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YELLOWSTONE PARK

• TWO NAVAJO TEXTILESboth 20th
  TWO NAVAJO TEXTILESboth 20th century, the first Ruth Silentman, Two Gray Hills, natural wools, 44-1/4 x 22 in.; together with a banded weaving with dyed and natural wools, lazy lines, 59-1/4 x 29-1/8 in. Provenance: (Silentman): Purchased from Yellowstone Park, Wyoming for $300 on August 12, 1978; Private Collection Condition: The first with areas of wear, areas of warp showing through, at least one small hole; the second in overall good condition, small areas of wear
• AMERICAN SCHOOL: INDEX PEAK BY
  AMERICAN SCHOOL: INDEX PEAK BY YELLOWSTONE PARKOil on canvas, unsigned, lined. 40 x 60 in., 49 x 70 in. (frame). Note: Attributed to artist V. Hattsen on a plaque on the frame. Index Peak is a dramatic mountain peak in the Absaroka Range in Wyoming. It is visible from the Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park. The plaque on this frame indicates that the view is of both Index and Signal Mountains, however, Signal Mountain is an isolated summit in Grand Teton National Park which is over thirty miles from Yellowstone. Condition Lined. Repaired splits, backed and inpainted. Craquelure with scattered tiny losses. Surface soiling.Not withstanding this report or any discussion concerning condition of a lot, all lots are offered and sold "as is" in accordance with our conditions of sale.
• 2PC STERLING SILVER SPOONS, WORLD
  2PC STERLING SILVER SPOONS, WORLD WAR AND YELLOWSTONE P...Two sterling silver collector spoons. Figure of World War I infantryman with rifle; bowl engraved - World War, 5"L x 1"W. The other spoon handle features Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider on horseback; bowl engraved - Arch Gateway, Yellowstone Park, 4.25"L x 1"W. Both stamped Sterling. Condition: Age related wear.
• A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING
  A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING TWENTIES PHOTOGRAPHS A...A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING TWENTIES PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS, 1889-1920, from a collection of photographs, the compiling attributed to Dewbart Lee Bourland of Texas, showing hunting trophies, hunting hounds, a family with two boys, a model T automobile, nursing puppies, a Pete's Crystal White Soap box, flooded streets marked S.W. Telephone Co., a watermelon picnic, a bullfight, milking a goat, a glorious fishing trip, each capturing turn of the century America, overall: 22" x 21". Note: A note: places some locations at San Antonio, Lake Medina, Yellowstone Park, and the Pacific Northwest. Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas Condition: Some damages, fading, overall in good to very 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.” NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.
• A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING
  A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING TWENTIES PHOTOGRAPHS A...A GROUP OF FOUR AMERICAN ROARING TWENTIES PHOTOGRAPHS AND POSTCARDS, 1889-1930, from a collection of photographs, the compiling attributed to Dewbart Lee Bourland of Texas, showing riverscapes and waterfalls of Oregon including Latourell Falls, Oneonta Gorge; a shooting geyser attributed to Frank Jay Haynes (American 1853-1921), marked in negative "Copyright by Haynes, St. Paul," the Morning Glory pool in Yellowstone Park, the Columbia River Highway, a nursing mother bear, elk, buffalo, deer, and cloven hoof animals in front of the Roosevelt Arch, the Medina Dam built by Medina Irrigation Co., Texas, the base of "the Great Glacier & Sir Donald Peak," a steam train with American flags, and a group of Yellowstone Rangers with a rangerette resembling Herma Albertson Baggley (1896-1981), each capturing turn of the century America, overall: 22" x 21". Note: A note places some locations at San Antonio, Lake Medina, Yellowstone Park, and the Pacific Northwest. Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas Condition: Some damages, fading, overall in good to very 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.” NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.
