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Dodge, William S. A Historically Important, One of the Earliest Manuscript Liquor Licenses Signed by the First Mayor of Sitka and Alaska Pioneer, William S. Dodge, Just a Year After the US Purchased Alaska from Russia and Only a Few Months before the Act of Congress of 27 July 1868 Prohibited the Sale and Import of Alcohol to the Inhabitants of the Territory. Sitka, 07 March 1868.
$ 5250.00
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Noyes, Fred[rick?] G[errish?] (1867-1928) and Essie L[ouise] (née Schuffelberger, ca. 1861-1949). Historically Significant Collection of Four Albums with over 550 Gelatin Silver Snapshot and Studio Photographs, Illustrating the Life of Fairbanks Pioneers Fred and Essie Noyes in Alaska, and Showing Fairbanks (St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Hospital, the Great Fire of 1906, Parade on Cushman Street, “Masonic Temple,” “Nile Shriners’” Parade, Car Races, Air Planes, &c.), Essinoye – the Couple’s House on the Garden Island, Governor Bone’s Visit to Nenana, Yukon River Steamers and Paddle Wheelers (“Tanana”, “Alaska,” “Seattle No. 3,” “Yukon,” “Minneapolis”), a Trip on the Noyes’ Steamboat “Idler” on the Kantishna River, Chena Town, Ruby, Healey, Holy Cross, “Bobby Sheldon Stage, 1919-1920,” “Farthest-North Training Camp, Ft. Gibbon,” Rampart Canyon, Chena River, Childs Glacier, Ketchikan, Nenana; Portraits of Teachers, Students and Graduates of Fairbanks Public School, Native Alaskans &c. Ca. 1900s-1920s.
$ 1250.00
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Collection of Forty-Eight Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Filming of the Oscar-Winning Movie “Eskimo” in Northwestern Alaska in 1932-1933, Featuring Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos of the Film Cast & Crew (Ray Mala, Lotus Long, Peter Freuchen, W. S. Van Dyke), Native Actors in Parkas and Mukluks Haunting Polar Bear, Walrus, and Moose, Extras Posing in Igloos and Processing Captured Animals; also, with Early Photos of Alaska’s Arctic and the 1930s Movie Equipment. 1932-1933.
$ 3250.00
Album with 229 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs, Showing Nome (Sheldon Hotel, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Front Street, Golden Gate Hotel, &c.), Dutch Harbor (Facilities of the “North American Commercial Co.,” Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension, Iliuliuk Bay), Likely Kotzebue Sound, Gold Miners Panning, Dredging and Digging, Canoeing, Dog Sledding, Posing next to Their Tents, on Board a Steamship, Native Alaskans, “Wisconsin” Gold Dredge, &c. Ca. 1898-1903.
$ 1750.00
Collection of Sixteen Loose Albumen Photos of the East Argentine Railway, Showing Concordia (Entre Rios), Railway Stations in Gualeguaycito and Monte Caseros, a Four-Span Bridge over the Mandisovi River, Ceibo River and Nearby Ranchos, Monte Caseros, Company’s “Mensajero” Steamer in Ceibo, &c. Ca. 1880s.
$ 2750.00
[Pastorino, Luis], & Others. Album with Sixty-Six Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Argentina and Uruguay, Showing Buenos Aires (General & Street Views, Port, Waterfront, Piramide de Mayo, Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo, Metropolitan Cathedral, Zoo, &c.), Tigre (Private Mansion, River Waterfront), Campana (Military Camp, Cattle Farm, River Waterfront), and Montevideo (Plaza Independencia, Fortaleza del Cerro, Baños Plaza Ramirez, “Saladero Clouzet & Cia” Facility, Palaza Cagancha with La Libertad Statue, Metropolitan Cathedral, &c. Ca. early 1900s.
$ 1250.00
Dimick, Essie E., née Frakes (1891-1973). Album with ca. 190 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs and 11 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Melbourne (South Wharf, Business Sector), Samoa, Fiji (Ovalau, Rotuma, Portraits of Locals), etc. Ca. 1928-1936.
$ 850.00
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Turner, Captain Henry A., Royal Artillery (British, active 1849-1853). Original Initialed (on verso) "H.A.T." Watercolour on two Joined Sheets, Dated & Titled: "Pilgrim. The Governor's Residence Barbados. Apl. 1852."
