December Auction Catalog

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 General Americana / Entertainment - Radio, TV, Cinema Lot# 1376 1920’s-1960’s Television & Radio Lot# 1382 New York City, New York 1863 Equipment Stock Certificates-20 A group American Express Co. Stock Certificate of 20 stock certificates issued by television & Signed by Wells and Fargo Two key Western radio broadcasting companies. Included are, express autographs. No. 1051, issued to Colorart Pictures Corporation, Ltd, General Erastus Corning Jr. of Albany for ten shares Theatres Equipment Inc, Bardy Projector on Oct. 13th, 1863. Signed by Henry Wells as Company, Bell & Howell Company and many more. Some are cancelled, president, William Fargo as secretary, and some are specimens. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Alex Holland as treasurer. Not cancelled. Black border and print, with Ken Prag Collection Est. $250-400 HWAC# 126982 vignette of wagon, ships, and packages. Also circular vignette of dog. Printed by JH Duyckinck, NY. Folds, wrinkles, heavy toning. 8.25 x 12” Lot# 1377 1900’s Television, Movie and Wells, Fargo and Butterfield were the three founders of the company in the 1850s. Wells & Fargo teamed up to form Wells Fargo, a separate Radio Company Stock Certificates A group company that would offer express service in California and the West. of 25 stock certificates issued by television & Erastus Corning Jr. was the son of Erastus Corning, a banker, railroad radio manufacturing and supply companies. developer, iron merchant, and New York politician (and namesake for Included are R.E. Thompson Manufacturing the town of Corning). Jr. was also very successful. He founded the St. Company, Picture of the Month, Inc. Grigsby- Agnes School and the Children’s Hospital and established the Corning Grunow Company, International Resistance Company and many more. Foundation for Christian Work in Albany. He was president of the Some are cancelled, some are specimens. Please see photos for more Albany Iron Works, two banks, and the Albany Cemetery Association detail and condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-450 HWAC# 126976 and was a director of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 126072 Lot# 1378 1900’s TV & Radio Broadcast Company A group of 16 stock certificates Lot# 1383 New York City, New York 1865 American Express Co. Stock Certificate issued by television & radio manufacturing Signed by Fargo & Butterfield No. 1775, and supply companies. Included are issued for one share to John Watson of New Globe Television and Phone Corporation, York on April 7th, 1865. Signed by John Television Corporation of America, Tele-Video Butterfield as vice president and William Fargo Corporation, Lee Enterprises Incorporated and many more. Some are as secretary. Stamp cancelled. Black border cancelled, some are specimens. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $250-350 HWAC# 126977 and print, with vignette of wagon, ships, and packages. Also circular vignette of dog. Printed by JH Duyckinck, NY. Folds, tape repaired tears on border, and areas of toning/stains. 8.25 x 12” Fargo and Butterfield Wells Fargo & Express were two of the three founders of the company (with Wells). Wells & Fargo teamed up to form Wells Fargo, a separate company that would offer express service in California and the West. Ken Prag Collection Est. $400-800 HWAC# 126069 Lot# 1380 New York City, New York c.1948- Lot# 1384 New York City, New York 1865 70 Adams Express Company Specimen American Express Co. Stock Certificate Stock Certificate Rare. Specimen stock Signed by Wells and Fargo Two key Western certificate. Punch cancelled. Printed signatures express autographs. No. 1447, issued to of president George E. Clark, secretary W.B. Rosina Jacobs of New York for two shares on Viall, and treasurer Paul Bellmer. Blue border, January 2nd, 1865. Signed by Henry Wells as black print. Great vignette of busy seaport and president, William Fargo as secretary, and locomotive, with a portrait vignette of Adams. ABN. 8 x 12” George E. Clark led the company from 1948-1970. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- Alex Holland as treasurer. Not cancelled. Black 150 HWAC# 126076 border and print, with vignette of wagon, ships, and packages. Also circular vignette of dog. Printed by JH Duyckinck, NY. Folds, areas of Lot# 1381 New York, New York 1856 American Express Company toning/stains. 8.25 x 12” Wells, Fargo and Butterfield were the three stock certificate, signed by William Fargo, John Butterfield, and founders of the company in the 1850s. Wells & Fargo teamed up to Alex Holland New York. form Wells Fargo, a separate company that would offer express service 1856. Ten shares (at $100 per in California and the West. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# share). 6¾x10¾” pictorial 126070 engraved and lettered stock Lot# 1385 New York City, New York 1865 certificate issued for Abijah W. American Express Co. Stock Certificate Chapin (of Springfield, MA), Signed by Wells and Fargo Two key Western September 16, 1856. With express autographs. No. 1443, issued to original accompanying printed Theodore Humphrey of Albany for one share & handwritten document on January 2nd, 1865. Signed by Henry Wells signed by Chapin and a witness as president, William Fargo as secretary, and (attached to stock with small Alex Holland as treasurer. Not cancelled. Black border and print, pin) and original docketed with vignette of wagon, ships, and packages. Also circular vignette of envelope. Signed by the dog. Printed by JH Duyckinck, NY. 5 cent revenue stamp attached at Secretary (Fargo), President upper left. Folds, areas of toning/stains. 8.25 x 12” Wells, Fargo and (Butterfield) and Treasurer Butterfield were the three founders of the company in the 1850s. (Holland). Printed by Baker Wells & Fargo teamed up to form Wells Fargo, a separate company and Duyckinck. In 1850, Wells & Company joined with two other that would offer express service in California and the West. Ken Prag express companies to form the American Express Company which Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 126071 covered the eastern sector of the United States, with the western sector being covered by Wells, Fargo, and Company. Old folds, else very good or better. Butterfield is the Butterfield of Butterfield’s Express. Includes three pieces: stock, envelope, and Est. $700-1000 HWAC# 123728 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 49

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Express Lot# 1386 New York City, New York 1873 Lot# 1390 1860s Two Express Company American Express Co. Stock Certificate Pieces: Stock Certificate & Pictorial Check Signed by Fargo and Holland No. 12556, Lot of 2 different. 1) Merchants Union Express issued to Joseph Bartram of Black Rock, Conn. Company. Stock certificate issued in 1867, for 60 shares in 1873. Signed by William Fargo stamp cancelled. Black border and print, (of Wells Fargo fame) as president, Knapp as vignette of express wagon pulling away from a secretary, and Alex Holland as treasurer. Cut- warehouse. Hatch & Co., NY. Conidtion issues: out cancel on left border. Black border and print, orange background, heavy toning, creases/wrinkles, rough edges and vignette of dog. Printed by ABN. 8 x 11.5” Pinholes, folds. Ken Prag (especially bottom). 9 x 11.5” This company was Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126068 in direct competition with American Express until they merged in 1868. 2) Unused 1860s pictorial check for Lot# 1387 New York City, New York 1868 Holladay Overland Mail & Express Company, Virginia City, Montana. American Merchants Union Express Co. Two vignettes: stagecoach and two hunters. Ken Prag Collection Est. Stock Certificate Signed by Fargo No. 531, $120-200 HWAC# 126077 issued for 10 shares to W.H. Labiskie of Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 15th, 1868. Signed by William Fargo as president, EP Ross as treasurer, and Knapp as secretary. Cut-out cancel on left border. Black border and print Firearms with large vignette of express wagon next to packages with ships in the background. Smaller vignettes of a dog, an eagle, and two hands shaking. Printed by John H. Duvckink, NY. 5 sent adhesive revenue at upper right. Pinholes, folds, small stains. 9.5 x 12.25” This company Lot# 1391 Sharps Rifle Company Stock was the 1868 merger of American Express and the Merchants Union Certificate This is an unissued stock certificate Express, which had formed in 1866 and was in direct competition for the Sharps Rifle Company of Bridgeport, with American Express. William Fargo was one of the three founders Conn. incorporated in 1875. No folds, perfs. or signatures on this of American Express, and later formed Wells Fargo & Co. (with Henry Wells) to expand express business to the West. Ken Prag Collection Est. unissued stock certificate. The condition is very good with some $200-400 HWAC# 126073 coloring of the right edge due to sun exposure. There is a vignette of an infantry man holding his rifle in the upper right corner and a hunting Lot# 1388 New York City, New York 1868 scene in the lower left hand corner. The stock is marked for an issue American Merchants Union Express Co. date of 187_ indicating the new location at Bridgeport after 1876. Ken Stock Certificate Signed by Fargo No. 971, Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 123508 issued for 100 shares to Eugene R. Washburne Lot# 1392 Spencer Arms Company Stock of New York on Dec. 31st, 1868. Signed Certificate This is a single stock certificate for by William Fargo as president, EP Ross as treasurer, and Knapp as secretary. Stamp 30 shares of the Spencer Arms Company issued in 1884. The stock is issued to L. A. Bartlett, President of the Spencer and cut cancelled. Black border and print Arms Company. Extremely rare find in stocks issued to the president with large vignette of express wagon next to packages with ships in himself and co-signed by the secretary Fred. M. Peck. Condition is the background. Smaller vignettes of a dog, an eagle, and two hands fair with staining at the fold. A beautiful vignette of two pump action shaking. Printed by John H. Duvckink, NY. 5 sent adhesive revenue shotguns and a scene of three bird hunters in full field dress and a at upper right. 25 cent stamp attached on the reverse. Pinholes, retriever delivering a bird. A pressed seal in the lower left corner is folds, small stains, two pieces missing in the upper right corner. 9.5 x marked Spencer of New York with two crossed long guns. In 1882, the 12.25” This company was the 1868 merger of American Express and Spencer Arms Company ( a new company) of Windsor, Connecticut the Merchants Union Express, which had formed in 1866 and was in produced the Spencer Pump-Action Shotgun. This shotgun was the direct competition with American Express. William Fargo was one of the three founders of American Express, and later formed Wells Fargo first commercially successful slide-action (or pump-action) shotgun. & Co. (with Henry Wells) to expand express business to the West. Ken Spencer’s company and patents were purchased in 1890 by Francis Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126074 Bannerman & Sons of New York who continued to manufacture this shotgun until around 1907. Fred M. Peck was also be Recording Lot# 1389 New York City, New York 1868 Secretary of the NRA during its founding years. Ken Prag Collection Est. American Merchants Union Express Co. $200-600 HWAC# 123506 Stock Certificate Signed by Fargo No. Lot# 1393 Firearms, Trapshooting, and 507, issued for 10 shares to John A. Barns of Knife Companies Stock Certificates This Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 15th, 1868. Signed is a lot of four (4) stock certificates: The by William Fargo as president, EP Ross as Trapshooter Development Company of Fort Worth, Texas; the Tri-Pak treasurer, and Knapp as secretary. Stamp and Gun Kit, Inc. of California; The Salt Lake Rifle Association of SLC, Utah; pen cancelled, and punch hole through the and the Union Knife Company of New York state. All have beautiful secretary’s signature. Black border and print with large vignette of express wagon next to packages with ships in the background. Smaller vignettes with the Tri-Pak Gun Kit Inc. having the bust of Abraham Lincoln. Please see photos for details. Conditions are good to very vignettes of a dog, an eagle, and two hands shaking. Printed by John H. Duvckink, NY. 5 sent adhesive revenue at upper right. 25 cent adhesive good. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 127122 revenue attached on the reverse. Pinholes, folds, knick on border. 9.5 Lot# 1394 Marlin Firearms Corporation x 12.25” This company was the 1868 merger of American Express and Stocks This is a lot of two (2) stock certificates the Merchants Union Express, which had formed in 1866 and was in for the Marlin Firearms Corp. One stock is direct competition with American Express. William Fargo was one of preferred stock while the other is common stock each for ten shares the three founders of American Express, and later formed Wells Fargo & Co. (with Henry Wells) to expand express business to the West. Ken dated April 23, 1923. The stocks are issued to H. B. Kester who operated Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126075 a silent movie theater in Pittsburgh, Pa. Both stock certificates have folds and the common stock has some corner foxing; the preferred stock is in very good condition with a staple hole above the vignette. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123507 50 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Firearms Lot# 1402 Alaska 1880s-1937 Alaska Fishing Lot# 1395 LOT WITHDRAWN Industry Stock Group Lot of 5. 1) Prince of Wales Packaging Company. Unissued 1880s. 2) Alaska Packers Association. Issued in 1909, punch cancelled. 3) Pacific American Company. Three stocks, two varieties. Issued 1929-1937. Punch cancelled. Green and blue borders, Lot# 1396 United States Machine Gun vignette of ships and factory on waterfront. Ken Prag Collection Est. Company Stocks, 1918 This is a lot of three $150-250 HWAC# 109282 (3) stock certificates for the United States Machine Gun Company of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts all are Lot# 1403 Alaska 1908-1929 Alaska Fishing dated 1918 before the armistice of WW1. Please see photos for details. Stock Certificate Group Lot of 5, two different Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 127120 companies. 1) Alaska Packers Association. Lot# 1397 Two Firearms Companies Stocks Three stocks issued 1908-1918, all punch cancelled. 2) Pacific American Company. This is a lot of two stock certificates for two Two stocks issued in 1929, punch cancelled. obsolete firearms companies: MacGregor Arms Vignette of ships and factory on waterfront. Ken Prag Collection Est. Corporation of New York 1931, and the Imperial Cudia Arms Company $150-250 HWAC# 109272 of Delaware 1912. The Imperial Cudia Firearms Co. has a beautiful orange sticker-seal in the lower left hand corner. Please see photos Lot# 1404 Alaska 1880s-1937 Alaska Fishing for details. Condition of both stock are good with folds but without any Stock Certificates Lot of 5, three different perfs. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-200 HWAC# 127121 companies. 1) Unissued 1880s stock for the Prince of Wales Packaging Company. 2) Alaska Lot# 1398 Connecticut 1911-1948 Firearms Packers Association stock issued in 1915, Company Stock Certificate Trio Lot punch cancelled. 3) Three issued stocks for the of 3 different. 1) M.W. Savage Factories Pacific American Company. Issued 1929-1937, Incorporated. Inc. in Maine. No. 15877, issued punch cancelled. Vignette of ships and factory on waterfront. Ken Prag for 1 share in 1911. Signed by the secretary Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 109285 and treasurer. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, and eagle vignette. 2) Colt’s Lot# 1405 Alaska 1906-1929 Alaska Fishing Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company. Two different stocks, one Stock Certificates Lot of 4, two different issued in 1922 (punch cancelled) and one in 1948 (punch cancelled). companies. 1) Alaska Packers Association. Both feature a vignette of a colt horse. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 Two stocks, issued in 1906 and 1913, punch HWAC# 126067 cancelled. 2) Pacific American Company. Two stocks, both issued in 1929, punch cancelled. Lot# 1399 Munitions Stock Certificates Both issued to Alaska Pacific Fisheries. Vignette of ships and factory 1918 This is a lot of three (3) stock certificates on waterfront. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109274 from two munitions companies in 1918 and 1919. The first is the International Munitions Company of Delaware; Lot# 1406 California 1914-1955 California and the other two are from the Maxim Munitions Corporation also Food-Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of Delaware. The International Munitions Co. stock was issued on of 7 different. Includes: California Associated October 24, 1918 roughly three weeks before the armistice of WW1 Raisin Co. (1920); Bake-Rite Consolidated was signed on Nov. 11, 1918. The Maxim stock certificates are issued (1923); California Almond Products Co. on March 26, 1918 and January 4, 1919. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- (1940); Oakdale Creamery (1916); Fort Jones 200 HWAC# 123509 Creamery & Meat Co. (1955); Bodega Co-Operative Creamery (uniss.); and The Brelle Fruit Jar Manufacturing Co. (1914). Ken Prag Collection Lot# 1400 1899-1944 Gun Clubs Stock Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109135 Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. 1) The Lincoln Gun Club, Lincoln, Nebraska. No. 45, Lot# 1407 Indianapolis, Indiana 1900 issued for one share in 1899. Not cancelled. Indianapolis Cold Storage Co. Stock Brown border and print, red seal. 2) Clove Certificate Inc. in Indiana. No. 195, issued for Valley Rod & Gun Club. Inc. in New York. Issued 10 shares to Geo. Andrews in 1900. Signed by in 1944 for one share, not cancelled. Orange president Geo. Tanner and secretary William border and eagle vignette. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# Noble. Not cancelled. Black border and print, 126341 gold seal, and vignette of factory building. No printer listed. Folds, toning, tape repairs. 10.5 x 13.5” The facility was seven stories and located at the junction of Miscellaneous Union Railway tracks and Pennsylvania Street. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126056 Lot# 1408 1917-1971 Food Equipment Lot# 1401 Alaska 1880s-1937 Alaska Fishing Company Stock Certificates Lot of 10 different. Industry Stock Certificates Lot of 6, three Included: Continental Vending Machine Corp. different companies. 1) Unissued 1880s stock (1961); The Agrarian Distributing Co. (1939); for the Prince of Wales Packaging Company. Automat Co. of New England (1916); RC 2) Alaska Packers Association stock issued in Williams & Co., Inc. (1962); National Package 1905, punch cancelled. 3) Four issued stocks Product Co. (1923); Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (1950); for the Pacific American Company. Issued Oklahoma Salt Co. (1917); Window Sill Food Box Co. (1921); Kitchen 1929-1937, punch cancelled. Vignette of ships Service Co. (1918); and Ecology-Nutrition Inc. (1971). Ken Prag and factory on waterfront. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109134 109284 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 51

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Food Production Lot# 1409 1924-1964 Food Equipment Lot# 1415 1917-1966 Food Products Company Stock Certificates Lot of 7 different Stock Certificate Group Lot of 13 different. stocks plus an Offering Circular. Included: Includes: Breakfast Brownies Company Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (1924); (Montana, pictorial, uniss.); Pratt’s Fresh Bamm Corporation (1957 and 1959 certificates Frozen Foods, Inc. (1948); Pillsbury Company plus Offering Circular); Food Facilities, Inc. (two diff. stocks, 1962 and 1966, plus $1,000 (1947); Food Dividend Corp. of America bond,1961); Tastyeast, Inc. (1935 and 1938); Thompson’s Malted (1964); Food Devices Inc. (1941); and The Agrarian Distributing Co. Food Co. (1917); Sun-Life Brands, Inc. (1937); Supreme Sunrise Food (1939). Ken Prag Collection Est. $70-140 HWAC# 109133 Exchange, Inc. (1951); Oshkosh Seed Co. (1921); National Produce Co. (cert. #1, 1918); and U.S. Food Products Corp. (1923). Ken Prag Lot# 1410 1906-1982 Food Manufacturing Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 109136 Stock Certificate Group Lot of 12 different. Includes: Cherry-Bancroft Bar, Inc. (1941); Lot# 1416 1879-1974 Food Products Stock Hygrade Food Products Corp. (1930 and uniss); Certificates Lot of 10 different. Includes: Texas Hygienic Health Food Co. (1910); Dennos Food Star Flour Mills (1879); Corn Products Refining Company of Portland (1912); Empire Food Co. (1946); Cream of Rice Co. (1917); General Products Co. (1922); Equity Co-Operative Association of Conrad, Foods Corp. (1960); HJ Heinz Co. (1969); Montana (3 diff, 1944, 1950 and uniss.); Food Products Corp. (uniss.) Badger Cranberry Co. (1929); Orange Butter American Brands, Inc. 1982); and the M. Hyman Confectionery and Manufacturing Co. (1900); National Food Products Corp. (1929); Catering Co. (1906). Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-240 HWAC# 109132 National Food Corp. (uniss); and National Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Co. (1974). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109138 Lot# 1411 1914-1983 Food Manufacturing Stock Certificate Group Lot of 12 different Lot# 1417 Chicago, Illinois 1893 Electric Dice stocks. Includes: Dennos Food Sales Co. (1917); Game Company Stock Certificate Rare early Equity Co-Operative Assoc. of Conrad, Montana gaming stock. Inc. in Illinois. No. 126, issued (1944); Double R Fast Foods, Inc. (1983); to FH Ferraro on Feb. 1st, 1893 in Chicago. Dennos Food Co. of Portland (1914); Midland Signed by president HN Carlish and secretary Food Co. (1930); Hygienic Health Food Co. (uniss and serial gold note, Harold Thompson. Not cancelled. Blue border, 1925); Hygrade Food Products Corp. (Specimen $500 bond, plus uniss. blue and red print, gold seal. Light toning. stock); Cherry Bancroft Bar, Inc. (cert. #1, 1940); International Stock 8.25 x 10” Issued in Chicago right at the time Food Co. (1918); and The Charles E. Hires Co. (specimen). Ken Prag of the World’s Fair (Columbian Exposition). According to Western Collection Est. $120-240 HWAC# 109131 Electrician, Volume 12, was formed “to manufacture and deal in electrical and mechanical devices” and were located at 95 Clark Street Lot# 1412 1902-1972 Food Products Stock in Chicago. No additional information located on newspapers.com Ken Certificate Collection Lot of 10 different. Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126351 Included: HJ Heinz Co. (1972); Dixie Flip Syrup Corp. (1919); Pillsbury Co. (1968); Golden Lot# 1418 Ely, Nevada Bank Club of Ely, State Cereal Co. (1929); Jersey Cereal Food Inc. Stock Certificate Unissued but punch Co. (1919); National Cereal Milling Co. (1902); cancelled. Inc. in Nevada. Blue border and United States Cereal Co. (1921); Great Western Biscuit Co. (1946); background, black print, and bald eagle Golden State Salami Factory, Ltd. (uniss.); and Sperry Flour Co. ($1,000 vignette. 6.75 x 10” Pen notations. The Bank bond, 1921). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109140 Club was a casino located at 448 Aultman St. that opened in 1937 and closed in 1968. Ken Lot# 1413 1904-1972 Food Products Stock Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 109325 Certificate Collection Lot of 10 different. Includes: American Flake Food Co. (1904); Lot# 1419 Las Vegas, Nevada 1969-2000 Las American Rice Products Co. (1926); Aquatic Vegas Gaming Companies Stock Certificate Food & Products Co. (1929); Anhydrous Food Group Lot of 11 different. Included: Boyd Products Co. (1922); Armour & Company Gaming Corp. (1998); Caesars World, Inc. (specimen bond); Corn Products Refining Co. (1979); Caesars (Specimen); Golden Nugget, (1947); Cream of Rice Co. Ltd. (1917); General Foods Corp. (1966); Inc. (uniss. gold nugget vignette); Planet Maine Central Potato Exchange (uniss.); and HJ Heinz Co. (1972). Ken Hollywood International Inc. (1999 and 2000); Resorts International, Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109139 Inc. (1969 and 1971); Tropicano Casino, Inc. (uniss.); Vegas Odds, Inc. (uniss); and Vegas Keno Service, Inc. (uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. Lot# 1414 1881-1972 Food Products $300-500 HWAC# 126352 Stock Certificate Group Lot of 15 different. Included: HJ Heinz Company (1972); General Lot# 1420 Nevada 1938-1998 Reno, Tahoe, Foods Corp. (1964); National Vegetable Butter & Rural Nevada Gaming Stock Certificates Manufacturing Co. (1881, uniss); Oxford Lot of 4 different including a live certificate. Pure Food Co., Ltd. (1903); Outagamie Equity 1) Harveys Casino Resorts. Issued in 1998 for Cooperative Exchange (1960); Oshkosh Seed Co. (1921); National one share. Not cancelled. Vignette of Harvey & Produce Co. (uniss.); United Biscuit Co. of America (specimen bond); Llewellyn Gross. ABN. 2) Ace of Clubs Company Pratt’s Fresh Frozen Foods, Inc. (1948); United Groceries and Markets, of Reno, Nevada. Certificate number 4, issued Inc. (1930); US Food Products Corp. (1923); Universal Food & Liquid in 1938. Not cancelled. 3) Jackpot Enterprises, Inc. Issued in 1983, Improving Co. (1890s uniss); Vitamalt Products Corp. (1924); Wheat- punch cancelled. 4) Cal-Nev, Inc. Unissued. Ken Prag Collection Est. O-Corn Co. (1918); and National Alfalfa Dehydrating and Milling Co. $200-300 HWAC# 126353 (1970). Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 109137 52 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 General Americana / Gaming Lot# 1421 1914-1982 Four Different US Lot# 1427 Fulton, New York 1868 Fulton Gaming Stock Certificates Lot of 4 different. Manufacturing Company Stock Certificate- Includes: Mount Kisco Casino, Inc. (unissued); -Number 2 Inc. in New York. Very low cert. Electric Game Board Company (cert. number 3, number 2, issued for 50 shares to William 1914); Deauville Casino Corp. (Miami, 1930); Wasson on Jan. 4th, 1868 in Fulton, New York, and Bally Manufacturing Corp. (1982). Ken Prag Signed by president EP Ross and treasurer Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126354 Wm. Teal.. Not cancelled. Brown border and print with a livestock vignette. 25 cent Lot# 1422 San Francisco, California Golden adhesive revenue stamp attached at left. Pinholes, folds, tape in Gate Bridge Collection (5) Group of 5 one corners on reverse. 8.25 x 10.25” This establishment was started for thousand dollar bonds from 1935 from the the manufacture of the Cummings straw cutter, which was invented by world famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Mr. Cummings, who had originally entered the shop of John E. Dutton Francisco. There are 2 varieties - two with a & Co. as a machinist. The business was finally abandoned, and in 1885 blue vignette from 1935 and three with a black vignette from 1932 the buildings were occupied by the Howe Ventilation Stove Works. Ken and 1933. Each of these is a little different. We have not seen these Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126080 before and are happy to find them in the Prag collection. Construction began in 1933, completed 1937 and was worked on by thousands of Lot# 1428 New York, New York 1926 Furnace California workers some of whom lost their lives during very difficult Engineering Company Stock Certificate periods of construction. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# Inc. in Delaware. Low no. 18, issued for 20 127043 shares to Emil Schwarz on Feb. 25, 1926. Signed by president Drake and the treasurer. Lot# 1423 Bridge Companies Stock Group, Not cancelled. Green border, black print, and pre-1870 A collection of four different detailed vignette of a furnace. Folds, creases. American bridge companies, including a plank 8.25 x 11.5” No additional information located. road!. Plank Road & Bridge Co., Trenton, Iowa, Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126026 1852, I/uc; Northumberland Bridge Co. , 1847, i/c; Louisville Bridge Co., 1867, i/uc, adhesive Lot# 1429 New York City, New York 1865 revenue, highly pictorial.; Lewiston Suspension Johnson’s Rotary Lock Company Stock bridge Co., ui/c, possibly c1840-50. Ken Prag Certificate Rare. Inc. in 1865 in New York. Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 127031 Low number 18, issued for 25 shares to Richard C. Jackson on June 13th, 1865. Signed Lot# 1424 Bridge Stock Collection, 1880s by the president (illegible) and the treasurer. (9) 9 different bridge companies, most with Not cancelled. Black border and print. Two nice vignettes. Many of these companies built vignettes: allegorical woman with shield and eagle (top center) and bridges specifically for railroad transportation. dog next to safe (bottom center). Printed by E. Jones & Co., NY. 25 cent Includes Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company, adhesive revenue stamp attached on the right. Pinholes, folds, some 1888, i/c; Louisville Bridge Company, 1881, toning. 6.5 x 10” In 1866, the company was involved in a competition i/c, great vignettes; St Louis Bridge Company, with AC Hobbs to see who would get a lock contract with the Treasury 1881, i/c, great vignette; Peoples Bridge Department to use on distilleries and cisterns. Patents by Frank G. Company, 1889, i/c; and more. Ken Prag Collection Est. $240-400 HWAC# Johnson. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 125919 127039 Lot# 1430 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1888 Walker Smokeless Furnace Company Stock Lot# 1425 Bridge Stocks, post 1890 (15) Certificate Inc. in Colorado. Low number Nice collection of 15 bridge stocks some 15, issued for 310 shares to Henry C. Nutt on with great vignettes. Includes Newport and February 1st, 1888. Signed by the president Cincinnati bridge company, 1931, i/c; Norfolk (Thos. Wickersen?) and asst. secretary Edward Portsmouth Bridge, 1933, i/c; and many more. Mason. Not cancelled. Black border and fancy Please see photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300- print. Pinholes, folds, creases. 7.5 x 10.75” 600 HWAC# 126781 According to Steel & Iron, Vol. 53 (1893), the company operated in Pittsburgh. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 125918 Lot# 1426 East Canaan, Connecticut 1865 Forbes Iron Company Stock Certificate No. Lot# 1431 Brick Company Stock Collection (33) A very nice collection of 33 brick 52, issued for 150 shares to Nathan Washburn manufacturers, mostly 1890s-c1920. Includes on May 16th, 1865. Signed by president FL Montello Brick, i/uc, 1903; Metropolitasn Adam and secretary William H Barnum. Not Paving Brick Co., 1909, i/c; Renovo Fire brick cancelled. Black border and print, 25 cent and Clay Co., 1897, printers proof, spectacular adhesive revenue stamp. Pinholes, folds. 5 x 8.25” William H Barnum vignette, 1897; United States Brick Co. bonds, 1904, i/uc; Hydraulic was involved in the Beckley Furnace at East Canaan. They produced Press brick Co., 1887, i/c; New York and pennsylvania Brick, Tile and railroad wheels. He also served as a state representative, U.S. Terra Cotta Co., 1898, i/uc and many more. please see photo. Ken Prag Representative, U.S. Senator, and finally as chairman of the Democratic Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 127038 National Committee. He was known as Seven Mule Barnum. He was disposed - both for his own economic interests and politically - to favor high tariffs on imports, especially imported pig iron and railroad Lot# 1432 Maine 1883, 1885 Two 19th car wheels, and for the most part high tariffs were in effect during this Century Button Manufacturing Stocks Lot period. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126061 of 2 different. 1) Standard Button Fastening Company. Portland, Maine. Issued for 1,000 shares in 1883. Signed by the president and treasurer. Not cancelled. Black ornate border and print. Folds, creases. 2) Mills’ Button-Hole Attachment Company. New Jersey. Issued for 100 shares to F. Paxton & Co. in 1885. Not cancelled. Black border, pink background and vignette of seamstress. Pinholes, folds. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 109298 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 53

