Western and Historical Americana

a photo reprint from the 6.5" x 8.5" glass plate produced by Huffman of Miles City, Montana, reprint measures 8" x 10". Presumab...

lot of 9, all but two with Savages’ Salt Lake City imprint on verso; ca 1880s. Includes fine views around Salt Lake, including Main St., Brigham Young

lot of two, includes a T.W. Ingersoll cabinet card of cowboys herding horses in South Dakota according to a penciled inscription on verso, with Ingers

includes the following titles in negative: No. 16 "Cow Pony." and No. 18 "Jim Kid.", each with C.D. Kirkland's Cheyenne, Wyo...

inscribed and signed Ever your friend, General E. Vallejo. Backmark of George Johnson's San Francisco gallery. The Vallejo family was instrume...

albumen image, 6.25" x 9.75" on larger mount with Taber's imprint. A fine interior of the waiting room of this artist, featuring portr...

with imprint of James L. Goden, Gainesville, Texas on recto and pasted printed descriptive label on verso for the saddle-maker on recto. Titled No. 74

approx. 2" x 6", part of a legal document (In Testimony Whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals...

a close portrait of Carson, mounted on yellow, cabinet sized cardstock with Henry Brown’s handstamp on verso, and titled on recto No. 155. The images

vignetted portrait of Kit Carson, with E. & H.T. Anthony backmark and Carson penciled on verso.  Condition: Minor toning, scattered spots ...

a copy photograph of Jesse James with Mitchell / S.W. Cor. 10th & Main St., / Kansas City, MO. imprint and Jesse James handwritten below image.&...

lot of 11, most with the handstamp of Sumner Studio, Northfield, Minnesota on verso, circa early 20th century, snapshot sized, 3" x 4". Th...

with his imprint on verso. Recently discovered in Los Angeles, this portrait of Hickok documents a visit to Cheyenne in 1874-75. Rosa (1994:174-176) i

with Smith's imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on recto Wild Bill. Additional penciled inscription on verso Alias William Hickok, and in in...

7" x 8.5", issued 30 Aug. 1881, by Supreme Court of Territory of New Mexico. For the arrest of Joshua Hubert for buying, receiving and dri...

certificate for 500 shares of THE RUBY BELL GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY, issued to D(eure) LaChapelle. Bullock (1847-1919) achieved his fame as t

a remarkable portrait of Russell seated at easel with paint pallet in one hand and brush in the other staring at one of his own large, nearly finished

an anonymous silver gelatin portrait of Charlie Russell in his later years; 13.75" x 17.75", matted and housed in a bat-wing style gilt an...

two-color partially printed document appointing Zhinga-ga-hega (Little Chief) a member of the Omaha Indian Police, 5 Feb. 1870, signed by E. Painter,

two octagonal poker chips, one in bone with Dexter Saloon / 25 / Nome hand-engraved on both sides and a similar chip with 50 instead of 25 and stained

lot of 12 tokens for the following saloons, halls, or clubs: The Cochise Club, Tombstone, AZ; Pony Billiard Room, Tombstone, AZ; the Morrison and Reis

lot of 6, including tokens from the following saloons and trade stores: Butte Saloon, Basin, MT; Midway Saloon, Bonner, MT; Pay Ore Saloon, Columbia,

retained copy, 1p, January 5, 18?, on Wells, Fargo & Company letterhead. Addressed to only "Dear Sir" , Valentine informs the recipien...

a Wells Fargo & Co. Express sign, with white lettering on navy blue circle, on red ground, composed of metal and porcelain, with holes in each c...

a double-sided Wells Fargo & Co. Express sign, heavy printed card stock with navy blue circle with black edging and white lettering, on red grou...

lot of two, including a paid Wells, Fargo & Co. certificate of deposit receipt for $300 from Gold Hills, N.T., dated June 17, 1863; and an unuse...

lot of twelve printed postcards issued between 1904-1912 by various California sheriffs. Includes cards for various crimes including burglary, larceny