• WESTERN EPHEMERA INC. YELLOWSTONE &
  WESTERN 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
• C. 1894- YELLOWSTONE PARK UNDERWOOD
  C. 1894- YELLOWSTONE PARK UNDERWOOD STERIOVIEW SETPresented in this lot is a Rare, Original "Yellowstone National Park Stereoview Set" by Underwood & Underwood, circa 1894-1904. Box is titled, "Yellowstone National Park", these 30 stereoscopic silver gel photographs are mounted on stiff 3-1/2" x 7" gray cards in brown slipcase. The photos take the viewer on a trip by rail and horse-drawn carriage through the park beginning at the north entrance in Gardiner, Montana. Each card has a short caption description on the face. Includes shots of the park's iconic wildlife (grizzly bear and bison) and places (Mammoth Terraces, Norris Geyser Basin, Old Faithful and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone). Highlights include photos of tourists enjoying the thermal features in a manner forbidden today, including one man with a small trout on the end of his line turning from Yellowstone Lake to a small geyser, where he apparently intends to cook the fish. Cards have a short description on the verso, with more details on the recto, and captions translated into French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Cyrillic. The cards are in amazingly good condition, no marring noted. The brown cloth bound gold gilt slip case has slight scuffing, measures 2.25"W x 7.5"L x 4"H
• F.J. HAYNES MAMMOTH PLATE
  F.J. HAYNES MAMMOTH PLATE PHOTOGRAPH, ANGEL TERR.Featured in this lot is this F.J. Haynes Mammoth Plate photograph of Angel Terrace, Yellowstone National Park. The photograph shows a terrace structure with wooded area in the background and pools of water built up in the sections of the terrace. The photograph is titled as follows: Angel Terrace - Yellowstone Park. The back of the photograph is marked as follows: 19916 - Angel Terrace. The photograph shows the raised watermark in the bottom right hand corner of the photograph. The condition of this photograph is well preserved with portions of the frame showing wear to the lip of the border and the back held together with tape. The measurements of this framed photograph is 18 5/8" x 23 5/8" and the visible photograph is 16 3/4" x 2 5/8".
• (33) STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR
  (33) STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR SPOONS, TO INCLUDE:two spoons with the figure of a Native American man, one with an engraved bowl that depicts a volcano "Pocatello ''. Others depicting Washington D. C., Indianapolis, Massachusetts, Lexington (Kentucky) with a horse head, Salem (MA) with a witch and pins, Boston "The Hub'', Jacksonville (FL) with the head of a boy on the handle, Lower New York skyline, Georgia state capitol, two Salem spoons with witch and cat, Redlands (CA) golf spoon, Cottage City with fish handle, San Francisco (CA), Oak Bluffs with Native American man handle, St Louis, Portland Oregon, the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Baltimore (MD) courthouse, Elyria high school, the Art Institute of Chicago. Along with two Pikes Peak spoons with slightly different scenes and motifs, "Indians Scouting Rapids'', an alphabet baby spoon, a cowboy spoon, 1901 Pan-American Exhibition, 1892 Washington DC national encampment, Old Ironsides, World Columbian Expo, and a Yellowstone Park spoon depicting Old Faithful, a bear, and a stag. Ranging from 2 1/2" to 6 1/8" long. 20.195 total ozt.
• (33) STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR
  (33) STERLING SILVER SOUVENIR SPOONS, 13.45OZT(lot of 33) Sterling silver souvenir spoons, varied makers and designs, destinations include: Alaska, Atlantic City, California, Chicago, Colorado, The Greenbrier, Jerusalem, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New Orleans, New York, Niagara, Salt Lake City, Texas, Yellowstone Park, Yosemite, approx 13.45ozt total
• A GROUPING OF SOUVENIR AND ASSORTED
  A GROUPING OF SOUVENIR AND ASSORTED STERLING SILVER FLATWARE (27) pieces including: (3) "In God We Trust" figural sterling handled bar knives marked sterling to bolster, worn maker's mark (8 1/2 in. longest); "Table Rock, Niagara Falls" enameled teaspoon by P. W. Ellis & Co. (6 1/4 in.); "New Cliff House, San Francisco" teaspoon; Whiting Lily teaspoon and five o'clock spoon, smaller engraved "Cleveland" to bowl; "Haverhill Mass" demitasse spoon by Baker Manchester Manufacturing Co.; Lookout Mountain demitasse spoon; "St. Paul, Minnesota" demitasse spoon; Creston, Iowa five o'clock teaspoon by International; "South Dakota" teaspoon by Lunt; figural stork birth spoon by Reed and Barton; "Syracuse, New York" teaspoon by Watson Co.; Betsy Ross "Home and Country" spoon marks of J. E. Caldwell and Durgin; "San Francisco" shovel form demitasse spoon by George C. Shreve & Co.; "Yellowstone Park" salt spoon; (4) master salt spoons, Repoussé pattern attributed to S. Kirk & Son, marked "Sterling"; (4) individual salt spoons by S. Kirk & Son; Towle Paul Revere spoon with "S" monogram; spoon pin with figural handle. Whiting teaspoon and Towle demitasse spoon with monograms, all others without monograms.