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Industrial Lot# 1433 New York City, New York 1864 Lot# 1440 Early Lumber Company French Self Fastening Button Company Certificates (4) North American Lumber Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. Low cert. Company, 1838, i/c, issued to Lewis Lyman, number 7, issued for 40 shares to William signed by John George McKean as president; Mellers on Dec. 24th, 1864 in New York. Williamsport & Philadelphia Lumber Co, Signed by the president (David Buffusen?) issued 1830s?, i/uc to Andrew Cochran signed and secretary Thomas Buckley. Not cancelled. by William Perry as president and John D Beers Black border and print, fancy script logo. 25 as secretary; and others. Ken Prag Collection Est. cent adhesive revenue stamp attached lower left. Folds, pinholes. 7.25 $300-500 HWAC# 122848 x 9.5” An 1866 ad in the Army and Navy Journal touts the company’s self-fastening buttons for men and boys, ladies, and the Army and Lot# 1441 Lumber Companies Stock Navy. The buttons had no eyes but were secured by four loops or coils, Collection, Eastern States and International according to patent records. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 109322 (38) Generally 1880s-1920. Includes many with attractive wood themed vignettes. Popular Bluff Lumber Co 1892, i/uc; National Lot# 1434 Cloth Mills Collection (21) A Hardwood, 1923, i/uc; Chas R McCormick collection of 21 certificates from various textile Lumber 1925, i/uc; Reppard Land and Lumber, 1883, i/uc; and many miles around America, c 1870s-1920s. Includes others. Please see photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-700 HWAC# Masconomnet Milles, 1871, i/uc with revenue 122849 stamps; Whittier Cotton Mills, 1895, i/uc; Hartford Mill 1846, i/uc; and more. Some may be grain companies. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-700 HWAC# 126785 Lot# 1442 Eastern and Midwestern Manufacturing Company Stocks (67) 67 Lot# 1435 Fiber Cordage and Cloth stocks from a wide variety of manufacturing companies. Includes Lancaster Starch 1866; Companies, c18402-1920s (23) Includes International Pneumatic Tube, 1910; Lugren Manchester Cotton and Wool, 1838 i/uc; same Flexible Door 1890s. About half do not have 1846 i/uc; Kentucky Hemp Fiber, i/uc; John vignettes. See photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. West Thread, 1922 i/uc; Halsey Fabrics 1948, $300-500 HWAC# 127050 cert #1 i/uc; Utah Wool Growers 1908 I/uc; and many more. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126787 Lot# 1443 Fire Alarm Company Collection Lot# 1436 Clothing Related Stock Collection (6) 6 great fire alarm stocks, Includes Norther Auxiliary Fire Alarm company 1888 i/uc; (24+) Clothing Related stock collection, Reading Auxiliary Fire Alarm Company 1897, 24 pieces plus. Includes Standard Button i/uc with red fire alarm box vignette; National Fastening Co. 1883, i/uc; Lion Collars and Automatic Fire alarm company 1892 i/uc; and Shirts, 1922, $1000 bond; Maxam Shirt and more. Please refer to photo. Ken Prag Collection Garment co, 1921, i/uc; Western Garment MFG Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126788 co, 1930, i/uc; Nogar Clothing Mfg Co., 1920, i/ uc;Standard Shirt Co., 1887, i/uc; Snyder Snap Button, 1916, i/uc and more. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 127034 Lot# 1444 Fire Related Business’ Certificate Collection (13) Nice collection of fire related Lot# 1437 1872-1947 US Sewing Company material including insurance companies Stock Certificate Group Lot of 5 different. specialty equipment and investment in fire Included: The Davis Sewing Machine Company companies themselves. Includes Lorillard Fire of Watertown, NY (1872); Seattle Quilt Mfg. Insurance Company, 1800, i/uc; The McMahon Co., Inc. (1947); The John West Thread Co. Thermograph Company c1880s specimen (1924, thread vignette); and The American Thread Company (two great vignette; Washington Fire Co. Stock, 1867, i/uc; Hanet Rescue different, 1931 and 1946, spool of thread vignette). Please inspect. Ken Apparatus Company, 1914, i/uc; and others. Refer to photo. Ken Prag Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109300 Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126789 Lot# 1438 1872-1964 US Sewing Company Lot# 1445 Glass Company Certificate Stock Certificate Group Lot of 5 different. Collection (30) A collection of 30 glass Includes: The Davis Sewing Machine Company company stocks. these are generally very rare of Watertown, NY (1872, cut cancelled); The and desirable to bottle and glass collectors American Thread Company (two different, around the country. Generally 1890-1920 1925 and 1951, vignette of spool of thread); includes; Valley Glass 1890, i/uc; Washington Atlas Sewing Centers, Inc. ($1,000 bond, Oregon Glass, 1914, i/uc; Fox Optical 1959); and Seattle Quilt Manufacturing Co., Manufacturing 1906, i/uc; NY Opera Glass Supply Co. 1892, i/uc; Inc. (1964). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Thompson Glass Co 1889, i/uc; McLaughlin Glass Co, CA, 1926, i/uc; Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109299 ILL Pacific Coast Glass Co, 1930, i/uc; and many more. See photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-700 HWAC# 127041 Lot# 1439 California 1907-1940 California Lumber Stock Certificates Lot of 5. Includes: Lot# 1446 Hardware Related Company Newark Lumber Company (1915); Pacific Stock Collection (66) A major collection of Coast Redwood Company (1907); Panama hardware related equipment and products. Lumber and Mill Company (1915); and two This includes everything from nails, to boxes, different for the Union Lumber Company (1928 and 1940). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- paint and varnish. Generally 1900-1930 with a 200 HWAC# 109246 few exceptions. Gleeson nail Machine Co, 1886, i/uc; United Box Machine, 1882, i/uc; Omaha Varnish Co, 1887, i/uc; Marine Paint and Varnish 1918, i/uc. Please see the photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 127044 54 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Industrial Lot# 1447 Lighting stock Certificate Lot# 1454 Alaska 1892-1976 Miscellaneous Collection` Lot of nine: Hygrade Lamp (four Alaska Stock Collection (Mining, Fishing, different), New England Lamp Works, Sirian Air) Lot of 10 different. Included: Pacific Lamp, Rainbow Luminous Product (three American Company (1929); Sohio/BP Trans different). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 Alaska Pipeline Finance Inc. (1976); Nome HWAC# 126942 Exploration Co. (uniss.); Ida-Ore Mines Limited (1970); Alaska Packers Association Lot# 1448 Early Iron and Steel Companies (1922); Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. (1924, foreign revenue); Stocks (4) 4 early iron and steel stocks, 1851- Alaska United Gold Mining Co. (1933); Alaska Mexican Gold Mining 1881. Includes Working Mans Iron and nail Co. (1892); Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining Co. (uniss.); and Wien Company of Phoenixville, 1851, i/uc; Hunts Consolidated Airlines, Inc. (1966). Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 Lyman Iron Company, 1861, i/uc; NY City Steel HWAC# 109276 Works, 1868 i/uc with revenue; Thor Iron Works, 1881, i/uc, repaired. Ken Prag Collection Lot# 1455 Arizona 1912 Arizona & New Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126786 Mexico Underwriters Company Stock Certificate Inc. in Arizona. No. 70, issued for 100 shares to John Belser on Jan. 31st, 1912. Lot# 1449 Rubber Manufacturing Company Signed by president R. Balke and secretary J. Stocks - Lot of 18 Includes Strong Rubber and Crozier. Not cancelled. Brown border and seal, Asbestos 1913 (2), Bright blue rubber, Kenton black print. Nice large vignette of agricultural Rubber # 4, Indestructible #9, AND 1870 New York Rubber with fields and a dam. No printer. Folds. 8.25 x 11” US Revenue stamps (2). Also Syracuse, Manufactured (2), National, Organized by William L. Burt in Phoenix. Merged with the Los Angeles LaPorte, Long Island, Heimbach, International, Studebaker-Wolff, Underwriters’ Agency. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126051 Parahide. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126935 Lot# 1456 Alameda, California 1960 Alameda Lot# 1450 Manufacturing Stock Certificate Realty Company Stock Certificate This stock Collection Certificate number 1’s include was printed in the early 1900s and features safety Whiffletree and United. 2) Other single a choice photo vignette of Alameda prior to digit certificates include Orvis, Shawnee, Sag- development. The stock, No. 789, was issued in No-Mor, Relay, Gately, Hammond, Newton, 1960 to John F. Finnegan for 100 shares. Signed Kennedy, Jolt-Away, International. 1880’s by president Vance R. Jones and secretary include Industrial of August, Mallory of Kathleen McCarthy. Pencil notations, pinholes, folds, portion missing Bridgeport CN and Stewart of Kittery Maine. About 64 in total. Ken Prag in the upper left corner. Attached to transfer form. 8.25 x 11.5” Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-400 HWAC# 126939 Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 125899 Lot# 1451 Modern Science and Medical Lot# 1457 Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino Stock Certificate Collection Industro County, California 1923 Arrowhead Transistor, colorful Orbital Sciences, G. C. Development Company Stock Certificate Computer (two different), Narda Ultrasonic, No. 335, issued for 200 shares to Mrs. Mary Mastercraft Medical & Industrial (three Olewiler in 1923. Signed by five trustees. Green different specimens). National Liquid Measure border, black print, and underprint vignette Co. of Chicago. Early 1892! Ken Prag Collection of an arrowhead. Also has an arrowhead Est. $90-150 HWAC# 126941 incorporated into the seal. Folds, some toning, holes in seal. 9 x 12” Original developer of Lake Arrowhead in San Lot# 1452 Alabama 1905-1911 Alabama Bernardino County, California. The community was known as Little Bear Lake until 1920, when the Arrowhead Lake Company bought the Land Company Stock Certificate Trio Lot of land and changed the name to Lake Arrowhead. Ken Prag Collection Est. 3. 1) The Alabama Land & Timber Company. $100-200 HWAC# 126052 Inc. in Michigan. Unissued stock no. 88. Issued stock No. 14, to Stephen Paull in 1911. Stamp Lot# 1458 Lassen County, California Honey cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, Lake Valley Land & Water Company Bond, and bald eagle vignette. Both have some toning Lassen County, Cal. #260, $100 Bond and minor wear. 2) Alabama-Mississippi denomination. Twenty coupons attached. Not Land Company. Inc. in South Dakota. No. 46, issued for 50 shares in issued but a fantastic piece. Honey Lake is a 1905. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, and allegorical lake located just 20.3 miles from Susanville, vignette. Heavy folds with numerous tape repairs. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126008 in Lassen County, in the state of California, United States, near Milford, CA. During the Pleistocene, Honey Lake Lot# 1453 Alaska 1892-1970 Alaska Mining, and the entire Honey Lake Valley were part of Lake Lahontan in western Nevada, with a lake water level of 1,332 m (4,370 ft)[7] a Fishing, & Air Stock Group Lot of 9 different. level of approximately 115 m (377 ft) higher than the 1984 level of Included: Alaska Packers Association (1922); Honey Lake.[1] The connection to Lake Lahontan was through Astor Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Co. (1924, Pass north of the Virginia Mountains into Pyramid Lake and through revenue stamp); Ida-Ore Mines Limited (1970); Alaska United Gold Mining Co. (1933); Sand Pass into the Smoke Creek Desert portion of Lake Lahontan to the northeast. Both passes are at approximately 1,224 m (4,016 ft) Alaska Mexican Gold Mining Co. (1892); Nome elevation. The company was to construct an earthen dam where Long Exploration Co. (uniss.); Alaska Oil & Mineral Co., Inc. (1970); Wien Valley Creek entered Honey Lake Valley. Twenty coupons attached. VF. Consolidated Airlines, Inc. (1966); and Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining Co. (uniss.). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 Rare. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 118708 HWAC# 109275 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 55

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1459 Riverside, California 1895 South Lot# 1464 California 1876-1912 California Riverside Land & Water Co. Stock Certificate Non-Mining Related Stock Certificate Group South Riverside, Cala. (printed under title). Lot of 7, most different. Includes: Peoples Ice Inc. in California in 1886. No. 718, issued for Company (1876, Truckee, GT Brown); Felton 15 shares to E.P. Hilliker on Sept. 28th, 1895 in Water Company (1889 plus uniss); Chino South Riverside. Signed by president Geo. Joy Odd Fellows Hall Association (1899); Pope and asst. secretary HJ Hudson. Pen cancelled. Expanding Bit Co. (1912); Pacific Coast Savings Floral green border and logo. Vignette of palm Society of San Francisco (1895); and Fort Bragg tree, fruit and a building. Printed by Perkins Bros. Co., Sioux City. Many Electric Co. (1906). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 109146 folds and creases, some soiling and toning around the edges, glue stain on left border. 9 x 12.25” According to the Huntington Library, the Lot# 1465 California 1887-1977 Southern company raised approximately $110,000 to purchase approximately California Non-Mining Stock Group Lot of 6 12,000 acres of good agricultural land. Anaheim engineer H. C. Kellogg different. Includes: Pasadena, Lake Vineyard designed a circular Grand Boulevard. To the north along the railroad Land & Water Company, 1887, not cancelled; tracks were the manufacturing plants and packing houses. The West Coast National Bank (Oceanside), southern end of town was left to the citrus industry. This area is now 1977, not cancelled; Covina Orange Growers known as the City of Corona. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Association, 1907, not cancelled; Fairmont 126012 Hotel Corporation, 1927, punch cancelled; Redondo Improvement Company, unissued; and Chino Odd Fellows Hall Association, unissued. Lot# 1460 San Francisco, California 1950 Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 107970 Tower of Jewels Inc. Diamond Guarantee Bond Named after the famous “Tower of Lot# 1466 California 1875, 1914 Two Jewels” building at the 1915 Pan-Pacific California Ice Company Stock Certificates International Exposition held in San Francisco. Lot of 2 different. 1) Peoples Ice Company. This certificate was issued in 1950 to guarantee Operated near Truckee, CA and Washoe Valley, the purchase of 11 diamonds. Black and gold NV. Low no. 15, issued for 10 shares in 1875 border, gold seal, and eagle vignette. Ken Prag to Emil Engleberg. Signed by the president and Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 126055 secretary. Punch cancelled. Black border and print with ice house on lake vignette. Lith. by Lot# 1461 Santa Rosa, California 1898 Santa African-American lithographer GT Brown, SF. Rosa Water Works Stock Certificate Location Folds, toning, some staining. 2) California Ice Delivery. San Francisco. of Works: Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., State of Low no. 7, issued for 3 shares in 1914. Signed by the president and California” (printed at upper left). Inc. in secretary. Not cancelled. Brown border and black print. Many folds, 1873. No. 39, issued for 1,375 shares to Lelah some soiling on reverse. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Chamberlain in Santa Rosa in January 1898. 109129 Signed by president Mark McDonald and secretary M. McDonald Jr. Pen cancelled. Black border and print with a small vignette of a mermaid. Lot# 1467 Colorado Springs, Colorado 1920 Crocker & Co. Print. Pinholes, many folds. 4 x 8.25” Also known as Acacia Hotel Corporation Stock Certificate the McDonald Water Company. Brought water to the city from Lake -- Number 1 Inc. in Colorado. Certificate Ralphine. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126053 number one, issued to company president JW Atkinson in Colorado Springs on March 10th, Lot# 1462 Southern California, California 1920. Also signed by secretary Holton. Stamp Southern California Company stock cancelled. Orange border and seal, black print, Certificate Collection Lot of about 30. and photo vignette of the actual hotel! Printed Spring Street market (number 1), Old World by Out West Printing & Stationery Co., Colorado Springs. Folds, tear Importers of Pasadena (number 1), Mariposa on left border. 8.5 x 10.75” The Acacia Hotel was located at 104 E. Development, Long Beach Improvement, Platt Avenue. It had 150 rooms, electric lights, telephones, a cafe, a Laisne of Fresno, Hollywood Riviera, Montebello, Pacific National, ballroom, and more. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 125898 Rule & Sons, Stella Denis Tailor, Thiele’s Surf Rider, La Hacienda, etc. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126946 Lot# 1468 Colorado Springs, Colorado 1918 Broadmoor Hotel & Land Co. Stock Lot# 1463 Yosemite, California 1930, 1938 Two Certificate Signed by Spencer Penrose Rare stock for the most famous hotel in Colorado. Different Yosemite Park Stock Certificates Lot Inc. in CO. No. 69, issued for five shares to of 2 different. 1) Yosemite National Park Company. John A. Hull on January 12th, 1918. Signed Inc. in California, 1916. No. 966, issued for 8 shares by Spencer Penrose as president and Charles to Jesse J. Steinhart on Jan. 29th, 1930. Signed by Tuuu as secretary. Not cancelled. Black print with ornate logo. 7 x 10” the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Black Folds. Before Penrose bought the hotel and adjoining land in 1916, the print with logo in the clouds design. Folds, three site had hosted two hotels, the first of which burned down. The second revenue stamps attached to the reverse. 8.25 x 10.5” hotel became a private boarding school for girls. After Penrose bought Yosemite’s first concession was established in 1884 it, he hired the New York firm of Warren and Wetmore to design a when Mr. and Mrs. John Degnan established a bakery fabulous resort. Construction began in 1917 and was finished in 1918 and store. The Desmond Park Service Company was granted a twenty- at a cost of $2 million. The hotel has featured numerous prominent year concession in 1916; the company bought out or built hotels, guests including John D. Rockefeller, Charles Lindbergh, Clark Gable, stores, camps, a dairy, a garage, and other park services. Desmond Herbert Hoover, and FDR. Spencer Penrose made his fortune in changed its name to the Yosemite National Park Company in December mining in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. His first success was 1917. 2) Yosemite Park and Curry Company. Inc. in California, 1925. specifically in Cripple Creek. He also was involved in the ore processing No. C1188, issued for 15 shares to Henry B. Tiedemann on Dec. 20th, business. Tutt was his longtime business partner. In addition to the 1938. Punch cancelled. Orange border, black print. 8 x 11” Folds, staple Broadmoor, they also built a road to the top of Pikes Peak. Ken Prag holes. This company was the forced merger of the Yosemite National Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 125891 Park Company with The Curry Company. The two had been competing concession companies. The Curry Company dated back to 1899. Ken Prag Collection Est. $400-800 HWAC# 126319 56 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1469 Denver, Colorado 1938 Early Lot# 1474 Jekyll Island, Georgia 1886 Jekyl Bicycle Stock Certificate: W.E. Hendricks Island Club Stock Certificate Inc. in Georgia. Corporation Inc. in Colorado. Certificate No. 78, issued for one share ($600) to John number 1, issued to George E. Ashley for 1,000 Wyeth on Oct. 19th, 1886 in Jekyll Island, royalty units on Oct. 15th, 1938 in Denver. Georgia. Signed by the president and secretary. Signed by president W.E. Hendricks and Stamp cancelled. Green border, black print secretary Norman Brink. Not cancelled. Orange and three vignettes: elk, ship, and soldier border, black print, tan background, and photo standing under archway. Printed by Railway & Bankers Eng. & Lith. vignette of man sitting on a bicycle. Folds. 8.5 x 11” No additional Co., NY. Folds, pinholes. Two adhesive revenue stamps attached. 7.25 information located. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126316 x 11.75” The Jekyll Island Club was a private club on Jekyll Island, on Georgia’s Atlantic coast. It was founded in 1886 when members of Lot# 1470 Manitou, Colorado 1907 Manitou an incorporated hunting and recreational club purchased the island Cliff Dwellers’ Ruins Co. Stock Certificate for $125,000 from John Eugene du Bignon. The club thrived through Inc. in Colorado. No. 27, issued for 2 shares to the early 20th century; its members came from many of the world’s The Citizens Development Company on March wealthiest families, most notably the Morgans, Rockefellers, and 23rd, 1907. Signed by president Shoemaker Vanderbilts. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126302 and secretary Weiner. Not cancelled. Orange border, black print, and photo vignette of cliff Lot# 1475 Chicago, Illinois 1892 Chicago Fire dwellings. Folds, light wear. The Manitou Cliff Cyclorama Co. Stock Certificate (Columbian Dwellers Ruins Company (recognizing the tourist interest in ancient Expo. Attraction) Rare. Inc. in Illinois. No. ruins) dismantled an Anasazi ruin in McElmo Canyon and transported 48, issued for 64 shares to Howard H. Gross it to Manitou Springs, where they reassembled the stones into a replica in 1892. Signed by president Daniel Holland Anasazi cliff dwelling that was opened to the public in 1906. It was and the secretary. Not cancelled. Black border reported that they spent over $100,000 to transport and reconstruct and print, gold seal, and allegorical vignette. the dwellings. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 109323 Folds, pencil notations. This was an attraction at the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. Howard Lot# 1471 Manitou, Colorado 1907 Manitou Gross was in charge of the attraction. It measured approximately Cliff Dwellers’ Ruins Co. Stock Certificate 50 ft high by 400 ft long. A reproduction of the 1871 great fire was Inc. in Colorado. No. 23, issued for 2 shares to displayed in a building on Michigan Avenue, between Madison and The Citizens Development Company on March Monroe Streets. Ticket prices were 30 cents per adult and 25 cents per 1st, 1907. Signed by president Shoemaker child. Advertisements promised a “marvelous scene of Chicago while and secretary Weiner. Not cancelled. Orange burning” with 20,000 square feet of canvas and numerous set pieces. border, black print, and photo vignette of cliff The September 28, 1892, issue of the “Fort Worth Daily Gazette” dwellings. Folds, light wear. The Manitou Cliff reported: “thousands of acres of red hot ruins” and “thousands more a Dwellers Ruins Company (recognizing the tourist interest in ancient sea of flame.” Some of the painted compositions included: Burning of ruins) dismantled an Anasazi ruin in McElmo Canyon and transported the Court-House, Panic at the Rush Street Bridge, Escaping to the River, it to Manitou Springs, where they reassembled the stones into a replica and Burning of the Old United States Marine Hospital. Estimated cost Anasazi cliff dwelling that was opened to the public in 1906. It was of building was $250,000. Eyewitness accounts promoted this “most reported that they spent over $100,000 to transport and reconstruct wonderful creation of art” with “thrilling scenes of burning Chicago” the dwellings. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126308 presented “truthfully and with a degree of realism impossible to conceive” (Chicago Tribune, October 20, 1893). Ken Prag Collection Est. Lot# 1472 Teller County, Colorado 1914 $100-300 HWAC# 126317 Beaver Park Land & Water Company Stock Certificate Wow! Inc. in Colorado. Low Lot# 1476 Chicago, Illinois 1886 Collossal number 17, issued for 20 shares to John A. Hull International Panorama Co. Stock on March 17, 1914. Signed by the president Certificate & Prospectus Lot of 3. 1) Stock Hawkins and secretary Jones. Colored pencil certificate no. 250, issued in 1886 for 5 shares cancel. Orange border, black print, and fantastic to the company secretary. Also signed by vignette of a beaver standing on the side of a president Noble. Not cancelled. 2) Prospectus. lake. No printer listed. Folds, small stain. 8.75 x 11” The town of Beaver 8 x 5.75” “This Company purposes to place before the Public a series Park was platted in 1892 in Teller County by Hawkins and his partner of Views illustrative of Gen. Grant’s trip around the world, giving by Forney. The company also controlled the Beaver, Penrose & Northern a continuous Panorama...It is proposed to illustrate this by Movable Railway which ran from Beaver to Penrose, 6.5 miles. Ken Prag Collection Canvas...There will be 850 feet of continuous Canvas.” Artist will be F.C. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 109324 Bromley. 3) Business card for the company, office in Chicago. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126324 Lot# 1473 Hartford, Connecticut 1966 Aetna Life Insurance Co. Stock Certificate Pair Lot of two Lot# 1477 Chicago, Illinois 1924 Consolidated different. Both feature a volcano vignette! Issued in Talking Machine Co. Stock Certificate #1 Inc. 1966, stamp cancelled. Printed corporate signatures. in Illinois. Stock number one, issued to company Green or red borders, black print, and volcano president E.A. Fearn in 1924. Signed by Fearn vignette. EA Wright Bank Note Co., Philadelphia. and secretary Powell. Not cancelled. Black Pinholes, folds, creases, and tape repairs. Ken Prag border and print, gold seal, allegorical vignette. Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 126049 Pinholes, folds. In January 1916, the Standard, Harmony, United, and Aretino operations were merged as the Consolidated Talking Machine Company. Operating at 227 West Lake Street in Chicago, they advertised itself as “Successors to Standard Talking Machine Co., United Talking Machine Co., Harmony Talking Machine Co., O’Neill-James Co., Aretino Co.” It offered surplus inventory from those companies for several years, along with a repair service for obsolete premium-scheme machines and with its own line of Consola phonographs. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126311 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 57

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1478 Chicago, Illinois 1884 Society of Lot# 1484 Argentine, Kansas 1887 Argentine the American Institute of Hebrew Stock Land Company Stock Certificate Inc. in 1887. Certificate Inc. in Illinois. No. 108, issued for No. 141, issued for one share to JN Roberts on 10 shares to George J. Titus on February 21st, June 27th, 1887 in Lawrence, Kansas. Signed by 1884 in Chicago. Signed by president W.R. the president (illegible) and secretary William Harper and secretary Goodsfied. Not cancelled. Sinclair. Not cancelled. Gold border and black Black border and print. JMW Jones Stationery print. JS Broughton Publisher, Lawrence. Deep folds, staple holes, and & Printing Co. 6.5 x 10” Folds, some stains. Organized in 1881 by soiling. Argentine is a community of Kansas City, Kansas, located in Harper. Shares held by 125 clergymen and laymen. Ken Prag Collection Wyandotte County. No additional information on this company could Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126087 be found. 5.25 x 9.5” Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126050 Lot# 1479 Illinois 1921-22 American Manicopy Lot# 1485 Buffalo City, Kansas 1857 Buffalo Typewriter Company Stock Certificates Lot of 2 City Stock Certificate, Kansas Territory No. different. Inc. in Illinois. Issued in 1921 and 1922. 46, issued on February 21st, 1857 to Smith Not cancelled. Blue or orange borders, eagle vignette. & Creek for one share, being the undivided Columbian Bank Note Co., Chicago. Pinholes, deep one-hundred-and-fiftieth portion of the folds, one with some separation. Both signed by land known as Buffalo City, Doniphan Co., president Frank Repetto. Repetto was the inventor K.T. Signed by president BB Frazer and secretary GB Chadduck. Not of the machine, a “duplicating typewriter.” Ken Prag cancelled. Currency-sized certificate printed with blue text and two Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 107967 allegorical vignettes by the Nebraska Advertiser Print in Brownville, Nebraska Territory (NT)! Folds, some soiling/toning. 3.75 x 7.5” Lot# 1480 Des Moines, Iowa 1902-1903 Several towns were named Buffalo or Buffalo City during and after the Jewett Typewriter Company Pictorial Stock territorial period in Kansas. This particular Buffalo City was planned Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Issued in in Doniphan County near Eagle Springs. On February 11, 1857, John 1902 and 1903 for 4 shares. Printed signatures of the President and W. Geary, Kansas territorial governor, approved an act incorporating Secretary. Live signature of the Registrar. Both have coupons attached. the “Buffalo Town Association of Kansas Territory” into Davis County. Text is in English and French. Very ornate border that includes Neither town has survived. Benjamin B. Frazer was involved in the vignettes of early Jewett typewriters. 10.5 x 11.75” Folds, wear to development of Brownville, Nebraska Territory. In 1856, he moved edges. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126027 to Oregon, Missouri and became mayor. He was also involved as a businessman in Forest City and St. Joesph. Ken Prag Collection Est. $700- Lot# 1481 1921, 1923 Two Different Typewriter 1500 HWAC# 125892 Company Stock Certificates Lot of 2 different. 1) Corona Typewriter Company, Inc. Inc. in New York. Lot# 1486 White Cloud, Kansas Territory Kansas Territory, White No. A846, issued for one share in 1923. Signed by Cloud City Certificate, 1857, issued to Louise Denver Possibly the president and treasurer. Punch cancelled. Blue unique certificate border, black print, and great little vignette of the for the White Cloud Corona typewriter. Pinholes, folds, paperclip stain. issued in 1857 ABN. 2) American Manicopy Typewriter Company. to Louise Denver, Inc. in Illinois. No. 162, issued for 3 shares in 1921. Possibly the wife of Not cancelled. Signed by Frank Rapetto, inventor James W Denver the of a duplicating typewriter. Orange border, black print, and eagle namesake of Colorado. vignette. Pinholes, folds, some separation. Columbian Bank Note Co., Louise Denver Chicago. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 107969 married James Denver Lot# 1482 1922, 1925 Two Different Typewriter in 1856. White Cloud City is located on the Company Stock Certificates Lot of 2 different. 1) Missouri River, one Corona Typewriter Company, Inc. Inc. in New York. of the very important No. A981, issued for one shares in 1925. Signed early settlements. It by the president and treasurer. Punch cancelled. was named for Francis Blue border, black print, and great little vignette White Cloud, son of of the Corona typewriter. Pinholes, folds. ABN. 2) Chief White Cloud. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-2000 HWAC# 127047 American Manicopy Typewriter Company. Inc. in Illinois. No. 174, issued for 10 shares in 1922. Not cancelled. Signed by Frank Rapetto, inventor of a Lot# 1487 Bowling Green, Kentucky 1938- duplicating typewriter. Blue border, black print, and eagle vignette. 1991 Fruit of the Loom Stock Certificate Pinholes, folds. Columbian Bank Note Co., Chicago. Ken Prag Collection Group Lot of 4 different. 1) Two issued in Est. $100-150 HWAC# 107968 1938, punch cancelled, with fruit vignette and Lot# 1483 Davenport, Iowa 1920 The blue or green borders. Signed by the president and secretary. Printed by Central Banknote Linograph Company Stock Certificate Inc. in Company. 2) Two later Specimen pieces, a Maine. No. 516, issued for seven shares to LR stock and bond. Both punched. Color fruit vignette. Printed corporate Houghton in 1920. Signed by president R.R. signatures. One is dated 1991. This clothing company has roots back to Englehart and the treasurer. Cancelled by red Rhode Island in the 1850s. it is now headquartered in Bowling Green, pencil. Black border and print, eagle vignette. Kentucky. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126006 Heavy folds, staple holes, hole in upper left corner. This company had their factory in Davenport, Iowa and built typesetting machines. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126042 58 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1488 Maine 1906 Parmachenee Club Lot# 1493 Eureka, Nevada 1923 Eureka County High Stock Certificate Inc. in New York, 1896. No. School Equipment Bond I/C, #1 of 180 authorized, 159, issued for one share to Edgar Marstou in $500,6%, gold bearer bond issued Feb. 15, 1923, Due 1906. Signed by the president and treasurer. 1924. Green border, Eagle vignette w/wings spread. Not cancelled. Ornate black border, gray seal, Embossed seal lower left. Handwritten cancellation in and great vignette of a mounted moose head! red. 14 coupons attached. A. Carlisle & Co S.F printer. Lith. by Franklin Bank Note Co., NY. Pinholes, Cond. VF-EF. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 125502 folds. 7 x 10” The Parmachenee Club was formed in 1890 to lease 120,000 acres of commercial forest land extending south from the Canadian border where they built a camp in the meadows along Lot# 1494 Eureka County, Nevada 1920’s the Magalloway River on the western edge of Maine. Club members Interesting Large Lot of redeemed Eureka lodged at the camp while engaged in sport hunting and angling. The County Bond Coupons Lot of 40 plus meadows and camp were seasonally flooded by a log driving dam envelopes. Each envelope contains redeemed built by Brown Mills Company and International Paper Company. Eureka County High School bond coupons Camp Caribou eventually consisted of a main lodge, maids’ quarters, from three put to 20 plus. From Farmers guides’ quarters, a large woodshed and 13 individual family cabins. and Merchants Bank Eureka, NV. Central The Parmachenee Club became legendary among outdoor writers. Ken Bank & Trust Denver. First National Bank Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126307 Winnemucca, Bak of Calif, Henderson Banking Co Elko. Est. $200- 400 HWAC# 125512 Lot# 1489 Boston, Massachusetts H. Dearborn Signed Certificate Lot# 1495 Greenfield, Nevada 1928 Fox Ditch for The Republican Instition Company Stock Certificate Location of Office: 1829 I/UC. Henry Dearborn Greenfield, Lyon County, Nevada. Rare Nevada served under Arnold Benedict in location. Inc. in 1889. No. 81, issued for 2 shares the Revolutionary War, and was to JB Gallagher Estate on Feb. 1, 1928. Signed later on Washington’s staff. He was by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Black print on yellow Secretary of war under Jefferson. paper with eagle and shield vignette. Folds, left border trimmed tight. Many places are named after him Greenfield was the previous name for Yerington. Ken Prag Collection Est. including Dearborn Mic. Issued to $100-150 HWAC# 109307 William B Bradford of Boston for 30 shares. Dearborn was president Lot# 1496 Nevada 1880s-1921 Three Non- of this company. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1500 HWAC# 127048 Mining Nevada Stocks incl. Two Banking Lot of 3 different. 1) Winnemucca State Bank and Trust Company. Issued in 1921 for 10 shares Lot# 1490 Matha’s Vineyard, to Fayant. Signed by the president and cashier. Massachusetts 1893 Uncancelled, Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. 2) Bank of Wells. Early Martha’s Vineyard Issued in Wells in 1912 for 5 shares. Signed by the president and Company Stock Number 41 cashier. Pen cancelled. 3) Reese River Flouring Mill Company. Unissued for 321 shares on April 6, 1893. 1880s pictorial stock. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 113792 Signed by Frank Treadwell and John Freese as president. Issued to Lot# 1497 Nevada 1910, 1929 Two Hot Springs Lucy Treadwell. Stain upper right Company Stock Certificates Lot of 2 different. 1) of seal. Nice! Ken Prag Collection Est. Monte Neva Hot Springs, Inc. Inc. in Nevada, 1928. $100-200 HWAC# 126938 Office in Ely. Low number 2, issued for 10 shares in 1929. Not cancelled. 2) Carlsbad Hot Springs Sanatorium Company. Inc. in Oregon. No. 64, issued Lot# 1491 Franklin, Nebraska for 250 shares in 1910 in Portland. Not cancelled. 1874 Franklin Town Company Photo vignette of springs. Ken Prag Collection Est. Stock Certificate Inc. in $100-150 HWAC# 126305 Nebraska. Low number 10, issued in 1874 for $25 or “one Lot# 1498 Toms River, New Jersey Toms 400th interest in the Town Site River Game Association Stock Here is a of Franklin, laid out, platted and rather unique certificate. For Toms River Game owned by the Franklin Town Association. Most likely for a hunting club. Company in Franklin County, Number 17 to Richard Laird in 1900. Signed Nebraska.” Signed by president Blenk, vice president Barnes, and by C. S. and George Holman. Toms River was secretary Tollock. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Herald Print, located in the southern section of the Township Plattsmouth, Nebraska. 5.5 x10” Deep folds, some oiling on reverse. of Shrewsbury that obtained a royal charter The town was named after Benjamin Franklin. Ken Prag Collection Est. to secede in 1767 and form Dover Township. During the American $200-400 HWAC# 126047 Revolutionary War, Toms River was home to a strategically important salt works that supplied colonial militias, as well as a base for privateer Lot# 1492 Nebraska Nebraska Territory, vessels that plundered British and Tory ships off the coast. In March Lanier City Co Stock Lanier City Co., issued to 1782, a group of British and loyalist soldiers attacked a blockhouse MC Hunter for one share, Feb 2, 1857, signed by along the river that housed the colonial militia and captured Captain Sam L. Camphill as president and SAm S. Curtis as Secty. i/uc. Signed Joshua Huddy, who was later hanged at Sandy Hook. Also destroyed by Morton Hunter on the reverse. This rare piece, possibly the only were the salt works and most of the houses in the village. [wikipedia] one known, surfaced at a stamp auction in 1969. Lanier City, as of this Cert is in rough condition, but interesting never-the-less. Ken Prag writing, is untraceable. We cant find record of it in an 1889 Post Office Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126947 Book, and 1865 map of Nebraska Territory or any online refernce. Samuel L. Campbell is also currently unfindable. He does not apear to be the man of the same name that was an Oregon pioneer. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1500 HWAC# 127116 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 59

