WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERAWESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERAWESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA
WILD WEST MEMORIBLIA: FIFTEEN FRAMEDWILD WEST MEMORIBLIA: FIFTEEN FRAMED PIECES OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND EPHEMERA FEATURING BUFFALO BILL, NATIVE AMERICANS, FRONTIER TOWNS, ST...WILD WEST MEMORIBLIA: Fifteen framed pieces of photography and ephemera featuring Buffalo Bill, Native Americans, frontier towns, stage coaches, etc., mid-19th to 20th C., items of interest include: panoramic lineup of Buffalo Bill with Native American performers; Buffalo Bill polychrome flag advertisement; polychrome metal sign for Evanston Cowboy Days; "Land Run" tryptic of a four day time lapse of before and after the land grab; stage coach with group of armed pioneer men with guns and dog; interior shot of Old Mint Saloon with slot machines in background, c. 1895; boomtown portrait of Weepah, NV, c. 1920's; two street shots of frontier towns; portrait of a female Native American Police Officer, etc., all pieces with wear consistent with age and use including toning, fading, foxing, etc., none examined out of frame, some possible reproductions, sold as-is.
WESTERN COLOR LITHOGRAPH with mountainsWESTERN COLOR LITHOGRAPH with mountains and stream. 30'' by 40''. In custom wood frame.
WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERAWESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA AND MENUS
WESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERAWESTERN RAILROAD TRAVEL EPHEMERA AND MENUS
THREE SOUVENIR DECKS.Three SouvenirTHREE SOUVENIR DECKS.Three Souvenir Decks. Includes Golden West Southern Pacific, Van Noy Interstate: ca. 1910. 52 + J + Map Card + Bklt+ OB. Near mint. Hoch. SR16, White Pass & Youkan Route, USPC, Cincinnati: ca. 1910, 52 +J + 2EC + Map Card + OB, near mint. Hoch. SR31 and Rocky Mountain, Tom Jones, Denver: ca. 1899, 52 + J + EC + OB, near mint. Hoch. S59.
WILD WEST AND GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOWS.WILD WEST AND GREAT FOREPAUGH SHOWS. "BIDE A WEE." WE A...Wild West and Great Forepaugh Shows. "Bide A Wee." We Are Almost Here. Circa 1888. Pictorial two-sided letterpress broadside. Portraits of the owner and manager appear beside the bombastic language; verso bears wild west narratives on "Gen. Custer's Last Rally" and the "Mountain Meadow Massacre." 7 x 28 _". Chipped around edges, scattered tears and split portions repaired with archival tape. Good overall appearance.
After Joseph Walter (British, 1783-1856)After Joseph Walter (British, 1783-1856) "The Great Western" Steamship 1840 color engraving Engraved by R.G. and A. W. Reeve, published May 21st 1840 by Thomas Freebody, Hull, Ackermann & Co, London. 20 3/4" x 27"
WESTERN EPHEMERA INC. YELLOWSTONEWESTERN EPHEMERA INC. YELLOWSTONE & GLACIER PARKSFeatured in this lot is Western Ephemera including from Yellowstone National Park, Glacier National Park, Montana, Cody, Wyoming, Jasper National Park, Canada. Two stereoview cards from Yellowstone Park and one from Glacier Park, circa 1904-1910. Three photo postcards from Augusta, Gibson Dam and Virginia City, Montana, circa 1950s. A Cody, Wyoming "The Scenic Entrance to Yellowstone Park" Photo Souvenir Folder circa 1910 with over 20 postcard-size photographs. An advertising card from Alder, Montana. A Jasper Park Lodge travel brochure booklet circa 1928. Pieces are in nice preserved condition, light age tanning observed, light soiling. Largest piece measures 5.5"W x 7.5"L, photo postcards are 3.5"W x 5.5"L
After Joseph Walter (British 1783-1856)After Joseph Walter (British 1783-1856) "In Commemoration...The Magnificent Steam Ship Great Western" published by Ackermann 1840 London aquatint and hand-coloring by Reeve sight 25 1/4 in. x 39 in. attractively framed. Note: The Great Western was the first ship designed to carry enough coal to steam across the Atlantic. Her maiden voyage in 1838 from Bristol caused a sensation when it arrived in New York Harbor.
