", Fort Thomas, AZ, 31 Dec 1896. On Fort Thomas and Globe Stage Line letterhead. To U.S. Marshal W. K. Mead from Deputy S...

1p, 4.75 x 7.75", Fort Sumner, NM, 1 June 1884, signed Peter Maxwell. Note to Browne and Manzanares in Las Vegas (NM) regarding an offer for wo...

first is a subpoena issued by the Territory District Court of New Mexico, for James Lewis, William Baker, Lemuel Tanner, James Gould, Lee Green and Ja

1p, 8.5" x 11" on letterhead of R. H. Paul, Sheriff of Pima County, Tucson, AZ, 12 Oct. 1883. Addressed to Wells, Fargo superintendent in ...

2pp, 8" x 10.75", on letterhead of the Mohawk Ranch Company, Mammoth, AZ, 28 Aug. 1892. Addressed to R. Paul, U.S. Marshall in Tucson. Let...

first is 1p, 8.5" x 11", n.d., preprinted Thatcher, AZ, and 189___, on letterhead of C. Layton, Proprietor of The Bowie Station and Ft. Th...

1p, 8" x 9.5", listing for expenses such as serving writs and garnishments, serving summons, mileage, making a copy of a writ, etc. Robe...

3" x 8.5", San Bernardino, AZ, 8 Jan. 1913, on Bank of Douglas (AZ). To Hilario Galilondo (or Gabilondo?) for a substantial amount ($2000)...

both Helena, 4" x 9". First is 15 Aug. 1887, Montana Territory, for $36 Bounty for Killing 732(?) squirrels. Second has STATE stamped over...

certificate 855 of Rattler Gilroy Consolidated Mining Company. Made out to Harris Franklin for 1000 shares, not dated. Nice lithograph of mountains, w

for H. McGonigle and Felix Levesque, 9 July 1894. Signed by District of Wyoming Marshal J. P. Rankin. Rankin went to Cheyenne, Wyoming along with Depu

silver-plated nickel pinback, six-pointed star, 2.5" diameter, with Aurora, Special Police. S.D. Childs & Co. Chicago on verso. Older pin c...

12 x 4.25" warm-toned silver gelatin print mounted on larger board, and titled in pencil on verso. A classic image by Huffman, showing the herd...

8.25 x 6" warm toned silver gelatin print, mounted on larger cream board and identified in pencil on verso.  The Thomas Minckler Collect...

ca. 1895, 8.75 x 6.25" warm-toned silver gelatin image mounted on larger cream board, identified in pencil on verso. Nineteen cowboys work a sm...

12 x 7", identified in pencil on verso A cutting horse at work.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition: MINT.

3.5 x 4.5" albumen prints mounted on larger cream mounts, one with Huffman's imprint on verso, the remaining with a "Huffman Miles Cit...

on cream-colored cabinet sized mounts, one with handstamp of Young Photo Artist West Paris, Maine and stamped on front Yellowstone National Park. All