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Industrial Lot# 1502 Buffalo, New York 1892 Bellevue Land & Improvement Company Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. Low number 18, issued for 54 shares to EH & JH Butler on March 8th, 1892. Signed by the vice president and treasurer. Punch cancelled signatures. Brown border, black print, eagle vignette, and ornate logo. Printed by Cosack & Co., Buffalo. Nine revenue stamps on the reverse. Folds. 8.5 x 10.75” The company owned between Lancaster and Buffalo, with the idea of building an electric street railway system in Buffalo that would run to Lancaster. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 126063 Lot# 1503 Coney Island, New York 1906 Friede Globe Tower Co. Stock Certificate (Coney Island Amusement Park Scheme) Inc. in Arizona. No. 1116, issued for 10 shares to George Goulburn in 1906. Signed by Samuel Friede as president and treasurer Lot# 1499 West Orange, New Jersey 1920 Edison Storage Battery Wade. Not cancelled. Green border, black print, and underprint vignette of the proposed Co. Stock Issued to and Signed Twice by Thomas Edison Fantastic amusement park structure. Broun-Green autograph piece. Inc. in New Jersey. Stock no. P9, issued for one share Co., NY. Deep folds, creases, some toning. 9.75 x 11.75” This was a to Thomas A. Edison, company president, on November 30th, 1920. scheme by Friede to construct an amusement park on Coney Island Signed by Thomas Edison as president and HF Miller as treasurer. that would rival the Eiffel Tower. It would be be 700 feet high, with Signatures are punch cancelled. However, Edison also signed the the globe portion of the structure 900 feet in diameter. Eleven floors reverse of the certificate, and that signature is untouched! Gray border, would house 500,000 square feet of space that would include a hotel, black print, and allegorical vignette featuring image of the Edison a glass-enclosed revolving restaurant, and a roof garden. Amusement battery. Printed by Franklin Lee Division, ABN. 7.5 x 11.5” Folds, attractions would include a four-ring circus, a music hall, the largest cancel holes, wear to borders. The Edison Storage Battery Company ballroom in the world, a skating rink, a bowling alley, a mini train, a was organized in New Jersey in 1901. Its purpose was to develop, theater for vaudeville performances, and even slot machines. The manufacture, and sell the Thomas A Edison, Inc Edison Storage treasurer was charged with grand larceny, and revealed later that Battery Division label. These batteries were used for mining lamps, the corp. officers had split the money raised with the stocks. Ken Prag train lighting and signaling, submarines, electric vehicles, and more. Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126032 The factory was located in West Orange, New Jersey. Ken Prag Collection Est. $2500-4000 HWAC# 126001 Lot# 1504 New York City, New York 1923- 1978 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Stock Lot# 1500 1949 Thomas Edison- Certificate Group incl. Fitch Signature Lot of Related Company Stock Certificate 7, many varieties. 1) Best is one issued to and signed (twice) by Ezra Fitch. No. 128, issued for Pair Lot of 2 different. 1) Edison Sault 50 shares to Fitch on Dec. 3rd, 1924. Pen and Electric Company. Inc. in Michigan. punch cancelled. Signed by Fitch on front and No. C02, issued for 50 shares in 1949. reverse. 2) Six others, five different, issued 1923, 1928, 1937 (x3), and Printed corp. signatures. Punch 1978. All punch cancelled. David Abercrombie opened Ambercrombie cancelled. Orange border, black & Co. in 1892. Ezra Fitch became a partner in 1900. Abercrombie sold print, and map vignette of the Great his share to Fitch in 1907, who ran the company until he retired in Lakes. This was Michigan public 1928. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126402 utility company. 2) Thomas A. Edison International Corporation. Unissued. Lot# 1505 New York City, New York 1927 Inc. in New Jersey. Green border, eagle Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Stock Certificate vignette. Ken Prag Collection Est. $50- 100 HWAC# 126057 Signed by Fitch Inc. in New York. No. 131, issued for 15 shares to Lewis M. Borden on November 21st, 1927. Signed by Ezra Fitch as president and Joseph Stone as secretary. Punch Lot# 1501 1889-1921 Thomas Edison cancelled. Brown border, gold seal, black print, Phonograph-Related Stock Certificates and vignette of Native Americans. Franklin Lee Division, ABN. 7.75 x 11”Folds, creases. David Abercrombie opened Ambercrombie & Co. Lot of 3 different. 1) Edison Phonograph Toy in 1892. Ezra Fitch became a partner in 1900. Abercrombie sold his Manufacturing Company. Inc. in Maine. No. share to Fitch in 1907, who ran the company until he retired in 1928. A1191, issued for 10 shares to John Bachelder Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126065 in 1889 in Portland, ME. Signed by president Jacques and secretary Weld. Not cancelled. Lot# 1506 New York City, New York 1934- Vignette of Santa being pulled in a sleigh! ABN. 1937 American Museum of Natural History Pinholes, folds. The company made the Edison Phonograph Doll, a 22- Planetarium Bonds Lot of two different inch doll that featured a miniature removable phonograph that played $1,000 bonds. Both printed by Hamilton a single nursery rhyme. 2) Edison Phonographs, Ltd. Issued in 1921 Bank Note and have a vignette of the Hayden for one shares. Signed by president Macwell and the treasurer. Punch Planetarium. The 1937 bond is stamped cancelled. Eagle vignette. Folds. 3) Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated. Specimen. The 1934 bond is not. Both punch Cert. number 5, issued in 1911 for 120 shares. Signed by the president cancelled. The Hayden Planetarium is now (illegible) and treasurer. Punch cancelled. Orange border, green managed by world-famous astronomer and popularizer of science background. Six revenue stamps. Folds. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300- Neil de Grasse Tyson. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126323 600 HWAC# 126310 60 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1507 New York City, New York 1926-1930 Lot# 1513 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania American Woman’s Realty Corporations 1913 American Flag House & Betsy Ross Stocks & Bonds Lot of 4 different. Rare. 1) Two Memorial Assoc. Certificate Attractive and different specimen bonds, $500 and $1,000, patriotic membership certificate issued in 1913 to Charles Gassmann 1927. Vignette of allegorical woman. Hamilton of Glendale, New York. Printed corporate signatures. Black print and Bank Note, NY. 2) Two different issued stocks, three vignettes, one in color: house where Betys Ross made the First issued in 1926 and 1930, different corporate American flag (left), color vignette of Ross showing flag to George signatures. Green or orange border with photo Washington, George Ross, and Robert Morris (center), and grave of vignette of the Henry Hudson Hotel in New Betsy Ross in Philadelphia. Also eagle vignette at top. No printer listed. York City. Not cancelled. ABN. This company 11 x 14” Some foxing and tears along edges, rough edges, reverse is was a subsidiary of the American Women’s Association, which was discolored. Printed on thick paper. This would look great framed! founded in 1922 to help working women save money for vacations This organization was founded in 1898. The certificate states that an and provided social, recreational, and educational activities for its endowment fund is supported by the members to preserve the house members. It operated a number of clubhouses in Manhattan which of Betsy Ross and for the erection of a national memorial for Betsy provided living quarters for some members. This included the Henry Ross. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126004 Hudson Hotel on W. 57th St., which was built and operated by the American Woman’s Realty Corporation. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- Lot# 1514 Philadelphia, 400 HWAC# 125896 Pennsylvania 1869 Independent Red Men Hall Association Stock Lot# 1508 New York City, New York 1915-1920 Certificate Rare early stock for the Music School Stock Certificates (3) Lot of 3. 1) fraternal organization Improved Two for the Brooklyn Academy of Music. One is Order of the Red Men. Inc. 1865. punched “Specimen Hamilton Bank Note.” The No. 1375, issued for one share to other was issued in 1915, not cancelled. Green Adam Eyth in 1869 in Philadelphia. border, black print, and allegorical vignette. 2) Signed by president Gottlieb Frank Cosmopolitan Conservatory of Music, Inc. New and the secretary. Not cancelled. York. Low cert. number 2, issued in 1920. Not Ornate border and vignette of allegorical woman with bald eagle. cancelled. Blue border, black print, and allegorical vignette. Ken Prag Printed by JF Finkeldey, Philadelphia. 25 cent revenue stamp attached. Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126339 Folds, areas of heavy toning. 7 x 10.5” The Improved Order of Red Men is a fraternal organization established in 1834. Their rituals and Lot# 1509 Yonkers, New York 1865-1946 regalia are modeled after those assumed by white men of the era to Group of New York State Bonds Lot be used by Native Americans. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# of 7. Includes: State of New York, 1865, 126356 Comptroller’s Revenue Bond; two City of Yonkers Consolidation Bonds, $1,000, 1875; and four City of Yonkers water bonds, three Lot# 1515 Philadelphia, varieties, issued 1875, 1895, 1945 and 1946. Ken Prag Collection Est. Pennsylvania 1795 North $120-200 HWAC# 109253 American Land Co. Stock w/ Autograph of a Signer of the Lot# 1510 New York 1851, 1913 American Declaration of Independence Law-Related Membership Certificates Lot Very early stock with a very of two large, different certificates. 1) The important signature. Issued for 5 American Legal Association. No. 467, issued in New York in 1851 to shares to Josiah Watson in April Samuel Merrill of Andover, Massachusetts. Signed by secretary John 1795. Signed by Robert Morris as Livingston. Ornate black border and print with 8 vignettes including president and James Marshall as George Washington, a locomotive and allegorical images. Printed secretary. 9.75 x 12” Robert Morris, by Danforth, Bald & Co. 9.5 x 12.75” Folds, toning. 2) American in addition to being a signer of Correspondence School of Law, Chicago, Complete Tuition and the Declaration of Independence, was called the “financier of the Consulting Certificate. No. 33124, issued to Lawrence Thomas Killan American Revolution.” But his involvement with the North American in 1913. Signed by the president and secretary. Green border, gold Land Company literally destroyed his life. During the Revolutionary seal, black print, and allegorical vignette. No printer listed. 10.5 x 14” War, Morris, an extremely wealthy Philadelphian, kept his friend Folds, creases, toning. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126003 George Washington and his troops fed, clothed, and armed. After the war Morris tried his hands in other ventures including the largest land Lot# 1511 New York New York and New trust in American History, and is one of the first publicly traded Real Jersey Incorporated Stock Collection. Lot Estate companies. To make a long story short, his investments turned of around 60. Includes Fork King West Wash bad and the harder he tried to reverse his fortunes the deeper in debt number 4, William Franks Studio of Astrology number 2, Strauss & he became. So in 1798 the financier of the American Revolution and Company, John F. White number 3, Newark Turkish Bath, manuscript signer of the Declaration of Independence found himself in debtors New York Wood Uniting 1870, national Phenocrome number 1, prison! Ken Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 107994 National storage number 6 1867 US Revenue Stamp, Yale Express. Many others. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-600 HWAC# 126945 Lot# 1512 Currituck Sound, North Carolina 1906 Light-House Club of Currituck Sound Stock Certificate Low cert. number 9, issued in 1906 for one share. Dateline Currituck Beach, North Carolina. Signed by the president, treasurer, and secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print with three vignettes: lighthouse (upper right), men with hunting dog (upper left), and dog’s head (bottom right). Printed by Maverick, Stephan & Co. NY. 6.25 x 10.75” Light wear. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126360 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 61

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1516 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lot# 1519 Trinity River, Texas Certificate 1795 North American Land Co. Stock w/ of Stock in the Town of Swartwout Issued Autograph of a Signer of the Declaration of to John Green for one share in stock of the Independence Very early stock with a very town of Swartwout. Signed by two of the important signature. Issued for 10 shares to towns founders, Arthur Garner and Thomas Bird Savage & Bird of London in Sept. 1795. Bradley. Sam Houston was famously one of Signed by Robert Morris as president and the shareholders. The town was located in James Marshall as secretary. Pen cancelled Southwestern Polk County at the site of an Alabama-Coushatta Indian signature. 9.75 x 12” Robert Morris, in addition to being a signer of Village settled in 1835 starting with a trading post. In 1875 after the Declaration of Independence, was called the “financier of the construction of a road infrastructure along with railroads used to American Revolution.” But his involvement with the North American transport goods, the town fell into decline. A monument was erected Land Company literally destroyed his life. During the Revolutionary in 1936 on the site. Printed by the Telegraph Press Houston. cert no War, Morris, an extremely wealthy Philadelphian, kept his friend 43, probably 1835 but undated. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-1500 George Washington and his troops fed, clothed, and armed. After the HWAC# 127049 war Morris tried his hands in other ventures including the largest land trust in American History, and is one of the first publicly traded Real Lot# 1520 Salt Lake City, Utah 1914, 1919 Two Estate companies. To make a long story short, his investments turned Mormon Stocks: Salt Lake Co-Operative and bad and the harder he tried to reverse his fortunes the deeper in debt Salt Lake Labor Temple 1) NUMBER 5 for he became. So in 1798 the financier of the American Revolution and the Salk Lake Co-operative Woolen Mills. One signer of the Declaration of Independence found himself in debtors share to John Nebeker. Signed by president prison! Ken Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 109148 Owen Nebeker. November 17, 1919. 2) Salt Lake Labor Temple Association. Number 23 Lot# 1517 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 5 shares to Virginia Stephens. Signed by 1840 Philadelphia Museum president R. Oswald. Feb. 20, 1914. Both certs Company Stock Certificate Pair have condition issues! Ken Prag Collection Est. Super early! Lot of 2 stocks issued in $60-100 HWAC# 126933 1840 for the Philadelphia Museum Company. Both issued to Robert A. Parrish. Signed by president Nathan Lot# 1521 Seattle, Washington Dunn and treasurer Geo. Campbell. 1860s-1933 Fire Company Stock Not cancelled. Printed on thin paper Certificates & Ephemera Lot of 6. by John C. Clark. Folds, creases. 7.75 x 1) Three different stock certificates. 9.75” From the Smithsonian Archives: a) Fire Dust Appliance Company, “The Philadelphia Museum Company Ltd. Inc. in Nevada. No. 240, issued had its genesis in the collections for 172 shares in Reno to WF of Charles Willson Peale (1741- Snyder & Sons in 1930. Signed by 1827), which he placed on view in the vice president and secretary. his Philadelphia home as early as Not cancelled. Black border, gold 1786. In 1792, seeking to turn his seal, red and black print, and eagle enterprise into a national museum, vignette. Product is the Zenith-A Peale formed a Society of Inspectors, including Thomas Jefferson and Fire Dust Fire Destroyer. b) a Edmund Randolph, in an unsuccessful effort to attract private and Syndicate Certificate of Unit Interest for the same company, issued government support. In 1794, he obtained a ten-year lease to lodge to EH Snyder in 1927. Signed by the president and secretary. Not his collections in the American Philosophical Society building on State cancelled. c) Washington Fire Co. Stock Association. City of Utica. House Square, and in 1802 the Pennsylvania legislature authorized Unissued. 1860s. Vignette of old fire wagon. 2) Advertising brochure the Museum to occupy quarters in the State House itself. Peale’s for the Zenith Fire Dust Fire Destroyer. Reprinted from the Nov. 1932 son, Rembrandt, attempted a museum in Baltimore that failed, and Northwest Investor. The product dispenses 5 chemicals which put out attempts by Rubens Peale and Linnaeus Peale to set up museums in the fire by creating carbon dioxide. 3) 1933 Notice to Stockholder for New York also failed. The Philadelphia Museum was incorporated in the Fire Dust Fire Appliance Co., Ltd. of Seattle. Three typed pages. 4) 1821 as the Philadelphia Museum Company. Charles Willson Peale Advertising sheet for the Autosafe Fire Escape lock, Pueblo, Colorado. died in 1827, and his sons, chiefly Rubens and Franklin, continued Text is in Italian. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126000 the enterprise in the Philadelphia Arcade, where it remained until the construction of a new building in 1836. Caught in hard economic times and a growing schism between scientific natural history on the one Lot# 1522 1914-1987 hand and showmanship represented by P. T. Barnum on the other, the Amusement Company Museum went out of existence through sale of its collections in the Stocks: California and 1850s.” Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126306 Nevada Lot of 8 different. Included: Amusement Engineering Corp. of California Lot# 1518 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1861, (1923); Magic Mountain Inc. 1866 Two 1860s City of Philadelphia Bonds (1958); Peninsula Amusement Lot of 2. Loan of the City of Philadelphia. Issued Co. (1922); Worlds of Wonder in 1861 for $200 to Jane D. Gordon. Issued in (1987); Fallon Amusement 1866 for $300 to John Milligan. Both are signed Corporation (uniss. stock #1 by the City Controller and City Treasurer. plus contract for stock); Lion Signatures are cut-out. Each has 10 vignettes, Country Safari, Inc. (color pictorial, 1972); and Mahomet Amusement including George Washington, Benjamin Co. (1914). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126313 Franklin, and Liberty Hall. ABN. 8.5 x 15” Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126088 62 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1523 1904-1966 Amusement Company Lot# 1529 1903-1975 Computer & Stocks: Eastern US Lot of 23, most different. Calculator Company Stock Certificates Lot Included: Castle Amusement Co. (1922); of 9, most different. Includes: Levin Computer Dorney Park Amusement Co. (PA, 1904 and Corp. (1975); University Computing Co. (two 1920); East Orange Amusement Co. (NJ, from 1973); Data-Control Systems, Inc. (1967); 1922); Frohman Amusement Corp. (NY, Datatron Processing Inc. (1970); Computer 1917 and 1920, different); Joseph Levitt Applications Inc. (1970); Topas Computer Attractions Co., Inc. (NY, # 1, 1922); New Brighton Amusement Co. Corp. (1968); The National Calculating Machine Co. (1903); and The (PA, 1907); Northeastern Amusement Rides & Service Corp. (NY, American Calculating Machine Company (1903). Ken Prag Collection Est. 1965, 1966, different); Newark Amusement Co. (OH, 1922); Penn- $100-150 HWAC# 126252 Steitz Amusement Co. (1922); Queen Esther Amusement Co. (uniss.); Stratfield Amusement Co., Inc. (NY, 1922); Crystal Rock Thrill Co. Lot# 1530 1886-1927 Fair Stock Certificates (1921-1929, 4 different); Zarro Amusement Device Co. (1914); & Bonds: Midwest US Lot of 9 different. Amusement Corp. of America (two iss. 1920); Migdall Amusement Includes: St. Louis Exposition & Music Hall Corp. (1922); and Roller Coaster Co. (1933). Ken Prag Collection Est. Association (1886, very attractive); Arkansas $200-600 HWAC# 126315 Valley Fair Association (Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1917); San Saba County Fair Association (Texas, Lot# 1524 1905-1964 Amusement 1908); State Fair Amusement Park Corporation (WI, $1,000 bond, Company Stocks: Midwest and South US 1924); Warren County Fair Association (Georgia, 1890); Wisconsin Lot of 11 different. Includes: Exposition Park State Fair Manufacturers Building (1927 bond); Boone Centennial, Inc. & Amusement Co. (TX, 1911); Electric Park (Iowa, uniss); Jerusalem Exhibit Company (Missouri, 1903); and The Amusement Co. (OK, 1921); Globe Amusement Burnet County Fair Association (Texas, uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. Co. (IA, 1913); The Iowa State Zoo & Amusement $200-500 HWAC# 126334 Co. (1909 and 1910, different); Sky-Rocket Amusement Co. (WI, 1924 bond); Walter Amusements, Inc. (1964); Whip Amusement Co. (TN, Lot# 1531 1906-1923 Fair Stock Certificates: 1927); Wyoming Amusement Co. (PA, 1905); Alexandria Amusement Eastern and Western US Lot of 6 different. Co. (KY, 1922); and Bijou Amusement Co. (KY, 1905). Ken Prag Collection Included: Methow Valley Fair Association Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126312 (Twisp, WA, 1914); The Del Norte Fair Grounds Association (Del Norte, Colorado, 1910); Lot# 1525 1901-1927 Amusement Company Fremont County Fair Association, Ltd. (Idaho, Stocks: Western US Lot of 8. No California. 1906); The Connecticut Fair Association (1918); Schuylkill County Fair Includes: Bonanza Amusement Corp. (Arizona, Co. (PA, 1923); and New York American Exhibition Co, Inc. (unissued). two issued in 1904, lion head vignette); The Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126333 Holland Amusement Co. (Colorado, 1927); Mountain Roll Amusement Co. (Arizona, Lot# 1532 1891-1962 Fishing & Hunting unissued); Odeon Amusement Co. (Arizona, Related Stock Certificates (12) Lot of 12 two different, 1907); The Woodland Park different. Included: South Park Fishing & Amusement Co. (Colorado, #3, 1901); and The American Amusement Boating Club (1891, pictorial); Shoreacres Co. (Colorado, 1903). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126314 Country Club (1935); Maple Park & Trout Co., Ltd. (1912); St. Lucie Rod & Gun Club, Inc. (1933); Roddy Recreation Products Inc. (Specimen); Red Fish Boat Co. Lot# 1526 1909-1925 Art Company Stock (1962); Intermountain Aquarium & Supply Inc. (1958); Forest Fish Certificate Group Lot of 5, most different. & Game Society (1907); Hollow Lake Fishing & Hunting Club (1922); Includes: All-Arts Company, Inc. (Illinois, Malibu Sport Fishing Ltd. (#1, 1939); Thousand Islands Duck Club two stocks issued 1925); The Auto Portrait (1919); and Whyte Fly Tack, Inc. (1948). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- Company (Ohio, 1913); Art Collectors Club 200 HWAC# 126343 (Oklahoma, 1909); and The Art House Inc. (New York, unissued). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126332 Lot# 1533 1909-1963 Fraternal Group Stock Certificate Group: Odd Fellows & Elks Lot Lot# 1527 Chemical and Drug Company of 5 different. Included: Elks Hall Association Collection (57) 57 stocks of chemical and of Oakland, Cal. (1925 bond); Benevolent drug companies. This is a terriffic collection. Protective Order of Elks (Lewiston, MT, 1963); It includes at least one autograph piece- Manhattan Odd Fellow’s Temple, Inc. (1928); West End Chemical Co signed by FM (Borax) Odd Fellows Hall of Reading (1915); and Odd Smith, 1928, i/uc (xx rare); Reliance Aniline Fellows Building Association of Colton (1909). & Chemical Co., 1920 i/uc; Western Chemical Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126359 Manufacturing Co., 1918, i/uc; Owyhee Chemical Products, 1928, i/ ucPlacerville Chemical Works, 1910, i/uc, Guarenteed Cure Co., 1901, Lot# 1534 1864-1939 Fraternal Groups & i/uc and many more. see photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $500-900 Societies Stock Certificates Lot of 9 different. HWAC# 127033 Included: Agawam Hall (1886, East Wareham, Mass.); Malta Temple (Reading, 1919); Mecca Lot# 1528 Coffin and Cemetery Stock Temple AAONMS (1922 bond); Richmond Knights of Pythias Hall Association (1913); Group (16) 16 different stocks of this general Modern Woodman of America, Hersman, IL category. Includes Standard Coffin Company (handwritten, 1898); First Universalist Meeting House (Nashua, 1893, i/uc; Massachusetts Cremation Society, 1864); Young Men’s Institute Hall Assoc. (1939); Knights of Columbus 1893, i/uc; Mohnsville Cemetery Company, Hall Association of Sacramento (1926); and The Alta Friendly Society c1890; Knollwood Cemetery Company, 1909 i/ (uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126358 uc; please see photo. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-700 HWAC# 126783 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 63

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1535 1911-1927 Fraternal Masons Lot# 1541 1892-2004 Miscellaneous Related Stock Certificate & Bond Group Lot Business Stock Certificate Group (Non- of 6. Includes: Tonopah Masonic Corporation Mining or Railroad) Lot of 17 different. (two 1911 $100 bonds); Masonic Temple Includes: Tonopah Natatorium, Inc. (uniss.); Association of Johnstown, PA (1924); Diamond Disc Shop, Inc. (uniss.); International Tucumcari Masonic Building Co. (NM, 1923); Code Machine Co. (1928); Hotel Oaks Co. The Lorain Avenue Masonic Temple Co. (1925); Flair Cards, Inc. (1966); Seminole Kennel Club, Inc. (1926); (Cleveland, 1926); and Danielson Masonic Building Association, Inc. Revillo Public Hall Co. (1893); Pennsylvania Chautauqua (1892); (1927 bond). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126357 Otarion Listener (1961, 1970); Operation Match, Inc. (1969); Oak Park Arms Hotel Co. (1927); NMC Corp. (1973); California Chinese Lot# 1536 1915, 1937 Fraternity & Sorority Fireworks Productions Inc. (2004); and Vacationers Inc. (1959). Ken Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. 1) The Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126304 Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity. Norwich University, Vermont. Low cert. number 2, issued in 1915. Not Lot# 1542 1903-1971 Musical Instruments cancelled. Eagle vignette and gold seal. 2) Gamma & Music-Related Stock Certificates (9) Lot of of Delta Gamma House Association. Inc. in CA, 9, most different. Included: Automatic Musical 1911. Berkeley, CA. Issued for 3 shares in 1937, not Instrument Co. (1929 and 1930); Music Master cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Ken Prag Collection Corp. (1925); Music Specialty Manufacturing Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126342 Co. (1903); Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (1969-1971); International Music Roll Co. Lot# 1537 Horse Related Companies (1914); Sharp Music Co. (uniss.); and Sherman, Clay & Co. (uniss.). Ken Stock Collection (6) Group of 6 stocks Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126340 from horse related companies all with horse vignettes. Includes Rhode Island Perkins Lot# 1543 1886-1946 Opera Stock Horseshoe Company, 1893, i/uc; US Pneumatic Certificate Collection Lot of 10, most different. Horse Collar Co, 1899, i/uc; Thoughrobred Includes: American Operatic Corp. (Utah, Enterprises, 1962, i/uc, and others. Ken Prag 1918); Boston Opera Assoc. (1910); Century Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 127046 Opera Co. (NY, 1913, pictorial); Denison Opera House Co. (Iowa, 1946); Deutsche Opernhaus- Lot# 1538 Horseshoe and Saddlery stock Gesellschaft (Iowa, 1913 and 1914); Firemen’s Opera House Co. (WI, Certificate Collection 1) How Horseshoe and 1905); Grand Opera and Market House Co. (PA, 1897, pictorial); Pacific Machine Co. 1868. Vignette of machine. Number Coast Grand Opera Co. (uniss.); and The Heuck’s Opera House Co. 4.Also a horseshoe vignette. US Revenue (Ohio, 1886). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 126338 Stamp. 2) Same as above, but not cancelled. Lot# 1544 1900-1971 Parks & Recreation 3) Howe Saddlery. 1904. Number 8. Signed Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of 8, most by Howe. Company. 4) Key-Calk Horseshoe different. Included: Howard Park Company Manufacturing. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 5) Nice (1911); International Recreation & Sports, blue and green Hollenbeck Saddle Company. 50 and 10c documentary stamps. Syracuse. Ken Prag Collection Est. Inc. (1971); The Sidney Recreation Company $150-300 HWAC# 126944 (unissued); Riverdale Park Company (1900 and 1909); Pleasure Park Company (1923); Lot# 1539 1924-1984 Jewish-Related Stock Montebello Park Corporation (unissued); Certificates & Ephemera Lot of 11. 1) Stocks: and American Recreation Centers, Inc. (1960). Ken Prag Collection Est. The B. Manischewitz Company (1984); Hebrew $100-150 HWAC# 126301 National Kosher Foods, Inc. (two diff. 1968); Lot# 1545 1903-1974 Photo-Related Stock Phoenix Club of Detroit, Michigan (1930); Certificate Collection Lot of 20, most different. Jewish Community Center (1930, Utah); and Includes: Ad-Photo-Scope Co. (two diff., 1921, The Jewish Carpenters’ Society Building Co. photo of device on back); Mercury Photo (1924). 2) Other ephemera: SF Earthquake stereoview of ruined Corp. (uniss.); Sunset Color Laboratories, Inc. Jewish Synagogue; First Day Cover for Touro Synagogue, Newport (1962): Interphoto Corp. (1974 and uniss.); Rhode Island, 1982; RPPC of Old Jerusalem; Jewish National Fund Fantastic Color Film Processing, Inc. (1969); Chrislin Photo Industries Council 1948 receipt; and pictorial certificate for one tree planted in Palestine, 1948. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126212 Corp. (1962); Universal Camera Corp. (1946); US Photo Supply Co., Inc. (1963); US Automatic Photo Co. (1903); Seven Falls Photo & Curio Co. Lot# 1540 1912-1959 Miscellaneous “Clubs” (1912); Quick-Chek Electronics & Photo Corp. (uniss.); Portland Photo Stock Certificate Collection (17) Lot of 17 Supply Co. (#1 and 2, 1921); Photosystems Corp. (1966); Photocolor different. Included: Tilghman Island Club, Corp. (1929); Visutronics Corp. of America (uniss.); Warren Photo Inc. (1932); Rozee Bonus Club, Inc. (1959); Laboratories, Inc. (1941); and Visionola Mfg. Corp. (1930). Ken Prag Williams Club, Inc. (1913); Phoenix Club of Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126318 Detroit (1930); Peter Pan Woodland Club, Ltd. Lot# 1546 1919-1982 Eastman Kodak Co. (1931); Octavia Club (1928); New York City & Other Camera Stock Certificates Lot of Old Colony Club Corp. (1927); Luna Lake Club 5 different. 1) Three different issued for the Co. (1920); Kissimmee Club Co. (1917); High Noon Club of Pittsburgh Eastman Kodak Company. Issued 1951, 1952, (1924 bond); Germania Club of Chelsea (uniss.); Aldine Club (1931 and 1982. Punch cancelled. 2) Two other bond); Edgewater Club of So. Cal. (1927); Commercial Club Corp. camera stock certificates: Camera Corporation (Nashville, 1919); City Club of St. Louis (1924 bond); Chamber of of America (1969); and Cameragraph Company (1919). Ken Prag Commerce & Business Men’s Club (San Antonio, 1912); and Cedar Creek Club, Inc. (1946). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126348 Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126327 64 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1547 1971-1990 Playboy Enterprises Lot# 1554 1943-1974 Yacht & Boat Club Stock Certificate Collection Plus Extra Lot Stock Certificates (4) Lot of 4 different. of 9 including two Specimen. 1) Eight are for Included: Diana Yacht Club (Philadelphia, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. Issued 1972-1990, uniss.); Gardner Boat Club (uniss.); Emeryville including two Specimen. Six feature a vignette Marina Enterprises (1974); and Ida Lewis of a nude woman laying on her side. All have Yacht Club (Newport, RI, 1943). Ken Prag preprinted signature of Hugh Hefner. 2) Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126344 Swingers International, Inc. One stock issued in 1971, not cancelled. Vignette of keys. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126361 Lot# 1548 1880s-1970 Radio & Phonograph Stock Certificate Group Lot of 7. 1) Montana Phonograph Company of Helena, Montana. Unissued, 1880s, two phonograph vignettes. 2) The Phonoidograph Company. Issued in 1916 for one share. Not cancelled. 3) R.E. Thompson Radio Corporation. Two temporary stocks issued in 1924. 4) Collins Radio Co. Issued in 1970. Punch cancelled. 5) The Gray Manufacturing Company. Two issued in 1958. Punch cancelled. Vignette of early phone. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109271 Lot# 1549 1910-2002 Toy Company Stock Certificate Collection Lot of 16, most different. Includes: Ogema Prentice Scale Model Railway, Lot# 1555 Serial Number One (#1) Stock Collection About 57 Inc. (3, two marked Specimen); Pittsburgh different stocks with the number oine (#1) certificate number. Each of Game & Novelty Co. (1917); Star Games Corp. these certs is ussued to a founder in each comp[any, usually the major (1916); Texas Toy Company (1960); Tyco inverstor. Sometimes it is the president, other times the “quiet” major Toys, Inc. (Specimen); Union Novelty Co. investor. This is a major collection, but is not all of Prag’s #1 certs. (1920); Hasbro, Inc. (2002); Children’s Hour Many have been put in lots of specialty companies and elsewhere. Co. (1927); Dart Games Co., Inc. (1955); Sturgis Go-Cart Co. (1921); There is everything in here from silverware to astrology and real Fairyland Doll, Toy and Specialty Co. (1910); Fibre Toy Manufacturing estate companies. Ken Prag Collection Est. $400-1000 HWAC# 127035 Co. (1925); and Barnard Toy Co. (1922). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- 400 HWAC# 126335 Lot# 1556 1890-1935 Stock Certificate & Bond Grab Bag Lot of 12 Lot# 1550 1948-1974 Toy Company Stock different. Included: Tippecanoe Securities Company (1911); Alaska Certificates: Lionel Trains Lot of 8 different. Packers Association Issued 1948-1974. Punch cancelled. Security (1923); Eastern Banknote Company. Six different border colors. Electric Light and All seven are pictorial: two of the vignettes Storage Batter Co. involve a kid playing with model trains. (1895); St. Luis Perfect companion pieces for your model train Merchants Bridge collection! Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126337 Co. (1890); Home Insurance Co. Lot# 1551 1970-2002 Toy Company Stock (2x1932); American Certificates: Mattel Inc. Lot of 5 different Commonwealths including one free trading. Issued 1970, 1971 Power Co. (1928 (x2), 1974 (free trading), and 2002 (color bond); VEH Realty photo vignette). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- Corp. (1931); Dickerson Automatic Governor Co. (1912); 1923 150 HWAC# 126336 German bond; Southern Surety Company of New York (1931); and Lot# 1552 Unions, Fairs, Trade Group Central States Electric Corp. (1935). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126082 Collection of Stocks 18 American stocks from Unions, Fairs and trade associations, Lot# 1557 Stock Certificates Miscellaneous etc. Includes Utica Female Academy (1871), Universal Tarde Assn ( (1895)Ukranian Labor Collection Lot of five miscellaneous items Home (1923), Rehoboth Antiquarian Society related to stocks and bonds. Includes: 14 1/2” (1913 on 1880s style cert), United Schutzen x 5 1/2” book of Gasair Associates stock certificates containing Nos. Assn (1877) and more. See photo Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 1-16, with 1-13 canceled, some with stamps, 14-16 uncanceled, plus HWAC# 127030 several blank, has eagle vignettes, signed by president Ralph C. Smith and later issues another president, plus the secretaries, c1949-1954, with notes; The White City Construction Company, Des Moines, IA, Lot# 1553 1892-1950 Water and Ice stock certificate No. 373, March 27, 1911, uncanceled, signed by pres. Company Stock Certificate Group Lot of and sec’y, gold corporate seal of Arizona; Fountain City Chautauqua 8 different. 1) Ice: The Denver Ice and Cold Assembly of Goldfield, IA stock certificate No. 112, Nov. 23, 1905, Storage Company (1950); Howlandsburg uncanceled, signed by pres. and sec’y, eagle vignette; and two soft Milling & Ice Co. (1934); The Western Ice cover books, “Collecting Stocks and Bonds Vol. II,” and “Vol. III,” by Company (1907); Atlantic Ice Manufacturing Co. (1941); The Pictet George H. LaBarre, copyright 1981 George H. LaBarre Galleries, Inc., Spring Water Ice Co. (1892). 2) Water: Narbonne Ranch Water Co. Hudson, N.H., 8 1/2” x 7 1/2”. Salvatore Falcone Collection Est. $100-150 Number 5 (1914); Ozone Sterilized Water Co. (1905); and The Topanga HWAC# 125724 Beach Water Association (uniss.) Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109128 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 65