SHELF OF TWENTY-TWO COLLECTIBLESHELF OF TWENTY-TWO COLLECTIBLE BOOKS about the west hunting Indians western art etc. All with original dust jackets: ''Memories of a Sheep Hunter'' by Rashid Jamshee; ''Great Rams'' by Robert Anderson; ''Wind on the Buffalo Grass'' by Leslie Tillett; ''Steens Mountains in Oregon's High Desert Country'' text by E.R. Jackman 11.50'' by 15''; ''The West that Was'' by John Eggen; ''The Treasures of the Old West''; ''The Art of Howard Terpning'' text by Elmer Kelton; ''Saga of the Colt Six-Shooter'' by George Virgines; ''A Line in the Sand'' by Randy Roberts & Jas. Olson et al.
Emil J. Kosa Jr (1903-1968 LosEmil J. Kosa Jr (1903-1968 Los Angeles CA) The Great West Horses Grazing in a Sweeping California Landscape
[Western Americana] Seventeen volumes[Western Americana] Seventeen volumes including two duplicates in the original publisher's cloth bindings notably: 1) W. Glazier Headwaters of the Mississippi (Chicago: 1893); 2) W. Glazier Down the Great River (Phila.: 1892); 3) S. Powers Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea (Hartford: 1886); 4) C. McKnight Our Western Border (Phila.: 1875); 5) W.W. Fowler Woman on the American Frontier (Hartford: 1877) Estimate $ 150-250
TWO 19TH CENTURY COLORED LITHOGRAPHS,TWO 19TH CENTURY COLORED LITHOGRAPHS, SMALLfolios. One is "The Great West", Currier and Ives, depicts a train going through the Rocky Mountains. Sight size 9 1/2" x 13 1/2", overall in a period mahogany frame, probably original, 12 3/4" x 16 3/4". Along with "California Gold Diggers", Kellogg and Comstock. Sight size 9 3/4" x 13 1/4", overall in a period grain painted frame, probably original, 12 3/4" x 16 1/4".
5 vols. The American West - History,5 vols. The American West - History, Description & Travel: Howe, Henry. Historical Collections of The Great West. Cincinnati, 1852. Twenty-Second Thousand. 2 vols. in 1. 4to, orig. publisher's morocco; rubbed & worn. Full-page wood-engraved illus. - a few partly hand-colored. Scattered, generally light foxing. Howes H-721. * The enlarged 1858, New York & Cincinnati ed. of the preceding, 4to, orig. gilt-pictorial black publisher's morocco; extremities rubbed. Hand-colored full-page wood-engraved illus. Some spotting & foxing. See Sabin 33298 - citing the 1857 ed. * De Smet (Father Pierre Jean). Western Missions and Missionaries. New York: P.J. Kennedy, n.d. [ca. 1870]. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered & pictorial red cloth; moderate wear, chipping to edges, slightly cocked. Engraved frontis. portrait. Minor internal staining, chipping to top edge of title page. See Howes D-289. * Beadle, J.H. The Undeveloped West; or Five Years in The Territories. Philadelphia, etc., National Pub. Co., (1873). 1st ed. Lg. 8vo, orig. brown cloth, gilt; light wear, spine faded. Double-page map, wood-engraved plates & other illus. 8 pp. adverts. Internally clean. Howes B-269. * Peters, Dewitt C. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures. Hartford: Dustin, Gilman, 1874. Lg. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt; worn & scuffed. Full-page wood-engraved illus. Some internal spotting & foxing. See Howes P-.
KENNETH M. SIBLEY: "THE GREAT WESTERNKENNETH M. SIBLEY: "THE GREAT WESTERN OFF GRAVESEND"watercolor on paper; signed lower right; titled to label verso; 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches sight; 19 x 23 inches frame Condition:
POSTCARD ALBUM containing morePOSTCARD ALBUM containing more than 150 picture postcards of Germany Austria and America late 19th and early 20th century including Yellowstone the Badlands (of Dakota) Grand Canyon Lake Coeur d'Alene Snoqualmie Falls Hamburg & Heidelburg Germany famous ships etc.
FOURTEEN WHITMAN WESTERN ADVENTUREFOURTEEN WHITMAN WESTERN ADVENTURE BOOKS FOR BOYS 1940s -1950s, octavo (8 in.), hardbound with twelve books retaining their dust jacket; heroes include Gene Autry, Red Ryder, Roy Rogers, and King of the Royal Mounties.
