Western and Historical Americana

ca. 1852, copied and enlarged from the original daguerreotype taken by Southworth and Hawes, with period mat, housed in a later gilt frame. With a ret

sixth plate of a young workman, he sports a straw hat, and holds a cutting tool in one hand, while his arm rests on his clamp in which a bridle is sec

lot of 2, including a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a handsome young gentleman proudly displaying a flute in his right hand, in full case; and

lot of 7 daguerreotypes, housed in full cases, of Isaac C. Bates and his family, including portraits of the following individuals identified by handwr

sixth plate. His baldric tinted bright red, with accented medallion, and gold braid knot. He holds a gavel which rests on a book. An unusual Masonic s

sixth plate daguerreotype of same gentleman as in Lot 5 in civilian clothing. The quarter plate portrait features a man holding a staff and wearing a

probably by Platt D. Babbitt, ca. 1850s. A splendid example, showing two well-dressed gentlemen gesturing towards the falls, with Terrapin Tower visib

a ca 1888 reverse tintype of a group of men, women, and children standing in front of what appears to be a general store in the northwestern village o

quarter plate, ca. 1870s The player on the right displays two pair (nines and Jacks) as he prepares to discard a single card.  Condition: Hous...

on a Neff's Patent Plate, circa 1859-60. A fine composition of armed hunters, the man at center holding a rare M1843 Hall's percussion carbi...

cdv album with smaller tintype (same image) of the girl. She is posed as if asleep with white dress and bonnet, bordered in flowers with flowers on ch

a fine grouping of little people, giants, legless wonders, fat ladies, and Siamese twins. The lot includes several images of famed little people such

a large gathering of photographs of little people, fat ladies, individuals with physical abnormalities, and Siamese twins. The lot features many image

also referred to as a peep view or a telescopic view, this optical toy may be of French, German, English, or Dutch origin. It provides a charming view

a cotton banner promoting Buchanan and Breckinridge!, the Democratic nominees for U.S. President and Vice President in 1856, with a spread-winged eagl

sixth plate ambrotype, ca. 1860. He wears an oil-cloth covered cap and cape, and holds a swing-torch from which a campaign flag featuring the slogan F

sporting a cap with pinned cloth label Little Giant Club, ca. 1860. Ninth plate ruby ambrotype, housed in a geometric union case. A rare image from

a painted salted paper photograph of Simon Cameron, 7.5" x 9.5", in oval frame, 12" x 14". The portrait is accompanied by the ha...

an illustrated, hand-colored National Republican Chart for the Presidential Campaign, 1860, varnished paper laid on canvas, featuring shoulder-length

a tabloid-sized newspaper with masthead portrait of a beardless Lincoln, 4pp with nice anti-Douglas cartoon on interior, 13" x 17.75"....

complete, original Civil War broadside extra issued by the Pittsburgh Commercial (PA), covering the assassination of Lincoln and the surrender of Robe

bronze, 23" in height. Signed on proper left side of plinth Roman Bronze Works N.Y., signed on the proper left shoulder Paul Morris SC, and on ...

a three-quarter, shoulder-length portrait of Lincoln wearing spectacles, signed lower right by Franklin C. Courter; oil on panel, 11.5" x 15.5&...

oil on masonite, signed in the lower right and with letter signed by the artist preserved on verso, discussing Courter's obsession with Lincoln ...

after a Matthew Brady photograph, sanguine and white pastel accents on grey stock paper, signed in the lower right; 18" x 14.5" (sight).&#...

a brief, war-date note written and signed by Lincoln: If Gov. Johnson will say in writing on this sheet that in his opinion this man should be dischar

lot of two, including a vignetted albumen portrait of Lincoln by Henry F. Warren, taken two days after the second inaugural on the south balcony of th

lot of two, including clipped signature "Abraham Lincoln," framed together with a dramatic, close-up portrait of a Lincoln bust; image 9.7...

a short note written in Lincoln's hand while serving a third term in the Illinois General Assembly: For value received, due Stuart T. Lincoln te...

an albumen portrait of Lincoln printed by George B. Ayres in 1881 directly from the original negative by Alexander Hesler, taken at Springfield, IL, J

fine lot of two silver gelatin portraits of Abraham Lincoln, printed from negatives owned by King V. Hostick at the Herbert Georg Studio, Springfield,

0-51. Matted and mounted in a contemporary frame, 6 x 4.5"  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collection Condition:

A fine Italian portrait, mounted in a black lacquer wall frame. Probably accomplished around the turn of the 20th century as a "grand tour"...

a graphite and pastel portrait of a beardless Lincoln, signed and dated Thos. Saltz, 1917, based upon a photograph of Lincoln taken by T. Painter Pear

oil on canvas, signed and dated 1947 in lower left center; 20" x 15" (sight).  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collection Condition: Fine...