$700 Reward! signed in type J.H. Sherer, Sheriff of Colusa, California July 14, 1903. For the arrest and conviction of the man who held up and robbed

lot of three, each ca 8.5" x 13" from Adams Express Co, American Railway Express Co., and United States Express Co., 1904, 05, and 1919. I...

lot of two, includes a printed broadside from the Vice President and General Manager of Wells Fargo & Company Express, A. Christeson, offering a...

lot includes a printed broadside from W.H. Frans, Chief of Police, St. Joseph, MO, offering a $1,050 reward for the arrest and conviction of Hayden Pe

Drake, Benjamin. The Life and Adventures of Black Hawk: With Sketches of Keokuk, the Sac and Fox Indians, and the Late Black Hawk War. Cincinnati (OH)

M'Conkey, Harriet E. Bishop. Dakota War Whoop; or; Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota. Saint Paul (MN): D.D. Merrill, 1863. 12mo, brown cloth...

published 1836-1838. Thirteen parts of the first printing of this classic work, bound into 2 volumes, approx. 15" x 21", half-lea. over &q...

Adair, James. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. Small 4to, x pages frontmatter plus 464 numbered pp; folding map (10.75 x 16"...

hand-colored lithograph, plate 18, from Catlin's 1844 London edition of the North American Indian Portfolio (lithographs drawn by McGahey, print...

matted and framed to 21.5" x 23.25", we assume print has been trimmed; 13" x 14.5" (sight). Thielcke, after Henry Daniel (1788-1...

an engraving of Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde / Mandan Indians, with Bodmer's blindstamp, published by Ackerman & Co. 90 Strand, 14" ...

a print entitled Makuie-Poka Sohn Des Wolfen, from a work by Bodmer dated 1834, produced by J. Honegger, Zurich; 8" x 12", matted and fram...

includes 10 small broadside extras printed by the Bozeman Courier, between August 11, 1877 and September 17, 1877, documenting the latter part of the

lot of 3. An intriguing group of two anonymous cdvs and a slightly larger card mounted image documenting the presence of the U.S. military in Indian T

inscribed in ink on verso Ft. Buford D.T. 12th July, 1874. My 31st anniversary. R.H. Day U.S. Army. Together with a CDV of Day’s English pointers, ins

a young private wearing sack coat with imprint of A. Westphal & Co., Chicago having inked notation on verso that reads, Shot by Indians/March 16...

a pocket size album containing 20 cartes from the mid 1870s, most with Fox & Symons or C.W. Carter, Salt Lake City back marks. Fourteen of the c...

a massive 13.75” x 18” leather bound album containing 168 cabinet cards, each 4.5” x 6.5” with fancy gilded imprint of G.W. Pach & Bros., New Yo...

including a 14k gold pocket watch with presentation inscription, his appointment as Brigadier General in the United States Army, signed by President W

-1919; 71 items. Sheldon Keeny was a career soldier in the latter half of the nineteenth century, serving five terms of enlistment with the 4th Arti

lot of 10 boudoir photographs, ca 1891-94, one with the imprint of Sandoz, Mobile, Alabama, 1892. Includes three important images of the 12th U.S. Inf

an albumen photograph of George Custer with the first grizzly bear he killed during his expedition to the Black Hills, August 7, 1874, signed below th

a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Custer, dated on or about January 24, 1872, by James A. Scholten. Illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs (K...

as Major General. Illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs [K-56], dated January 3, 1865, by Mathew Brady & Co.  Condition: Scattere...

as Brigadier General. A vignetted copy shot from the original CDV illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs (K-19), dated October 18, 1863, by ...

as Brigadier General. Illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs (K-29), dated on or about February 15, 1864, by Matthew Brady & Co. With a ...

lot of 2, including a vignetted portrait of George A. Custer as Brigadier General, on or about February 15, 1864, taken by Mathew Brady & Co. an...

an anonymous, shoulder-length portrait of George A. Custer as Major General, produced through a photograph process as a crayon portrait, loosely based

an early reproduction of a photograph of George Custer at a piano, surrounded by family and friends in his residence at Fort Abraham Lincoln, North Da