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Other Lot# 1563 California 1923-1936 California Printing & Publishing & Nevada Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot of 14, most different. Included: Compton Printing Co., Inc. (1925); Pacific Press Syndicate (1923); Philippine Independent Lot# 1558 Arizona 1920-1960 Arizona News Publishing Co. (1924); Monarch Press, Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Ltd. (1931): LA Miller Label Co. (two from 1928 Lot of 4 different. Includes: News Publishing plus uniss.); Miller Lithograph Co. (two samples); Jugoslav Publishing Company (stock number one, 1920); The Co. (1936); Interstate Publishing Co. (1930); Daily News Corp. (1926); Arizona Gazette Company ($500 bond, 1923); and Harry Elliott Advertising Inc. (uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- and Arizona Newspapers, Inc. (two different 400 HWAC# 126257 from 1960). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126259 Lot# 1564 Denver, Colorado 1910 Perry Publishing & Industrial Company Stock Lot# 1559 Atascadero, California 1917 Certificate Possibly unique. Inc. in Colorado. Woman’s National Publishing Company No. 391, issued to G.A. Ridgway for three Certificate First Class Certificate on a Pro shares in March 1910. Signed by president Rata of Assigned Dividends and Net Assets of Henry Perry and secretary AA Lorenze. Not the Wiman’s National Publishing Company. cancelled. Ornate black border and seal with Inc. in Missouri. Issued for $50 to Clarence large vignette of the mountains. Serious J. Elder. Signed by the secretary of the condition issues: stock has been mounted to a company. Orange border, black print. 14 x piece of paper, and has many folds, creases. As is. 9 x 10” We could not 8.5” Folds, creases. Published the Illustrated locate any information about this company. There is a Perry Publishing Review from Atascadero, California, 1917- Company listed in the 1887 Denver directory. Ken Prag Collection Est. 1921. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# $100-200 HWAC# 126274 126290 Lot# 1565 Colorado 1906-1931 Colorado Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot of 4 different. Included: The Spokesman Publishing Company (Greeley, 1916); The Lot# 1560 San Francisco, California c.1930s- 40s Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc. Greater Colorado Publishing Company (1910); The Germanic Publishing Company (1931); Specimen Stock Certificate Inc. in Delaware, and The New Southwest Publishing Company 1930. Specimen stock with preprinted (1906). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. signature of William Randolph Hearst as $100-200 HWAC# 126260 president. Signatures are punched. Blue border, black print, and allegorical vignette. Lot# 1566 Chicago, Illinois 1870 Bureau 7.75 x 11.75” Security Banknote Co. Hearst was the son of mining Printing Company of Chicago Stock magnate George Hearst. William Randolph Hearst made his name in Certificate No. 31, issued for 8 shares to the newspapers and media. He was the inspiration for Citizen Kane. He died in 1951. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126258 Lackawanna Iron & Coal Company on Oct. 6th, 1870. Signed by president George S. Bowen and Lot# 1561 San Francisco, California 1929 secretary Henry F. Armstrong. Not cancelled. Hearst Publications, Inc. Specimen Bond Black border and print, gold seal, and three vignettes: two of an allegorical woman, and Rare. Series of 1929. $1,000. Printed Specimen. one of a dog. There is a 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp attached on Punch holes. Purple border, black print, and the left. 8.75 x 10.75” on thin paper. Folds, light wear. This company bald eagle vignette. Security Bank Note Co., published a magazine known as The Bureau from 1869-1872. The Philadelphia. 10 x 13” Fold, paperclip stain. magazine focused on commerce and protectionism, and was called William Randolph Hearst was a newspaper “the ablest Protective Magazine ever produced in the country” by the and media magnate, son of mining millionaire George Hearst. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126279 National Association of Woolen Manufacture in 1871. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126270 Lot# 1562 San Francisco, California 1920, 1927 Two Chinese Publishing Company Lot# 1567 Moline, Illinois 1891 Plowman Publishing Company Stock Certificates Lot of 2 different. Rare. Stock Certificate Inc. in Illinois. 1) The Young China Publishing Company of No. 14, issued for 10 shares to San Francisco, California. No. 317, issued secretary LB Kuhn in 1891. Also in 1920 for 7 shares to Chan Chung Pong. signed by president J. Warr. Not Signed by president M. Hing and vice- cancelled. Black border, red seal, president KS Hong. Not cancelled. Chinese and gold underprint. Printed and English text. Chinese flag vignette. by Childs & Co, Chicago. 6.75 x Underprint vignette of printing press. 10” Pinholes, folds. Located in Toning, wear to edges. Established in 1910. Printed daily. 2) The Chinese Times Moline, Illinois, they published The Western Plowman, a semimonthly publication focused on farming Publishing Company. Inc. in California. and agriculture, as well as other publications. Ken Prag Collection Est. Issued in 1927 for 5 shares. Signed by $100-200 HWAC# 126276 president Leong Hou and secretary Kenneth Fung. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. Deep folds, soiling/foxing. Founded by Walter Uriah Lum in San Francisco in 1924. Referred by some as the first Chinese language newspaper in the United States. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126268 66 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Printing-Publishing Lot# 1568 Maine 1888-1921 Maine Printing Lot# 1573 Belleville, New & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot of 3 Jersey 1866 Belleville different. 1) The Standard Publishing Company. Printing Company Stock Issued in 1888 in Biddeford. Not cancelled. Certificate Inc. in New Jersey Allegorical vignette. Folds. 2) American in 1866. Low cert. number Architect and Building News Company. 6, issued for 200 shares to Bangor, Maine. Issued in 1894 for 5 shares. secretary Henry Trenor in Not cancelled. Folds, wear to edges. 3) The Six 1866. Signed by Trenor and Towns’ Times Publishing Company. Low number 4, issued in 1921. the president (illegible). Not cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Missing corner, folds, tape repairs. Not cancelled. Black border Ken Prag Collection Est. $50-150 HWAC# 126263 and print, 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp attached bottom right. Printed by JO Seymour & Co., Lot# 1569 Boston, Massachusetts 1894 NY. 6.5 x 11” Folds. Established for the “purpose of printing and Boston Daily Publishing Company Stock manufacturing cotton, woolen, and linen cloths...” Ken Prag Collection Certificate Inc. in Maine. No. 335, issued for Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126269 one share to David C. Clapp on Dec. 8th, 1894. Signed by president RJ Long, treasurer Dixon, Lot# 1574 Jersey City, New Jersey 1913 and secretary Dunbar. Not cancelled. Blue Trow Directory Printing & Bookbinding border, red print, and eagle vignette. No printer Co. Stock Certificate Rare. The Trow New listed. Folds. 8 x 10.5” This company printed York directories were printed for nearly 100 the Boston Daily Standard newspaper. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- years. Inc. in New Jersey. No. B1086, issued 200 HWAC# 126256 for 67 shares to Wassermann Bros. on April Lot# 1570 Massachusetts 1910-1954 18th, 1913. Signed by the president, RW Smith, Massachusetts Printing & Publishing Stock and treasurer Joseph Flemming. Not cancelled. Maroon border, black print, and ornate logo. Folds, creases, staining upper right. 7.25 x Certificates Lot of 9 different. Includes: General 11” International Banknote Co., NY. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 Magazines (1928); Dispatch Newspaper HWAC# 126281 Company (1910); Phelps Publishing Company (1935); New Bedford Daily Sun Publishing Lot# 1575 New Jersey 1906-1928 New Jersey Co., Inc. (1923); Boston-Phila Despatch Corp. Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates (1921); Human Life Publishing Co. (1911); Springfield Homestead Lot of 8 different. Included: News Publishing Newspaper Co. (1911); Massachusetts Health Book Publishing Co. Company (two diff, 1926); Peoples Home (1913); and Boston Herald Traveler Corp. (1954). Ken Prag Collection Journal, Inc. (1928); Echo Publishing, Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126267 Inspecting & Adjusting Co. (uniss.); Seen and Heard Publishing Co. (1906); Pennsylvania Lot# 1571 Massachusetts 1894, Ticket & Label Printing Co. (uniss.); The Independent Publishing Co. 1913 Two Advertising Printing (1924); and The Chat Publishing Co. (1924). Ken Prag Collection Est. Company Stock Certificates Lot $100-200 HWAC# 126266 of 2 different. 1) Railway, Hotel and Steamship Advertising Company. Lot# 1576 New Jersey 1890 No. 136, issued for 10 shares to Mrs. The United States Book Jordan in Boston in 1894. Signed by Company Stock Certificate president Manning and treasurer Inc. in New Jersey. No. 40, Chas. A. Brown. Not cancelled. Black issued to Ralph W. Ellis for border and print, gold sea. Folds. 2) 20 shares in 1890. Signed Advertising Vigilance Association, by president Chamber and Inc. Inc. in Massachusetts. No. 82, the treasurer. Not cancelled. issue for one share to EE Lincoln Brown border, black print, Shoe Company in 1913. Signed by and vignette of a woman president Pridday and treasurer reading. New York Bank Note Smith. Not cancelled. Folds. Co. 7.75 x 10.75” Pinholes, Organized to prevent fraudulent folds. Organized in 1890 by John W. Lovell as a gigantic book trust. advertising. Ken Prag Collection Est. It bought up cheap reprint libraries. Several satellite companies were $100-200 HWAC# 126273 established to distribute the books. The firm was succeeded by the Lot# 1572 Atlantic City, New Jersey 1890s American Publishers Corporation, which maintained a precarious existence until 1904. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126271 Atlantic Journal Publishing Company Stock Certificate Inc. in New Jersey. No 47, issued to AS Giles for one share in 189_ in Atlantic Lot# 1577 New York, New York 1870s Wilmer City. Signed by president Charles R. Myers. Not & Rogers News Company Printers Proof signed by the treasurer. Black border and print, Stock Certificate Possibly unique. Printed allegorical vignette. Printed by Wm. F. Murphy on thicker paper. 1870s New York dateline. & Sons, Philadelphia. Pinholes, folds, some toning. 7.25 x 10.75” John Allegorical vignette. Printed by Maverick, J. Campbell is listed as the editor for The Atlantic Journal, published Stephan & Co. NY. Stains, trimmed corners, every Sunday by this company since 1859. [Ref: N. W. Ayer & Son’s other wear. 6.25 x 10” Became the International American Newspaper Annual, 1892] There is a Charles R. Myers who News Company. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-200 HWAC# 126297 is listed as owning a hotel company in Atlantic City in the 1910s. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126278 If you need Christmas delivery please contact us for special arrangements. View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 67

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Printing-Publishing Lot# 1578 New York City, New York 1863 Lot# 1583 Scranton, Pennsylvania 1909-1936 Alden Type Setting & Distributing Machine International Educational Publishing Co. Co. Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. No. 33, Stock Certificates Lot of 5 different. Inc. in issued for one share to Wm. H. Lee of New York New Jersey. Same general design with black in 1863. Signed by the vice president, Chas. print, red seal, and allegorical vignette. Printed Yeaton, treasurer (illegible) and secretary by Wilbur & Hastings, NY. Issued 1909, 1911, Henry Alden. Pen cancelled. Ornate design with 1914, 1916, and 1936. One cancelled. Different color borders. The black border and print, and three vignettes: Benjamin Franklin portrait company was inc. in 1908 with the purpose “to extend the business of (upper left), vignette of the device (top center), and unidentified man the International Textbook Company into English speaking countries (possibly Alden?) in the upper right. Printed by R. Thew, New York. 25 at the present time and later into other countries.” Ken Prag Collection cent adhesive revenue stamp attached on the bottom right. Folds, ink Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126285 stains, and staining on left border. 7.25 x 11.25” Device was patented in 1857 by Timothy Alden. The type was arranged in cells around the Lot# 1584 Pennsylvania 1861-1962 circumference of a horizontal wheel. As the wheel moved, receivers Pennsylvania Printing & Publishing started to rotate. The desired type was picked up and dropped in Stock Certificate Collection Lot of 17, most proper order in a line. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126272 different. Included: Hammermill Paper Co. (1955, 1962); Library Company of Reading Lot# 1579 New York City, New York 1881 (1861); Allentown Printing & Publishing Co. American Book Exchange Stock Certificate (1921); Jansov Publishing Co. (text in Russian); Fantastic! Inc. in New York. No. 1400, issued for Scholastic Publishing Co. (1931); Safe Ballot Publishing Co. (uniss.); one share to Hallock of Middletown on April Reading Tribune, Inc. (1922, 1923); The Quaker Publishing Co. 11th, 1881. Signed by president John B. Alden (1920); Daily Review Co. (1898); Franklin Press & Offset Co. (1927); and secretary Langdon. Not cancelled. Blue Commonwealth Publishing Co. (1896); Daily Dispatch Publishing Co. paper with a complex border design that has writing incorporated into (1925); and Catholic Light Printing & Publishing Co. (1922). Ken Prag it. “A Book that is Worth Reading is Worth Owning.” “Wisdom is the Collection Est. $250-400 HWAC# 126265 Principal Thing, Therefore Get Wisdom.” “The Literary Revolution.” “In 1880, Over 1,000,000 Vols. Printed.” 6.5 x 10.75” Numerous folds. Ken Lot# 1585 1896-1960 “American” Printing Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126277 & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot of 4 different. Includes: American Publishing Lot# 1580 New York 1902-1973 New York Corporation ($1,000 bond, 1896, not Printing & Publishing Stock Certificate cancelled); The American News Company Collection Lot of 38, most different. Issued (1960); American Newspaper Corporation 1902-73. Includes: McGregor-Doniger Inc. (1919); and American Association of Foreign (1970-73); Herbert Arthur Morris Advertising, Language Newspapers, Inc. (1920). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Inc. (1969); Judge Publishing Co., Inc. (1931- Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126282 32); The Pearson Publishing Co. (1915); Learning Materials Publishing Corp. (1969); American Book-Stratford Lot# 1586 1936-1945 United Press, Inc. (1973); Fifth Avenue Publishing Co., Inc. (1937); Endeavor Printers & Publishers Inc. Publishing Corp. (1938); The Opportunities Publishing Co. (1903); Stock Certificate Collection Journal Company of Troy (cert. number one, 1902); and many more. Lot of 8, most different, issued Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126264 1936-1945. Printed by Central Banknote Company. Punch Lot# 1581 Oregon 1910-1961 Oregon & cancelled. Vignette of woman Washington Printing & Publishing Stock with city in the background. Certificates Lot of 7 different. Included: Became a greeting card company Portland Reporter Publishing Co., Inc. (1961); in the 1960s. Ken Prag Collection Klamath Record Publishing Co. (1921); Est. $70-100 HWAC# 126298 Klamath Publishing Co. (1910); Pacific Record Publishing Co. (Medford, 1920); Forum Publishing Co. (Washington, 1919); Everett News Co. (1932); and Consolidated Printing Telegraph Lot# 1587 1898 Druggists’ Printing & Co. (1910). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Publishing Company, Ltd. Stock Certificate 126262 Rare druggists printing! No. 38, issued for 20 shares to Thomas William Lowther in 1898. Lot# 1582 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1912-13 Tabard Inn Book Company Signed by tow directors and the secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print. 6.5 x Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 8.5” Folds, pinholes, creases. No information different. Inc. in West Virginia. 1) No. located. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 13, issued for 30 shares to Herbert 126289 Dabney in 1913. Signed by president Wm. Smith and treasurer Drake. Lot# 1588 1901-1932 Idaho, Montana, Utah, Not cancelled. Green border, black & South Dakota Printing & Publishing Stocks print, and elaborate vignette of an Lot of 6 different. Included: Scandinavian old inn. Pinholes, folds, a few tears. 2) No. 493, issued for 18 shares to Publishing Co. (stock number 1, Utah, 1901); Duchesne Publishing Co. (Utah, 1932); Nelson Jeremiah Jenks in 1912. Same corp. Publishing Co. (South Dakota, 1913); Idaho Press Publishing Co. signatures. Not cancelled. Same design (1910, Wallace); Preston News Publishing Co. (1909, Idaho); and Co- except with orange border. This was Operative Press (uniss., Manhattan, Montana). Ken Prag Collection Est. a Philadelphia-based company that $100-200 HWAC# 126261 was connected to the Tabard Inn Corporation, The Booklover’s Library, and the Booklover’s Corporation. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126280 68 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Printing-Publishing Lot# 1589 1881-1928 Lot# 1594 1884-1965 Publishing Press & Lithography Printing Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of Company Stock Certificates 10 different. Included: P.L. Hanscom Printing Lot of 6 different. 1) Electric Co. (1884); Reporter Publications, Inc. (1952); Topographic Company. Inc. in Penton Publishing Co. (1916); Pacific Press West Virginia. Issued in 1892 Syndicate (uniss); Journal Publishing Co. for 1,000 shares. Not cancelled. (Helena, 1890s, uniss); Krus Engraving Co. (1907); LA Miller Label Co. Brown border, black print, and (uniss); Lincoln Printing Co. (1965, Lincoln vignette); The Montana fantastic detailed vignette of Journal Co. (uniss 1890s, pictorial); and National Tribune Corp. the factory interior. Printed (1930). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109123 by Homer Lee Banknote Co. 2) National Color Printing Lot# 1595 1890s-1965 Publishing Press & Company. Inc. in NJ. Issued Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot in 1881 for 10 shares. Not of 10 different. Includes: The Montana Journal cancelled. Allegorical vignette, Company (uniss., 1890s, pictorial); Lincoln red seal, and black print. 3) State Lithographing & Engraving Co. Des Printing Co. (1965, Lincoln vignette); LA Miller Moines, Iowa. Issued in 1889 for 10 shares. Black border, fancy logo. Label Co. (uniss); Krus Engraving Company 4) Two different for The Morgan Lithograph Company. Cleveland. (Milwaukee, 1904); Judge Publishing Co. (1931); Journal Publishing 1925 and 1928. 5) The Engravograph Corporation. Issued in 1924, not Co. (Helena, uniss., 1890s); Columbian-Sterling Publishing Co. (1911); cancelled. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126283 Jewel Sign Patents, Ltd. (1932); International Educational Publishing Co. (1914); and Nelson Publishing Co. (1909). Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109122 Lot# 1590 1884-1928 Midwest Printing & Publishing Stock Certificate Collection Lot# 1596 1890s-1971 Publishing Press & Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of Lot of 15 different. Includes: The Bulletin 10 different. Includes: Judge Publishing Co., Inc. Publishing Co. (1928); Americky Obcan (1932); International Educational Publishing (American Citizen) Pub. Co. (1915); Jeremiah Co. (1917); American Book-Stratford Press Inc. Pub. Co. (1906); Oak Printing Co. (1900); (1971); Jewel Sign Patents, Ltd. (1931); Journal Oak Park Printing & Pub. Co. (1907); Ojibway Publishing Co. (Helena, uniss. 1890s); Babcock Press; Penton Pub. Co. (1916); Review Printing Co. (1923); River-City Printing Press Manufacturing Co. (1926); The Press, Inc. (1920); Western Free Baptist Publishing Society (1890); PL Hanscom Printing Co. (1884); and others. Please inspect. Ken Prag Book and Quill Lending Library and Book Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126291 Shop, Inc. (1926); Bulletin Publishing Co. (1928); Columbian Sterling Publishing Co. (1911); and Commercial Bookbinding Co. (1929). Lot# 1591 1888-1977 Miscellaneous Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109120 Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot# 1597 1910-1961 Publishing Press & Lot of 11 different. Included: Reading Library Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot (1888); Book & Quill Lending Library & Book of 14. Includes: Worldmark Press, Inc. (1961); Shop, Inc. (1928); Whitlock’s Book Store Alloy Productions, Inc. (1924); Whitlock’s Book Store, Inc. (1917); (1925); Colorado Rural Route Advertising Viereck Publishing Co. (1910); Penton Publishing Co. (1915); United Co. (1910); Catholic Literary & Social Union Printers and Publishers, Inc. (1938, 1951, 4 different); Talking Book (1925 bond); Grolier Inc. (1977); Copper Country Printing Co. (1930); Corporation (3 different, 1919); The Tabard Inn Book Co. (1912); and Penton Publishing Co. (1909 and 1915); Foote, Cone & Belding Inc. (1969); and Admiral Corp. (1969). Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-250 Reporter Publications, Inc. (1948). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection HWAC# 126286 Est. $140-280 HWAC# 107986 Lot# 1592 1902-1969 Miscellaneous Lot# 1598 1910-1970 Publishing Press & Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of 10 different. Includes: Adams Publishing Lot of 16, most different. Included: Columbian Co. (1915); American Book-Stratford Press, Magazine Publishing Co. (1910); Book & Inc. (1970); Bulletin Publishing Co. (1928); Quill Lending Library & Book Shop (1926); Columbian-Sterling Publishing Co. (1911); Admiral Corp. (1969); Chat Publishing Co. Commercial Bookbinding Co. (1930); Co-Operative Press (Manhattan, (1920); Connecticut Magazine Co. (1902); Montana, uniss.); Hampton’s Magazine, Inc. (1910); Home and Lincoln Printing Co. (1962-1964); National Country Publishing Co. (1912); Human Life Publishing Co. (1910); and Trade Journals, Inc. (1928 bond and stocks); Reporter Publications, International Educational Publishing Co. (1910). Ken Prag Collection Est. Inc. (1948-1950); Standard Newspaper Corp. (1933); and Columbian Sterling Publishing Co. (1911). Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 109121 $200-400 HWAC# 126284 Lot# 1599 1913-1952 Publishing Press & Lot# 1593 1887-1930 Printing Equipment Book Related Stock Certificate Group Lot of 10. Includes: United Printers and Publishers, Company Stock Certificates Lot of 11, most Inc. (1938); Talking Book Corp. (3 x 1919); different. Includes: Composite Type Bar Co. TV Junior Publications Inc (1959); Tabard (1902); Cranston Bleaching, Dyeing & Printing Inn Book Co. (1913); Reporter Publications, Co. (1887); Newsletter Electric System Co. Inc. (1952); Penton Publishing Co. (1915); Pacific Press Syndicate (1910); Coloritype Co. (1897); Climax Printing (uniss);and Sparkill Publishing Co., Inc. 1930. Please inspect. Ken Prag Ink Co. (1910); Miller Printing Machinery Co. (1928); Magley & Soest Improved Paper Pulley Co. (1923); Babcock Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 107989 Printing Press Mfg. Co. (1919, 1930); American Shock Binder Corp. (1906); Amalgamated Multitype Co. (1913). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126294 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 69

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Printing-Publishing Lot# 1600 1911-1972 Six Different Lot# 1606 1924 Vanderbilt Newspapers, Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Inc. Stock Certificates Signed by Vanderbilt Lot of 6 different. Included: National Tribune Lot of 2. Inc. in Delaware. Both issued in 1924. Corporation (1928); Pearson’s Magazine, Inc. Signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt as president. (1918); Hampton’s Magazine, Incorporated Not cancelled. Brown or green border, black (1911); United States Navy Weekly, Inc. (1929); print. Folds, stains. Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898 – 1974), who often Adams Publishing Company (1915); and AIC Photo, Inc. (1972). Ken wrote under the name of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., was the son of Grace Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126293 and Cornelius Vanderbilt III, who worked in the newspaper industry, and wrote several books. He was the grandson of the grandson of the Lot# 1601 1887-1956 Southern States Cornelius Vanderbilt. In the early 1920s, Vanderbilt launched several Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates newspapers and tabloids, including the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily Lot of 7 different. Included: The Augusta News, the San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald and the Miami Tab. Chronicle Publishing Co. (unissued); The Later in life, he lived in Reno. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-90 HWAC# World Press Association, Inc. (North Carolina, 107985 1956); Portsmouth Newspapers, Inc. (Virginia, 1956); Pallas Photo-Plays, Inc. (1927); JH Baird Lot# 1607 1901-1971 Newspaper & News Publishing Co. (unissued); Union & American Publishing Co. ($1,000 Agency Stock Certificate Collection Lot of bond, 1887, Tennessee); and Texas Free Press Publishing Company 12. Some duplication. Includes: The American (San Antonio, 1926). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126288 News Company (two from 1968); Arizona Gazette Company (two $500 bonds, 1923); Lot# 1602 1906-1990s Times Publishing Boston Herald Traveler Corp. (1954 and Stock Certificates Lot of 3 different. 1) The 1955); Daily News Corp. (three from 1926); Times Magazine Company. Inc. in NY. Low Portsmouth Newspapers, Inc.; The Times Mirror Company (1971); number 8, issued for 5 shares in 1906. Signed and Daily Review Company (1901). Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-240 by president WE Woodword and treasurer JC HWAC# 107984 Bull. Not cancelled. Folds. 2) The Times Mirror Company. Inc. in CA. Issued in 1970 for 100 Lot# 1608 1911, 1918 Western Magazine Stock shares. Punch cancelled. Allegorical vignette. 3) Time, Incorporated. Certificates Lot of 2 different. 1) Western Magazine Issued in the 1990s, punch cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Ken Prag Publishing Company. Inc. in Delaware. Issued in Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126300 1911 for 80 shares. Not cancelled. Green border and background, black print. Folds. This company Lot# 1603 1869, 1911 Two Masonic Related combined with the Columbian Magazine Publishing Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates Lot of Company to form Columbian-Sterling Publishing two different. 1) Masonic Publishing Company of Company, which published the Columbian, Philadelphia. Low cert. number 9, issued in 1869 to Hamptoms, Homes, Sterling, American Woman’s John Tanshawe. Signed by president Wm. C. Ewing, Review and Orff’s Farm Review magazines. 2) the secretary, and the treasurer. Not cancelled. Black Western Magazine Company. Inc. in South Dakota. Issued in 1918 for border and print. Folds, toning on edges, pencil 23 shares. Not cancelled. Black border, green seal and background, notations along top border. This company published eagle vignette. Folds, creases. Huron, SD. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60- The Keystone every Saturday, a publication for 100 HWAC# 126299 freemasons. 2) Masonic Advocate Company. Inc. in Indiana. Low number 5, issued for 2 shares in 1911. Not cancelled Folds, toning. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126275 Telegraph & Telephone Lot# 1604 United Printers & Publishers Inc. Stock Certificate Collection Lot of 6 different. Issued in 1930, 1937, 1946 (x2), and 1951. Lot# 1609 Paris, 1879 Compagnie Francaise Also United Publishing Corporation, issued in 1974. All cancelled. Ken Prag Collection Est. $50- du Telegraphe de Paris a New York Bond Early 100 HWAC# 126295 and attractive certificate issued in 1879. Stamp cancelled. 22 coupons attached. Text on front and back is in French. Ornate engraved border. 8.25 x 12.25” This company was founded in 1879 by Lot# 1605 1911-1971 Vanderbilt Augustin Pouyer-Quertier, at the request of the Newspapers Group Plus Other Publishing French government. The previous company, the French Atlantic Cable Company, had laid a cable Stocks Lot of 14. 1) Vanderbilt Newspapers, in 1869, but had effectively merged with the Inc. Collection of 10 pieces. Includes two Anglo-American Telegraph Company in 1873. The French government different issued stock certificates, 1924, signed wanted a communication line entirely under the control of French by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. as president. Not entities. The company operated until 1895 when due to bankruptcy cancelled. Also various typed letters and notices to stockholders of it became part of Société française des télégraphes sous-marins the company. Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (1898 – 1974), who often wrote operating submarine cable systems worldwide. Ken Prag Collection Est. under the name of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., was the son of Grace and $150-250 HWAC# 126365 Cornelius Vanderbilt III, who worked in the newspaper industry, and wrote several books. He was the grandson of the grandson of the Lot# 1610 1882-1883 Mexico Telegraph & Cornelius Vanderbilt. In the early 1920s, Vanderbilt launched several Telephone Stock Certificates Lot of 3, two newspapers and tabloids, including the Los Angeles Illustrated Daily different companies. 1) Puebla Telegraph and News, the San Francisco Illustrated Daily Herald and the Miami Tab. Telephone Company. Inc. in New York. No. 20, issued for 100 shares to Later in life, he lived in Reno. 2) Other Newspaper & Publishing Stocks: Huntington in March 1883. Signed by president Delano and treasurer Viereck Publishing Company (1911); The Washington Post Company O’Haines. Pen cancelled. Blue border and print. 2) The Guadalajara (1971); Wayne County Publishing Company (1929); and The West Telephone Company. Inc. in New York. One stock issued to president Haven Publishing Company (1920). Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 FM Delano in 1882. Not cancelled. Second stock is stamped cancelled, HWAC# 126296 not issued. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126440 70 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1611 1882-1905 Mexico Telegraph & Lot# 1617 Ceres, California 1941 Ceres Telephone Stock Certificates Lot of 7. Includes: Telephone Company Stock Certificate The Mexican Telephone Company (1882); Rare location in Stanislaus County, Central Mexican Central Telegraph & Telephone Co. California. Inc. in CA, 1909. No. 557, issued to one share to American (1885); Mexican Pacific Telephone Co. (1883); Trust Co. on May 24th, 1941. Signed by president Parrish and the and the Mexican Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1905, plus 3 unissued). secretary. Punch cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, eagle Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-200 HWAC# 126441 vignette. 8.75 x 11.5” Folds. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126241 Lot# 1612 1949-1955 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. Stock Certificate Lot# 1618 San Francisco, California 1908 Trio Lot of 3 different. Inc. in the Philippines. Burlingame Telegraphing Typewriter Co. Transferable in San Francisco or Manila. Issued Stock Trio Lot of 3 stocks. Inc. in Washington, in 1949 (x2) and 1955, punch cancelled. Two 1908. 1) No. 2436, issued for 50 shares to WL Harper in 1908 in have a vignette of a woman holding telephone San Francisco. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. lines. The third has a vignette of a woman Pictorial green border, black print, and vignette of ship in San sitting between two globes. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# Francisco Bay. Folds. Plus unissued stock of the same design. 2) No. 126364 738, issued for 25 shares to PM Erskine in 1908. Signed by trustee Horace Platt. Not cancelled. Blue print on yellow paper. Folds. This Lot# 1613 1894-1911 Monte Video company was a swindle and bust. In 1906 or 1907, the US Wireless Telephone Company, Limited Stock Printing Telegraph Co. was formed to exploit a new technology known Certificates Lot of 3 different. Issued in 1894, as the Telautoprint. The company shifted all shares to the Burlingame 1908, and 1911, all cancelled. Incorporated Telegraphing Typewriter Co., headed by president Elmer Burlingame. under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1886. They eventually transferred their holdings to the Cons. Printing The Monte Video Telephone Company was Telegraph Company. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126242 established in July, 1888, to acquire the business of a local company in Montevideo and Lot# 1619 San Francisco, California 1920- provide service in Uruguay. Montevideo is the largest city, the capital 1924 Federal Telegraph Company Stock and chief port of Uruguay. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Certificates (3) Lot of 3, two different. Inc. in 126416 California. 1) No. 30, issued for one share in 1920. Stamped over printed Wireless Development Company. SF dateline. Not cancelled. 2) Inc. in Lot# 1614 Arkansas 1862 Arkansas State 1911. Two stocks, one issued in 1924 to LE Strauss (possibly related to Telegraph Company Stock Certificate Levi Strauss?). Green border, black print. Both stamp cancelled. Folds, Probably unique. “Confederate States of creases. Founded in Palo Alto, California in 1909 by Cyril Frank Elwell, America” printed at top. Issued to John D. the company would eventually merge in August 1927 with the Mackay Adams for 20 shares on November 13th, Companies. In 1911-13, Lee De Forest and two assistants worked at 1862. Signed by the president and secretary FTC on the first vacuum tube amplifier and oscillator, which De Forest (illegible). Not cancelled. Black border and print, with three vignettes called the “Oscillaton” after his earlier Audion. Ken Prag Collection Est. including a slavery scene. Printed by Hutton & Freligh, Memphis. Very $100-300 HWAC# 126438 poor condition with heavy soiling and almost broken into two pieces. 5.5 x 10.5” Private telegraph companies such as this one were crucial Lot# 1620 San Francisco, California 1898 for military communication during the Civil War. Ken Prag Collection Est. Peoples’ Mutual Telephone Company Bond $100-400 HWAC# 126422 Inc. in California in 1898. $1,000 bond no. 41 issued in 1898. Not cancelled. Signed by Lot# 1615 Bodie, California 1892 Bodie and president James L. Crittenden and secretary Hawthorne Telephone & Telegraph Co. ND Anderson. Green border, black print, and Stock Certificate Inc. August 6, 1892. Low great vignettes of a bald eagle, telephone lines, no. 21, issued for 25 shares to James Ray on telephones, underground cables, and the California state seal. No Oct. 15th, 1892. Dateline Bodie, California. printer listed. 50+ coupons attached. 16 x 11.25” Established in San Signed by president Thomas Leggett and secretary RL McCarthy. Pen Francisco with the promise to supply the city with free phones and the cancelled. Reverse has pen and stamp transfers to JS Cain. Black border city free use of its conduits for fire and police telegraph wires. Ken Prag and print. HS Crocker Co., SF. Pinholes, light wear. Ken Prag Collection Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126362 Est. $100-150 HWAC# 113787 Lot# 1621 San Francisco, California 1909-1911 Lot# 1616 Catalina Island, California Poulsen Wireless Telephone & Telegraph 1901-1907 Pacific Wireless Telephone & Co. Stock Certificate Group Lot of 5, three Telegraph Co. Stock Trio Lot of 3 different. varieties. 1) No. 100, issued for 2,233,070 1) Inc. in South Dakota. No. 1773, issued for shares (!) to the company president, C. Elwell, in 100 shares in 1901 in Denver. Not cancelled. 1909. Not cancelled. Orange border, black print, Brown border and floral vignette. 2) Inc. in and eagle vignette. 2) No. 192, issued for 500 Washington. No. 3132, issued in 1906 for 50 shares in 1910. Signed by Elwell and secretary shares. Not cancelled. Different corporate Barrett. Stamp cancelled. Black border and signatures. Allegorical vignette. 3) Inc. in Washington. No. 13538, print, gold seal, allegorical vignette. 3) Three issued for 25 shares in 1907 in Los Angeles. Not cancelled. Allegorical Voting Trust Certificates, incl. numbers 2 and 3, issued in 1911. Third vignette. Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company succeeded Pacific and is unissued. Founded in San Francisco, the company transmitted Continental Wireless in August, 1903 and bought the Catalina Island from a site on 48th Avenue between Noriega and Ortega streets, at circuit and stations. Pacific’s stations included at least: Avalon, Catalina the Ocean Beach. It was one of the first major wireless stations in Island, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Port Townsend, WA; Seattle, WA, and San the US. Cyril Frank Elwell (1884- 1963), was a Stanford student who Francisco, CA. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126410 convinced the inventor, Valdemar Poulsen, to license his patents for arc wireless transmission method in the United States to him. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126390 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 71