$ 5250.00
[Kablé, Emile]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with over 460 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Diamond Mining Operations of French “Companhia Boa Vista” near Diamantina, Minas Gerais State of Brazil, Showing Earthworks at Lagoa Secca, Bom Successo, Pindahybas and Tahoa, Boa Vista Settlement with the General Office and Employees’ Settlement, Water Reservoirs and Pump Stations, Electric Plant at Santa Maria, a System of Sluices, Installation of Boilers and Pulsometers, the Head of the Construction Antonio de Lavendeyra, the Company’s Employees including the Compiler, Native Workers Washing Paydirt, Views of Diamantina and Environs, &c. Ca. 1897-1900.
$ 950.00
Barbosa, Januario da Cunha (1780-1864). [Protocols and Procedures for Burials in the Churches of Rio de Janeiro] Exposição do Padre Januario da Cunha Barbosa a El-Rei D. João VI sobre as sepulturas nas Egrejas do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro: Ca. 1813-1816.
$ 950.00
Album of 32 Gelatin Silver Photographs showing Rio de Janeiro, Including Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Corcovado, the Neighbourhood of Botafogo, Palácio Monroe, Avenida Central, etc. Ca. 1910s.
Healey, Charles Terraine (1833-1914). Historically Significant, Content-Rich Archive of Nine Original Manuscript Notebooks, by California’s First Licensed Surveyor, Documenting His Land Surveys in or near Wilmington, Machado, San Fernando, San Joaquin, Long Beach, Stearns Rancho, Narbonne & Weston Partition (Rancho Palos Verdes), Ranchos Las Bolsas and San Marino, Santa Catalina Island Road Survey, Elevation on a Portion of Southern California Railway, First Mapping of Willmore (Long Beach), Early Oil Survey and Drilling at Puente Whittier (Whittier Oil Field), &c.; WITH: Manuscript Field Notes of the Survey of Lands Adjacent to Ranchos Los Coyotes and Los Cerritos (Los Angeles and Orange Counties). Ca. 1882-1904.
$ 950.00
Henry, H. O. Original Autograph Letter Signed by one H. O. Henry from Sacramento, Talking about Selling Lots, Conditions of Sacramento Including High Water Levels After the Flooding in January and Mentioning the Re-Election of former Sacramento Mayor James Richmond Hardenburg and the Loss of Steamers Independence, S.S. Lewis, and Tennessee. Sacramento, 20 April 1853.
$ 2750.00
Taber, Isaiah West (1830-1912); Baker, Walter T. & Cathcart, Walter, & others. Album with Nineteen Early Original Albumen Photographs from the Collection of Samuel Parsons - a San Francisco Resident and Employee of a Local Wall Paper Dealer “George W. Clark & Co,” Including a Series of Parson’s Portraits, Views of His Residences and a Street of San Francisco, the Storefront of “George W. Clark & Co” on Market Street with Staff Members, Most likely Including Parsons, Scenes from an Outing in the Redwood Forest, &c.; with a Later Gelatin Silver Portrait of a Young Girl at the Rear. Ca. 1880s.
$ 850.00
Church, Edward W. (ca. 1814-1861). Original Autograph Letter Signed by San Francisco Banker Edward W. Church to His Friend in New York, Talking about the Health of His Child, Visiting New York, and Recent Weather and Earthquakes in San Francisco. San Francisco, 28 February & 20 March 1856.
$ 950.00
Payne, George E. Original Autograph Letter Signed by a San Francisco Merchant George E. Payne to His New York Partner (Most Likely, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of New York, Charles P. Leverich), Talking about Early California Gold Rush Trade to San Francisco, the Voyage of the Barque Madonna, Cargo Prices, and the Sale of the Bark Hannah Sprague. San Francisco, 20 February 1850.
$ 6500.00
Healey, Charles Terraine (1833-1914). Historically Significant Archive of Three Original Manuscript Notebooks, by California’s First Licensed Surveyor, Documenting His Land Surveys of New Almaden and Guadalupe Quicksilver Mines (Santa Clara Co.), Los Vergeles, Moro Cojo and Los Capitancillos Ranches, in the Vicinity of the Sargent Station of the Southern Pacific Railroad (now a Ghost Town), &c.; WITH: a Period Copy of a Survey on the Retracing of Los Huecos Rancho (Santa Clara Co.), Signed and Sealed by the U.S. Surveyor General for California, W.H. Brown. Notebooks: ca. 1871-1879, 1886.
$ 750.00
Elegant Grisaille Watercolour Showing Columbus Landing in America with the Explorer Encouraging his Party to go Forward, and a Group of Native Americans and a Spanish Ship in the Background. Early 19th century.
$ 3500.00
Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
$ 750.00
Pritchett, B.J. Original Watercolour Showing the Harbour of Coquimbo, Chile. January 1851.