2pp, 4.25 x 7". Stroudsburg, PA, 25 May 1890, with 4.5 x 6.5" photo. To Mr. Lukin. She notes that she had acquired more photographs ...whi...

lot of three 7th Cavalry signatures, including George Armstrong Custer; Marcus Reno (1834-1889), second in command at the Battle of the Little Big Hor

with Lt. James Calhoun penciled below image. Calhoun (1845-1876), brother-in-law of George and Thomas Custer, was killed at the Battle of the Little

an anonymous, uncommon pose of Captain Thomas B. Weir, who served with the 7th Cavalry Regiment, commander of Company D, which he led during the Battl

a portrait of Captain F.W. Benteen with D.F. Barry's Bismarck studio imprint on recto. Benteen (1834-1898), commander of Company H, 7th cavalry ...

lot includes the following unique silver gelatin photographs, ca early 1890s: one of the earliest known images of Custer's wooden cross that cap...

lot of five Fansler photographs depicting Crow and visiting Sioux dancers during the festivities marking the 10th anniversary of the Custer Battle on

black-&-white, 3.5" x 5.25". Signed Joseph White Bull on front; on verso James Whitebull; Little Eagle, So. Dak. with penciled (Grands...

title Custer's Battle-Field (June 25th 1876) Surveyed and drawn under the personal supervision of Lieut. Edward Maguire, Corps of Engineers U.S....

the lot includes the following 22 original newspapers that feature articles pertaining to the Sioux Campaign of 1876: New York Tribune, including semi

a first issue printing on canvas by the Milwaukee Litho Co., dated 1896, with the following printed below the image: Custer's Last Fight. / The ...

ca 1870s, showing a seated Cody cradling his long range Creedmore rifle used for buffalo hunting. He is dressed in buckskins, with his jacket trimmed

ca 1870-1880s. Anonymous copy image, showing a young Cody holding a Remington M1872 Army rolling block rifle, an ivory gripped single action visible a

a portrait of Buffalo Bill standing with rifle, includes Stacy's Brooklyn, N.Y. imprint below image.  Condition: Scattered scratching on s...

together with a cdv of a close portrait of Buntline. Both apparently contemporary copies from the Gurney negatives taken in 1872-73 when the trio was

an albumen, group portrait with the manuscript title below image Texas Jack and Companions. / Rough Riders / Buffalo Bill's Wild West 1893, alth...

with imprint of Gurney and Sons, New York on recto. Boldly autographed To W.P. H. Court, Yours Truly IM Texas Jack 1873. A fine, close portrait, taken

with imprint of Gurney and Son, New York, with inked sentiment on verso To Old Boy Will Covert from his friend, Texas Jack. Image taken in 1875 when J

a large, detailed woodcut of John Baker Omohundro, also known as Texas Jack, the famed frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, on the front page of New Yor

2.25" x 3.5" business card with engraved 1874. A Happy New Year. J.B. Omohundro. (Texas Jack.) in an elaborate border on one side; signed ...

lot of 18 items, most from the last year of their lives. Includes typed poetical story by Frank Butler, 3 pages 8.5" square plus additional 1&q...

lot of two, including an artfully posed portrait of Annie Oakley wearing her many medals; and an image of Buffalo Bill in embroidered buckskin jacket

with imprint of Eisenmann. Smith (1871-?) a sharpshooter from California, was hired by Cody to appear with his troop in 1886. Almost immediately, she

with embossed imprint of a Dayton, Ohio photographer. She holds a Remington rolling block Sporter.  Condition:

ca 1870s, with his Broadway, NY address. The actor wears a fox skin cap, sports a Naval dirk at his waist and is armed with a percussion rifle. ...

a studio portrait of army scout, physician, and showman Colonel David Franklin Powell or White Beaver, as identified below the image, described on rec

a chromolithograph advertising Buffalo Ranch Real Wild West, a show that offers A Lesson in the History of Pioneer Days and Games of the Real Red Men