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1622 California 1899-1950 California Lot# 1628 Atlanta, Georgia 1939-1947 Southern Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company Bonds Certificates Lot of 5 different. Included: Lot of 3 different. Two different $1,000 bonds Wheatville Telephone Company (Caruthers, issued in 1939 and 1947, punch cancelled. 1901); National Telephone Device Co. (SF, Allegorical vignettes. Also a 10.90% Specimen 1899); National Wireless Telephone & bond with vignette of the Stone Mountain Telegraph Co. (SF, 1914); New Burlingame Telegraphing Typewriter Memorial. All printed by ABN. Southern Bell Co. (1912); and Radiaphone Corp. (1950). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- Telephone and Telegraph Company was once 400 HWAC# 126375 the regional Bell Operating Company serving the states of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Lot# 1623 California 1943-1977 Pacific South Carolina prior to the breakup of AT&T. It also covered Alabama, Telephone & Telegraph Co. Stock & Bond Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee until 1968 when Collection Lot of 27: 11 bonds and 16 stocks. 1) those were split off to form South Central Bell. Originally known as the Stocks issued 1943-1977, punch cancelled, five Atlanta Telephonic Exchange, having been created to service citizens varieties. 2) Bonds issued 1974-1977. Five are of Atlanta in 1879, before it was renamed in 1882. Ken Prag Collection Specimens. Founded in 1906. The predecessor Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126445 to Pacific Bell. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126409 Lot# 1629 Chicago, Illinois 1879 Chicago Lot# 1624 Denver, Colorado 1926-1977 & Milwaukee Telegraph Company Stock Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Certificate Low certificate number 3, issued Co. Stock & Bond Group Lot of 3 different. for 50 shares to Wm. P. McLaren & Co. on Jan. 31st, 1879 in Milwaukee. Inc. in Colorado. 1) No. 30723, issued for Signed by the president (AM Dyson) and the secretary. Stamp 23 shares in 1926. Stamp cancelled. Brown cancelled. Black border and print with vignette of allegorical woman border, black print, and vignette of telephone with a ship and train in the background. Printed by The Milwaukee with Rocky Mountains in the background. 2) Litho. & Engr. Co. 7 x 9.75” Deep folds. The company was purchased Different Specimen stock with vignette of men by the Continental Telephone & Telegraph Co. Ken Prag Collection Est. working on telephone lines in the mountains. 3) $50,000 bond issued $100-150 HWAC# 126240 1977, punch cancelled. Blue border, black print, phone and allegorical vignettes. This company was the merger of Colorado Telephone, Lot# 1630 Chicago, Illinois 1898 Chicago Tri-State Telephone, and Rocky Mountain Bell in 1911. It eventually Twin Wire Long Distance Telephone Co. became Mountain Bell. Ken Prag Collection Est. $80-120 HWAC# 126414 Stock Certificate Inc. in Illinois. No. 55, issued for 50 shares to Mrs. BS. Colwell in 1898. Signed Lot# 1625 Hartford, Connecticut 1932- by president Edward Judd and the secretary. 1970 Gray Manufacturing Company Stock Not cancelled. Black border and print, eagle Certificate Collection Lot of 11, five varieties. vignette. Printed by SO Childs & Co., Chicago. Inc. in Connecticut. Issued 1932-1970, punch 8.25 x 10.5” Folds with some separation, heavy and/or stamp cancelled. Vignette of early toning. Had a 25 year franchise with the city of Chicago and Cook telephone. Multiple color border varieties. County to install Mann telephone systems. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60- The Gray Manufacturing Company made the Audograph (a dictation 100 HWAC# 126372 machine) after World War II. It recorded on thin vinyl discs. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126423 Lot# 1631 Chicago, Illinois 1870 Great Western Telegraph Company Stock Lot# 1626 Apalachicola, Florida 1884 Certificate Rare. No. 298, issued for 10 shares Apalachicola & Marianna Telegraph Co. to L.N. Barker on April 11th, 1870 in Chicago. Signed by president Stock Certificate Possibly unique. No. 44, D.A. Gage and secretary Josiah Snow. Not cancelled. Black border and issued for 1/4th of a share to M. Alexandre on print, green seal. Two vignettes: locomotive (top center) and Native February 1st, 1884 in Apalachicola, Florida. Americans (left border). Printed by Van Kleeck, Clark & Co., NY. 25 Signed by president JN Combs and secretary W. cent adhesive revenue stamp attached on the bottom right. Folds Orman. Not cancelled. Black border and print with large tape repairs, soiling and foxing. 8 x 10.25” According to the with fancy logo and allegorical vignette with a Postal Telegraph Pamphlets, 1868, the Great Western Telegraph Co. telegraph theme. Printed by A. Gast & Co., NY. 8 x 10.5” Poor condition: had telegraph lines from Chicago to Milwaukee. Ken Prag Collection Est. heavy folds with some separation, heavy toning, and chipped edges. $300-500 HWAC# 126237 No information located online or in newspaper databases. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-400 HWAC# 126370 Lot# 1632 Illinois 1894-1930 Illinois Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Lot# 1627 Jacksonville, Florida 1871 St. Certificates Lot of 12, most different. Included: Johns Marine Telegraph Company Stock Watson Telephone Co. (1917); Canton Home Certificate Rare. Incorporated in Florida in Telephone Co. (1903); Effingham Telephone 1868. Low certificate number 13, issued for Co. (1925); Gibson Home Telephone Co. one share to company president MH Alberger (1903); Harrison International Telephone in Jacksonville, Florida in 1871. Signed by Co. (1894); Harvard Telephone Co. (1895); Kavanagh Telephone Co. Alberger and secretary/treasurer A. Canora. (1906); McLeansboro Independent Telephone Co. (1909); Municipal Pen cancelled. Black print on thin paper. Small vignette of dragon. 5.25 Telephone & Utilities Co. (1930 bond); Mutual Automatic Telephone x 8.25” Folds. No additional info found online or newspapers.com. Ken Co. (1895); and Oceoloa-Neponset Telephone Co. (uniss.). Ken Prag Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126394 Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126369 72 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1633 Illinois 1896-1910 Western Lot# 1638 Louisville, Kentucky 1857 Illinois Telephone Company Stock & Bond O’Rielly’s Atlantic, Lake, and Mississippi Group Lot of 3 different. 1) Two different Range People’s Line of Telegraph ”Between stocks, issued in 1896 and 1899, neither Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, Tuscumbia, cancelled. Both issued to JE Camp, who is listed Jackson, and New Orleans.” Inc. in Kentucky in as the president on the 1896 stock. Farming 1848. No. 829, issued for 8 shares to BP Crane and allegorical vignettes. 2) $500 bond issued on Sept. 3rd, 1857 in Louisville, KY. Signed in 1910. Signed by president Erwin and the secretary. Not cancelled. by president Henry Forsythe and secretary Many coupons still attached. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# Rutherford. Not cancelled. Black print on thin paper. Multiple 126427 vignettes, including of Zeus, a locomotive, bald eagle, Ben Franklin, and an unidentified woman. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Lot# 1634 Covington, Kentucky 1883 Edson, Cincinnati. 7.5 x 8.75” Folds, creases. Ken Prag Collection Est. Aetna Telephone Company for New York $300-600 HWAC# 126403 & Pennsylvania Stock Certificate Inc. in Kentucky, 1883. No. 111, issued for one share Lot# 1639 Kentucky 1852 New Orleans & to Lazrd Kahn on Nov. 12th, 1883 in Covington. Ohio Telegraph Company Bond $100 bond Signed by president HS Northington and No. 48 issued to Sturgis, Adams, & Graham secretary O. Wiggings. Not cancelled. Black in 1852. Signed by president Smith and the border and print with vignette of a young girl treasurer. Not cancelled. Black print on thin wearing a cross. Pinholes, folds, a few tape repairs, stain at upper left. paper. 7 x 11.75” Folds, creases, other light 8.5 x 10.5” Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-400 HWAC# 126431 wear. This company was a merger of the People’s Telegraph Lines and the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lot# 1635 Henderson, Kentucky 1884, 1903 Lines. The telegraph lines went from Wheeling, Virginia to Nashville, Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company Tennessee, and thence to New Orleans, as well as from Maysville, KY Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. 1) to Cincinnati and Nashville to Memphis. Norvin Green and a group No. 984, issued for 8 shares to Shaw in 1884 in of other businessmen leased these lines for operation. A series of Henderson, KY. Signed by president E. Babcock consolidations in the industry ultimately led to the formation of and the secretary. Pen cancelled. Black border Western Union Telegraph Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# and print, gold RN facsimile underprint and early 126407 telephone vignette. Pinholes, folds, staining on left border. 2) No. B4568, issued for 48 shares to F. Lot# 1640 Kentucky 1854-1859 New Orleans Webb in 1903 in Nashville. Punch cancelled. Green & Ohio Telegraph Company Stock & Bond border, black print, and allegorical vignette. ABN. Folds, toning. The Group Lot of 3 different. Early, pre-Civil War company operated under an exclusive license from the American Bell telegraphs! 1) Loan certificate issued in 1854 Telephone Co., its territory comprehending all of Kentucky, Tennessee, to RG Gantt for $38.57. Signed by president W. Mississippi and Louisiana, and the southern parts of Indiana and Tenner and secretary Geo. L. Dingley. Soiling Illinois. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126389 and toning. 2) Stock no. 172, issued for 3 8/25 shares on Sept. 1, 1858 in Louisville, KY. Signed by president Norvin Green and treasurer Lot# 1636 Lexington, Kentucky 1924 Douglas. Pen and spindle cancelled. Black print on thin paper with Fayette Home Telephone Co. Stock w/ four vignettes: train & boat (bottom center), allegorical women (left Large Denomination Revenue Stamps and top center), and a portrait of a man (upper left). Printed by Inc. in Delaware. No. 183, issued in 1924 for Toppan, Carpenter & Co., Cincinnati. Folds, heavy toning and soiling, 7,500 shares to the Cumberland Telephone & as is common with these. 6.25 x 10.5” 3) 1859 $1,000 bond for the Telegraph Co. Stamp cancelled. Orange border, company. Signed by Norvin Green as president and also signed by black print, and telephone wires vignette. corporate officers for The American Telegraph Co. Ink faded, heavy Reverse has $300 in adhesive revenue stamps: toning. This company was a merger of the People’s Telegraph Lines two $100, one $30, and seven $10. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 and the New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lines. The telegraph lines HWAC# 126421 went from Wheeling, Virginia to Nashville, Tennessee, and thence to Lot# 1637 Louisville, Kentucky 1857 New New Orleans, as well as from Maysville, KY to Cincinnati and Nashville to Memphis. Norvin Green and a group of other businessmen leased Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Company Stock these lines for operation. A series of consolidations in the industry Certificate Early, pre-Civil War telegraph! ultimately led to the formation of Western Union Telegraph which Stock no. 240, issued for 2.5 shares to TC served the entire United States-an idea that Green was amongst the McMarin on Dec. 29th, 1857 in Louisville, first to support. Green served as president of Western Union. Ken Prag KY. Signed by president Smith and secretary Collection Est. $600-1500 HWAC# 126371 Tanner. Not cancelled. Black print on thin paper with three vignettes: dog (bottom center), allegorical women Lot# 1641 New Orleans, Louisiana 1884 (left and top center). Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co., Cincinnati. National Improved Telephone Company Folds, heavy toning and soiling, as is common with these. 6.25 x 10.5” Stock Certificate Low cert. number 7, issued This company was a merger of the People’s Telegraph Lines and the for 80 shares to WB Rodgers in 1884 in New New Orleans & Ohio Telegraph Lines. The telegraph lines went from Orleans. Signed by the president (illegible) and Wheeling, Virginia to Nashville, Tennessee, and thence to New Orleans, secretary Judge. Not cancelled. Black border as well as from Maysville, KY to Cincinnati and Nashville to Memphis. and print, with nice logo design. Printed by Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126405 Hosford & Sons, NY. 6.5 x 10” Pinholes, folds. Rare early Southern telephone stock! Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126413 If you need Christmas delivery please contact us for special arrangements. View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 73

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1642 Bridgton, Maine 1886 Bridgton Lot# 1648 Montana 1904-1920 Montana Telegraph Company Stock Certificate No. 20, Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock issued for 10 shares to president Owen B. Gibbs Certificates Lot of 6 different. Included: Bee on Sept. 11th, 1886 in Bridgton, Maine. Signed by Gibbs and treasurer Line Telephone Company (1919); Chinook- Bennet. Punch and stamp cancelled. Red border, blue print, and small Cleveland Telephone Co. (1904); Continental eagle vignette. Printed by Loring, Short & Harmon, Portland. 7.5 x 10” Telegraph Company (1908, #4); Cottonwood Folds, creases. This company was incorporated in 1876 and connected and Casino Creek Telephone Co. (uniss.); Floweree Mutual Telephone with the Bridgton & Harrison Railway Company, with its lines running Co. (1920); and Powder River Telephone Co. (1915). Mixed condition, along the tracks. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126243 please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126377 Lot# 1643 Boston, Massachusetts 1850s Lot# 1649 Portsmouth, New Hampshire O’Rielly’s Atlantic, Lake & Mississippi 1889 National Telephone Manufacturing Telegraph Range Stock Certificate ”O’Rielly’s Company Stock Certificate Inc. in New New York & New England Line, Boston & Hampshire. No. 398, issued for 928 shares Portland Section.” Charted by Massachusetts. to Peter W. Trench on March 29th, 1889 in Unissued but signed by acting president GW Portsmouth. Signed by the president (illegible) Benedict. Boston dateline. Black print on thin paper, vignette of Zeus. and treasurer SK Roberts. Not cancelled. Black Folds, toning. 5.25 x 9” Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126248 border and print, allegorical vignette. EM Stanton, Lith. 6.75 x 9.75” Folds, creases. Involved in a lawsuit with American Bell Company in Lot# 1644 Springfield, Massachusetts 1919 1895. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126412 American Telegraphone Company Stock Certificate Inc. in District of Columbia. No. Lot# 1650 Camden, New 31754, issued for 100 shares to PC Kullman Jersey 1883 Continental in 1919. Signed by president Chas. Hood and Underground Cable the secretary. Not cancelled. Black border Company Stock with the logo in a cloud vignette. Staple Certificate Inc. in New holes, light wear. 7.75 x 10.75” The American Jersey, 1882. No. 91, issued Telegraphone Company was established in 1903 to manufacture an for 100 shares to Brown in market Valdemar Paulsen’s invention of the wire recorder, intended as 1883 in Camden, NJ. Signed a machine to record telephone conversations, which could not be done by the president (illegible) with a phonograph. Initially it had its manufacturing plant in Wheeling, and treasurer Wm. King. West Virginia, and production was relocated in 1912 to Springfield, Not cancelled. Ornate Massachusetts. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126374 black border and print with elaborate vignette Lot# 1645 Michigan 1899-1916 Michigan of telegraphic lines and Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stocks underground system. Folds, creases, tear along fold, missing corner. & Bonds Lot of 4 different. 1) Michigan 9 x 11.5” According to The Electrical Review, 1883, the company had Telephone Company. Issued in 1899, not two systems and several patents for laying underground cable using cancelled. Attractive design with allegorical a railway and electric car. “The cables are introduced or drawn out vignettes and a fancy logo. 2) The Adsit without disturbing the street.” Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# Telephone Lockout Company. Issued in 1916, not cancelled. 3) Two 126254 bonds for the Southern Michigan Telephone Company, Burr Oak. $100 and $500, 1912, neither cancelled. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126382 Lot# 1651 Camden, New Jersey 1884 Lot# 1646 Minnesota 1902-1926 Minnesota Cosmopolitan Electric Underground Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Telegraph, Telephone, & Electric Light Co. Certificates Lot of 6 different. All pictorial. Stock Inc. in New Jersey. No. 573, issued fro Included: Halma Telephone Company (1919); 250 shares to John F. Jud on Sept. 12th, 1884 in Wykoff Co-operative Rural Telephone Company Camden. Signed by president Chas. Potter and (1922); The Dovre & Willmar Telephone treasurer Richard Smith. Not cancelled. Black Company (1926); Enterprise Telephone border and print on light blue paper. Vignette Company (Edgerton, 1902); Henning-Almora of woman with two children holding up telephone lines. Printed by Telephone Co. (uniss.); and Webster Farmer SW Goodman, Philadelphia. Folds and creases. 8.25 x 10.75” An 1885 Telephone Co. (uniss. stock #1). Ken Prag Collection newspaper article says they are trying to put electric lights in a park Est. $120-300 HWAC# 126381 in Philadelphia. An 1883 article mentions them requesting to build conduits in Camden, NJ. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 126387 Lot# 1647 St. Louis, Missouri 1868 Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Lot# 1652 Camden, New Jersey 1886 Co. Stock Certificate Inc. in Missouri. No. International Printing & Telegraph 233, issued for 5 shares to EP Penbroeck on Company Stock Certificate Inc. in New jersey. December 8th, 1868 in St. Louis. Signed by No. 527, issued for 100 shares to Grace Giles in president Champlin and secretary Reed. Pen 1886 in Camden. Signed by the vice president cancelled. Black border and print with vignette Jacob H. Linville, treasurer and secretary. of an allegorical woman feeding a bald eagle. Small vignette of train Not cancelled. Green border, black print, and at bottom. Printed by RP Studley & CO., St. Louis. 25 cent adhesive unusual allegorical vignette with a woman sitting next to a mirror that revenue stamp attached on the bottom right. Folds, tape repairs, has a reflection of Ben Franklin? ABN. Pinholes, folds. Linville was an missing upper left corner. 8 x 11.5” In 1874, the Southern Telegraph inventor who filed patents for a system of printing telegraphy. Ken Prag Company from Cincinnati to Memphis and New Orleans via Louisville Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126429 and the Mississippi Valley National Telegraph Company from St. Louis to New Orleans were both absorbed by the Western Union after short independent existence. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126399 74 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1653 Newark, New Jersey 1910 Collins Lot# 1658 Long Island, New York 1888 Long Wireless Telephone Company Stock Island Underground Telegraph Company Certificate Inc. in 1903 in the District of Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. No. 680, Columbia. No. 12928, issued for 5 shares to Helena L. Tiedemann issued for 100 shares to Marcus Hein on Mar. on March 25th, 1910. Signed by president AC Jessup and the asst. 27, 1888 in Brooklyn. Signed by president treasurer. Not cancelled. Green border, black print, gold seal, and two Geo. Pennock and secretary W. Williams. Not vignettes: steamboat and the Collins wireless telephone. Printed by cancelled. Green border and print, state seal The Broun-Green Co., NY. Deep folds. 9 x 11.5” In 1903, A. Frederick vignette. Printed by WE Badeau, NY. 6.75 x 11” Folds. The company Collins formed the Collins Marine Wireless Telephone Co, and then formed to build lines from Brooklyn to and through the villages of changed the name to Collins Wireless Telephone Co. Collins travelled Fort Hamilton, Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Jamaica, Rockaway, the country demonstrating his technology by placing devices in two Babylon, Patchogue, Sag Harbor and more. Ken Prag Collection Est. hotel rooms. In December, 1909 Collins Wireless Telephone Company $100-200 HWAC# 126420 became a part of the Continental Wireless Tel. & Tel. Company, with A. Frederick Collins as Technical Director. The stock prospectus promised Lot# 1659 New York, New York 1882-1938 A Collins wireless telephone was to be installed in each Continental Postal Telegraph & Cable Company Stock station. In December, 1911 four officers of the Continental Wireless Certificates & Bond Lot of 3 different. 1) Co. were indicted for using the mails to defraud in selling worthless Postal Telegraph Company $1,000 bond stock. [Ref:sparksmuseum.com] Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 issued in 1882. Stamp cancelled. Signed by HWAC# 126238 vice president Cummings and treasurer Allen. Black border and print, bald eagle vignette. Lot# 1654 New Jersey 1903 International Hamilton Bank Note Co. 14 coupons attached. Wireless Telegraph Company Stock 9.5 x 15” 2) Two different stocks for the Postal Telegraph & Cable Certificate Inc. in New Jersey. No. 3614, issued Corporation. Issued in 1931 and 1938. ABN. Vignette with logo and for 5 shares to Ida Olive Jones in 1903. Signed two allegorical men. This company consolidated with Western Union by the president and treasurer, not cancelled. in 1943. It was founded in the 1880s by Comstock mining millionaire Purple border, black print, and vignette of bald John Mackay. Mackay’s original purpose was to provide a domestic eagle perched on an American flag. No printer wire network to directly link with the Atlantic Cable. Mackay built the listed. Folds, creases, other light wear. 8.75 x Postal network by the purchase of existing firms that were insolvent. 11.5” The American De Forest Wireless Telegraph Company acquired The company was initially called The Pacific Postal Telegraph Cable the property and patents of the International Wireless Telegraph Co. Under president Albert Brown Chandler, the Postal network was Company. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126426 able to achieve sufficient economy of scale to compete with Western Union, occasionally controlling as much as 20% of the business. Ken Lot# 1655 New Jersey 1908 Rowland Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126363 Telegraphic Company Stock Certificate Rare. Inc. in New Jersey. No. 92, issued for 10 shares Lot# 1660 New York City, New York 1870s in 1908 in Jersey City. Signed by the president, American Cable Company Stock Certificate Louis De Goli, and the treasurer. Not cancelled. Possibly unique. Inc. in New York, 1866. Blue border and print. Printed by JW Harrison, Unissued 1870s but signed by president David Jersey City. Pinholes, folds, large ink stains. 5.5 x 9.5” Henry Rowland Chambers and secretary JH Mooney. Brown filed patents in 1903 for his inventions in the “art of Telegraphy.” The border and background, black print, and two company formed after Rowland’s death, and won prizes at the Paris vignettes: allegorical woman with lightning Exposition for an Octoplex Telegraph. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 bolts (top) and portrait of an unidentified man (bottom center). HWAC# 126418 Continental Bank Note Co., NY. Stub attached. 7.5 x 11” Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126430 Lot# 1656 Buffalo, New York 1902 Bell Telephone Company of Buffalo, NY Stock Lot# 1661 New York City, New York 1904-1907 Certificate Inc. in New York, 1879. No. 2213, American DeForest Wireless Telegraph Co. issued for six shares to Moses E. Rowe in 1902. Stock & Bond Group Lot of 7, most different. Signed by president Watson and secretary 1) Two different bonds issued in 1905. $100 Beacher. Stamp cancelled. Green border, and $1,000. Both signed by Abraham White, black print, and elaborate vignette of an early president, and secretary Butler. Not cancelled. telephone incorporated into the company Brown or green borders, eagle vignette, many coupons attached. 2) name. Printed by Hayes Litho Co., Buffalo. Folds, tape repaired upper Five stocks, four different. Issued 1904, 1905 (x2), 1907and 1907. right corner. 7.75 x 11” The Bell Telephone Company was organized Four signed by Abraham White as president, Butler as Treasurer. None in Boston in 1877 by Alexander Graham Bell’s father-in-law Gardiner are cancelled. Eagle, ship, and allegorical vignettes. Lee de Forest was Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the the self-described “father of radio.” He and promoter Abraham White New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. The Bell Telephone formed this company, with De Forest serving as Scientific Director. Company was started on the basis of holding “potentially valuable The company’s most important early contract was the construction, patents”, principally Bell’s master telephone patent #174465. Ken Prag in 1905–1906, of five high-powered radiotelegraph stations for Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126245 the U.S. Navy, located in Panama, Pensacola and Key West, Florida, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. It also installed shore stations Lot# 1657 Buffalo, New York 1927-1928 along the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes, and equipped shipboard Federal Telephone Manufacturing Corp. stations. But the main focus was selling stock at ever more inflated Stock Certificates Lot of 4, two varieties. Two prices, spurred by the construction of promotional inland stations. fractional shares issued in 1927 to Fred W. Most of these inland stations had no practical use and were abandoned Danforth. Two full share certificates issued once the local stock sales slowed. De Forest sold out in 1906. Ken Prag in 1928 to Lee Lufkin Kaula. None cancelled. Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126397 Signed by the president and treasurer. Green or orange borders. The company had patents related to “variable inductance” and “shockproofing mounting means for vacuum tubes.” They made radio receivers. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126384 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 75

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1662 New York City, New York 1884 Lot# 1667 New York City, New York 1925, 1928 American Portable Telephone Co. of New International Telepost Company, Inc. Stock York Stock Certificate Inc. in NY. No. 113, Certificate Pair Lot of two different. Inc. in Delaware. issued for 10 shares to Beecher on March 7th, 1) No. 1028, issued for 70 shares in 1925. Signed 1884 in New York. Signed by president HW by the president Wolf and secretary Columbus. Not Pope and secretary CH Sewall. Not cancelled. cancelled. Gold border, black print, and vignette of Black border and print, gold seal, and three telephone polls. Folds, tape repairs. 2) Different stock vignettes: steamer (right), bald eagle holding telephone wires (center), issued in 1928 for 5 shares. Also not cancelled. Orange and George Washington on horseback (left). Printed by WE Badeau, border, gold seal, black print, and different vignette NY. 7 x 10.5” Many folds and creases, other light wear. Henry W. Pope of telephone lines. Same corporate signatures. Folds. was an early telephone engineer and was a co founder and General The company planned to build a New York to Chicago line with Superintendent of the Bell Telephone Company of New York, a special connections to points in Ohio. Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-400 HWAC# agent of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and a co 126398 founder of The Telephone Pioneers of America. [scripophily.com] Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-400 HWAC# 126432 Lot# 1668 New York City, New York 1924 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. Stock Lot# 1663 New York City, New York 1913 Certificate Inc. in New York. No. 155, issued for American Telegraph-Typewriter Company 2 shares to Gordon in 1924. Signed by president Jacob Landau and asst. Stock Certificate Inc. in Delaware. No. 3691, secretary R. Kimmel. Not cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, issued for 100 shares to Robert Streeter on and bald eagle eagle vignette. Folds, creases. 8.25 x 11” This company April 9th, 1913. Signed by the president and was founded in 1917 by Landau as the Jewish Correspondence Bureau treasurer. Not cancelled. Green border, black in The Hague with the mandate of collecting and disseminating news print, and three vignettes: allegorical man with affecting the Jewish communities around the world, especially from the lighting bolts (center), plus typewriter and telephone poles on either European war fronts. In 1922, the company moved its headquarters to side. International Banknote Co. 8.25 x 12” Pinholes, creases, some New York City. By 1925, over 400 newspapers (Jewish and general) soiling. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126434 subscribed to the JTA. Its cable service improved the quality and range of Jewish periodicals. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126439 Lot# 1664 New York City, New York 1884 Bankers & Merchants Telegraph Company Lot# 1669 New York City, New York 1897- Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. No. 450, 1925 John Mackay-Related (Comstock issued for 100 shares to Chas. G. Davis in Millionaire) Telegraph Stocks Lot of 6, 1884 in New York. Signed by the president two different John Mackay companies. 1) The Commercial Cable (AW Dimock) and the treasurer. Not cancelled. Company. Two Interim Bond Certificates. One issued in 1897, stamp Green border, black print, and three vignettes: cancelled. The other not issued but signed by the vice president. Has two vignettes of children under telegraph lines, plus an allegorical map vignette showing telephone lines stretching from London to the vignette at top center. ABN. 7 x 11” Pinholes, folds. In 1890, Comstock East Coast US, labelled the “Mackay-Bennett System.” 2) The Mackay millionaire John W. Mackay purchased this company as he continued to Companies. Four certificates, three different. Issued 1922-1925, punch develop his post-mining interests in telegraph/telephone industries. cancelled. One with foreign revenue imprint. Allegorical vignette. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126246 Comstock millionaire John Mackay founded the Postal Telegraph & Cable Company in the 1880s. Mackay’s original purpose was to Lot# 1665 New York City, New York 1904- provide a domestic wire network to directly link with the Atlantic 1923 De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co. Cable. Mackay built the Postal network by the purchase of existing Stock Signed by De Forest Plus Extra Lot of firms that were insolvent. The company was initially called The Pacific 2 different. 1) De Forest Wireless Telegraph Postal Telegraph Cable Co. Under president Albert Brown Chandler, Company. No. 2710, issued for 10 shares to the Postal network was able to achieve sufficient economy of scale Ida Minard in 1904. Signed by Lee De Forest and the treeasurer. Not to compete with Western Union, occasionally controlling as much as cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, allegorical vignette. Deep 20% of the business. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126437 folds with some tears, toning. 2) De Forest Patent Holding Company. No. 288, issued for 14 shares to May Hubbard in 1923. Signed by CM De Lot# 1670 New York City, New York 1885 Forest and the secretary. Not cancelled. Brown border and seal, black Long Distance Telephone Company Stock print, and eagle vignette. Folds, tape repairs. Lee de Forest was self- Certificate Inc. in New York. No 282, issued for prescribed as the “Father of Radio.” His most famous invention was 500 shares to ER Wiggin in 1885 in New York. the three-element “Audion” (triode) vacuum tube, the first practical Signed by president LB Clark and treasurer amplification device. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126415 Clark. Not cancelled. Black border and print, small vignette of eagle with shield. 7 x 10” Lot# 1666 New York City, New York 1884, 1894 Heavy folds. AM Clark of this company filed a patent in 1885 for a Drawbaugh Telephone & Telegraph Company “light, portable telephone transmitter which may be readily held in the Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Daniel hand while carrying on telephonic communication.” Ken Prag Collection Drawbaugh was a purported inventor of the Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126419 telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. His claims were contested by Edison and the Bell Lot# 1671 New York City, New York 1912 Telephone Company, which won a court decision in Metropolitan Telephone & Telegraph 1888. 1) No. 215, issued for 10 shares to Isaac Solis Company Bonds Lot of 3 different. Includes: in Philadelphia in 1884. Signed by trustee Kimball $100 bond, 1912, not cancelled; $50 bond, not cancelled. Both signed for president Stephen A. Caldwell. Not cancelled. by vice president Sellers and secretary Jack. Stamped “The Name Black border and print. Folds, tape repairs, toning. 2) No. 60, issued for of this Company has been changed to Cosmopolitan Telephone & 9 shares to Louis K. Lieberstein on May 17th, 1894 in New York. Signed Telegraph Company.” Third piece is a Warrant for Subscription for by president J. Baretitt, secretary Fisher, and treasurer Andrews. Not 10 year 6% Gold Bonds. Issued in 1912, not cancelled. This company cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal, and portrait vignette of was the predecessor to the New York Telephone Company. Ken Prag inventor Daniel Drawbaugh. Folds, creases. Ken Prag Collection Est. Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126436 $150-300 HWAC# 126386 76 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1672 New York City, New York 1871 Lot# 1676 New York City, New York 1878- National Telegraph Company Stock 1979 Western Union Telegraph Company Certificate Fantastic! Inc. in New York in 1866. Stock Certificate Collection Lot of 27, many No. 199, issued for 5 shares to Eugene Jacob varieties. Covers 100 years in the history of on May 15th, 1871 in New York. Signed by the this famous Western company that dates back vice president, Robert Squires, and secretary to the 1850s. 1) Earliest is an 1878 stock. No. Walter. Not cancelled. Attractive design with black border and large 59296, issued to John R. Duff for 100 shares vignette of a globe with a map of the US showing telegraph lines. Also on Dec. 9th, 1878. Signed by president Norvin Green and secretary nice vignette of trains (on left side). Printed by Fred. Wogram, NY. 7 x A.R. Brewer. Stamp, punch, and cut cancelled. Green border and 12” 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp at upper right. Folds, toning, hole, background, black print, and vignette of woman sitting next to two some separation and wear to edges. Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 children. Printed by ABN. Folds pinholes, ragged edges. 7.5 x 10.5” HWAC# 126400 2) 17 others are for The Western Union Telegraph Company, two different designs, many different border colors. Issued 1944-1969, Lot# 1673 New York City, New York 1910 punch cancelled. 3) Six are for Western Union International, Inc. two North American Wireless Corporation Stock different designs, many different border colors. Issued 1967-1979, Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Maine. punch cancelled. 4) Three for Western Union Corporation. Two issued No. 331, issued in 1910 for 66 shares to Anna in 1974 and 1978, plus one Specimen. Ken Prag Collection Est. $600- Gabner. Not cancelled. No.4632, issued for 675 1500 HWAC# 126396 shares to FH Steel in 1910. Not cancelled. Both brown borders and seals, black print, and allegorical vignettes. Heavy folds, some toning. Lot# 1677 Syracuse, New York 1883 Overland The company was incorporated in Maine, with offices in New York Telephone & Telegraph Company Stock City. The company operated Commercial Radio (wireless) telephone, Certificate Founded in 1848 (California Gold sparkless (overland) wireless telegraph and all forms of wireless Rush Era). Office at Syracuse, NY. No. 248, issued for 5 shares to Ivers transmission. The company was capitalized with $10 Million and Monroe on Nov. 13th, 1883. Signed by the president and secretary. Not planned to amalgamate nearly a dozen wireless companies including cancelled. Black border and print, small vignette of eagle on flag. No DeForest Radio Telephone Company, Universal Wireless Co, Atlantic printer listed. 7.25 x 10” Folds. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# Radio Co, Pacific Radio Co, and others. The company held over 80 126401 patents (Salt Lake City Herald Republican, 1910). “More men are now in prison or under indictment for selling stock in wireless telephone Lot# 1678 Cleveland, Ohio 1909 Great Lakes and telegraph companies than any other line of business.”, according Radio Telephone Company Stock Certificate to Munsey’s Magazine, 1912. This included Lee De Forest, who was Inc. in Arizona. No. 4092, issued for 10 shares to involved in this enterprise with his company one of the participants. William Hubbard in 1909. Signed in faded blue Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126411 ink by the president and treasurer (illegible). Not cancelled. Brown border and background, Lot# 1674 New York City, New York 1907 gold seal, and telegraph-themed allegorical Typewriting Telegraph Company Stock vignette. 9.25 x 11” Deep folds, wear to edges. Certificate Inc. in New York. Low certificate This was one of the companies created by Lee de Forest, known as the number 2, issued for 50 shares to Caroline “Father of Radio.” His most famous invention was the three-element Tracy in March 1907. Signed by the president “Audion” (triode) vacuum tube, the first practical amplification device. Wm. Crehore and treasurer Albert Crehore. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126379 Not cancelled. Green border, black print, and small allegorical vignette. Printed by Broun Lot# 1679 Dayton, Ohio 1850 O’Rielly’s Green Co., NY. 9.25 x 11.5” Staple holes, folds, tape repairs. Treasurer Atlantic, Lake & Mississippi Range Albert Crehore was a physicist that invented and patented a machine Ohio, Indiana & Illinois Telegraph Stock he called the Typewriting Telegraph in 1900. With his brother and Incorporated in Indiana. No. 160, issued for others, he formed the Typewriting Telegraph Company to promote one share to M. Crum on December 29th, 1850 it. This machine was the forerunner of the teletype machine. Ken Prag in Dayton. Signed by president SC Willson and Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126444 secretary Delano. Not cancelled. Folds, tears, heavy toning. Black border and print, five Lot# 1675 New York City, New York 1886 vignettes incl. Ben Franklin, a farmer, Zeus, and Wallace Electric Telephone Manufacturing others. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, Cincinnati. 7.5 x Co. Stock Certificate Inc. in New York. No. 143, 8.75” Ken Prag Collection Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126404 issued for 100 shares to Arthur Hunter on Oct. 26th, 1886 in New York. Signed by the vice- Lot# 1680 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1906- president and secretary. Not cancelled. Black 1907 American Union Telephone Company border and print, allegorical vignette. Printed by Corhies, Macy & Co. Bonds Lot of 2 different. 1) $1,000 bond issued NY. Folds, a few small stains. 7.25 x 12.5” This company was formed in 1906, not cancelled. Sign by Ellis L. Onis, by Thomas Wallace. They used the Royal E. House’s electrophonetic president, and the secretary. Brown border, receiver of 1868. They also secured the Delaney patents for the black print, and vignette of woman sitting on multiple telegraph system for connecting towns, which could send 12 top of a globe and holding a phone receiver messages each way at one time. [The Gazette, March 14th, 1887] Ken to her ear. Western Bank Note. Many coupons Prag Collection Est. $200-500 HWAC# 126395 attached. 2) $100 bond issued in 1907, stamp cancelled. Green border, black print, and eagle vignette. In 1910, they were operating in 60 of the 67 counties of Pennsylvania. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126373 More Stocks on Day 4 from our Bargains & Dealer Specials! Lots 4433-4588 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 77