$ 1500.00
Leblanc, Félix (active ca. 1865-1910s) & others. Album of 14 Albumen Studio Photographs of Chile, Showing Valparaíso, Santiago, the Magellan Strait, and the Andes. Ca. 1891-1893.
$ 3250.00
Album with ca. 296 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of China and the Philippines, Showing Qingdao, Mount Lao Valley, Hong Kong, Beijing, the Great Wall of China, Manila, Olongapo Naval Station, Ships and Military Exercise of the U.S. Naval Battle Force, Admiral Harris Laning, American Enlisted Sailors, Chinese Policemen, Passers-By, Families, Beggars, &c., Titled: James A. Smith Tsingtao. China. Ca. 1930s.
Morland, John. Official Autograph Letter Signed to Miguel Tacón y Rosique, Captain General of Cuba in 1834-38, from U.S. Acting Consul in Havana John Morland, Asking for Release of Eugine Newman, an American Seaman of the U.S. Vessel “Cavalier” who was “confined in the Stocks at the Prison;” With: the Official Translation of the Letter into Spanish. Havana: Consulate of the United States of America, 7 August 1834.
$ 3500.00
[Benapres, Pablo]. Album with 38 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Santiago de Cuba and Its Environs, Showing the Events and the Aftermath of the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War, Titled: Recortes Cubabos por P. Benapres. Ca. 1898 – early 1900s.
Historically Significant Archive of Over Fifty Original Manuscripts and Period Copies, Merchants’ Receipts, Two Rare Printed Caribbean Broadsides and an Autograph Letter Signed, Documenting Trade Voyages of Canadian-Built Wooden Schooner "Lima," Manned and Commanded by Americans, from New York to St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Mostly Focusing on its Damage during a Storm in the Caribbean in September-October 1865 and Subsequent Auction Sale in St. Thomas. New York, St. Thomas (Danish West Indies), Kingston (Jamaica), ca. 1865 – early 1866.
$ 2250.00
Album with 394 Original Amateur Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Ecuador, Showing Rio Napo, Coastal and Riverside Villages, Snow-Capped Mountains (most likely, Cotopaxi), Cattle Ranches, Banana and Papaya Plantations, a Bullfight in Quito, a Pottery Workshop, Market Stalls, “Handicraft/ Art-Workshop, Arturo Kiewe,” “Hotel de Palace,” “Pension Federico,” Scenes of Transportation and Installation of a Tank, Possibly for a Brewery, Portraits of German Residents, Ecuadorian Mule Drivers, Loaders Carrying Wooden Casks, a Show Polisher, Children at a street Christmas Celebration, Native Species of Mammals, Birds and Turtles, &c. Ca. 1950s.
$ 1750.00
Album with 196 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Ghana (Accra, Aburi) and Eritrea (Asmara, Massawa, Cheren) Taken by a U.S. Air Force Serviceman in the Last Years of WWII, with Interesting Photos Including a “Witch Doctor Scaring away Evil Spirits After a Death of a Native,” G. I.’s Sharing Cigarettes with the Crowd of Locals, Native Women Shopping in their Traditional Attire, Soldiers “Getting Shoes Shined” by the Local Children & Holding Burst Shells on the Cheren Battlefield, etc.; also with the Photos of Military Installations, the Church of Our Lady of Rosary, the Asmara Cinema, Red Cross & Grand Hotels, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 1500.00
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.
$ 850.00
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.
$ 1500.00
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.
$ 950.00
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.
$ 1500.00
Heider, Karl G. (b. 1935). Album with 36 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Persepolis (Aerial View, Entrance Hall, Apadana Palace Columns and Reliefs, Throne Hall, the Tachara, Tombs of Darius I and Xerxes I at the Naghsh-e-Rostam Necropolis); Titled: Persepolis or Tacht-i-Jamshid, from the Travels of KGH, April 11 and 12, 1957.
Fallon, J. H. Album of 99 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting a Cruise to Panama (Construction of Panama Canal and Railroad, Workers’ Lodgings, Panama Railroad Company’s Pier 4, Native Panamanian Huts), Cuba (Jose Marti Monument in Parque Central, Mausoleum of the Firefighters, Havana Streets), and Jamaica (Kingston Streets) Titled: Cruise 1912 – Cuba, Panama, Jamaica. Ca. 1912.
$ 2250.00
Farmer, Junius Warren (1900-1969); Haynes, Frank Jay (1853-1921). Album of ca. 286 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Kansas State Agricultural College (Waters Hall, Seaton Hall, Calvin Hall, Denison Hall, Fairchild Hall, ROTC Training Field, Livestock Barns), Agricultural Fairs in 1921 and 1922 (Fairgrounds, Parade Floats, Railway Ride, Ferris Wheel), Students and Teachers of Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School (Topeka), Cabinet Members of a Manhattan Presbyterian Church, Farmer Family’s “Nine Mile Ranch,” Campuses of Colorado College and University of Minnesota, Yellowstone National Park, etc. Ca. 1904, 1912-1922.
