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West, Isaac E., Attorney at Law (1838-1900) & “Laughing Sam” (Hartman, Samuel S.). Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Defense of Dakota Outlaw “Laughing Sam” (Samuel S. Hartman), and Mentioning the New Governor of the Dakota Territory William A. Howard, the First State’s Attorney of the Lawrence County A.J. Flanner, and Yankton’s Store Owner and Public Figure A.W. Lavender. Yankton, D[akota]. T[erritory]: 25 April 1878.
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An Interesting Original Autograph Letter Written by a Pioneer Cowboy of Custer County (Dakota Territory) Working at the Short-Lived “Union Cattle Co.” to “Dear Mother” Back in the East, He Brags about the Company as the Largest Cattle Outfit (125,000 Head) in the American West, Urging His Hometown Friend to Immediately Move to Dakota Territory, and Talking about One of the Biggest Roundups Ever Conducted in the State; Also Delivering the Latest News about His Hard Work at the Newly-Established S&G Ranch (the Present-Day Town of Dewey) and Commenting on the Massive Wave of Migration to the West. S.&G. Ranch [near Custer City, Dakota Territory], 12 May 1884.
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Beecher Stowe, H. Khizhina diadi Toma, ili Zhizn’ negrov v nevol’nich’ikh shtatakh Severnoi Ameriki [i.e. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Black Life in Slave States of North America]. Moscow: V tipografii Katkova i Ko, 1857.
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[Woodbury, George Edward] (1902-1973). Historically Significant Collection of 61 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and 95 Film Negatives, Showing the Excavation of Native American Burial Mounds on Cape Canaveral, in 1933-1934: Mounds in their Original Stage, Excavation Process, Workers and Anthropologists, Unearthed Remains Identified by Numbers. Ca. 1933-1934.
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Historically Significant Manuscript Letter by an English Immigrant Woman in Penfield, Georgia, Describing Her Harrowing Voyage to America, a Shipwreck that Left Them “Complete Skeletons,” Intentions to Acquire Slaves for Housework, and Observations on Southern Fashion and the High Cost of Goods. Penfield, Georgia: 6 November 1843.
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Mhulack, E.; Friar, S. Historically Important Collection of Two Manuscript Letters Signed by California Pioneer Gold Miners “Esoch Mhulack” and “S. Friar” and Addressed to Their Business Associate “F. B. Haight,” Complaining About the Average Prices for 883 ½ Purity of Gold Dust and Calculating the Distribution of Income Among Stakeholders; also with Notes about Nicaragua Steamship Company’s High Second Cabin Fees and Operational Delays. San Francisco: 28 March 1857.
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Album with 106 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the USCGC Eastwind’s Annual Summer Cruise to Greenland (Thule Air Force Base, Cape Etoh, Grondal, and Godthab) Showing American & Canadian Vessels (USS Glynn, USCGC Westwind, and Labrador), Prominent Arctic Explorer Donald Macmillan, a Helicopter Crash Landing on the Ice, “Frog Men” Preparing for Underwater Dynamiting, Local Eskimos Posing with the Captain Rhanke, etc.; Also with the Images of Sailors Meeting Danish Admiral on the Fourth of July, Having a Beer Party, and Celebrating the Initiation Ceremony in Costumes. Ca. 1950s.
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$ 750.00
Rice, Roger C.Album of 11 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Territory of Hawaii in 1915, Including ‘Iolani Palace, Ali‘iolani Hale, Kawaiaha‘o Church, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Hawaii State Library, Waikiki Beach, Nu‘uanu Pali, Moanalua Gardens, a “Typical Native Home,” and “the University Club”. Ca. 1915.
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Album of Over 280 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by an American Soldier During His Service in the US Army Hawaiian Division, with Interesting Photos of Schofield Barracks and Soldiers, Oahu Island and Hawaii Volcanos National Park. Hawaii: Ca. 1920-1930s.
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Vansant, K.L., U.S.S. “New Mexico”. Attractive Keepsake Album with Sixty-Seven Gelatin Silver Studio Photos and Real Photo Postcards, and One Piece of Printed Ephemera, Compiled by a Sailor from U.S.S. “New Mexico” during the US Fleet Exercise at Hawaii and its Good-will Tour to South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand in April-October 1925; the Album is Titled: U.S.S. New Mexico. In Remembrance of Maneuvres at Hawaii – Australia – New Zealand, 1925. Ca. 1925.
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Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
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Vysheslavtsev, A.V. Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]. St. Petersburg-Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1867.
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[Spencer, Abigail Leilani] (1935 – ca. 2020). Interesting Album with ca. 230 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, from the Estate of a Native Hawaiian Resident of Waimea/Kamuela (Hawaii Island), Showing her Friends and Fellow Students from Waimea Intermediate School, Hawaii Episcopal Academy, and University of Hawaii, Views of St. James Episcopal Church and Hawaii Episcopal Academy (Waimea/Kamuela), Community Celebrations, Invitations to the Graduation Ceremony and Senior Prom of 1952, &c. Ca. 1948 – early 1960s.