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1681 Newtown, Pennsylvania 1903, 1905 Lot# 1687 Texas 1907-1916 Texas and Standard Telephone & Telegraph Company Stock Oklahoma Regional Telegraph & Telephone Pair Lot of 2 different. Inc. in PA. 1) Stock no. 61, issued Stock Certificates Lot of 5 different. Includes: for 8 shares to N Milton Woods in 1903. Not cancelled. The Cleburne & Bono Telephone Company Black border and print, gold seal, and vignette of early (Texas, 1907); May & Doby Springs Telephone telephone. Pinholes, folds. 2) Bondholders’ Protective Company (Oklahoma, 1911); Texas Wireless Committee certificate No. 2 for $500 issued in 1905. Telegraph-Telephone Company (San Antonio, Not cancelled. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 1911); Canadian Long Distance Telephone 126425 Company (Texas, unissued); and National Teletype Company (Galveston, 1916). Ken Prag Lot# 1682 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1894 Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 126380 Clamond Telephone Company Stock Certificate Inc. in Pennsylvania. No. 23, issued Lot# 1688 Washington 1912-1925 Washington for 20 shares to James S. Doran on Sept. 6th, 1894 in Philadelphia. Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Signed by the president (illegible) and treasurer. Pencil cancelled. Certificates Lot of 6 different. Included: Skagit Brown border and background, black and brown print, and allegorical Valley Rural Telephone Co. (1920); Universal vignette featuring horses. Printed by Wm. F. Murphy’s Sons Co., High Power Telephone Co. (Seattle, 3 diff., 1918, Philadelphia. Many folds. 8 x 11” Charles Clamond, of Paris, France, 1919, and 1925); Washington Consolidated patented a switch device for telephone circuits and a telephone Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1912, Spokane); transmitter. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126239 and Dead Canyon Telephone Co. (uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 126376 Lot# 1683 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1899 Clay Commercial Telephone Company Stock Certificate Inc. in New Jersey. No. 143, issued Lot# 1689 Washington, D.C. 1965-66 for 5,000 shares to Parish on Sept. 9th, 1899. Communications Satellite Corporation Signed by president Conwell and treasurer Stock Trio Lot of 3 different for this satellite Douglass. Not cancelled. Brown border and company. Inc. in the District of Columbia. One seal, black print, and vignette of woman Specimen stock, plus two issued pieces: 1965 standing over children who are holding up telephone lines. Printed by and 1966, punch cancelled.Blue, red, and Theo. Leonhardt & Son, Philadelphia. Folds, toning. 7.5 x 11.5” Ken Prag orange borders with vignette of woman, globe, Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126433 satellite, and stars. ABN. Founded by the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 HWAC# 126367 Lot# 1684 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1903 Consolidated Wireless Telegraph & Telephone Lot# 1690 Wisconsin 1931 Associated Telephone Co. Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Utilities Co. Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Arizona. Both issued in 1903, not cancelled. Signed Inc. in Delaware. Both issued in 1931 to Paul Knight. by the president, EB Hume, and the secretary. Blue Not cancelled. Blue or green borders, black print, or orange borders, black print, and vignette of bald and nice vignette with a woman holding a phone eagle resting on top of American flag. Printed by with city scenes in the background. Republic Bank John R. McFetridge & Sons, Philadelphia. Folds, some Note Co., Pittsburgh. The Associated Telephone separation. This was a consolidation of six companies, Utilities Company was a Wisconsin-based power and according to the United States Investor, part of a company that went bankrupt in 1933, during the stock scheme. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126255 Great Depression. Prior to the Depression, the utility was a prominent player in the electrical power business in the Lot# 1685 South Dakota 1904 Rood’s Electric Midwestern United States. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# Express Call Company Stock Certificate Inc. 126424 in South Dakota in 1902. No. 43, issued for 500 shares to Frank Clawson in 1904. Signed by Lot# 1691 Wisconsin president Rood and secretary Arthur Morey. 1886-1961 Wisconsin Not cancelled. Green border, black print, and Regional Telephone allegorical vignette. Printed by the Broun- & Telegraph Stock Green Co., NY. Folds, creases, tape repaired Collection Lot of separations. 9.25 x 11.5” No information located about this company. about 40 pieces, most Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126253 different. Please inspect. Includes: Ashland Home Lot# 1686 Nashville, Telephone Co. bond Tennessee 1880s Southern (1902); Marquette Time Telegraph Company and Adams County Specimen Printers Proof Telephone Co. (1905); Inc. in Tennessee. Possibly The Schleswig Telephone Co. (1919); Van Dyne Telephone Co. (1919); unique. A printer’s specimen Wausaukee Telephone Co. (1903); Dialphones, Inc. (1938); Wayside proof, printed on cardstock. Telephone & Auto Service Co., Inc. (1921); United States Independent Green border, black print, Telephone Co. (1906); Town Fork Telephone Co. (1913); Tiphany and vignette of clock and Phonetic Corp. (1922); Terry-Phone Inc. (1960); and many more. lightning bolts. Printed by Earliest is 1886. Latest is 1961. Most are issued. Ken Prag Collection Est. Peter Hall & Co., New York. 7 $400-1000 HWAC# 126247 x 11.5” Pinholes, creases, heavy toning and some soiling. Chartered to operate in Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, North & South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126392 78 December 2020

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1692 1894-1945 “Automatic” Lot# 1697 1887 Excelsior Telephone Telephone Companies Stock Certificates Company Stock Certificate No. 20, issued Lot of 4 different. 1) Automatic Dialing for 2,500 shares to Charles Forsyth on Dec. Corporation. First robocalling? No. CN 7 issued 14th, 1887. Signed by president JHR Storey in 1945 for 500 shares, not cancelled. 2) The and secretary Charles Carr. Not cancelled. Automatic Telephone & Electric Company. Black border and print, vignette of allegorical Inc. in New Jersey, 1893. No. 72, issued for 8 woman holding lightning bolts. Damaged at shares in 1894. Not cancelled. 3) Automatic bottom center: hole cut out. 7.75 x 11.5” No information located. Ken Telephone Construction Company. Inc. in NY. No. 156, issued for 20 Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126417 shares in 1899 in New York. Not cancelled. 4) Automatic Telephone Exchange Company, Ltd. of Washington and London. Issued in 1898, Lot# 1698 1921-1977 International not cancelled. Vignette of Capitol Building. Ken Prag Collection Est. Telephone & Telegraph Corporation $100-400 HWAC# 126447 Stock Collection Lot of 11, most different. 1) Nine are for the International Telephone Lot# 1693 1907-1939 “Farmers” Related & Telegraph Corporation. Six varieties. Inc. in Telephone & Telegraph Company Stock Maryland. Issued 1931-1977, punch cancelled. Certificates Lot of 8, most different. Included: ABN. This company (ITT) was founded in 1920 Farmers and Merchants Mutual Telephone by brokers Colonel Sosthenes Behn and his Co. (Waubay, South Dakota, 1909); Farmers brother Hernan Behn. The brothers acquired & Merchants’ Mutual Telephone Assoc. the Puerto Rico Telephone Company in 1914 along with the Cuban- (Norton, Kansas, 1907); Farmers Co-Operative American Telephone and Telegraph Company and a half-interest in the Telephone Assoc. (Oberlin, Kansas, 1922, Cuban Telephone Company. 2) Two are for the International Telephone 1936, and 1939); Farmers Mutual Telephone Company. Inc. in Ohio. Issued in 1921 and 1923, not cancelled. This Co. (Baraboo, Wisconsin, 1919); Farmers Mutual Telephone Assoc. does not appear to be the same company. It was based in Columbus, (Sheridan County, Kansas, 1911); and Farmers’ Telephone Co. of Ohio. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126446 Madison & Oneida Counties (NY, 1909). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- 400 HWAC# 126385 Lot# 1699 1900-1928 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Stock & Bond Collection Lot of Lot# 1694 1948-1971 AT&T (American 14, most different. 1) Ten stocks issued 1908- Telephone & Telegraph Co.) Stock Certificate 1920, eight varieties. 2) Four foreign bonds, Collection Lot of 20, all different. 1) 15 stocks all different, issued 1900-1928. The Marconi issued 1948-1954, punch cancelled, all for Wireless Telegraph Company of America was different share amounts. Green border, phone incorporated in 1899. It was established as a and globe vignette. 2) Five later stocks, three subsidiary of the British Marconi Company with vignette of Alexander Graham Bell, and and held the U.S. and Cuban rights to Guglielmo Marconi’s radio (then two with allegorical vignette. Issued 1961-1971, punch cancelled. Ken called “wireless telegraphy”) patents. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-500 Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126435 HWAC# 126408 Lot# 1695 1902-1910 Continental Wireless Lot# 1700 1897-1933 Midwest US Regional Telephone & Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate Telephone Co. Stock Certificates Lot of 11, Trio Lot of 3 different. 1) Inc. in South Dakota. most different. Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Indiana. No. 4186, issued for 25 shares in 1902 in Includes: United States Telephone & Telegraph Denver. Signed by the president and secretary. Co. (1904); Home Telephone Co. (1897); Not cancelled. Brown border, black print, Conway Rural Telephone Co. (1906, cert. 2); and floral vignette. 2) No. 3396, issued for 50 Piersen Telegraph Transmitter Co. (1917); shares in 1910. Signed by president Davis and Rural Telephone Association (1916); Andover Electric Telephone Co. the treasurer. Not cancelled. Green border, black print. 3) Trustee (1901, cert. 4); New Carlisle Telephone Co. (1912 and 1919); North Certificate issued in 1910 for 24 shares to Mrs. Stella King. Not Eaton Telephone Co. (1933); Lamoni Telephone Co. (1913); and cancelled. Green border, black print. Consolidation of: Collins Wireless Northwest Iowa Telephone Co. (uniss.). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- Telephone, Pacific Wireless Telegraph, Clark Wireless Telegraph 500 HWAC# 126368 & Telephone, and Massie Wireless Telegraph. Associated with A. Frederick Collins, who was a prominent early American experimenter Lot# 1701 1906-1960 Miscellaneous in wireless telephony and prolific author of books and articles covering Telephone Company Stock Certificates a wide range of scientific and technical subjects. His reputation was Lot of 13, most different. Included: Fada tarnished in 1913 when he was convicted of mail fraud related to stock Radio & Electric Corp. (1933); International promotion. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126406 Western Electric Co. (uniss); United Wireless Telegraph Co. (1908 and 1909); Telephone Lot# 1696 1898-1925 Dakota, Colorado, Employees Insurance Co. (1960); Superior Automatic Telephone Co. Nebraska, & Wyoming Telephone/ (1907); Stone Telegraph & Telephone Co. (1904); Secret Telegraph Co. Telegraph Stocks Lot of 7 different. Includes: (1917); Record-O-Phone Co. (1924); Occidental & Oriental Wireless Delta County Co-Operative Telephone Co. Co. (1906); Mid-Continent Telephone Corp. (Specimen); and Dwyer (Paonia, Colorado, 1914); Dakota Central Wireless Telephone & Telegraph Co. (1914). Ken Prag Collection Est. Telephone Company (1922); The Roslyn $200-400 HWAC# 126366 Mutual Telephone Co. (South Dakota, 1915); Lyman Telephone Company (Wyoming, 1914 and 1916); Clearwater Telephone Co. (Nebraska, 1925); and Eureka Telephone Co. (South Dakota, 1898). Ken Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126383 If you need Christmas delivery please contact us for special arrangements. View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 79

DAY 1 Thursday, Dec 17 Stocks & Bonds / Telegraph-Telephone Lot# 1702 1935-1988 Modern Telephone Lot# 1708 1954 Telephone Bond & Share Stock Certificate & Bond Collection Lot of 43: Company Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. 25 bonds and 18 stocks. Issued 1935-1988. Inc. in Delaware in 1925. Both issued in 1954 to Some specimen. Includes: Universal Telephone Maude G. Rice for one share. Printed signatures Cp.; Rochester Telephone Corp.; Nynex Corp; of president FS Spring and secretary HH Howlett. North Carolina Telephone Co.; Maryland Not cancelled. Green or blue border, allegorical Telecommunications Inc.; Alltel Corp.; Design- vignette. Security Banknote Co. The company A-Phone Inc.; Cincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone Co.; Continental controlled operating telephone subsidiaries in Telephone International Finance Corp.; General Telephone & fifteen states. Ken Prag Collection Est. $60-100 Electronics Corp.; Indiana Bell Telephone Co.; Illinois Bell Telephone HWAC# 126249 Co.; New Jersey Bell Telephone; Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. and much more. Please inspect. Ken Lot# 1709 1908-1917 Telepost Company Prag Collection Est. $400-1200 HWAC# 126428 Stock Certificate Group Lot of 8, multiple varieties. Inc. in Maine. Issued 1908-1917, Lot# 1703 1889-1928 Southern States none cancelled. Seven have the same allegorical Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock telephone-themed vignette. Multiple border Certificates Lot of 8 different. Includes: Central colors. This company was an independent Home Telephone Co. (Louisville, Kentucky, telegraph company using a rapid system of 1906); Home Telephone Co. of Buffalo (West telegraphy invented by Patrick B. Delaney. The Virginia, 1897); Meadow River Telephone Co., company operated between Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville Inc. (Rupert, West Virginia, uniss.); Mallett and other cities. Messages would be delivered over wire to a post Automatic Telegraph Co. (West Virginia, 1889); office and delivered in envelopes. Telepost refers to “Telegraph” and Ruskin Telephone Corp. (1928); St. Josephine Telephone & Telegraph “Post Office.” Ken Prag Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 126443 Co. (Florida, uniss.); Shelby County Telephone Co. Bond (Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1907); and Toomsuba-Alamucha Telephone Co. (Mississippi, Lot# 1710 1908, 1923 Two Different 1909). Mixed condition, please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- Telegraphone Stock Certificates Lot of 2 400 HWAC# 126388 different. The telegraphone was invented and patented by Valdemar Poulsen in 1898. It was an Lot# 1704 1882 Southern Telegraph electromagnetic phonograph capable of registering Company Bond No. 1953. $500. Issued in human speech by the alternating magnetization of September 1882. Not cancelled. Signed by a wire. 1) Telegraphone Corporation. Inc. in Maine. president James (illegible) and secretary No. 264, issued for 3 shares in 1908. Signed by Robert Coursen. Black border and print. the president and treasurer. Not cancelled. Green Allegorical and telegraph themed vignettes. border, black print. 2) Telegraphone Manufacturing ABN, New York. Almost a full page of coupons and Sales Company. Inc. in Delaware. No. 392, issued for one share in attached. 14 x 9.25” The company wanted to 1923. Not cancelled. Brown border, gold seal, and black print. Ken Prag build a line between Selma, Alabama, and Meridian, Mississippi. Ken Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126250 Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126393 Lot# 1711 1907 United Wireless Telegraph Lot# 1705 Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Stock Certificate Inc. in Maine. No. Company Bond Collection Lot of 13 different 1945, issued for two shares to MO Kinney in including five Specimen bonds. $1,000, $5,000, April 1907. Signed by vice president CC Wilson $10,000, $25,000 denominations. Eight have a and treasurer SS Bogard. Not cancelled. Orange vignette of a younger girl talking on the phone. border, black print, and fancy title. Folds, small The other 5 show a woman talking on a pay tears and soiling. 9 x 12” The United Wireless phone. Federated Banknote Co. and ABN. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100- Telegraph Company was the largest radio 300 HWAC# 126391 communications firm in the United States from its late-1906 formation until its bankruptcy and takeover by Marconi interests in mid-1912. Lot# 1706 1882-1970 Telegraph and Stock promoter CC Wilson took over the company in 1907. Ken Prag Telephone Stock Certificate Group Lot of 6 Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126442 different. Includes: Pacific Wireless Telephone and Telegraph Co. (1901); Continental Wireless Lot# 1712 1905-1921 Telephone and Telegraph Co. (1902); Pacific Western US Regional Wireless Telegraph Co. (1906); Guadalajara Telephone & Telegraph Telephone Co. (1882); Mexican Central Telegraph & Telephone Co. Stocks Lot of 6. Utah, (1885); and American Telephone and Telegraph Co. (1970). Ken Prag Nevada, and Oregon. Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 109245 Included: Mason Valley Telephone & Telegraph Lot# 1707 1908 Telegraphic Mail Stock Co. (Carson City, Nevada, Certificate Inc. in South Dakota. No. 329, unissued); Iron County issued for 20 shares to Federico Vannucci in Telephone Company 1908. Signed by the president, Tullio Giara, and (Utah, 1914, 1920, 1921); treasurer Allen. Not cancelled. Black border Galloway Telephone Co. and print, green seal, and bald eagle vignette. (Oregon, 1905); and The Deep folds with some separation. 9.25 x 11.25” Mosida Telephone Co. Giara, of Milan, developed the Telegraphic Mail, (Utah, 1910). Ken Prag a multiplex telegraph system in 1904-05, which became a “diplex Collection Est. $100-200 typewriting telegraph” in 1911. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126378 HWAC# 126251 80 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Transportation / Steamship/Marine Lot# 2000 1916, 1924 Arizona-New Mexico Lot# 2007 1889-1926 Chicago, Northern Railroad Passes - 2 Two railroad passes: The Midwestern US Railroad Passes - 9 Nine RR Arizona & New Mexico Railway Company, passes: Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 1916, No 520, issued to Mrs B Malone and Miss RY, 1890, No X3082, issued to J.S. Koslowsky; Nora Malone; Arizona Eastern Railroad, 1924, Chicago, St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RY, No 548 issued to Mr. C. Feltham. Est. $50-200 1889, No 2157, issued to A.H. Pike; Chicago, HWAC# 126660 St Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RY, 1900, No X3082, issued to H.F. Whitcomb; Chicago & North-Western RY, 1897, Lot# 2001 1912, 1934 Atlantic Coast Line No 9752, issued to Jno. E. Stearns; Chicago and North-Western Railway, 1895, No 8426, issued to T.G. Mitchell; Chicago, Burlington & Railroad Passes - 2 Two RR passes: Atlantic Quincy RR Co, 1911, No 5887, issued to R.F. Locke; Chicago, Burlington Coast Line, 1912, No 4278, issued to J.G. Volz; & Quincy, 1918, No 858, issued to Mrs. A.C. Ridgway; Chicago Great Atlantic Coast Line, 1934, No 1241, issued to Mrs. W.H. Abel. Est. $50-200 HWAC# 126663 Western Railway, 1907, No 1675, issued to W.B. Bevill; Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company, 1926, No C2301. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126672 Lot# 2002 1905, 1934 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passes - 2 Two RR passes: Baltimore Lot# 2008 Denver, Colorado 1928 & 1932 and Ohio Railroad, 1905, No 2845, issued to Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad S.M. Fridy; Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1934, Co. Annual Passes Lot of 2 different. 1) No G285, issued to Mrs. L.A. Downs, wife of the No. X3466, issued for 1928 to Wm. Welsh president of Illinois Central System. Est. $50-200 & Wife, swithcmen between stations east HWAC# 126664 of Grand Junction. Printed sig. of president. Countersigned by EE Emerson. Endorsed by Welsh. Soiling. 2) No. B1030, issued for 1932 to GB Gresham, agent Lot# 2003 Butte, Montana 1920 Butte, Anaconda for Chicago, New York & Boston Line, Canadian National Railways. Printed sig. of president. Countersigned by EE Emerson. Endorsed by & Pacific Railway Company Annual Pass Pass Gresham. Soiling. Est. $40-80 HWAC# 113303 No. 313, issued for 1920 to JC McNaughton, Switchman. Signed by the General Manager. Not Lot# 2009 Texas 1907 Fort Worth & Rio Grande endorsed on the reverse. Black and red print on Railway Annual Pass Issued to Mr. HC Franks, blue cardstock. Very good condition. Founded TFA for St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. Printed in 1892 by people involved with the Anaconda signature of the president. Countersigned by Copper Mining Company. While its primary Hennessy. Endorsed by Franks. “This Pass Will Be purpose was to carry copper ore from Butte to Accepted on the St. Louis, San Francisco & Texas the smelters at Anaconda, Montana, it was also Railway” printed on reverse. Black and red print chartered as a common carrier and carried passengers and general on light blue cardstock. Minor wear. Est. $30-50 freight. Est. $30-50 HWAC# 113293 HWAC# 113308 Lot# 2004 California 1900-1930 California Lot# 2010 1911, 1914 Int’l and Great Northern Railroad Passes - 6 Six RR passes from Railway Co Passes - 2 Two RR passes: Int’l and California; Sunset Railway Co, 1921, No 208, Great Northern RR Co, 1911, No 3229, issued to issued to E.E. Balling; Oakland, Antioch & A. Waldbauer; Int’l and Great Northern RR Co, Eastern RY Co, 1918, No 132, issued to 132, E.E. 1914, No C977, issued to D.C. Kinne. Est. $50-200 Balling; Pacific Electric RY Co, 1917, No 4763, HWAC# 126677 issued to H.E. Perkins; Arcata & Mad River RR Co, 1923, No 91, issued to R.G. Coffman; Petaluma and Santa Rosa RR Co, 1930, No 352, issued to J.F. Hogan; Los Angeles Terminal RY, 1900, No 548. Est. $160-300 HWAC# 126676 Lot# 2011 Michigan 1889 & 1908 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Annual Lot# 2005 Colorado 1911-1959 Colorado Passes Lot of 2 different. 1) 1889. No. 121, Railroad Passes - 6 Six RR passes from issued to J. Koslowsky of the St. Louis, Arkansas Colorado: Midland Valley RR Co, 1930, No & Texas Railway. Signed by president John A3831, issued to Ed H. Barnes; Midland Newell. Blue print on tan cardstock with green Terminal Railway, 1931, No A2753, issued to underprint. 2) 1908. No. 7576, issued to RF Elmer Mitchell; Midland Terminal Railway, 1938-1939, No 8, issued Locke, WB Agent for LS-LFF Line. Printed signature of gen. manager to Mrs. J.A. Carruthers, wife of Gen’l Atty; Denver and Rio Grande DC Moon. Black print on yellow cardstock. Mail bag vignette at upper Western RR Co, 1959, No A80, issued to F.O. Divisek; Colorado Springs left with “Fast Mail.” Some soiling and light wear on both. The Lake & Cripple Creek District RY Co, 1911, No A2879, issued to Paul Y. Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, established in 1833 and Waters; Colorado & Southern RY Co, 1915, No C1655, issued to J.S. sometimes referred to as the Lake Shore, was a major part of the New Jones. Est. $160-300 HWAC# 126675 York Central Railroad’s Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie (in New Lot# 2006 Concord, New Hampshire 1877 York, Pennsylvania and Ohio) and across northern Indiana. Est. $60- Concord Rail Road Annual Pass Nice early 120 HWAC# 113310 pictorial pass. No. A68, issued for the year 1877 to LC Sherrtliff of the Montpelier and Wells River Lot# 2012 1925 McCormick Steamship Co Pass Railroad Company. Signed by superintendent H.E. Pass for the steamship Rose City, 1925, No 700, Chamberlain. Green and red print on cardstock issued by McCormick Steamship Company to H.O. with locomotive vignette. Printed by ABN. Minor Marler & Wife. Est. $50-200 HWAC# 126678 wear. Chartered in 1835. Main line from Concord to Nashua with several branches. 141.71 miles of road, most in New Hampshire. Est. $60-120 HWAC# 113314 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 81

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Transportation / Railroads Lot# 2013 1874-1914 Midwest Railroad Lot# 2018 1904-1932 Pacific NW Railroad Passes: MI, IL, IN, OH, PA - 11 Eleven RR Passes - 5 Five RR passes from the Pacific passes, Northern Midwest to Pennsylvania: Northwest: Puget Sound Electric Railway, Pittsburgh & Susquehanna RR Co, 1914, No 1928, No 169, issued to E.P. Allen; Bellingham 144, issued to John L. Smith; Pere Marquette Ban and British Columbia RR Co, 1904, No 79, RR Co, 1911, No C6183, issued to R.F. Locke; issued to A.M. Beal; Pacific Coast RR Co, 1928, Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RY, 1914, No No 198, issued to E.P. Allen; Pacific and Idaho C1621; Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking RR, Northern RY Co, 1932, No 500, issued to Nels 1901, No A841, issued to C.M. Baker; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago Howe; Northwestern Pacific RR Co, 1932, No & St Louis, 1899, No 3576 (perforated numbers!), issued to J. St. X1673, issued to J.F. Hogan. Est. $180-400 HWAC# 126673 Koslowsky; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis, 1898, No 3061, issued to J. St. Koslowsky; Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, 1900, No 1317, Lot# 2019 1884-1926 Santa Fe Railroad issued to Frank R. Hale; Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, 1899, No 1317, Passes - 6 Six railroad passes: Atchison, issued to J. St. Koslowsky; Toledo, Peoria & Western RY Co, 1911, No Topeka & Santa Fe RR, 1884, No B105, issued to 1416, issued to R.R. Locke; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RY, S.W. Manning; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR, 1909, No 4887, issued to E.F. Locke; Mobile & Ohio Rail Road, 1874, No 1891, No B2153, issued to L.L. Bush; Atchison, 726, issued to W.S. Searls, Esq. Est. $200-600 HWAC# 126674 Topeka & Santa Fe RR, 1898, No A1764, issued to Copper Nott; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Lot# 2014 1899-1928 Missouri Pacific RR, 1901, No A1302, issued to W.B. Bevill; Railway Passes - 5 Five RR passes: Missouri Santa Fe System Dining Stations, 1926, No Pacific, 1899, No A3448, issued to C.W. Sells; M1718, issued to W.N. Inwin; Atlantic & Pacific RR, The Santa Fe Route, Missouri Pacific, 1908, No B3318, issued to 1897, No A962, issued to Wm Geagen. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126661 T.J. Burnes; Missouri Pacific, 1916, No A2072, issued to J.D. Hawks; Missouri Pacific, 1925, Lot# 2020 1874, 1928 SE United States No A10202, issued to W. Schlinkert; Missouri Railroad Passes - 2 Two RR Passes: Raleigh Pacific 1928, No JA3051. Est. $80-300 HWAC# and Caston and Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line, 126669 1874, No A47, issued to L.D. Tuthill, Esq.; Mississippi River and Bonne Terre Railway, Lot# 2015 Missouri 1912-1928 Four Different 1928, No A715 issued to Lad. G. Arend Est. “Missouri” Railroad Passes Lot of 4 different $50-200 HWAC# 126662 with “Missouri” in their name. 1) Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company. Issued in 1912. Lot# 2021 1891-1907 Southern Pacific Printed on cardstock with some toning/soiling. 2) Railroad Passes - 3 Three Southern Pacific Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Issued in 1915. RR passes: Southern Pacific, 1891, No 587, Printed on cardstock with fancy script. 3) Missouri, issued to C.H. Hudson; Southern Pacific, 1895, Oklahoma & Gulf. Issued in 1916 to Bryan Snyder, No B314, issued to H.F. Whitcomb; Southern VP & GM of Marshall & E. Texas Railway. Printed Pacific, 1907, No B596, issued to A.G. Wilde. on cardstock. 4) Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri Est. $80-250 HWAC# 126667 Railway Company. Issued in 1928. Printed on paper. Est. $50-75 HWAC# 113322 Lot# 2022 1906-1937 TX, OK, NM Railroad Lot# 2016 1878-1935 MO, AR, KS, IA Central Passes - 13 13 RR passes: Oklahoma, New Mexico, & Pacific Ry, 1921, No C69, issued to J.E. US Railroad Passes - 13 13 RR passes from Gorman, pres. of Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific south-central states: Kansas City, Mexico & Ry; Frisco Lines, 1937, No A8281, issued to E.L. Orient RR, 1920, No A2965, issued to C. H Walter; Frisco Lines, 1928, No P171, issued to Hartley; Kansas City, Mexico and Orient RR, Mrs. C. T. Jaffray, wife of president; Trinity Valley 1928, No B1595, issued to F.C. Matthews; Orient Southern Railroad Co, 1920, No 41, issued Lines, 1917, No A3298, issued to Mrs. Bryan to J.W.Cummings; El Paso & Southwestern Snyder; Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, 1928, System, 1909, No A132, issued to J.T. Bate; El No X11869, issued to E.L. Walter; Missouri- Paso & Southwestern, 1916, No A605, issued to B. Hayden; Wichita & Kansas-Texas Lines, 1935, No X8625, issued to Southern Railroad Co, 1926, No 1311, issued to W.R. Scott, president E.L. Walter; Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, 1937, No X3635, issued to of S. Pacific Lines; Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort Worth RR Co, 1925, G.C. McDermett; Arkansas Midland RR, 1896, No 584, issued to E.D. No A27, issued to W.R. Scott, president S. Pacific Lines; San Antonio Bennett; Fremont Elkhorn Missouri Valley RR, 1899, No 227, issued to and Aransas Passenger Railway, 1924, No 65, issued to W.R. Scott, S. Thomas P. Fowler; Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis RY, 1925, No Pacific Lines; Aransas Harbor Terminal Ry, 1924, No 35, issued to W. R. 169, issued to W.R. Scott, president S. Pacific Co; Clinton, Davenport & Scott, president S. Pacific Lines; Ft. Worth & Denver City RY Co, 1906, Muscatine, RW Co, 1936-1938, No 908, issued to K.L. Clark; St Louis No A1176, issued to Mr. T.J. Anderson & Children; Houston & Brazos & San Francisco RR Co, 1907, No C557, issued to B.M. Starks; St Louis Valley RY Co, 1920, No 193, issued to A.C. Jackson; Houston & Brazos & San Francisco RR, 1916, No 5124, issued to W.B. Bevill; Wyandotte Valley RY Co, 1926, No A251, issued to W.R. Scott, president S. Pacific. Kansas City and Northwestern, 1878, No 414, issued to Saint Ross, Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126670 Esq. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 126671 Lot# 2023 1904-1921 Union Pacific Lot# 2017 1901-1907 Northern Pacific Railroad Passes - 5 Five RR passes: Union Railway Co Passes - 3 Three RR passes: Pacific Railroad, 1904, No A549, issued to Northern Pacific Railway Company, 1901, No W.R. McKeen, Jr.; Union Pacific Railroad, 1139, issued to J.M. Greaves; Northern Pacific 1905, No B872, issued to G.A. Swallow; Union Railway Company, 1904, No 1139, issued to Pacific Railroad, 1916, No A1507, issued to O.E. McMullen, trainmaster; Northern Pacific H.E. Perkins; Union Pacific Railroad, 1917, No Railway Company, 1907, No 10563, issued to C11794, issued to E.L. Stump; Union Pacific Mrs. J.G. Boyd, Wife General Agent. Est. $80- Railroad, 1921, No A8467, issued to J.W. 300 HWAC# 126668 Newell; Est. $120-300 HWAC# 126666 82 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Transportation / Railroads Lot# 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah 1931-1937 Utah Lot# 2033 Missouri Pacific Lines Porter Railroad Passes - 3 Three RR passes: Salt Lake Hat Badge Porter hat badge for the Missouri and Utah Railroad Company, 1931, No E589; Pacific Lines, stamped ROBBINS on reverse, Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Company, 1932, beautiful clear red enamel with raised lettering No E295, both issued to Mrs. J.F. Hogan, family in center logo. Probably nickel plated in silver- of VP Western Pacific Railroad; Bamberger tone. Approx. 4-1/2 x 1-5/8 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126635 Electric Railroad Company, 1937, No A8358, issued to J.A. Flanagan. Est. $80-300 HWAC# Lot# 2034 Northern Pacific Railway 126665 Brakeman Hat Badge Brakeman hat badge for Northern Pacific Railway, with number 1514 Lot# 2025 Houston, Texas c. 1908 Western & on both ends, reverse stamped S.D. CHILDS Texas Central Railroad Co. Railroad Pass Pass & CO. / ENGRAVERS / CHICAGO. Approx. 3-3/4 x 7/8 inches. Silver- issued to Mr. Cooper Nott, Com. Agent until Dec. toned, probably nickel. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126636 31st, 1909. Western & Texas Central Railroad Co. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 91242 Lot# 2035 Santa Fe & Disney Railway Conductor Hat Badge Conductor Hat Badge for the Santa Fe & Disney Railway. Highly polished, silver-toned (nickel?) with black enamel lettering. No reverse stamp. Approx. 4 Lot# 2026 Amtrak Trainman Hat Badge x 1-5/8 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126644 Amtrak Trainman Hat Badge, gold toned, Lot# 2036 Santa Fe Railroad Brakeman Hat approx. 3 x 1-3/4 inches, Est. $100-300 HWAC# Badge Brakeman Hat Badge for the Santa Fe 126630 Railroad, silver-toned with white and navy- blue enamel. Three symbols on reverse for International Jewelry Workers Union No. 9, Lot# 2027 Dallas Rail Way & Terminal and MPB / PIU – the Metal Polishers & Buffers Company Hat Badge Operator 776 Hat Badge Union and Platers International Union. Approx for the Dallas Rail Way & Terminal Company, 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126638 gold toned approx. 1-3/4 x 2 inches, made by Greenduck Co., Chicago. Screw pin back. Est. Lot# 2037 Santa Fe Railroad Conductor $100-300 HWAC# 126631 Hat Badge Conductor Hat Badge for the Santa Fe Railroad, gold-toned with white and navy- blue enamel. Three symbols on reverse for International Jewelry Workers Union No. 9, and MPB / PIU – the Metal Polishers & Buffers Lot# 2028 Denver, Colorado Denver Tramway Union and Platers International Union. Approx Corporation Cap Badge No. 613. Reverse 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126639 has hallmark “Lawlor.” White and red enamel on brass, some chipping of enamel, wear on Lot# 2038 Santa Fe Railroad Porter Hat reverse. Approx. 2 x 1.25” A Denver, Colorado Badge Porter Hat Badge for the Santa Fe streetcar company dating back to the 1880s. Railroad, silver-toned with white and navy- Est. $30-120 HWAC# 113288 blue enamel. No reverse stamp. Approx 3-1/4 Lot# 2029 Disney Magic Kingdom Railway x 2-1/2 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126637 Conductor Hat Badge Conductor Hat Badge for the Disney Magic Kingdom Railway. Highly Lot# 2039 Santa Fe Railroad Rectangular polished, silver-toned (nickel?) with black Conductor Hat Badge Conductor Hat Badge enamel lettering. No reverse stamp. Approx. 4 for the Santa Fe Railroad, nickel-toned with x 1-5/8 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126645 black lettering. Some corrosion. No reverse stamp. Approx 3-1/2 x 3/4 inches. Est. $50-200 HWAC# 126640 Lot# 2030 Great Northern Railway Lines Brakeman Hat Badge Brakeman Hat Badge Lot# 2040 Santa Fe Railroad Scalloped for Great Northern Railway Lines, nickel-tone, Conductor Hat Badge Conductor Hat Badge approx. 3-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches, no maker stamp for the Santa Fe Railroad, scalloped design, on reverse Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126633 likely silver-toned nickel with blue enamel logo and black enamel . Approx 3-1/4 x 2-1/2 Lot# 2031 Great Northern Railway Lines inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126641 Brakeman Hat Badge with maker stamp Brakeman Hat Badge for Great Northern Lot# 2041 Union Pacific RR Station Agent Railway Lines, nickel-tone, approx. 3-7/8 Hat Badge Station Agent Hat Badge for Union x 1-1/4 inches, reverse stamped with Schwaab / Stamp & Seal Co / Pacific RR, gold-toned (brass?). No reverse Milwaukee. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126632 stamp. Approx. 4 x 1 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 126642 Lot# 2032 Missouri Pacific Lines Conductor Hat Badge Conductor hat badge for the Lot# 2042 Union Pacific RR Station Agent Missouri Pacific Lines, stamped ROBBINS on Hat Badge Brakeman Hat Badge for Union reverse, beautiful clear red enamel with raised Pacific RR, silver-toned (nickel?). No reverse lettering in center logo. Probably nickel plated stamp. Approx. 4 x 1 inches. Est. $100-300 in gold-tone. Approx. 4-1/2 x 1-5/8 inches. Est. $100-300 HWAC# HWAC# 126643 126634 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 83

