Thomas Judge "Tex" Cooper (1876-1951), who age at 16 had many beatings by his father, a 7th day Adventist Preacher. He became a skilled cowboy and one of the major talents for the 101 ranch Wild West Shows. He traveled in Europe and the U.S. with Buffalo Bill and began..... More

Prescott, AZ: Gosham A. Bray Treasurer Tonto Basin Wagon Road, 1883. The check is issued to one Henry Burns under the authority of Gorham A. Bray, who was the Treasurer for the Tonto Basin Wagon Road Commissioners. Henry Burns worked nine days for $10. From an oral history by five..... More

1853. folio sheet (folded), August 16, 1853, 1 page handwritten authenticating he was known by Curtis Gupthill and A.G. Gupthill to confirm he was known in Gouldsboro, Hancock county, Maine under the name of Augustus A. Hoit and a native of Cabot, Vermont and he was known by them for..... More

Cleveland Clothing Company, 1885. Approx.2 5/8" x 4 1/2" 30 pages. One of Cleveland's large manufacturing ready-to-wear children's clothes and men's accessories. They suffered a major fire in February 1892 forcing them to give up their business. No references found in OCLC, NUC or elsewhere online. Clearly, this was a...... More

A full page ad for the Franklin car measuring "18 x 22". George Hageman, Distributor of the Franklin for Arizona, 2nd Street and Adams, Phoenix. One of the great early races occurred in Arizona's first year as a state. An air-cooled Franklin, driven by the legendary Ralph Hamlin, covered a...... More

New York: Herschel Fenton. Quarto. 8 pages, double folded, not recorded in OCLC. Herschel Fenton was a violinist who was given a Strativarius in 1878 and went into the music business selling both instruments and publishing sheet music. Since this price list is undated (but numbered as No. 3), it..... More

Bifolium, 2 pages. An interesting handwritten letter describing an important person in the dairy and cattle business from his ranch in San Pedro. "Written to Friend Fowler (an associate in his farming and mining ventures in southern Arizona). I was in town [Tombstone] had inquired about Coffee & Cranes and..... More

New York: Adolph Wittemann, 1895. Oblong 12mo. 12 leaves, similar in size but different from the copy by the same publisher at Columbia University. That copy was also a photomechanical reproduction but had different images. The community had become the center for Methodist who wanted a religious resort. In 1894..... More

(The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company London, 1862). One of the most important CDV's for the 1862 International Exhibition. What made CDV's was that they were ideal for collectors as opposed to those earlier photographs printed on card stock and consequently were more durable and did not have to be..... More

THE MARCH OF 10,000 WOMEN WHO MARCHED IN JANUARY OF 1933 IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS TO PROTEST THE MINE OWNERS USE OF CLUBS AND BULLETS TO STOP UNION ORGANIZING Large 8 1/2;" x 12" wire photograph of the women leaders of the Progressive Miners of America who marched and met with..... More

Alison Park, PA. Badali Printery, 1935. Octavo. 12 pages. A rare first volume of a proposed magazine on the ideal scout concept. Paul Bedali was a printer who was devoted to scouting as taught by the Boy Scouts of America. OCLC does not show that any copies are held by..... More

Denver: 1922. . 2 page, autographed letter from Dr. G.E. Cheley to Mrs. Charles Robetson of Wiggins, Colorado. He reports on his incision and x-ray examination of her brother on July 31, 1922 who passed away. He notes that once inside the numerous abscesses, the bleeding could not be stopped..... More

[Goverment Printing Office, Washington, 1812]. Octavo. . U.S. 51st Congress. 1st Session, 1889-1890. House. U.S. Congress. Committee on Territories. unopened. 320 pages, xii, index. All of the legislation signed by Henry Clay of the House, Wm H. Crawford of the Senate, and President James Madison. The most important single item..... More