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Rickards, Peter (ca. 1843-1918); Rickards, Ellen (ca. 1845-1909). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Indiana Farmer and His Wife to “Dear Brother and Sister” in Starr’s Point, Oregon, Talking About Suffering from the Food Shortage and Seeking Provisions in Springfield, Illinois, Mentioning the Exceptional Promise of Wheat, Corn, Meadows, and Clover, and Indicating Early Prices of Various Agricultural Commodities, Including Butter, Fresh Beef, Chickens, Turkeys, Irish Potatoes, Bacon, etc. Indiana, 11 June 1876.
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Reiner, Samuel (ca. 1805-1862). Historically Interesting Original Pike’s Peak Gold Rush Letter by Samuel Reiner, a Farmer from Columbus City (Iowa) and State Senator, Talking about Local Folks Rushing to Gold Areas to Escape Economic Crisis, Describing Ox Teams as the Best Mode to Cross the Plains, and Outlining the Ideal Timing & Team Composition for the Journey. Columbus City, Iowa: 4 April 1859.
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Collection of Two Albums with 248 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 144 Real Photo Postcards Showing Japan, Including Tokyo (Ōmori, Ueno Park, Tsukiji, Street Scenes, Portraits of Locals), Hakone Hot Springs, Karuizawa, Mt. Asama, Gotemba, Shrines and Temples, Countryside Views, Portraits of Geisha, etc. Ca. 1919-1920.
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Historically Significant Archive of Eight Original Manuscripts and Period Copies, Documenting The Fate of The Crew of US Schooner "Golden Fleece," Its Captain Edward Funcke, Who Were Shipwrecked At Kozlov Cape In Kamchatka, Taken Into Custody, Released After Cleared Of Charges In Poaching, Refused A Place at HMS Daphne, And Finally Brought Safely To American Consulate in Yokohama. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Russia); Yokohama (Japan), Septermber-October, 1897.
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McGuire, Muriel Louise (1917-2003). Album of 208 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Japan Shortly After WWII, Showing Emperor Hirohito Visiting Chiba, Officer Billets (Shufu-no-Tomo, Shiba Park Hotel), 42nd General Hospital (St. Luke’s International Hospital), Atsugi Air Base, a “Fisherman’s Festival,” Street Scenes, Snapshots of Local Japanese, etc. Ca. 1946-1949.
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Historically Significant Album with 132 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur and Studio Photographs, Taken and Collected by a Serviceman of the Yokohama Headquarters of the Eighth U.S. Army, Showing U.S. Military Camp and Headquarters in Yokohama, the Compiler and His Fellow Servicemen, Japanese People and Girls in Western Clothes, Streets and Sites of Yokohama and Tokyo, Scenes of Atomic Destruction in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, &c.; With: An Original Blue Cloth "Air Police" Armband. Ca. 1945 – late 1940s.
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Way, Richard Quarterman (1819-1895); Mitsukuri, Genpo (1799-1863). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Book, Titled:] Chikyu Setsuryaku. [An Account of the World]. Tokyo: Rokokan Zoshi, ca. Meiji 4 [1871].
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[Stephens, George John Frederick] (1873-1966). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of an Early Klondike Gold Miner and Enthusiast Photographer, George Stephens; the Archive includes Over 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Twenty-Six Amateur Real Photo Postcards, Showing the Site, Premises and Operations on the No. 11 Mining Camp on Eureka Creek (where Stephens was a Partner), His Business Partner and Klondike Pioneer Charles Fraser Hill and Fellow Miners (Martin Pekoe, John Martin, Geo. A. Philbrook, Albert McDonald, Ove Knudsen, Jonas Smith, Gus Wikstrom, Edward Lund and Many Others); Other Mining Camps in the Klondike Goldfields and Surrounding Scenery, Klondike Mines Railway, Dawson City, the Town of Grand Forks (Demolished in 1921), Indian River Bridge, Fishing and Hunting Scenes, &c.; With Two Business Cards of Charles Hill, Period Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera. Ca. 1900s. – early 1920s.
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Graham Photo Company. Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs, Showing Los Angeles (Figueroa Street, a Street in St. James Park, House of Harrison Gray Otis), Pasadena (Orange Grove Avenue, Raymond Hotel, Mansions of William C. Stuart and Charles Richardson), Arcadia (Baldwin’s Ranch), Altadena (House of Colonel George G. Green), Redlands (Brookside Avenue, House of Albert C. Burrage), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue), San Gabriel, a Portrait of Actress Helena Modjeska in her “Arden Forest” House near Silverado, a Scene at an Ostrich Farm, &c. Ca. 1900s.
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Album with Thirty-Seven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Mediterranean, Showing the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth), Egypt (Cairo, Giza), Algiere (Algiers), Greece (Athens), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Seville), Italy (Venice, Rome), Gibraltar, and Monte Carlo; titled: Photographs. 1926.
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McKenna, Mike. Historically Interesting Letter Signed by an American Soldier in an Agua Prieta Hospital, Talking about a Rebel Paranoid about Being Poisoned, a Half-Paralyzed Yaqui's Dire Condition, and the Deaths of Local Patients (a Federal & a Yaqui Mayo). Agua Prieta, Sonora: 5 November 1912.
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Slocum, Wilkes Almy (ca. 1824-1848). Original Autograph Letter by Wilkes Slocum, a Boatman Near Vera Cruz, Sharing with “Dear Mother” the Hot News of the Mexican Defeat in the Vera Cruz Battle and Writing about the Minimal Casualties Suffered by the American Forces. Vera Cruz: 29 March 1847.
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