Early to Mid-20th Century TravelEarly to Mid-20th Century Travel Brochures Pamphlets & Photos Many from Western U.S. Plus World's Fair Lot includes 28 travel brochures from Western states and railroads ca 1920s PLUS approx. 60 photographs most 4 x 5 in. identified in pencil on verso showing a New Jersey family's 1924-1926 travels by automobile from the East Coast to Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Arizona California etc. including Yellowstone and Yosemite PLUS a cabinet photograph by Yokohama Japan photographer R. Yamamoto showing an American in a rickshaw and a copy cabinet photograph of a Civil War soldier PLUS the Official Guide to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the Official View Book from the same.
Print of the steamship "The GreatPrint of the steamship "The Great Western". 25.5"x28"
GROUP OF 17 ONE-SHEET WESTERN MOVIEGROUP OF 17 ONE-SHEET WESTERN MOVIE POSTERS.Group of 17 One-Sheet Western Movie Posters. Including Boots of Destiny (Grand National, R-1940s); Aces Wild (Commodore, 1936); Death Rides the Plains (PRC, 1943); Sunset Trail (Western Classics, 1940s); Overland Mail Robbery (Republic, 1943); Law of the Pampas (Western Classics, 1940s); The Wyoming Bandit (Republic, 1949); Ridin' the Lone Trail (Republic, 1937); Marshal of Gunsmoke (Universal, 1944); Lawless Valley (RKO, 1938); Under Nevada Skies (Republic, 1946); Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (Producers Releasing, 1941); Texas Trouble Shooters (Monogram, 1942); Indian Territory (Columbia, 1950); Sundown Kid (Republic, 1942); Roarin' Guns (Puritan, 1936; mounted on cardboard); and Rolling Caravans (Columbia, 1938; mounted on cardboard). Condition: varying from fair to good.
COLLECTION OF WILD WEST SHOW PHOTOGRAPHSCOLLECTION OF WILD WEST SHOW PHOTOGRAPHS AND EPHEMERA.Collection of Wild West Show Photographs and Ephemera. Various dates and publishers, ca. 1911 Ð 1946. Mostly related to the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch and Real Wild West Shows, including three Christmas cards, a variety of cast and action photographs, four souvenir programs from the 1946 Golden Jubilee shows, and a full 1926 season program in very good condition. Various sizes, the largest being 8 _ x 11".
GROUP OF SIX BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICANGROUP OF SIX BOOKS ON MAINLY AMERICAN WESTERN ART Group of six books on mainly American Western art comprising: Harold McCracken, "The Frank Tenney Johnson Book: The Life And Work Of A Master Painter Of The Old West. With 57 Full-Color Illustrations.", Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1974, with ink gift inscription to Robert Winship Woodruff; two copies of Harold McCracken, "The West Of Buffalo Bill: Frontier Art, Indian Crafts, Memorabilia From The Buffalo Bill Historical Society", Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, Publishers, 1974, one with ink inscriptions to Robert Winship Woodruff from family members; Charles M. Russell, "Good Medicine: Memories Of The Real West", Garden City Publishing, Incorporated, New York, 1930, ink signature of "Nell H. Woodruff/August 1942"; Howard Pyle, "Howard Pyle's Book Of The American Spirit: The Romance Of American History", Harper & Brothers, 1923; and "El Caballo En Espana", Ed. Subsecretar?a de Informaci?n y Turismo, Madrid, 1975, ink gift inscription to Robert Winship Woodruff, 1977.
POSTCARD ALBUM containing morePOSTCARD ALBUM containing more than 150 picture postcards of Germany Austria and America late 19th and early 20th century including Yellowstone the Badlands (of Dakota) Grand Canyon Lake Coeur d'Alene Snoqualmie Falls Hamburg & Heidelburg Germany famous ships etc.
4 vols. The American West - History,4 vols. The American West - History, Description & Travel: Richardson, Albert D. Beyond The Mississippi. Hartford, etc.: Am. Pub. Co., (1869). Lg. 8vo, orig. sheep; worn & rubbed, spine starting to detach. Double-page map, wood-engraved plates & text illus. Some internal creasing & spotting. Map creased. See Sabin 70980. * Hayden, F.V. The Great West. Its Attractions and Resources. Bloomington, Ill.: Charles R. Brodix, 1880. 1st ed. 4to, orig. sheep, black morocco spine labels; rubbed & worn, hinges stressed, repaired. Steel-engraved frontis. portrait, wood-engraved plates. * Clampitt, John W. Echoes from The Rocky Mountains. Chicago, etc.: Belford, Clarke, 1889. 4to, orig. sheep, red & green morocco spine labels; scuffed, spine starting to detach. Portrait, full-page & text wood-engraved illus. Internally clean. * Thayer, William M. Marvels of The New West. Norwich: Henry Bill, 1890. 4to, orig. sheep, red & black morocco spine labels; scuffed, spine detaching. Wood-engraved illus.