After the photograph taken by Alexander Hesler, etching on paper, signed as part of plate and in pencil, l.r.; 17" x 13" (sight).  ...

entitled Abraham Lincoln, published by Rudolf Lesch, NY, 25" x 33", framed, 29" x 38".  The Thomas Saltz Lincoln Collecti...

a hand-colored print of a beardless Abraham Lincoln, published by Currier & Ives, with Lincoln's signature printed below portrait and the ti...

a shoulder-length portrait of Lincoln from the original negative taken in Alexander Gardner's studio on Nov. 8th, 1863, with the following verso...

a shoulder-length portrait of Abraham Lincoln, printed and signed in negative by Moses P. Rice, from the original negative by Alexander Gardner, taken

Fine group of three cdv images by Brady. Includes Abraham Lincoln (O-61); Secretary of State William Seward and his first Secretary of War, Gideon Wel

containing 48 CDV photographs of Abraham Lincoln, some with his family and colleagues, and John Wilkes Booth; brown, stamped-leather album, 5" ...

steel frames with adjustable temples, with an accompanying pressed steel case, together with a scrap of blue wove paper with the penciled inscription

11" x 4" silver bullion fringe, accompanied by a 1p ALS on ruled 9" x 8" letter sheet, with PHILADELPHIA, FEB 4, 1909 handstampe...

a printed broadside from L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue Circuit Court, Kentucky, advertising the bankruptcy sale of Lincoln's b...

unmarked jeweler made, 14K gold safe, inscribed PRESENTED BY USG TO J.R. JONES 1869, one side inlaid with a panel of Nevada rose-colored gold quartz,

a large, printed broadside featuring a detailed, heroic portrait of General U.S. Grant on horseback, 16" x 22", announcing that Excursion ...

a printed broadside announcing the Burial of the Chieftain Gen'l Grant., from B. McChan, General Agent, Passenger Dept., Syracuse and Henry Mone...

a rare 1880 campaign poster featuring oval shoulder-length portraits of Winfield Scott Hancock and William H. English, the Democratic candidates for p

group portrait of the nine 1894 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, with Supreme Court of the United States printed below image as well as the justices'...

a large portrait of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in uniform on horseback, holding a saber while leading his Rough Riders, Kurz & Allison, Chicago,...

a rare campaign poster featuring shoulder-length portraits of Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Timothy L. Woodruff, Republican candidates for governor and

an oil on canvas portrait of Theodore Roosevelt wearing pince-nez eyeglasses, signed and dated by Seymour M. Stone, NY, Oct. 1921; 12.5" x 15.5...

ink, crayon and whiteout on heavy paper; 15 x 19", illustration block 13 x 15"; copyright NEA (Newspaper Enterprise Association). Inscribe...

blacksmith made, hand-forged of wrought iron, with hinged opening and opposing latch with separate forged locking mechanism, with 10 spikes. Collar ...

blacksmith made, of hand-forged iron, with hinged opening and opposing hand-forged locking device. Collar 1" high, with oval 5.5 x 5.75" o...

a portrait of a middle-aged, likely slave woman holding a sleeping Caucasian baby in her lap; accompanied by a sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of a

a lightly hand-tinted portrait of a young, well dressed African American nanny wearing gold-tinted earrings and a brooch and holding a fine, decorativ

While a typical pose – she holds a white girl in her lap – the African American sitter is hardly typical of the genre. Her hair is carefully and styli

lot of ten CDV photographs of some of the early blackface minstrels as well as female opera stars of the 19th century. All cartes have been laid down

With imprint of J.N. Wilson of Savannah, Georgia, circa 1875. A fine image typical of Wilson’s sympathetic portrayal of African Americans in the recon

A Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; With a History of Her Labors and Corresp

lot of 2: Hillard, Rev. E.B. The Last Men of the Revolution. A Photograph of Each from Life, Together with Views of Their Homes Printed in Colors. Acc

hand-colored engraving on laid paper by Francois Xavier Habermann, depicting British troops entering New York; 11.5" high x 17" wide (plat...

a full-length portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, standing, facing front, wearing uniform and holding a sword in his left hand, directing troops. A

complete, original 48pp edition of the General Magazine (London, England), featuring an early printing of the Declaration of Independence, dated Augus

complete, original 4pp edition of the Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser (Boston, MA), covering the end of the Revolutionary War and the cessat

complete, original edition of the Massachusetts Centinel (Boston, MA) featuring an early political cartoon regarding ratification of the U.S. Constitu

complete, original 4pp edition of the Boston Independent Chronicle and the Universal Register (New York), dated April 16, 1789. Inside, full column, v

