OVER 350 LAUREL AND HARDY MOVIE STILLS.Laurel,OVER 350 LAUREL AND HARDY MOVIE STILLS.Laurel, Stan and Oliver Hardy. Over 350 Laurel and Hardy Movie Stills. Hollywood, 1920s - 40s. Over 350 different 8 x 10" movie stills from approximately 54 different movie titles including many complete sets of 10, such as Berth Marks, Beau Hunks, Chickens Come Home, Big Business, Double Whoopee, Early to Bed, Habeas Corpus, Our Relations, Our Wife, and many others. Additional movie titles include A-Haunting We Will Go, The Perfect Moment, Them Thar Hills, The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case, and others. Nearly all with identifying notations on back not visible from front. Should be seen. Condition: generally good or better.
AN ANTIQUE MAP, "MK & T RAILWAY SECTIONALAN ANTIQUE MAP, "MK & T RAILWAY SECTIONAL MAP OF TEXAS,...AN ANTIQUE MAP, "MK & T Railway Sectional Map of Texas," 1909, engraving on paper, showing areas traversed by the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, published by Burton & Danforth, Gibbs Building, San Antonio, Texas. 20 1/2" x 21 1/2" Note: This map shows the projected plans for farming productions which included crops of cotton, fruits, vegetables, also livestock, oil, timber and other big business commerce planning at the turn of the 20th Century proposed for the state of Texas. "In 1909, real estate developers E.O. Burton and A.H. Danforth embarked upon a land promotion scheme to take advantage of available land in Aransas Pass. They hired journalist W.H. Vernor to produce the "Aransas Pass Progress", which promoted Aransas Pass and the pending land sale across the country by U.S. Mail. Promoter A.D. Powers was hired to carefully handle the sale to avoid its being seen as a lottery by the postal department. Six thousand tickets, each representing a town lot, were sold for $100 each. Ticket holders were then to come to Aransas Pass to bid on lots; they were not to bid more than $100, and thus the tickets could be exchanged directly for lots. Nearly all 6,000 lots were sold during the auction sales in December 1909. All went well until postal inspectors who had secured tickets purposefully overbid, which muddled the sale and led to several legal battles. As a result of the great land lottery of 1909, Aransas Pass did see substantial growth. The money collected in overbids went into a trust that eventually served to fund public and school libraries." Courtesy The Texas Historical Commission: Texas Historic Sites, Historical Marker Number 2262, Atlas Great Land Lottery of Aransas Pass, Atlas Number 5409002262. Historical marker location: Aransas Pass Public Library at Lamont and Wheeler streets. Provenance: Property from a Fortune 500 Energy Company, Houston, Texas.
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Some creasing as issued, dimples and waves to paper, some losses, toning, but overall in good condition, wear commensurate with age. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."