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 General Americana / Books-Antiquarian Lot# 2043 1855-57 Railroad Survey to Find a Route to the Pacific Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean Est. $2500-5000 HWAC# 126901 Volume I Volume IV Published in 1855. This is the first volume of a monumental 12-volume Published in 1856. Volume IV is the botanical report which describes report. It contains extensive correspondence and formal reports the botany on the route explored along the 35th parallel by Lieutenant summarizing the entire effort, including a thorough description of the A.W. Whipple, from Little Rock, Arkansas, through Oklahoma, past characteristics and practicability of each route. The several routes are Amarillo, along the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers, through New Mexico organized by the parallels of north latitude that they generally follow, and Arizona, to Los Angeles. This volume was devoted almost entirely from the 35th to the 49th parallels, and they include information on the to botanical studies, mostly conducted by Dr. J.M. Bigelow. It includes Indian communities that exist, the availability of lumber for ties and reports on trees by Bigelow (no pics), Cacti by George Engleman (24 construction, weather data, and other records. This volume includes plates), a description of the general botanical collections brought back reports by Jefferson Davis and others, such as the “Memoranda on by Bigelow, by Gray (25 plates), and mosses and liverworts by W.S. Railways, Office of Pacific Railroad Surveys” by Brevet Captain George Sullivan (10 plates). This is followed by an unillustrated summary B. McClellan of the Corps of Engineers. There are no illustrations in this section of the zoology report, with a note that the full report will appear volume. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, viii + 651 pages. This volume is later, and appendices on astronomical, magnetic, climatological, and worn, but the binding is intact and all the pages appear to be present. barometric observations, Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, 193 + 288 pages; large folding colored chart showing tree types on a topographic Volume II cross section; 24 lithographs of cacti; 25 botanical lithographs and 10 lithographs of mosses and liverworts. The binding is intact, though the Published in 1855. Volume II covers the routes through Kansas, covers are heavily worn. All of the pages appear to be present, except Colorado, Utah and Nevada, including the report on the route on for Plates X and XVIII in Part V, No. 3. which have been cut from the the 38th and 39th parallels, written by Captain J.W. Gunnison in Salt binding. Lake City shortly before he was killed by local Indians. This report is accompanied by a number of beautiful colored lithographed plates of western scenery. There are also 20 botanical plates showing flora from the 38th, 39th, and 41st parallel routes, as well as several plates of Volume V fossils. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, 128 + 132 + 45 + 185 + 50 + 28 + 22 pages; 12 color lithographed plates, 20 lithographed botanical Published in 1856. This is the Southern California volume which plates, 4 lithographed geological plates, and 1 color map. This volume highlights the geology, deserts, valleys, and flora of southern California, has been water damaged, and there are pages with tears and crumbling as far north as San Francisco. There are views of the settlements of Los edges, and some pages near the front are stuck together. However, Angeles and San Diego, many lovely views of the deserts, valleys and all the pages appear to be present including the plates and the map. mountains, and discussion and illustrations of the botany of the area, The binding is still intact, but about one-quarter of the back cover is as well as many plates of fossil shells. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches; missing. 43 pages plus 12 colored lithographs; 370 pages plus 14 colored lithographed plates, geological cross-section plate, large folding Volume III geologic map of southern California, and three colored map plates; 7 folding geological tables showing elevations, several are colored; Published in 1856. The ethnographic volume. This report described 11 lithographs of fossils, mostly shells, numbered 1-9, 1-12, with no the route explored along the 35th parallel by Lieutenant Amiel Weeks reference to any plate 10 in the text to indicate that there ever was one; Whipple, from Little Rock, Arkansas, through Oklahoma, past Amarillo, 10 lithographed botanical plates; 15 pages plus 18 botanical plates; 14 along the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers, through New Mexico and pages. The binding is intact and the covers, though worn, still show the Arizona, to Los Angeles. A notable section of this report concerns the original marbled paint pattern. All pages and plates appear to be intact Indians of the region, which includes many black and white illustrations and there is minimal foxing on the pages. and eight colored lithographs, and a section on the geology. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, 36 + 136 + 77 + 127 + 175 pages; with many black and white illustrations in the text and 21 colored lithographed plates, 8 graph plates of barometric pressure measurements, 2 geology plates, a folding chart of elevations, and two folding charts of geological cross- sections, one of which is loose and the other is still bound into the book. This volume is heavily worn, foxing appears throughout, and the cover cloth is loose at the front hinge. All pages and plates are still attached in the binding except as noted for the cross section above. 84 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 General Americana / Books-Antiquarian Volume VI Volume X Published in 1857. This is the California-Oregon report by Lieutenant Published in 1859. This volume continues the Zoology report in parts Henry Abbot on the expedition, under the command of Lieutenant 3 and 4 covering reptiles (by Spencer Baird – but only the plates along R.S. Williamson, to find routes from the Sacramento Valley to the with a note that the Zoology section has become so large that the text Columbia River. The first section described the routes and terrain, of the reptile report has been omitted), fishes (by Charles Girard) followed by sections on the geology, the botany (with many colored and short reports on Birds, Mammals, Fishes, and Reptiles by Baird; plates illustrating trees, including the Ponderosa Pine), and the Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches; 16 pages + 13 lithographed plates of zoological report which included fishes, birds and mammals of the reptiles; 400 pages + 21 lithographed plates of fishes; 27 pages + 3 region. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches; 134 pages + 3 lithographic lithographed plates of mammals, + 7 colored lithographic plates of chart and 12 colored lithographs of scenery + 2 maps; 85 pages + 1 birds; + 4 lithographed plates of reptiles; + 6 lithographed plates of colored lithograph and 4 lithographs of fossil shells; 102 pages + 10 fishes; + 64 pages plus 6 lithographed plates of mammals, + 11 colored colored lithographs of trees, + 6 lithographs of plants; 114 pages, + lithographs of birds, + 3 lithographed plates of amphibians; + 14 11 lithographed plates of fishes, + 2 colored lithographs of birds, + 3 lithographed plates of fishes; plus 24 pages + 3 colored lithographs lithographed plates of mammals; + iv + 64 pages and an errata sheet. of birds and 1 lithographed plate of a rattlesnake; plus 97 pages + 9 lithographed plates of reptiles, + 7 colored lithographic plates of birds, Copy One: The outside of the binding is loose, and the covers are + 10 lithographic plates of fishes; plus 13 pages + 4 plates of reptiles. heavily worn. There are at least two sections of several pages inside that are separated from the stitching. Nonetheless, all the pages and plates appear to be present. Pages show considerable foxing. Volume XI (not present in this set) Copy Two: The entire spine has become separated from the binding but is still present with the book. The covers are very worn but Published in 1861. This is the maps and views volume, with a brief complete. The interior binding has cracked in several places, but all history about mapping of the West, Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, 115 the pages and plates appear to be present and bound in. Pages show + iv pages, plus 4 engraved map plates, plus 8 lithographed view plates minor foxing. and 5 lithographed folding view plates, plus 21 folding maps and 10 profiles. Maps are rather fragile. Volume VII Volume XII – Book I Published in 1857. This is the Southern California report by Lieutenant John G. Parke on the routes from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and also Published in 1860. Book I. Report by the Governor of Washington from the Pimas villages on the Gila River to the Rio Grande. Hardcover. Territory on the Northern Route, up along the 47th-49th parallels, 9-1/2 x12 inches; 42 pages plus 8 colored lithographed plates + 2 from St. Paul to Puget Sound. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches. 358 + 41 maps and 1 profile; + 204 pages plus 10 lithographed paleontology pages, plus 70 colored landscape plates and three maps. This volume plates; plus 14 geological plates; plus 2 folding colored plans / maps; also features a foldout landscape plate, included in the 70 colored + 28 pages plus 8 lithographed plates of plants; + 116 pages plus 11 plates. This volume is missing its spine as well as illustrations #50 and lithographed weather tables; + 37 pages and an errata sheet. #70, pages 359 and 360 of the text, and one map. Volume VIII Volume XII – Book II Published in 1857. This is the first part of the Zoology Report (second Published in 1860. Book II. 76 pages plus 6 lithographed botanical part in Volume IX), which was noted in earlier volumes as “not ready plates, plus xx pages plus 2 lithographed insect plates, plus 6 yet.” This volume covers mammals and includes many lithographed lithographed mammal plates, plus 8 colored lithographic plates of plates of skulls and other skeletal parts, as well as illustrations birds, plus 11 lithographed plates of reptiles, plus 21 lithographed of various rodents. Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches; 757 pages plus plates of fishes. This volume is missing one mammal plate but is in lithographed plates XVII - XXVIII and XXX - LX, as called for in the text. good condition overall. The remaining plates, although described, were published with other volumes of the set. Volume IX Published in 1858. This is the second portion of the Zoology report, covering birds (written by Spencer F. Baird). Hardcover. 9-1/2 x 12 inches, lvi + 1005 pages. View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 85

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 General Americana / Maps, Antique Lot# 2044 Alaska Maps of the Alaska Lot# 2051 Civil Aeronautics Coupling Railroad This is a set of four maps of the Section with case This is a coupling section of Alaskan Railroad surveyed between 1898- an aviation antenna assembled by the Airways 1933 published in 1940. Scale is 250 by the Facilities Shop in Fort Worth, Texas. It comes USGS. Map 26 Matanuska Coal Field to Yanek with a presentation oak stand in a sliding Fork, 38 in. X 40 in.; Seward to Matanuska hardwood case. This was manufactured for the Coal Field, ragged left edge with paper loss; FAA, type CA-2942 work order 1832, S/N 173. map 601, scale at 250, Reconnaissance map of Described on a tag as a line section, RF that appears to be adjustable Chitina quad. Copper River Region, very good to improve frequency. This is a must for aviation or radio buffs. Very condition; map of Mount Wrangell District, scale 1 in. = 10 miles, 22 likely made to tune radios on specific aircraft or receiver equipment. in. X 24 in. has pin holes on folded edge. Est. $300-450 HWAC# 121150 Est. $100-300 HWAC# 125603 Lot# 2045 San Francisco, California Vintage Lot# 2052 1935-1942 Early Airline Fares Photo Album with Northern Pacific Trains, c and Route Schedules Lot of 7, most different. 1920s Album about 6 x 6”, of Northern Pacific Includes: TWA (February and December 1938); RR train photos, all about 1.5 x 2.5” each. American Airlines (January 1939 and March About 40 photos. One of the photos shows an 1940); and Eastern Air Lines (May 1935, advertising sign for AW Scott, hay and grain October 1940, and 1942 booklet of route maps). merchant, San Francisco. 1920s Est. $100-200 Please inspect. Ken Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126949 HWAC# 126043 Lot# 2053 c1928 Airprints (Early, 1928) All Lot# 2046 California 1948-1958 7 measuring approx. 11.5” x 12”; 1) Lieutenant- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Co. Commander Albert C. Read nears the Azores in a navy plane, 1919; there are 3 of these prints, Timetable Collection Lot of 8 different. 2) Crossing the States in the span of the same Includes: Timetable 23 (Dec. 1948), 24 (April 1950), 27 (Sept. 1951), sun. Lieutenants Macready & Kelly, 1923 (1 29 (Sept. 1952), 35 (Sept. 1955), 36 (June 1956); 37 (Sept. 1956); print); 3) Louis Bleriot passes the White cliffs and 42 (Nov. 1958). This was a regional railroad that served the of Dover in May, 1909.(There are 3 of these prints). All are in good entire North Coast of California, with a main line running 271 miles condition, colors are good. There are chips in outer borders of paper from Schellville to Eureka, along with an additional portion of the line but none encroach on print. Beautiful prints, ready to frame. Would running from the Ignacio Wye to the edge of San Rafael. It now serves look nice in any aviation buffs home or office. Fred Holabird Collection the 62 mile stretch between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Ken Prag Est. $100-300 HWAC# 108550 Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 126078 Lot# 2054 Detroit, Michigan 1913-1920 Lot# 2047 Virginia, Nevada 1875 Virginia Headlamp and Lights Group-6 Six vintage and Truckee Railroad Freight Agent automobile lights and lamps. Included is a headlight from a 1913-14 Model T Ford. It Repossession Note This memorandum is is marked “Ford, The Victor Lamp Co. Cinti-0 a complaint about Stein, a man in the wood business owing $300 to Model 2”. The lens and glass are missing. This Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Stein is noted to get consistently drunk is a just the brass case. There is also a truck light from the 1920’s, a and not pay his freight costs, thus causing his cargo to be seized. Dated Dec. 14th 1875. Measures 8-1/8 x 5-1/2 inches. Est. $50-80 HWAC# red tail light unmarked and a few others. These will be handy for any 122519 auto restoration enthusiast. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Est. $150-200 HWAC# 125978 Lot# 2048 1900’s Selection of Railroad/ Lot# 2055 Detroit, Michigan Carriage Lamps Nice lot of seven railroad 1913-16 Rare Ford Model lanterns from Adlake, Dietz, Atwood Castle, etc. “T” Brass radiator Rare Ford These lamps vary in style and duty. While there Model “T” radiator. This is for all are four with clear white lenses, there is one with a green lens and you classic car people out there another with red. All six appear like they could work with a minimum who are looking for that final of fixing, or they can just be displayed as is (With a little cleaning up). Please see photos for more detail and condition. Est. $600-900 HWAC# part to make you project build 120958 complete. A new one of these by Brassworks would run about Lot# 2049 1987 Southern Pacific Railroad $1500. This is the real deal, Steal Locomotive Compendium Book, marked Ford in that iconic font Plus Comes with Compendium Companion and Ford Motor Company on the Addition. Published by Diebert & Strapac in reverse side. A real find. Please 1987. Catalogs all the known steam locomotives see photos for more detail and operated by Southern Pacific Railroad. 8.5 x condition. Est. $500-700 HWAC# 11” 426 pages. Dust Jacket, laminated. Very 126543 Good Condition. Est. $400-600 HWAC# 122288 Lot# 2056 1920’s-40’s Brass Car Horn Lot# 2050 Los Angeles, California 1929 Collection Collection of seven brass Transcon. Air Transport (TAT )inaugural automobile horns from the 1920’s to the run July 8, 1929 10 3/4 X 9 framed photo. 1940’s. Usual wear and tear, but with a little Written on back “ TAT inaugural, July 8, 1929. polish and elbow grease, they could be as good July 8, 1929. Col. Lindbergh presses button as new for display or use. Please see photos for in Los Angeles to start Westbound train in more detail and condition. Est. $250-400 HWAC# 120959 New York. Men on sides of Col. Lindbergh are Mayors of Los Angeles (John C. Porter, right). and San Francisco. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 125520 86 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Artifacts Lot# 2057 1900’s Pair of Brass Antique Lot# 2063 Miners Scale, possibly by Laterns Antique Solar Model 624 Lantern Trommner Unmarked miners scale in Lamp. Neat piece! Lens is clear , reverse has green rectangular box, about 2.5 x 6”. On a red reflector. The sign is marked “Pat’d Oct. the bottom: “Property of E.C. Strert Jr, 16-1906”. Lamp is in very good condition Manhattan Bldg, Phila. “ The Philadelphia with some dents in spots. There is also a C.M. tie may mean it was made by Trommner, Hall Model 115 lantern. Both measure about the largest scale manufacturer in Philly at 13”x 6” and have the usual nicks, dents and that time. The American Eagle is debossed scratches. The Hall lantern has a large dent in in silver on the cover. A few weights its fuel tank. Both need a little cleanup to make a nice display. Please present, possibly pre-gold rush. Est. $300- see photos more detail and condition. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 125993 500 HWAC# 126955 Lot# 2058 Ancient Cypriot Mine Timbers with Copper A group of Lot# 2064 Pair of Gold Rush Era Pocket 10 or so ancient timbers, probably Scales A) Black rectangular box with eagle at least 2000 years old from a mine on top, with balance and 2 weights. Probably in Cyprus. A retired Reno Geologist American, about 2.5 x 6”; B) 3 x 6” wood box, 5 found these in the 1970s while weights, probably British, c 1830s. Est. $300- working underground in Cyprus 500 HWAC# 126959 for Cyprus Mines. The company hit a number of very old stopes, and some of these ancient timbers Lot# 2065 Pair of Pocket Miners Scales, were found. In this lot are timber joints that are clear predecessors Gold Rush Era One orange and one green of the Diedesheimer square set style, with hand carved notches painted (as original) pocket scales. Orange box for interlocking . Also present here are two wedges. Several of the is about 7.5” long, 4” wide. the green box is a bit timbers are modern cut, exposing native copper that has precipitated smaller and in better condition. Not all weights out into the organics. Also part of the group is a small piece of hand present, and some are mismatched. Nice gold hewn rope from the same period, preserved in a plastic bag. Includes rush pair. Est. $400-600 HWAC# 126954 outstanding example of a headstall and support timbers, along with the cut sections showing copper. Cyprus is unquestionably the most Lot# 2066 Scale Weights important historical source of copper in the world. The original Greek with Assay-Ton Denominated name for the island was Kupros, which roughly translated to cuprous, Weights Small weight set in or copper- hernce the name Copper Island. Copper was found there on assay-tons in wood box about the surface in the Bronze age. It was mined nearly continuously for 1.5 x 1.5 x 3”. 7 weights and 4000 years until the fall of the Roman Empire. It was the key source of tweezers. To avoid calculations copper for the world at that time. Large scale mining came into play in involving Avoidupois to Metric the nineteenth century. Cyprus Mines Co. was formed in the early 20th to Troy, these wieghts were in century, and operated through the 1970s. These rare and choice relics AT or Assay-Ton units of 29.167 are the perfect addition to any mining history museum in the world. grams. This weight of ore would Est. $1000-3000 HWAC# 126920 yield 1 Troy ounce of Gold or Silver for every milligram of assay bead weight after a fire Lot# 2059 Chico, California 1900’s Four assay. Very rare. Est. $200-400 Wooden Crate Boxes, Two Mining Related HWAC# 126957 Four wood crates with brand names stenciled on them. Included are a “Granite Candles” 7”x 10” x 13”, a Hercules Powder 17”x 8”x 11”, Lake County Pears 8”x 14”x 22” and Domino Lot# 2067 Two 20th Century Matches 17”x 10”x 14”. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Scales in Wood Boxes Two Est. $100-150 HWAC# 125988 scales in boxes about 6 x 9.5”, probably by the same Lot# 2060 Virginia City, Nevada Dynamite manufacturer. One was made and Blasting Powder box sides and ends in India. The scale measures Atlas, Hercules, and more. All dovetail. About grams. Excellent condition. Est. 50 pieces! Est. $100-200 HWAC# 125269 $200-300 HWAC# 126956 Lot# 2061 1900’s Antique Square Scoop Shovel This is an old antique square scoop Lot# 2068 Two Sets Miners shovel. Shovel measures 37” in length, with a Pocket Scales Two very fine 9”x 11” square blade. This is an old shovel with miners scales in the usual a small crack on upper corner of blade and the wood is pretty worn. It 1850s style tin boxes. A) green, would make a great yard art piece. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 125983 unmarked, gold paint floral pattern surrounds, , orange Lot# 2062 1800’s Miner’s Package includes interior, no weights, hinge Candlesticks Collection includes a carbide broken, about 2.5 x 4.5”; B) lamp, an oil wick lamp, three miner candlesticks large brown box, about 3.5 x 7”, and four crucibles. Candlesticks and crucibles “Miner’s Improved Gold Scale”, in workable condition, two lamps, maybe not. “Made Expressly for California”. This would be a nice addition to your mining Paint weak, but present. no maker, 3 cup weights and others. Chinese collection.Please see photos for more detail coin in the bottom. (Was this used by a California Chinese miner?) Est. and condition. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 126546 $500-1000 HWAC# 126958 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 87

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Artifacts Lot# 2069 1800’s Two Man Smelter Tongs Lot# 2076 Juneau, Alaska These appear to be two-man operated c1910-1920 Alaska- smelter tongs. They were used to handle large Gastineau Mining Co. crucibles for pouring into molds. They are Ephemera This is a collection hand hammered and still in working order. of items related to the Alaska- Please see photos for more detail and condition. Est. $150-250 HWAC# Gastineau Mining Co., which 126545 operated a gold mining and milling operation on the Lot# 2070 Nevada 1900’s Old Prospector outskirts of Juneau, Alaska, Canteens-14 A collection of old time from 1911 to 1934. The prospector type canteens. These are in used collection includes several condition, some have their screw-on tops stacks of Receiving Reports some not. Not known if there are any leaks, but dated between 1919 and 1920, eight wood-framed signs from different they’re more for display, not use. Some have shoulder straps in place, levels in the underground gold mine, two metal hoist signs, a square others broken or missing. A very unique lot. Est. $100-300 HWAC# wooden level sign, and five, hand-carved, wooden hoist level markers. 120956 Small-scale gold mining began east of Juneau in Alaska’s Silver Bow Basin with the acquisition of the Perseverance claims by Joseph Gilbert Lot# 2071 Vintage Odd Canteens Eight early around 1900. With the help of Col. W. J. Sutherland, they began mill vintage galvanized canteens, c1900-1930. operations in 1907. In a 1910 reorganization, the Alaska-Gastineau None are standard round “prospector” or Mining Company was created, and the new company incorporated hiking style. Only a couple with lids, includes in New York by 1911. The next year, the Alaska Gold Mines Company Boyco and Bearbrand. Perfect for any mining was organized as a holding company to finance expanded mining display. Generally 1 to 2 gallon. From the Powell Collection, Virginia and milling which began in July of 1912. October 31, 1913, saw the City. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 122255 groundbreaking for a large, new mill that began operations in February Lot# 2072 Historical Oil (Style) Can of 1915, even while it was still under construction. Construction of the mill was supervised by Daniel C. Jackling, the original company’s Collection Seven (7) square five gallon oil managing director who had previously developed the large-scale cans. Pearl Oil kerosene; Standard Oil Zeroline open-pit copper mining at Bingham Canyon, Utah. By November, the for Motor Cars; Oronite Shingle Oil; Oronite Fly Alaska-Gastineau mill was in full operation and processing 6,000 tons Spray; Chefs Pride; two with no label. From the of ore per day and was regarded as one of the modern and efficient historical Powell Collection in Virginia City. c facility of its kind. Six thousand horsepower of electricity for the mine 1900-1930. All about 9.5” square, 15” tall with original rust. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 122257 and mill were supplied by the construction of a concrete arch dam, built in 1914 across Salmon Creek, as the world’s first constant-angle Lot# 2073 Vintage Oil Cans arch, variable-radius dam. The Company operated before World War I as the largest gold-mining operation in the world. The mine and Group of 6 galvanized oil cans mill employed around 900 people, but the Great War sapped the of different manufacture and mining operations of manpower, and post-war inflation, coupled with size. Some of these have small gold prices fixed at just over $20, made the mine unprofitable. The pour spouts. Mostly one gallon entire operation closed in 1921, and the facilities were scrapped and size, but one is a two gallon. salvaged. Today a private company offers tours of the mill site and a c1900-1930. From the Powell Collection, Virginia City. Est. portion of an underground tunnel, teaching the history of this once- $100-200 HWAC# 122256 great gold mining operation. Geff Pollock Collection Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 103122 Lot# 2077 Nome, Alaska Nome Alaska Maps with Property and Mine Claims (2) These are Lot# 2074 Alaska Puget Sound & Alaska two duplicate maps of Nome, Alaska that detail Powder Co. Adv. Calendar, Dec. 1915 both property and mining claims highlighting the Bison-Breen Mines and Manila Lodes, blue Very rare advertising calendar from Puget lines, c. 1915-1930’s. Condition is good. Est. Sound & Alaska Powder Co., Dec. 1915. $70-140 HWAC# 120601 The company manufactured Low Freezing Vulcan Stumping Powder and Dynamites. Lot# 2078 Quartzsite, Arizona 1916 The New The company was the only independent La Paz Gold Mining Company Prospectus, powder company in the northwest. Offices Colorado River Indian Reservation, in Everett, Washington and Seattle. Dealers Quartzsite, Arizona 24 pp. Double-page map in Caps and Fuze. Some paper loss on top center & a few facsimiles of documents. 9x3¾”, edge and top left and right corner. Very cool. wrapper with raised gilt lettering. Pristine! Est. $150-300 HWAC# 110290 The mining property was in southwestern Arizona between Quartzite and Ehemberg. Lot# 2075 Alaska Fair Haven Mining District The company owned 746 acres purchased after the government in March of 1910 corrected the boundaries of the Colorado River Indian and Coal Mountain Maps (2) These two Reservation that had previously prevented any prospecting or mining maps depict the mining area of Fair Haven in operations. No copies of the prospectus are listed in OCLC/WorldCat, Kozebue Sound, Alaska; and the second map is though there are two bluelines and one manuscript map of the mining of Coal Mountain to Skagit River. Drawn by R. B company lands listed, all at U. C. Berkeley. Laid in loose is a blank Symington ME 1901. Published Kroll Map co. of Seattle. Est. $300-450 HWAC# 120609 subscription form for stock in the company (tear upper right). Press of Baumgardt Publishing Co., Los Angeles. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126762 88 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2079 Tombstone, Arizona 1880, 1883 Lot# 2084 Alleghany District, California 1932 Two Tombstone, Arizona Checks including Gold Quartz Veins Alleghany District, USGS rare Hudson & Company 1) Hudson & Survey Gold Quartz Veins of teh Alleghany Company. #197 for $3.00 to A. Wright. Signed District, California, 1932 U.S. G.S. PP 172 By H. by Witherell, superintendent. 1883. 2) Pima G. Ferguson & R. W. Gannett. 9 x 11.5” softbound booklet, 58 plates, County Bank. #1290 for $50.00. To Ti Loy 5 in pocket, 46 figures, 139 pages. Fine condition, binding has been & Company (Chinese). Signed by PW Smith. reinforced. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 122275 1880. Both have an RNG (Revenue Imprinted Stamp). Both stamped ‘PAID.’ Both in fine condition! Est. $100-200 Lot# 2085 American Bar, California 1857 Gold Rush HWAC# 123744 Contract between Aurora Gold & Silver Mining Co. and Bay State Quartz Mill, c1857 Mines located Lot# 2080 Tucson, Arizona 1878 L.M. Jacobs at American Bar, Middle Fork of the American River, & Co. Check Signed By W.T. Rickard and Placer County, CA around Oct. 20th 1857. Breakout W.F. Witherell, Tucson, AZ 21- Nov 1878 of charges for refining ore at 10 tons per day at $13 Check with black print on creme paper with per ton. 9 pages on folded blue lined paper. The a vignette of an Indian at left. Endorsed by Aurora Gold & Silver Mining Co. approves use of signature on reverse and cancelled with handwritten cancellation and J.A. Bartoler’s (? ) mill amalgamating patent for use blue stamp on the face. This check, payable to Rickard and signed by by the Bay State Quartz Mill Company of American financial investor W. F. (Frank) Witherell. There is a hole in the upper River. Also that they provide J. Chambers or agent with enough quartz left corner and light staining. Otherwise Fine. W. Frank Witherell, from their ledges to process 10 tons per day. The Aurora Gold & Silver was a businessman and entrepreneur. After the Civil War he became Co. was located on the west side or the Sierras. The mill was located a wholesaler of hides and leather in association with his uncle. In at American Bar on the American River and was considered one of 1880 W.T. Rickard was an assayer in Tombstone. Rickard was a well the advanced and efficient at the time. It was the first introduced new known southwestern U.S. mining man. Rickard wrote a lecture on the methods of amalgamating and saving gold. Previously used processes reduction of ores of the Comstock in 1866, and was an important figure were crude. The innovations made at the Bay State Mill was the in the California Gold Rush, the Comstock and the Tombstone Rush adoption of the “Chambers’ Process,” introduced by Judge Chambers, before returning to London in 1881. This is the same Col. Witherell late of the banking house of Page, Bacon & Co. In this the quartz after shown on Arivaca assay receipts. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 123732 being crushed under the stamps was ground still finer by mill-stones, then through amalgamating pans, with chemicals and quicksilver. The Lot# 2081 Tucson, Arizona 1882 First National chemicals used were a secret to the inventor, and a large royalty was Bank of Tucson, Arizona bank check First demanded for the use of the process, as it was patented. Much more National Bank of Tucson bank check #1598 dated information! Est. $400-1000 HWAC# 123751 Dec. 5th 1882 for $11.88 payable to Michailitschki Bros. Black on yellow. A very graphic vignette Lot# 2086 Angels Camp, California 1891-1902 of three miners examining ore. Signed by B. M. Five Rather Unique Assay Receipts from Angels Jacobs, Cashier; P. K. Tully was President and the Camp, California 1) Gold Cliff Mill printed receipt. bank had a branch in Tombstone. Also printed 1902. For putting a new bolt in the coupling of the on the check is “to Pacific Bank, San Francisco, line shaft. 23 hours and 40 minutes. The Gold Cliff Cal., which is listed as one of of its correspondent Mine is located within the city of Angels Camp in banks. [City Directory, Tucson 1881] Orange printed 2 cents Internal southwestern Calaveras County, California. The Revenue stamp (Scott# RN-G1 ). A rare format. Very Fine. Lionel and gold mines in and around Angels Camp are part of Barron M. Jacobs arrived in Tucson in 1867 to open a general store. In the Angels Camp mining district, which produced 1879, they established the Pima County Bank in Tucson with Barron at least $30 million in gold. The Gold Cliff Mine is Jacobs as cashier. Pima County Bank became the First National Bank credited with a production of $2,834,000 (Clark, 1970). The Gold Cliff of Tucson in 1882. Sold by Jacobs brothers1890. One page history Mine was discovered in 1850 and went on to become one of the better included. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123714 known gold mines in the county. The mine was ultimately taken over by the Utica Gold Mining Company in 1884 and operated until 1920 Lot# 2082 Arizona 1865 Arizona: It’s Resorces in conjunction with the company’s larger property, the neighboring and Prospects 1865 1968 reprint of 1865 Arizona Utica Mine.[mrdata.usgs] 2-5) Handwritten assays. J. Harris $17.6431 letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune by Ho. in value. Leeper and Osborn $18.08. James M. Malliman $18.70 and Richard C. McCormick. He outlines the advantage Madison $18.12. F. W. Lane $18.58. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123757 of the counties and a note on mining. Has fold out map of Arizona and surrounding states.. Fred Lot# 2087 Angels Camp, says a great forward n “Slippery Dick” Richard California 1886, 1891 Cunningham McCormack. Considered rare, in Two Letters that are plastic and near new condition. Approx. 38 pages. Assay Related, Angels Est. $70-100 HWAC# 125495 Camp, California 1) 1886, Letter from H. Lot# 2083 Arizona Three Arizona Books Whirlow to Joe. “I would including Arizona as it is or The Coming like to send the gold to Country 1) Arizona as It Is by Hodge. 1877. you. have you take it to Beside Mining, Hodge touches a lot of subjects: the mint and send back first settlers, farming, ranching, wood, by W. F. & Co.” “Have railroads, etc. But there are two sections on mining. 2) Handbook to opened an assay office in Arizona by Hinton. Number 714. 1878. Rare. Its resources, history, Angels and am buying gold to mint will not take.” 2) 1891 Assay return towns, mines, ruins and scenery. Almost 500 pages of information from Thomas Lwitke(?). To Charles Cosgrove of the Utica Mining and 50 pages of advertisements. 3) White Hills Malach. Est. $200-400 Company. Gold and silver assay at $240.03 a ton (133 pound s sent). HWAC# 126856 Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126758 If you need Christmas delivery please contact us for special arrangements. 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DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2088 Bodie, California 1878 Bodie and Esmeralda By Jos. Lot# 2094 Cerro Gordo, California Cerro Wasson Original 1878 copy.”An account of the revival of affairs in Gordo Prospectus, c1908 Cerro Gordo two singularly Prospectus, c1908, “The Old Cerro Gordo”, i n t e r e s ti ng “issued by the Four Metals Mining Co.” 3 x and important 9”, 24pp, profusely illustrated, cross section mining districts, of workings at center. This is a choice including prospectus for this important lead/silver/ something of gold camp in the Inyo range above Keeler their pasts.” near Lone Pine. The mine was a key source of silver in the 1860s-70s With 2 folding to the southern California market. Est. $300-800 HWAC# 127092 maps. Rare pamphlet about Lot# 2095 Chico, California 1874 Bank of the early history of these two California mining districts at the height Butte County with Autograph by John of their boom. Profitable deposits of gold-bearing ore were discovered Bidwell Written to Charles Wells for $400.00. in Bodie in 1876, and the population soared. This once small town Number 84. 2c U. S. Revenue imprint! John bustled with activity, boasting over 60 saloons spread along a one mile Bidwell was a leader of the Bidwell-Bartleson strip. Details on more than twenty mines, as well as tunnels, railroad Party. They are credited with being the first wagon train to complete routes, and other information useful for the prospective investor or the trip from Missouri to California in 1841. He became a fixture in the settler. 60pp. Est. $600-1000 HWAC# 81412 Chico financial world. Est. $50-150 HWAC# 123709 Lot# 2096 Columbia, Lot# 2089 Birchville, California c1868-1870 California 1853 Thomas Houseworth Stereoview - Hydraulic James Mills & Mining #1403– Hydraulic Mining Behind the Company Third of Pipes, in the Kennebeck Claim, Birchville, Exchange - brother Nevada County Birchville is a historic mining of and partner with and agricultural community in Nevada County, D. O. Mills James California. Birchville is located about 10 miles northwest of Nevada Mills and brother City and about 2 miles northeast of French Corral. Originally called Edgar arrived in Johnson’s Diggings, Birchville was established in 1851 by prospector California first. Darius David Johnson. That same year, the Miners’ and Mechanics’ Steam Ogden Mills followed. In 1850 the company was listed as Auction and Sawmill was built, encouraging miners to locate in the area and a Commission Agents. However, they would soon be in the banking town to develop. Early mining relied on water from nearby creeks. In business. In 1852 James bought the building that would soon be 1857, the Middle Yuba Canal reached Birchville, though its utility was owned solely be D. O. Mills in Columbia. In 1853 James and D. O. delayed because the miners went on strike until the water rates were were partners in Sacramento in the D. O. Mills & Co. bank. [Daily Alta lowered to 30 cents per miners inch of water. Birchville soon became a California, CDNC and Cross]Number 3182 for 500 shares in the James center for hydraulic mining on the San Juan Ridge. In 1865, one paper Mill & Company. Issued to J. R.Miller. Printer Baldwin, Adams of New commented: “We understand that more money is being taken out at York. Ship vignette. EXTRA RARE and POSSIBLY UNIQUE! Est. $1000- Birchville than at all other points on the Ridge.” [wikipedia] Est. $400- 2000 HWAC# 126749 600 HWAC# 123698 Lot# 2097 Columbia, California 1873-1877 Lot# 2090 Calaveras County, California “Mines Three Different Wells Fargo Checks, and Mineral Resources of Calaveras County, Columbia, California 1) 1873. # 630. To California” By Clark and Lydon. Not hard Man Lee & Company. Signed by H Sevening. bound, but in mint condition. 217 pages with $100.00. 2) 1874. To Charles Bartmann. Signed illustrations and photographs throughout. Last by Sevening. $33.00. 3) 1877. To Hedges & Buck. Signed by Sevening. 89 pages lists all of the mines in the count by $50.00. Sevening was the Wells Fargo agent from 1872-1884. Est. type of ore. With remarks and exact location. $60-120 HWAC# 123711 Great resource! Est. $60-100 HWAC# 123684 Lot# 2098 Columbia, California c1870 Two Lot# 2091 Calaveras County, California Houseworth Stereoviews of Hydraulic Calaveras County Books (3) 1) Murphy’s, Mining In Columbia, Tuolumne, California Queen of the Sierra by Wood. Signed by Wood. Views show mining at the very rich Columbia 88 pages, Photos. One foldout map. Cover is rough, inside is excellent. area - now a state park near Sonoma on the 2) Brief History of Angels Camp by Leonard. 40 pages. Photos. 3) Untold Tales of Murphys by Kaler. 36 pages. Photos. Est. $100-150 south end of the Mother Lode. Notice the lifting HWAC# 126849 wheel in each view. It was used to elevate the water for the flume to feed the hydraulic Lot# 2092 Calico, California Calico Book with monitors.1) # 993. Placer Mining - Columbia, Tuolumne County - Front view of the lifting Photos - Rare A rare Calico City, California wheel. 2) # 994. Placer mining in Columbia Gulch, Tuolumne CO. Est. commemorative book telling the history and notable features of the now famous ghost town. Published in 1941 $500-800 HWAC# 123693 by Barstow Printer, this staple-bound book has fifty-eight pages with photos and originally cost 35 cents plus tax. It measures 4-1/4 x 6-3/8 inches. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 122513 Also see our postal history Lot# 2093 Cerro Gordo, California 1963 “Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District, selections on day 3 for more Inyo County, California” By C. W. Merriam. great Gold Rush related material! Geological Survey Professional Paper # 408. 83 pages. Includes map in back cover pocket. Graphs throughout. A few photographs. Excellent condition! Est. $60- 100 HWAC# 123682 90 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2099 Death Valley, California Collection Lot# 2103 Forest Hill, California c1859 of Eight Death Valley area Books and Handwritten Incorporation Paper and two Booklets 1) Death Valley in 49 by Manly. Wells Fargo Express documents, 1850’s 1) A Autobiography of a pioneer. 2) Tungsten draft of the Forest Hill Slope Company’s stock Deposits in the Tungsten Hills, Inyo County options: for tunnel mining, $28,000, 10 years, by Lemmon. U. S. Department of the Interior. 56 shares, seven trustees named. Unique and Geological Survey Bulletin 922-Q. 1941. One Original 2) Wells Fargo Receipt for a $2499 fold out an one back cover pocket map. 3) Geology of Panamint Butte gold bar sent for Forest Hill to J. H. Coghill in Quadrangle, Inyo County. Geological Survey Bulletin 1299. 1971. San Francisco. 1858. 3) Bag of dust valued at $3500 from Forest Hill to Photos and map in back pocket. 4) Alluvial Fans in the Death Valley Fritz and Ralston (William) in San Francisco. 1860. Both would have Region in California and Nevada. Geological Survey Professional been shipped by stage coach. Est. $600-800 HWAC# 123736 paper 466. 1965. 5) Geology of the Independence Quadrangle, Inyo County. Geological Survey Bulletin 1181-O. 19711965. 6) Mines of Lot# 2104 Georgetown, Eldorado County, California Death Valley by Belden. 7) Mineral Resources of the Southern Inyo 1880 California Water and Mining Company 1880 Wilderness study Area. 1705 By Conrad, et al. Has map. 8) Mines and Prospectus - RARE A 42-page promotional pamphlet Mineral Deposits in Death Valley National Monument. 1976 Special on a company that had the right to over 700 square Report 125. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 126861 miles of water rights on the Georgetown Divide in Eldorado County. The area encompassed elevations Lot# 2100 Dutch Flat, California Gold Rush between elevations 2500 and 7500 feet between Miner’s Memorabilia - Lot of 2 This lot the middle and south forks of the American River. includes a 22 page leather-bound Hayward The area overlaps portions of the Placerville and Bank book used as a personal notebook by miner John Nicholls in Forest Hill divides. An attached fold out map (18 ¾ Dutch Flat, California. Nicholls worked at the North Belle Isle mine X 13 3/4 inches) details 21 reservoirs, 41 named ditches running in Tuscarora as well as mines in Spring Valley, California. He may over 257 miles. Each of the 41 ditches are named and described in have also sold and delivered goods to the mines there as well as to size and length with the Main Ditch running 34 miles. The capacity San Francisco. This book measures to be 4-1/8 x 6-1/2 inches. Also of the company’s reservoirs is calculated at over 10,000,000,000 included in this lot is a 3-1/4 x 4 inch photo is mounted on a 3-1/2 x gallons. Sales of water to towns and mines yielded over $30,000 per 5 inch cutting from a poetry book that has text reading “Grandfather month. Additional non-mining revenue came from lumber sales of and Grandmother Robeat Thompson North Reading, Mass. 1849 Just some $8,000 per month. The Company also owns 16 placer mining before he started for California in the Gold Rush.” along the bottom properties, one quartz mine and one copper mine. Some of the placer edge. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 122328 mines cover very large gravel deposits; the Mount Hope property is some 160 acres. Additional revenue from privately and publicly Lot# 2101 Dutch Flat, California c1865-1870 Important Collection owned mining properties is obtained. Besides the Georgetown mining Dutch Flat, California Hydraulic Mining Stereoviews If you have area, the area includes Michigan Bar, Mormon Island and Volcanoville. ever driven from Reno to San Francisco, you passed right by this A two-page lithograph photo by Julius Bien of hydraulic mining on the place. 1) American Scenery Stereoview #749 Hydraulic Gold Mining Georgetown Divide in front. Five sections give professional analysis at Dutch Flat, of the company’s properties and prospects. A seven-page report by C alif or nia. Professor Rossiter W. Raymond is at the end. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# The Dutch 123752 Flat district is located in Lot# 2105 Georgetown, Eldorado County, north-central California c1870, 1890’s Two Photographs of Placer County. Georgia Slide Mine, Georgetown, Eldorado, Placer mining California The first is a 4½ x 7¾“ by L. Reinhard began here showing a group of eight miners at the mine in 1849. 2) location, c1870’s.” L. Reinhard, Georgia Slide” Outlet to is stamped on the reverse. The second is 4½ H y d r auli c x 7¼“ by George D. Stewart a photographer M ine. located in Sacramento during the 1890’s. It Probably taken on contract for the mining company .3) Hydraulic shows a number of women and children by a Mining – Pine Top Claims. 4) Undercurrents- Outlet to Hydraulic Mine. flume used by the mine. Stewart’s company stamp is on the reverse. The photos are remarkable because they include drains. Drains were The seam deposits at Georgia Slide were mined on a large scale by cut at the bottom of the 100’ faces of gravel. Also notice the long toms hydraulic mining from 1853 to about 1895 yielding some $6 million. present all over the place in the drain cuts. (The long tom is a small The mine, located in the Georgetown district, is in northwestern sluice that uses less water than a regular sluice. It consists of a sloping El Dorado County at the north end of the northeast segment of the trough 12 feet long, 15 to 20 inches wide at the upper end, flaring to 24 Mother Lode belt. It extends from just north of Garden Valley north to 30 inches at the lower end.) Est. $1500-2000 HWAC# 123691 through Georgetown and the Georgia Slide area to the Middle Fork of the American River and is both a lode- and placer-mining district. Lot# 2102 Forbestown, California 1912 Georgia Slide was also the name of a mining town lost to history Monthly Time Record – Forbestown and is located close to Georgetown. Mining began here in 1849 by Consolidated Gold Mines (Queen Lease) a party of placer miners from Oregon. The site was first known as from August 10th 1912 to August20th 1913 Growlersburg but was soon changed to Georgetown. It is reported Payroll log of Miner’s name, time pay rates to have been named for either George Ehrenhaft, who laid out the and monthly pay. Interestingly the pay rates town, or George Phipps, a sailor-prospector. The placers were highly varied from $2.50 to $4.00 per day which was less than the Comstock productive during the 1850s. The seam deposit at Georgia Slide was bonanza days in the 1860’s and 1870’s. Only a few pages wee used. The 1000 feet long and 500 feet wide. Usually the milling ore yielded Forbestown district is in southeastern Butte County about 15 miles from 1/7 to 1/5 ounce to the ton, but many high-grade pockets due east of Oroville. It includes the Feather Falls area. The Forbestown were encountered. In addition, there are several wide quartz veins Consolidated was an Au-Ag-Cu mine located about 1 miles north of containing finely disseminated free gold and pyrite. These veins Forbestown. “Operations were started in 1912 with repairing the shaft contained ore shoots with stoping lengths of up to 500 feet. The to a depth of 1,600 feet along the Gold Bank and Golden Queen claims. Tertiary gravel patches yielded gold. More information included. A new 20-stamp mill and cyanide plant were installed.” [The Minerals Est. $300-600 HWAC# 123753 Yearbook , 1912]. Very fine. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123750 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 91

