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$ 4500.00
[Ross, George Olen, Colonel, G-5 III MAF Headquarters] (1920-1994). Extensive Private Archive of Over 420 Mounted and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (Including over a Hundred Panoramas) taken and Collected by Colonel George O. Ross During His Service in the Headquarters of the III Marine Amphibious Force, Da Nang, in the Vietnam War, and Showing Da Nang Military and Air Base, Numerous Military Planes and Helicopters, Commanding Officers of the III MAF at Reviews, Award Ceremonies, Dinners and Social Events, Korean and South Vietnamese Military Commanders, Open-Air Catholic Mass Led by Cardinal Francis Spellman in Vietnam, Views of Da Nang, Portraits of Vietnamese Civilians, School Children, &c.; With Eight Official Invitations to Military Ceremonies and Dinners in Da Nang. Ca. 1965-1967.
$ 2500.00
Thomas, M. Historically Important Album with Sixty-Five Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Real Photo Postcard Taken by an American Officer, “Major Thomas,” during the Allied Intervention in Vladivostok, Showing Golden Horn Bay with Allied Naval Vessels Navigating Along the Waterfront, Bustling Scenes of Svetlanskaya Street with Pedestrians in Traditional and Western Attire, and Rare Early Views of the Railway Station, and the Now-Demolished Triumphal Arch and the Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos; Also Documenting the Philippines, with Images of American Soldiers’ Quarters in Manila, Indigenous Filipinos Holding Shields, and Iconic Landmarks (the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, and a Buddhist Sculpture); titled: Scrap Book. Ca. 1919.
$ 525.00
Gope, Bertha. Album of Thirty-Six Watercolour Sketches of North Wales, Including Bangor, Aber Village, Llanberis, Menai Bridge et al. 8 July – 2 September 1862.
$ 750.00
[Boynton, J., Attributed to.] Historically Interesting Collection of Seventy-Six Original Photographs Taken by a Young Berkeley Resident During his Trip to Mount Rainier, Showing Group Portraits of Uniformed Travelers Ascending the Mountain and Rare Early Views of the Paradise Valley. Ca. 1928-1929.
$ 525.00
Historically Interesting Original Letter Signed by Louis Lienemann, Owner of the “California Brewery” in Butte (Montana), Addressed to Theodore Kleinschmidt, Co-Founder of the First National Bank of Helena (Montana), Encouraging to Make a Land Investment in Port Townsend (Washington State) Just a Few Years Before the Economic Crisis Left Thousands of Investors Bankrupt. Butte, Montana: 30 December 1889.
Taylor, George B (1857-1938). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Early Sawmill Worker from Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington, and Addressed to “Friend Charley,” Talking about the Best Flavor and the Immense Size of Crops, the “Trees Breaking Down with Loads of Fruit,” the Abundance of Timber, Farm & Wild Lands (With the Indication of Prices), and Glorious Climate; Also, Inviting the Addressee Over to Experience a Life Akin to “Kings.” Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington: 20 July 1884.
$ 1250.00
Historically Important Original Letter by a Potential Miner and a Serviceman From Fort Steilacoom, Washington Territory, Addressed to One of His Siblings in Angelica, Allegany County, New York, Reacting to the News of Gold Discovery Near Fraser River, Contrasting the Salaries of Fort Steilacoom Carpenters With Pioneer Prospectors in British Columbia, and Highlighting the Massive Migration to Fraser Canyon: “Nearly All of the Citizens in This Part of the County Are Going to the Mines.” Fort Steilacoom (Steilacoom City, Washington Territory): 27 April 1858.
$ 950.00
Tykel, George A.; [Hubbard, Daniel J.] (1828-1890). Autograph Letter Signed by a Thurston County Pioneer George Tykel to Another Pioneer Daniel J. Hubbard, Discussing Financial and Territorial Conditions of Their Potential Co-Ownership of the Chambers Prairie near Olympia, the Latest News from the Local Society and Olympia Masonic Lodge and Mentioning the Execution of the Nisqually Chief Leschi. Masonic Hall, Olympia, W.T., 6 and 11 February 1858.