• COLLECTION OF STERLING SILVER
  COLLECTION OF STERLING SILVER SPOONSCOLLECTION OF STERLING SILVER SPOONS: set of 6 teaspoons in 'Repousse' pattern by Samuel Kirk & Son; 10-pc set in "Lady Hilton" pattern by Westmoreland; Yellowstone Park souvenir spoon; 2 individual teaspoons; 4 demitasse spoons. Total weight - 573.9 grams.
• WILLIAM JACKSON CASTLE GEYSER
  WILLIAM JACKSON CASTLE GEYSER PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph titled "Castle Geyser" depicting the Castle Geyser in Yellowstone Park.
• WILLIAM JACKSON GIBBON CANYON
  WILLIAM JACKSON GIBBON CANYON PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph titled "Gibbon Canyon" depicting the Gibbon Canyon in Yellowstone Park.
• WILLIAM JACKSON GRAND CANYON
  WILLIAM JACKSON GRAND CANYON PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph titled "Grand Canyon" depicting the Grand Canyon in Yellowstone Park.
• WILLIAM JACKSON GOLDEN GATE
  WILLIAM JACKSON GOLDEN GATE CANYON PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph titled "Golden Gate" depicting the Golden Gate Canyon in Yellowstone Park.
• WILLIAM JACKSON YELLOWSTONE PARK
  WILLIAM JACKSON YELLOWSTONE PARK PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph titled "Above the Upper Falls" depicting a river winding through dense forest in Yellowstone Park.
• WILLIAM JACKSON MINERVA TERRACE
  WILLIAM JACKSON MINERVA TERRACE PHOTOGRAPH United States,20th CenturyBlack and white photograph depicting Minerva Terrace in Yellowstone Park.
• RAILROAD POSTER. ?YELLOWSTONE PARK?
  RAILROAD POSTER. ?YELLOWSTONE PARK? Northern Pacific railroad (American 1872-1970), ?Yellowstone Park,? circa 1924, offset lithograph multicolored advertising poster depicting a landscape view of Yellowstone Park in the Grand Canyon after a painting by Thomas Moran (British/American 1837-1926), having railroad emblems at both bottom corners, text at lower right states: Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park / Reproduced from Painting by Thomas Moran / Northern Pacific RY.--The Yellowstone Park Line / Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A., framed. Provenance: Private Collection, Concord, NC. Approx. sight h. 29.25", w. 39.75"; overall h. 35.25", w. 45.5", d. 1.25".
• F. JAY HAYNES WATER COLOR
  F. JAY HAYNES WATER COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS YELLOWSTONE PARKFrank Jay Haynes (1853-1921)Water Color Views Yellowstone Park (Circa 1900.)An excellent example of this boxed set, each albumen photograph in its original mount has the original legend verso (each with blue check mark) and are found in the original burgundy cloth covered box. This is the first edition of this particular Haynes set.Each has a sight size measures 4.75 x 8 with an overall size of 9 x 12 inches.Very good original untouched condition, noting a single blue check mark to each listing pasted verso.. There are no issues of mildew, major scratches, lifting, stain, fade, loss, repair, or touch-up. Some mounts display toning at the extreme edge and the case displays wear at some corners and edges. Very good condition overall and odor free.Provenance: The collection of Josephine Bird Hall (1888 - 1948) by descent to her son, the present owner. Josephine's father was a founder of Kansas City's Emery, Bird, Thayer Department Store.
