[Kingsly, Colonel; McNamee, William]. Original Manuscript Bond Regarding a Sale of a “Pack Train” to Run Along the Oregon Trail Between Either Umatilla or Dalles City (Or) and Idaho City (Id) During the “Packing Season” of 1865. [Oregon, 1865].
Historically Significant Album with 100 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur Photographs, Documenting Construction of Cast Iron Metallurgical Factories on the Vishera River and Its Tributaries (Kama River Basin, Eastern Urals), belonging to the French-Owned Volga-Vishera Mining and Metallurgical Joint-Stock Company or Société Minière et Métallurgique Volga-Vichéra, Titled: Vizhaika – Kutim, Vels – Chuvalsk. Reka Vishera i Zavody Obschestva “Volga-Vishera.” Vyaika – Koutime. Velce – Tchouvalsk. La Vichéra et les Usines de la Société «Volga-Vishera». Ca. 1890s – early 1900s.
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States (Northern Sheet) From Umpquah River to the Boundary, by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. James Alden U.S.N. Assistant. Geographical positions by G. Davidson, Assistant / J. # 7. U.S. Coast Survey. A.D. Bache Superintendent.
Collection of 14 Real Photo Postcards of a Equatorial Line-Crossing Ceremony, Showing Crew Members in Costume as King Neptune and His Retinue, Ceremony Rituals (“Equatorial Baptism,” Being Sprayed in the Face), and Officers and Sailors in Uniform. Ca. 1920s.
[Tiffin, Edward] (1766-1829), 1st Speaker of the Northwest Territory House of Representatives. Historically Significant Period Copy of an Official Letter to the Sheriff of the Ross County of what was then the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, Regarding the Detention of “Negro Joe” and “Negro Sinah” on the Request of a Chillicothe Pioneer, Robert W. Finley, with the Signature of a Local Politician and Future First Governor of Ohio, Edward Tiffin. Territory of the United States North West of the River Ohio, [December 1799].
Album with 66 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Cyanotypes of Utah, Showing Salt Lake City (South Temple Street, Downtown, LDS Business College, Tabernacle), Mining Industrial Facilities, Surveyors, Native Americans, Homesteaders, &c. Ca. 1900s.
[Great Game: Khanate of Kokand] Nazarov, F.M. Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii Filippa Nazarova, otdel’nogo Sibirskogo korpusa perevodchika, posylannogo v Kokant v 1813 i 1814 godakh [i.e. Notes on People and Lands in the Central Part of Asia by Filipp Nazarov, a Translator of the Special Siberian Corps Who was sent to Kokand in 1813 and 1814]. St. Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, 1821.
Bornas, Aug[ust?]. Album of Ten Original Pen and Wash Sketches of Military Fortifications, Villages and Mountainous Views of Tonkin (North Vietnam) Taken by a Participant of the French Military Campaign on Pacification of Tonkin (1886-1896). Ca. 1891.
[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.
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.
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.
[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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.