$ 950.00
Gray, Thos M. (ca. 1834 - ?). Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Signed by Thos M. Gray, a Young Farmer and One of the Earliest Residents of Walla Walla, Suggesting to “Dear Cousin” the Best Places to Buy Livestock and the Fastest Transportation Routes from Missouri to Washington Territory. Walla Walla, Washington Territory: 22 December 1860.
$ 750.00
Milroy, Robert Huston (1816-1890), Gen., Indian Agent for the Yakama Agency. Historically Interesting Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by an Indian Agent Robert H. Milroy at Fort Simcoe during His Second Year of Service in Yakama, and Addressed to His Son Bruce Milroy in Olympia, Mentioning the Best Possible Route to Yakama and Talking About the “Hartsuck Note” Held Against Him by His Former Colleague in Puyallup. Fort Simcoe (Yakama), 2 March 1883.
$ 350.00
Original Pencil Drawn Panorama of Hebron. Mid 19th Century.
$ 950.00
Historically Significant Album with 46 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and About 50 Pieces of Ephemera, Taken and Collected by an American Tourist During Two Wartime Cruises to the West Indies aboard SS Nieuw Amsterdam and MS Kungsholm, Featuring Lively Vernacular Scenes of Port-au-Prince (Cockfight, Open-Air Markets, Street Vendors, Thatched Houses, City Hall with Haitian Flag, Capitol View), Kenscoff (Panoramic Bay Views), Havana (Travelers at Morro Castle, Columbus Cathedral, Gran Casino, Cemetery, Spreckels Tomb), Nassau (Market Scenes), etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1940-1941.
Historically Interesting Album with 286 Original Photographs (Including One Real Photo Postcard) from a 1915 Railway Trip Through the American West (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California), Mexico, and British Columbia, Featuring the Pikes Peak Railway, Isleta and Albuquerque Depots, Tijuana Fair, and Over Ten Close-Up Portraits of Native American Men and Children in Patterned Dress; also with the Photos of the Panama International Pacific Exposition in California and Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. Ca. 1915.
$ 425.00
Farragut, David Glasgow (1801-1870). Secretarial Copy of an Autographed Letter Signed by David Glasgow Farragut Concerning a Seized Whaler, Copied by his Clerk and Signed by him: "D.E. Farragut, Comd'g.". La Paz, Mexico: 20 November 1855.
$ 6500.00
[Gordon, Charles George CB] (1833-1885); Watson, Charles Moore, Lt., RE (1844-1916). Collection of Three Original Autograph Letters and a Manuscript Map by the Governor of Equatoria Charles Gordon during his White Nile Expedition of 1874-1876 and Reporting on His Steaming up the River from the Mouth of the Sobat River to Gondokoro; WITH: Three Original Autograph Signed Letters by Gordon’s Subordinate Lt. Watson, also Written during the Expedition. Gordon’s manuscripts: Three original autograph letters signed and addressed to Col. Nugent. Saubat, 21 August 1874; Entrance Bahr el Abiad from Bahr Gazal, 25 August 1874; Bahr el Abiad, 26 August – [8 September] [1874].
$ 375.00
Galbraith, Marion (1908-1967), attributed to. Collection of 261 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Real Photo & Printed Postcards from the Collection of Marion Galbraith, a Female Manitowoc Resident and Stenographer, Showing a Series of Marion’s Portraits, Views of her Residence, Photos from her Sister’s Wedding, and Scenes from her Trips to New Orleans and San Antonio; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1920s-1930s.
$ 650.00
Bond, Frances Eileen Berkswell. Album with over a Hundred Original Photographs Compiled During Two Cruises: a 1931-1932 World Cruise on RMS “Empress of Britain” Showing Jerusalem, Cairo, Bombay, Colombo, Batavia, Bangkok, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Japan, Hawaii, Panama Canal, and others; and a 1934 Cruise around the Caribbean, Showing Nassau, Jamaica, Colon in Panama, Cartagena, La Guaira in Venezuela, Trinidad, Barbados and others; Titled: World Cruise. From Monaco to Southampton. December 15th 1931 – April 16th 1932. Q.S.T.S. “Empress of Britain;” Cruise to the West Indies. From Southampton to Southampton. January 27th – March 8th 1934. R.M.S. “Homeric.” 1931-1934.