W. A. S. Wakefield (American 20thW. A. S. Wakefield (American 20th Century) Expansive western landscape with distant mountains. Oil on canvasboard signed in the lower left corner apprx. 15" x 19" framed in a rustic finish wood frame overall apprx. 16-1/2" x 20-1/2". Stamped verso "31 Mar 1948".
WONDERFUL WESTERN BRONZE, JIM THOMAS,WONDERFUL WESTERN BRONZE, JIM THOMAS, TX, 30"HLarge bronze sculpture, "The Past & The Future," signed in the cast, numbered 1 of 30, Jim Thomas (Thomas Studio & Foundry, Jonestown, Texas), large sculpture depicting, on one side, an Indian wearing a war bonnet and holding a bison skull, opposite him is a cowboy in hat, chaps and spurs holding a longhorn skull, both are standing on a large bison skull, bronze only: approx 30.25"h, 25"w, 22"d, mounted a 2.5" board
WESTERN TRAILS.Western Trails.WESTERN TRAILS.Western Trails. Universal, 1938. One sheet (41 x 27"). Cowboy Western starring Bob Baker, Marjorie Reynolds, Carlyle Moore, Franko Corsarro, and Bob Burns, directed by George Waggner. Unrestored, with ink smudging in the trimmed bottom margin, cello-tape repairs on the reverse with previous attempts to over-color losses at intersecting folds, somewhat ragged edges, and other wear. Sold as-is.
TEN GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES TAKENTEN GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES TAKEN IN THE NORTHWETEN GLASS PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES TAKEN IN THE NORTHWEST by "Gibson for Northern Pacific RY. Co" for advertising the beauty of the west. Includes #'s 3664, 3683, 3696, 3697 rock creek in Olalli butte, (2) 3698 Golden Gate Canyon, Glaciers Mt. Jefferson, 3700 Hyway, 3703 mountain and 3705 mountain. All from the Eugene Terway collection.
American Southwest William EwenAmerican Southwest William Ewen (1925-2002) American 20th century. A Southwestern Village ?watercolor on paper ?signed l.r.;?4 in. x 9 in.
Five albums of vintage pictorialFive albums of vintage pictorial postcards to include The West, the Corn Palace, Disney, stereo cards, holidays, etc., from the estate of Donald Pocher, Cape May, New Jersey, a noted postcard dealer
4 PC. STERLING FRANKLIN MINT ''THE4 PC. STERLING FRANKLIN MINT ''THE WESTERNERS'': 4 pc. Gordon Phillips Franklin Mint Silver wall Sculptures. The set Is dated 1976. Including; ''the Cavalryman'', ''the Range Rider'', ''the Chieftain'', & ''the Frontiersman''. All with Label Affixed. Approx. 16.25'' h x 16.25'' w.
Gerry Michael Metz (American, b.1943)Gerry Michael Metz (American, b.1943) trio of western paintings tempera three small works illustrate ranch life including a cowhand in a yellow slicker surveying the snow capped peaks in the distance from the back of his appaloosa, another setting shows a ranch hand warming himself at a campfire while "Cookie" works at the chuckwagon, the third is a portrait of a seasoned hand in his sweat stained Stetson and square knotted kerchief; each artist signed. Largest: 4" x 9"
1 piece. Hand-Colored Lithograph.1 piece. Hand-Colored Lithograph. Currier, N.; Ives, J., publishers. "The Great West." New York, 1870. 8 x 12 3/8 inches (203 x 314 mm) - image; 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (298 x 396 mm) - sheet size. Light foxing. Currier & Ives New Best 50 small folio #38. Gale
MILLER BROTHERS 101 REAL WILD WESTMILLER BROTHERS 101 REAL WILD WEST AND GREAT FAR EAST.Coles, John A. Miller Brothers 101 Real Wild West and Great Far East. Oklahoma, 1926. Sepia-toned panoramic photograph of the full cast in costume, at their headquarters in Ardmore, Okla. 48 x 8". Chipping and staining along top margin with two tears affecting image, two upper corners torn in margin, staining and scraping along the bottom of image, and some soiling on the ends.