The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State. Trenton: Publ. by author, printed by Isaac Collins,

lot of 3, with illustrations, 6.5" to 8.5" long.  Property of the Western Reserve Historical Society Condition: Light soil on ribb...

gold colored version engraved on reverse, Andrew W. Johnson/Midshipman USN. The National Association of Mexican War Veterans (NAVMW) originated in p

377pp. Isaac Craig arrived in Pittsburgh with the Army at about the time of the American Revolution and at different points, he served as commandant

2 LsS Cy to Sec. of War, William Eustis, 1810 July 11 and 1810 July 18, one noted as Copy at top, both in same secretarial hand. The briefest of Ame

includes a note on 3" x 6.5" laid paper reading Issue to a Party of the Arkansaw Indians Twenty four Flints - Fort Pickering, 1st Novem....

lot of 4. Appointments are 9.5 x 15", partially printed, Albany, both for Charles Cameron. First is dated 29 Aug. 1798, at rank of Ensign in th...

by Wm. C. Coghlan, Civil Engineer and Architect, Offices 69 W. Jefferson St. Louisville, Ky. 1875. Framed and glazed, 30 x 33" overall, 27 x 30...

In the 1830s, the Ohio physician and historian Samuel P. Hildreth gathered information on the early history of the white settlement in the Old Northwe

Israel Putnam, 4 ALsS to son David Putnam, Belpre, Ohio, 1795-1798. Israel Putnam -- the son and namesake of the Revolutionary War General and hero

Samuel P. Hildreth Collection of the history of Belville, Ohio, and region, 1830s. AMs drafts 48p., 2 ALsS. The manuscripts and letters in this coll

Brooklyn, Conn., April-June 1794. 1 vol., 61p. In 1794, David Putnam (grandson of the Revolutionary hero Israel Putnam) was a 25-year-old man lookin

Timothy E. Danielson. 3 ALsS to Samuel P. Hildreth, 1812. In July 1812, Lieut. T.E. Danielson raised a company of volunteers in Marietta, Ohio, for m

3 documents, 1808, 1809, 1863. Two printed receipts for pews in the meeting house of the First Religious Society in Marietta, Ohio, purchased at Publi

lot of 3. A renowned figure during the Revolutionary War, Gen. Israel Putnam is best remembered for his courage at Bunker Hill, where he was reported

ca 1835, 30pp. Small (12mo) hand-sewn journal, no covers, written variously in pencil and ink. Although the author and date of this travel journal

Hildreth, Samuel P. History of an early Voyage on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, c.1842. 42pp plus 14 leaves of additional drafts and notes. In th

1805-1860. 32 items (11 ALsS, 11 DS, 2 poems, a manuscript and printed Hildreth genealogy, and 6 miscellaneous items). A prominent figure in Ohio du

ca 1823. OBITUARY. Died, on the 28th of January, 1823, at the Cherokee Agency; Aged LXXXIII, COLONEL RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS. one page, folio, 10 x 16...

China Trade Logbook, June 24, 1809-June 8, 1810. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson passed an embargo on all foreign trade in the hope that it would reduce t

plus an October 1914 TLS and a signed copy of the Roycroft Dictionary. Each letter, 1p, typed on 8.5" x 11" paper, East Aurora, which is i...

lot of 10 items, nine documents and a St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co. $1000 Mortgage Bond; 13" x 16" (sight), framed to 20.5 x 23.5"...

nearly 200 pages of manuscript notes from Dr. Langsdale's time at the Missouri Medical College, 1877-78. The notebook contains material from lec...

pay directives from Edward Hand as Commander of Fort Pitt to Paymaster Boynton, dated April 16, 1778, one on each side of a 3.5" x 6.25" p...

first is a military document, approx. 3" x 6.5", to the treasurer of Connecticut, Wethersfield, (CT), 22 Nov. 1781. Please to give from yo...

4pp, 7.25 x 10.5" "onionskin" sheets, signed Douglas MacArthur on last page and stamped in red Sep. 2 1945. MacArthur's address w...

16 July 1804. Partially printed document signed by Thomas Jefferson as President (1801-1809), James Madison as Secretary of State (President 1809-1817

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). President (1801-1809). ANS as President, 1p, 3.75" x 6", Washington. April 11, 1803. Addressed to Mr. John ...

written for a man who was illiterate. Rag laid paper slip 2.5 x 7.25", all in Henry's hand except the mark of the payee. Rec'd. Jan'...

7" x 8" visible, matted and framed with an engraving of Adams. Date and place not noted. Addressed to Monsieur Genet. The note quotes an u...

1p, 8" x 9.75", Portsmouth (NH), 25 Dec. 1801. Addressed to William Eustis, then member of Congress from Massachusetts (later Governor of ...