$ 6500.00
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Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Six Albums with over 850 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Five Original Drawings, Taken and Collected by an Officer of the 28th Landwehr Infantry and 411th Infantry Regiments of the Imperial German Army during His Service on the Eastern and Western Fronts of WW1; the Photos Show Trench Warfare in Northern France (Liancourt, Parvillers, La Chavatte) in October-November 1914, German Offensive to Poland (Tomaszow, Babiec, Bzura River) in April-June 1915, German Offensive and Occupation of Courland/Southern Latvia (Schmarden/Smarde, Tuckum/Tukums, Mitau/Jelgava, Libau/Liepaja) in November 1915 – July 1917, Capture of Riga and Further Occupation of Courland (Kemmern/Kemeri, Hinzenberg/Incukalns) in August-October 1917, Military Actions in Alsace-Lorraine (Küttingen/Cutting, Wich/Vic-sur-Seille, Bitsch/Bitche) and Northern France (Noyon) in December 1917 – August 1918. Ca. October 1914 – August 1918.
[Viges And Darby Families, Attributed to]. Album with Forty Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Eight Real Photo Postcards from the Viges and Darby Families of Eunice, St. Landry, Louisiana, Showing Black American Soldiers in Segregated Units of the U.S. Army, Engaging in Labor Activities, Posing in Post-War Japan, Heading towards Fort Benning, etc.; Units and Regiments Represented Include 24th “Buffalo” Infantry Regiment, United States Army Central, the Anti-Aircraft Command, the 6th Armored Division, the Civil Air Patrol, etc. Ca. 1943-1946.
[Willson, E.P.] Historically Significant Album with 96 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction of the Burlington Route of Chicago, Burlington & Quince Railroad between Wind River Canyon and Wendover in Wyoming in the 1910s, Showing Railway Tracks, Machinery (File Drivers, Steam Shovels, Grading Machines), Trestle Under Construction, Engineers, North Platte River Ranches, Wyoming Scenery, &c. Ca. 1910s.
$ 3500.00
Mainov/ Maynov, Ivan Ivanovich (1861-1936). Russkiye Krestyane i Osyodlye Inorodtsy Yakutskoy Oblasti/ Zapiski Imperatorskogo Russkogo Geograficheskogo Obshchestva po Otdeleniyu Statistiki. Tom XII, Izdanny pod Redaktsiyey d. chl. V.V. Morachevskogo [Russian Peasants and Sedentary Indigenous People of the Yakutsk Province/ Proceedings of the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. Statistics Department / Vol. XII. Ed. by V.V. Morachevsky]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of V.F. Kirshbaum, 1912.
$ 3250.00
Album with 76 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of London Missionary Society Stations in North-Eastern Rhodesia (Zambia); Including Portraits of Missionaries and their Families (W. Draper, H.E. Wareham, Rev. R.S. Wright, Rev. J.A. Ross, Rev. H.C. Nutter, W. Freshwater, B.R. Turner, Rev. W.G. Robertson, Rev. E.H. Clark), British Civil Servants (H.C. Marshall, G.M.E. Leyer, J. McNeil), Views of “Spirit Huts, Mambwe,” “Mrs. McNeil’s Grave, Kawimbe,” Kalambo Falls, Luena River, Lake Malawi, Mount Waller, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Portraits of Maasai, Kikuyu People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 9500.00
Weatherley, Captain Cecil Poulett (1860-1932). Historically Significant Content-Rich Original Manuscript Notebook Documenting the Exploration and Survey of Lake Bangweulu in British Central Africa (Soon to Become North-Eastern Rhodesia, Now – Zambia), With Detailed Notes on the Local Chiefs, Customs, Methods and Styles of Tattoos, Teeth Filing and Its Negative Impact on the Teeth Health, &c., Illustrated with Over Forty Pencil and Watercolour Maps and Sketches of the Lake Shores, Islands, Marshes, the Course of the Luapula River, Native Hairstyles, &c. Ca. 1898-1899.