• Buffalo Bill at the Irma Hotel Cody
  Buffalo Bill at the Irma Hotel Cody Wyoming Photographs Lot of 4 photographs including: a silver gelatin photograph of Bar Room Irma Hotel Cody Trail to Yellowstone Park showing Cody and a few other men enjoying drinks and cigars at the bar mounted to 8.5 x 10.5 in. with inked title in the margin of the print; a photograph of Buffalo Bill shaking hands with the driver of a car on the streets of his eponymous town with credit to photographer F.J. Hiscock at l.r. and penciled title on verso A steam automobile (a Stanley to be precise) 7.75 x 9.5 in. unmounted; a similar photograph taken from the same vantage point and showing the same car though with Cody wearing a different outfit; and a 5 x 7 in. unmounted photograph of a group of men (not including Cody) on the porch of the Pahaska Teepe / Buffalo Bill's Hunting-Lodge In The Rockies In The Heart Off Big Game Country. The photograph credited to Hiscock is identified elsewhere as being taken by Jack Richard outside the Irma Hotel in October 1913. The man Cody is shaking hands with is Charles G. ''Spend-A-Million'' Gates an extravagant Wall Street trader who traveled to Cody for five weeks of big game hunting with his entourage. Mr. Gates arrived just after the departure of Prince Albert I of Monaco who had hired Buffalo Bill as his personal hunting guide yet made the townspeople forget about their royal guest by showering the town with wealth via gift purchases church and civic donations and exorbitant tips to all who helped serve him. The photo offered here was taken as the group was preparing to return to New York however Gates fell seriously ill and died in his private rail car at the Cody depot just hours later. Descended in the Family of a Member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Cowboy Band Condition: First with a few scattered yellow stains else very good. Second with creasing in upper left corner. Third with creasing at lower left and lower right and yellow stains and warping in the left third. Last with staining and warping throughout.
• Buffalo Bill at his TE Ranch & Cody
  Buffalo Bill at his TE Ranch & Cody Trail Wyoming Photographs Lot of 3 photographs each a silver gelatin print mounted to 8.5 x 10.5 in. with inked titles in the lower margins: Col. Cody. At his TE ranch. Wyo. Mar 11th 1911; On Cody trail to Yellowstone Park; and Shoshone Canon On Cody Trail to Yellowstone Park. Buffalo Bill can be seen on horseback inside the corral in the first photograph. Descended in the Family of a Member of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Cowboy Band Condition: Shot of Cody at his ranch in very good condition. Others with water stains affecting the prints.
• FOLK ART CANE. American 20th
  FOLK ART CANE. American 20th century. Carved root with faces snakes Boy Scout symbol and ''Yellowstone Park-1931-July''. 38''l.
• Twenty-Piece Collection of Silver
  Twenty-Piece Collection of Silver Flatware, consisting of a Wallace sterling silver "Grande Baroque" baby spoon, the pattern introduced in 1941, a group of seven sterling souvenir spoons from such locations as Yellowstone Park, Independence Hall, Montreal, Alexandria, Virginia, Brooklyn, etc., a Schofield hollow-handle sterling "La Rochelle" pie server, the pattern introduced in 1895, a Towle sterling "Craftsman" jelly slice, the pattern introduced in 1932, a Tiffany and Company sterling "Cordis" baby spoon, the pattern introduced in 1958, a Whiting Manufacturing Company sterling "Duke of York" sugar shell, the pattern introduced in 1900, a Towle sterling "Old Colonial" citrus spoon with gilded bowl, the pattern introduced in 1895, a Webster Company sterling side-handled baby-feeding spoon, the pattern similar to Gorham's "Hamilton" of 1910, a Gorham sterling "Virginiana" teaspoon, the pattern introduced in 1904, an English silverplate condiment spoon, a William Rogers silverplate sauce ladle, a Rogers and Son silverplate sugar shell, 1913, a Rogers/Oneida silverplate sugar shell and an American silverplate coffee spoon.
• 1 vol. Wingate, George W.
  1 vol. Wingate, George W. Through The Yellowstone Park on Horseback. New York: O. Judd, 1886. First edition. 12mo, orig. gilt-lettered terra-cotta cloth; slightly scuffed. Frontis., full-page illus., fold. map in cover pocket. Sound, internally clean, copy.
• INDIAN BUST SOUVENIR STILL BANKS
  INDIAN BUST SOUVENIR STILL BANKS Includes hand painted lead wear headdress with ''Mt. Tusgarora Pa '' souvenir medallion features coin and bill slots and ''Yellowstone Park'' souvenir bank. 4 1/4'' to 4 7/8'' h. (Pristine - Near Mint Cond.)