$ 7500.00
[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.
$ 2500.00
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.
$ 950.00
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.
$ 1500.00
Dorrance, William T (Ca. 1804 - ?). A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by 1st Sergeant of the 7th US Infantry Regiment, William T Dorrance, from Occupied Mexico City and Signed to His Cousin Edward Moulton in Willimantic, Connecticut, Sharing Breaking News of the Arrival of Two US Commissioners “Empowered to Settle the Terms” of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Heatedly Arguing about the Possible Need of Marching to San Luis Potosi and Giving the Mexicans “A Drubbing” There, Decisively Claiming That “The Question of Peace or War Rests Now Entirely with Mexico,” and Mentioning Several American Political Figures, Including Nicholas Trist, Nathan Clifford, and Ambrose Sevier. Mexico City, 20 April 1848.
$ 950.00
Watkins, George S (ca. 1837-1941). Historically Interesting Original Letter by George Watkins, Montana’s Pioneer Gold Miner and Farmer, Writing to his Sister in Hainesville (now Parkland), IL, Talking about the Brand-New Gold Diggings on Snake River and a “Very Steady” Former “Negro” Slave Striking it Rich; also with Notes about the Overall Scarcity of Money and his Early Farming Activities. Virginia City, Montana: 4 March 1869.
$ 2250.00
Album with 43 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of the New Guinea Campaign of WW2, Showing Australian General Sir Thomas Blamey, U.S. General Robert L. Eichelberger, Australian and Papuan Soldiers, Papuan Load Carriers, Families, Children, Villages, &c., Titled: This Book Contains Pictures of New Guinea, 1943-1944. Ca. 1943-1944.
$ 950.00
Swett, Leonard Herbert (ca. 1859-1934). Autograph Letter Written by Leonard H. Swett, Assistant Topographer of the U.S. Geological Survey in Fort Wingate, Talking about His Daily Duties in the Camp, Senator John A. Logan’s Recent Visit to the Fort, and His Trip to the Zuni Land. Fort Wingate, New Mexico: 12 September 1882.
$ 950.00
Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by a Victim of the Portland Riverfront Fire Almost Immediately After the Accident and Addressed to Asher Marks, Rosburg’s Pioneer and the Owner of “S. Marks and Company,” Offering a Firsthand Account of the Disastrous Fire, Talking About His Financial Losses, and Wishing to be Back in Roseburg. Portland, Oregon: 23 December 1872.
$ 850.00
Collection of 24 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs Documenting the 117th Engineer Combat Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign (November 1943 to September 1944), etc. July 1943 - September 1944.
$ 1750.00
Album of 37 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Patagonia and the Strait of Magellan, Including Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Rio Gallegos and Monte Sarmiento, Cockburn Channel, Beagle Channel, Lago del Toro, Mount Balmaceda, Sheep Farming, and Ethnographic Portraits of the Selk’nam (Ona) People, etc. Ca. 1920s.
$ 1250.00
Very Attractive Original Manuscript Autograph Book of Members the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Titled in Calligraphy: Autographs of the Members and Officers of the Members and Officers of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, Session 1843. Designed by J. A. Reigart for Mr. Isaac G. McKinley, State Printer. 1843.
Historically Significant Album with 72 Rare Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Peru, Showing the Citadel of Sacsayhuaman (General View, Entrance to a Chamber, Entrance to an Old Silver Mine, a Secret Staircase, Opening to an Underground Tunnel), Cuzco (City Cathedral, Convent of Santo Domingo, a Stoned-up Viaduct, Inca Masonry Work, Spanish Buildings on Inca Foundations, Streets, Entrance Gates, &c.) and Lima (Metropolitan Cathedral, Hotel “Pension Royal”); Peruvian Passers-by, Children, Llama Herdsmen, a Priest from the Convent of Santo Domingo, and the Album’s Compiler. Ca. 1920s.
$ 1250.00
Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
$ 3250.00
[O’Vary, Geza Philip] (1887 – after 1946) & [O’Vary, Helene] (ca. 1883 – after 1958). Collection of Three Photo Albums with ca. 416 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken by an American Employee of the Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij (Nederlands Colonial Oil Company) During His Work at the Oil Refinery in Soengei-Gerong (Sungai Gerong, South Sumatra) in 1929-1931. Ca. 1929-1931.