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2106 Gold Run, California 345. Lot# 2110 Jackson, California J. J. Reilly Stereoview – Views of American 1891 Kennedy Mining & Scenery Series - Hydraulic Mining at Gold Milling, Jackson, California, Run C. P. R. R. This is quite possibly the same 1891 plus two Grass Valley gravel cliff seen near the Gold Run exit on I-80. RPC postcards 1) Letterhead Est. $400-600 HWAC# 123696 to F. Reichling, treasurer of Kennedy. Bar #3 for $6,037 on Lot# 2107 Grass Valley, California 1857 the way via Wells Fargo. Signed “Live Woman in the Mines” by “Old Block” by J. Parks superintendent. 2) or Alonzo Delano, Extra Rare The plot of 1912 North Star Mine, Grass this Minor Drama was based on a man and Valley. Iowa Hill postmark. 3) woman who came West, fought hard times Empire Hoist and machine Shop, and eventually success. The characters were Grass Valley. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126728 all based on people the author had known in his times in the Gold Rush in California. The author was Alonzo Delano or “Old Block.” He Lot# 2111 Jackson, California was an American humorist, pioneer town father of Grass Valley and a c1890 Unique Kennedy Mine California Gold Rush Forty-Niner. Delano was bitten by the gold bug in map down to the 1850 foot 1849, purchased a claim on Massachusetts Hill located near Gold Hill level – Shows ore stopes in Nevada County, California. After becoming an agent for Wells, Fargo mined before 1890’s Hand & Company in Sacramento in 1854, Delano was moved by the company drawn longitudinal section to the Grass Valley branch later that same year. He became the town’s map - very rare. Shows the ore hero when he kept the Wells Fargo Bank doors open during a bank bodies of the famous Kennedy run after a terrible drought had curtailed the area’s mining operations. Mine. Discovered in 1856 They rewarded him by electing him as the town’s first city treasurer. and producing up until 1942 He again came to the town’s rescue in 1855 after a fire had ravaged reaching a vertical depth of the town. By the mid 1860’s he started a his own bank in Grass Valley handling much of the local’s gold dust. Loose cover. Rips and tears. Est. 5192 feet, the richest gold mine $300-600 HWAC# 126754 in California produced $34,280,000. Under new management in 1885, the Kennedy Mining & Milling Co. operated through 1900 producing Lot# 2108 Grass Valley, California 1940 36,000 tons of ore per year with the sulphurets running $150 a ton, “The Gold Quartz Veins of Grass Valley, the richest on the lode. In 1898 the North Shaft had reached an incline California” By W. J. Johnstone Jr. 1940. For an depth of 2400 feet encountering a large body of ore. From 1860 up eighty year-old paper book, it is in very nice until this time the mine had produced $8M in gold and paid $3M in condition. A few minor back cover issues, but dividends. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 123663 the binding is very strong and tight! A popular and valuable resource for mining and historical enthusiasts. Ten fold Lot# 2112 La Porte, California 1882, 1884 out maps and five maps in back cover pocket. Without removing and Bank of La Porte Pair 1) 1882, Dixon Brabbon opening each one, they seem to by in fantastic condition!!! Photos and graphs throughout. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123679 cashier. To Sam Lewis & Co. for $50. 2) 1884. Signed by Snailesw for Brabbon. $36.43 to W. T. Lot# 2109 Inyo County, California Panamint Ellis. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 123718 and Bishop Area Mines Photo Archive, 1930s Fascinating archive consisting of well over 100 photos and personal documents from three mines, all Lot# 2113 Mariposa, California Mariposa apparently partially owned by the Flint family of Burbank, along with Book Collection - Lot of Four California other local Los Angeles area investors. The mines: The Lotus Mine in Journal of Mines and Geology. Volume 53, the Panamints, aka Monte Christo or Keystone. Located by Panamint 1 and 2. 1957. Includes an article on Mines legend Carl mengel. In 1935 he sold it to the Monte Christo MC, who and Mineral Deposits of Mariposa County by later that year or early 1936 sold it to the Lotus MC. Located in Goler Bowen and Gray. Sorted by mineral type. Four Canyon of the Panamint Range, west of Panamint, in the old “Manson” plates and 62 photos. 2) Coulterville Chronicle territory. This was not a mine we looked at in the 70s-80s when we by Phillips. 275 pages. Abut 64 photos. 3) Gold of old Hornitos by worked on mines in Jail, Happy and Surprise canyons (FH). The Lotus Salazar as told to William B. Seacrest. Signed by Seacrest. 1964.32 group built a cabin, cook house, mill and started mining. Results pages. 4) Hornitos, California, the Wickedest Spot in the Mother Load. unknown. The archive here has 33 black and white photos of various By Crosley. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126863 sizes showing the operation. They interestingly ran mine track from the mine to the mill, which looks like it was at least a mile away, right down the throat of the canyon. The second group is for the Bishop Creek Mines Co. from the same period. There are 7 photos, listing it as the “Cardinal Mine”. The Cardinal is near Aspendell on the east slope of the Sierra, about 10 miles west of Bishop, now a resort site.It was originally located in 1886 as the Tip Top Mine. In 1905 it became the Don’t miss all the great deals in our Bishop Creek Gold Co. and later the Wilshire Bishop Creek MC (named after Wilshire, of “Wilshire Bvd” in LA). We’ve had stock certificates dealer/bargains on days 4 & 5! from both of these companies. The third mine the group was involved Images & descriptions of each lot with was near Basalt, Nevada, near Montgomery Pass. There are just 2 photos from here. The lot also comes with a group of the Flint’s checks available online at FHWAC.com and other papers. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 123501 92 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2114 Mariposa Lot# 2118 Mono County, California Books Estate, California 1863 on Alpine and Mono Counties 1) The Story The Mariposa Company, of Early Mono County by Ella Cain. 166 pages. 34 Wall Street, New Photos. Excellent condition. 2) California Journal of Mines and Geology. York. James Hoy, April 1940. Articles on Mono County include General Geology and ores President, 1863 New of Blind Spring Hill Mining District and Short Report on the Geological York, Wm. C. Bryant & Formations Encountered in Driving the Mono County Craters. 230 Co., printers, 1863. 81 pages, photos, illustrations. 3) Mines and Mineral resources of Alpine pp. 23x14.5 cm. (9x5¾”), County. California Division of Mines and Geology. 48 pages, photos, plain paper wrappers. Elaborate prospectus for the mining diagrams and map at back cover. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126851 property known as the Mariposa Estate. Details of the mines, mills and leases. After playing his part in the Bear Flag Revolt in Lot# 2119 Mother Lode, California 1893 1846, John C. Fremont, soldier, explorer, and (later) presidential Six Heart of Mother Lode Books including candidate, decided to settle down in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nevada County Mining Review, 1893 1) In 1846, John C. Fremont gave $3,280 to Thomas 0. Larkin, the Nevada County Mining Review. Published by the Daily Morning Union, Grass Valley. It is a U.S. consul to the Territory of California, to buy the Santa Cruz Ranch compendium of Mines and the people who in the San Jose area. Instead, Larkin purchased a desolate old land work them. Great resource!!! Cover shows grant in the middle of Indian country for Fremont called the “Las wear, but inside pages very nice. 2) Mines and Mariposas Grant”. Before Fremont could rectify this mistake, word Mineral Resources of Nevada County. By Boyle. 1918. reprint. Mines came from Coloma that gold had been discovered along the American listed alphabetically by district. Great Resource! 3) Volcano, California. River. Fremont immediately sent a group of Mexican miners, under 30 pages. 4) Auburn, California, 111th Anniversary. 1959. Loaded with the direction of Alex Godey, to the Grant area to determine if gold photos. 5) California Journal of Mines and Geology. Article on Minerals was also to be found. They soon traced a large vein, a mile long, and Statistics. 6) Columbia Hill by Meals. An Interpretive History. which they called the “Mother Lode”. Las Mariposas made Fremont 1998. Signed by Author. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 126862 rich, but he was not a shrewd businessman. Until he sold it in Lot# 2120 Napa County, California Two 1864, its legal entanglements and escalating costs took its toll Photographs of Napa County Mercury Mines on profits and his energy. In January 1863, Fremont, then a Major- Lot of 2 different. 1) Lucky Strike Mining General in the Union Army, sold Rancho Las Mariposas with its mines Company, La Joya Mine, Napa Co., Cal. (labelled and infrastructure to Morris Ketchum, a New York City banker. By bottom right). View shows outside of the 1865, the Mariposa Company was bankrupt and mines were sold at mining and milling operation. 6.5 x 8.5” The La Joya Mine was located a sheriff’s sale. [Cowan, p.414] Plain wrappers soiled, torn; repair 6 miles west of Oakville. 2) Acme Mines & Mill INc., Oat Hill Mine, Napa to title-page, with top portion darkened; good. ALSO included are Co., Cal. (labelled bottom right). View shows tailings on hillside. 6.5 x two new booklets: The Mariposa Estate: Its Mineral Wealth and 8.5” Famous quicksilver mine at Knoxville. Fred Holabird Collection Est. Resources and The Mariposa Company, 34 Wall Street, New York. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 126724 $150-250 HWAC# 113570 Lot# 2121 Nevada, California 1859 Chas. W. Mulford, Banker, Nevada, California with Lot# 2115 Meadow Lake District, California imprinted “Gold Dust Bought” ”Gold dust 1969 “Meadow Lake Gold Town” by Fatout, bought and advances made on dust for assay 1969, Hardbound, RARE History of the area. or coinage.” To Laird & Chambers. For $100. rare hard bound edition. Excellent condition! Est. $100-150 HWAC# Charles W. Mulford and Niles Searls came overland together by way of 126848 Allen and Turner’s “Pioneer Line,” leaving Independence, Missouri, on May 9, 1849 and arriving in Sacramento on October 14. During the first Lot# 2116 Mining Camp, Lake three months of operation, Wells, Fargo & Co. held to its promise made County, California Mounted Photograph titled, “Gt. Western in the July 3, 1852 issue of the Alta to “immediately establish offices Quicksilver Mining Camp, at all the principal towns in California.” On September 10, the Journal carried two advertisements for Mulford & Searls as agents for Wells, Lake Co. Cala.” Rare This is an Fargo & Co. in Nevada. In October of 1855 Mulford announced he was important mine with a RARE leaving Wells Fargo to start his own banking company. [Western Cover fabulous photograph!!! The Great Society] Est. $120-250 HWAC# 123710 Western Quicksilver Mine was a mercury mine[2] in California, near Lot# 2122 Nevada County, Middletown in Lake County. The Extra Rare California mining company was incorporated “Pelton Water Wheel in 1872 and the mine produced Booklet”, Nevada County, from 1873 until 1909, when it was exhausted. In 1880, Andrew Rocca 1887 Extremely Rare was the superintendent of the Great Western Mine. His daughter, Helen 1st Edition in very good Rocca Goss, wrote that the Great Western Quicksilver Mine employed condition. 36 pages. Full 25 white miners and about 200 Chinese [wikipedia] Photograph is of diagrams (14 with most 3.75 x 4.75. Mount is 7 x 9”. Photo is clear with sharp contrast! Same having two views)and photographer did the Great Western Quicksilver Mining Camp in Lake charts (15). The Pelton County in this sale. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 123625 Wheel was used to harness water power to run hoists as well as stamp mills and Lot# 2117 Mokelumne Hill, California 1854 refining equipment. Lists Two Mokelumne Hill, Adams & Co. Bankers some of the mining and milling companies using the wheel: mostly Checks, 1854 1) # 16! for 249.92. To GN California, but Nevada, Idaho, Canada and Mexico get a mention. This Montgomery. Signed by Henry Eno. 2) #10 for edition belonged to W. W. Waggoner, Nevada County surveyor and $150.00 to David Thompson. Signed by Wade Debris Commissioner of California. Includes a one page article titled, Manson. Both are from 1854 and are extremely “Lester Allen Pelton (1829-1908), the inventor, and his Pelton Water fine. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 123743 Wheel” and a promo for the book. Est. $800-1500 HWAC# 123749 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 93

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2123 New York Flat, California Lot# 2128 Rattlesnake, Photograph of “Mr. Lindgren’s Camp, California 1855 Rare New York Flat, Butte Co., Cala.” New Rattlesnake Receipt for 43 York Flat is southeast of Oroville. Contrast Oz. Gold Dust to Baldwin is superb. Lindgren was a famous mining & Co. Agent Wells Fargo engineer. Photograph is 4 x 5”. Mount is 7 x John Peterson - special 9”. Same photographer did the Great Western deposit 1 bag containing 18 Quicksilver Mining Camp in Lake County in this & 18/100 ounces of Gold sale. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 123624 dust forwarded to the San Francisco Mint for coinage. Lot# 2124 North Bloomfield, California A very early Wells Fargo receipt from a rare location. Red on white 1877 Examination of the Grand Channel of paper. Signed Baldwin & Co. Handwritten on lined notepad paper. This Auriferous Gravel in the North Bloomfield receipt is from the Rattlesnake Bar in California. Rattlesnake was the Mining District - 1877 Examination of the first name for the Sierra County Gold Camp later known as LaPorte. Grand Channel of Auriferous Gravel in the Rattlesnake Bar is in northwestern El Dorado County and southern Mining District of North Bloomfield, Nevada Placer County. The placer mines here along the American River were County, California by P. Huerne, Civil Engineer. highly productive during the gold rush. The town was established in The author describes all of the rich placer 1849 and became good-sized until 1864, when it was destroyed by claims surrounding the North Bloomfield property including : the fire. Sierra County was one of the richest gold districts in the northern Souchet or Montreal Gravel Company, the Derbec, Ultimum, Last Mother Lode country. LaPorte contained a portion of the original Chance Company and the Watt Blue Gravel Mining Company. The “Blue Lead” and a fortune in placer gold from that tertiary channel report goes on to describe the cost of working the claims and probable was mined. [Gold Districts of California Bulletin 193 p.112. / Item yields. William Ralston (of the California Bank and Bank Ring fame) # 194 from Holabird Summer 2008 Gold Rush catalog] Additional later became involved with the North Bloomfield when it ran into Rattlesnake history included. Est. $400-800 HWAC# 123724 seemingly insurmountable problems at the Malakoff Diggings with runoff. Huge dams and reservoirs were built by these companies for Lot# 2129 Sacramento, California 1852 Mills, supplying water to giant water canons that were used in Hydraulic Townsend 1852 Gold Rush Check - Number mining. The report covers an area from Timbuctoo to Forest Hill. Some age toning, otherwise Fine. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 123748 1 plus two others 1) This is an extra rare check, number one and Darius Ogden Mills start to Lot# 2125 North Bloomfield, California financial growth. Pay “West for taking care of c1870’s Four Stereoviews of the Malakoff hogs since Rice’s Death.” West received $21.00 for his troubles from Diggins, North Bloomfield, Nevada County, the Estate of W. A. Rice. The check is signed by J. W. W[illegible] and [illegible] Adams. This is the first check written on the estate account. California 1) Watkins Stereoview – Pacific The vignette on the left of the check is in black ink and is a sailing Coast #1819 Malakoff Diggings – North vessel tacking in rough waves. Darius Ogden Mills and his cousin, E. Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co. Located 26 miles NE of Nevada City, these hydraulic mining operations were the most J. Townsend, opened up this bank in Sacramento. According to Ira extensive in California. A system of dams, ditches and flumes higher B. Cross, in volume one of his book, Financing an Empire: Banking up in the Sierras supplied water under tremendous pressure. This was in California, Mills set up an early banking house, named D. O. Mills forced through the nozzle of monitors up to 16 feet in length, capable & Company, Bankers in Sacramento at 55 J. Street between Second of up providing up to 5000 lbs. of pressure. The powerful streams of and Third Streets in 1849 [Cross, 1927, 78]. Townsend was an early partner but Mills bought him out in 1852 to become the sole owner water would break up the ancient t alluvial deposits rich in gold and of the bank. Cross does not explain the change in names from the wash them into series of sluices which would capture the precious 1849 bank to the bank listed on this check in 1852, nor if Townsend metal. 2) Coast #1818 Malakoff Diggings – North Bloomfield Gravel was with Mills in 1849 or joined him later. Therefore, it is not certain Mining Co. 3) #1820 Malakoff Diggings – North Bloomfield Gravel that this check is from Mills first bank in California. 2) D. O. Mills & co. Mining Co. 4) #340. Popular Series Stereoview - Malakoff Diggings – N. Bloomfield Mining Co. Cal. Est. $1300-2000 HWAC# 123695 Bankers, 1860. Signed Hardy & Company for coin. For $3,000. 2) D. O. Mills & co. Bankers, 1861. Signed Hardy & Company to J. Seligman & Lot# 2126 North San Juan, California Thomas Co. For $1211.25. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 123708 Houseworth & Co. Stereoview - Hydraulic Mining series #1405 – Eureka Claim – North Lot# 2130 Sacramento City, San Juan, Nevada County Gold was discovered California 1850 Rare, early Barton in the area in 1853 and the town of San Juan Lee, Banker Sacramento City, CA was settled by miners that worked the local Gold Receipt 1850 is extremely early for Gold Rush Banking placer deposits. The town continued to grow through the 1850s and ephemera. No. 362 dated July 17, a post office was opened in 1857 under the name “North San Juan” to 1850 Sacramento City. 3.75 x 5.5” avoid confusion with another California community of the same name. manuscript filled in receipt for By the late 1850s hydraulic mining became a major industry in the $1500 in gold deposited by J. C. area and North San Juan prospered. The town was best known for the elevated flume that ran right through the center of town. Est. $400- Crachman earning 10% per month. 600 HWAC# 123697 The note was payable with interest in one month, however Barton Lee’s Bank failed in a financial crisis, closing its doors on August 5th Lot# 2127 Randsburg, California 1925 Cal of that same year. Crachman probably lost most, if not all, his money. State Mining Bureau Bulletin Geology and Barton Lee was a California pioneer, Sacramento’ s first treasurer and Ore Deposits of Randsburg California State one of the first bankers in that city. Biography and history included. Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 95, March, 1925 Est. $500-700 HWAC# 123716 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Randsburg Quadrangle. Contains Fold out maps (5) Underground workings of the California Rand Silver & Yello Aster Mines and mining claims in the vicinities of Randsburg and Atolia. 6” x 9” hardbound 152 pages. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 120931 94 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2131 San Bernardino, California San Lot# 2135 San Francisco, California 1862-1866 Bernardino Mining Volumes (4) 1) California Three Checks Related to William Ralston - Journal of Mines an Geology, Volume 49, Numbers one signed by him 1) Bank of California check 1 and 2. Article on Mines and Mineral Deposits to J. E. Butler for $400 on May 13, 1865, This of San Bernardino aby Wright, et al. 143 pages. check was issued about one year after the bank Mines listed by type of ore. 1953. All three pocket was founded. Signed by W. C. Ralston. Two cent orange Washington maps included. 2) Desert Bonanza by Wynn. Revenue stamp. Cross cut cancellation. Very nice. 2) Banking House of Early Randsburg, Mohave Mining Camp. 1963. Donohoe, Ralston & Co., 1862. Duplicate of Exchange for Miss Emma M 258 pages. A few photos and a one page map. Bush for $100. Within a couple of years the two men would part was. 3) Mineral Resources for the Turtle Mountains Donohoe always thought Ralston was too free with the bank’s money. Wilderness Study Area by Howard, et al. 1988. U. S. Geological Survey 3) Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers. 1866. This is where Donohoe ended Bulletin 1713-B. Large map in back cover included. 4) Geology of up. Orange 2c Washington stamp. ‘Paid, D. K. & Co.’ stamp. Truman the Fremont Peak and Opal Mountain Quadrangles. 64 pages. 1968. Smith Co. to self. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 123717 Photos. Fold out maps in back pocket included. California Division of Mines and Geology. Est. $200-350 HWAC# 126864 Lot# 2136 San Francisco, California Three Lot# 2132 San Francisco, California 1864 Collectable San Francisco Weekly Stock Circular - By the Associated Checks, 1854-1878 1) 1854 Brokers of the San Francisco Stock and EARLY Wells Fargo & Co., Exchange Board - Datelined San Francisco Saturday Evening Bankers check. Dated Sept February 27th 1864 This is a stock collector’s dream. All this 28, 1854. Issued to Smart information on one page!!! An early publication of the San Francisco for $124.42. Folds. Some age Stock and Exchange Board just a short time after its founding in discoloration. Sharp edges. September of 1862. A four page circular printed on light white stock. Printed by Nesbitt & Co. 2) Bank of California stamped with REVERSE The first page was authored by Robert C. Page of R. C. Page & Co., a IMPRESSION of a $5 GOLD COIN. Issued to California Powder Works stock broker and one of the charter members of the Exchange with for $6539.75 in GOLD and signed by Pacific Powder Company. Orange offices at 709 Montgomery Street . It covers a brief summary of the IR bank check stamp (Scott #RN-G1). Fine. Cross cut cancellation. 3) financial markets followed a more detailed review of activity in ALPHEUS BULL endorsed check. California Trust Company. Signed specific Mining Stocks along with news from the significant companies by BB Minot to Alpheus Bull. $100.00 in SILVER. Orange two cent such as the Gould & Curry, Ophir, Empire Mill and Mining, Uncle Sam Washington stamp. In March of 1849, Alpheus Bull joined the Lafayette, and the North American in the Comstock and the Real del Monte in California. Mercantile Mining Company which was organized for an Aurora. The second page lists the “Sales of Stock for the Week Ending overland trip to California. The Gold Rush was well under way and February 27th day by day . Much activity is reflected for the Real del although Alpheus Bull was not convinced of the abundance of gold in Monte, and the Comstock mines: Lady Bryan, North Potosi, and North California, he anticipated using his ministerial calling during an exciting American. The Fourth page lists detailed statistics for “Mining Stocks” trip. The party left Lafayette, Indiana and traveled through Mexico to reflecting: No. of feet in mine, shares per foot, total number of shares, Mazatlan and by ship to San Francisco, arriving in late July of 1849. incorporated value , Bid and Asked per foot , last monthly dividend, Alpheus and several others were successful prospecting at Nigger recent assessments per foot and total assessment per foot. The mines Hill. Within the year Alpheus Bull, George Baker, and William Robbins are grouped by region: Washoe District, 49 mines; Esmeralda District, decided to become merchants of mining supplies. Baker went to San 11; Coso District, 4; Humboldt District, 2; Reese River District, 14; Francisco to purchase supplies and ship them by riverboat to Red Bluff. Mexico, 5; and Misc. 5. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 123746 Bull established a business in Red Bluff to receive this merchandise, sell it to miners there or send it by wagon to Shasta, where Robins Lot# 2133 San Francisco, California 1855 maintained their other store. Alpheus Bull and several others also Banking House of Page & Bacon California owned the Shasta, the first steam vessel built in the state of California. - Duplicate Exchange - St. Louis, Missouri Eventually the firm supplied mining camps from the Sacramento River Dated March 29, 1855 for 10 pounds sterling east to the Sierra foothills as well as to the northern mines. By 1854, to the order of Charles Parsons, Esq. sent to they were acting as a bank for local miners. The firm’s other ventures Messrs Fred. Huth & Co., London England. included the first flour mill in Northern California, livestock, building Ornate and very attractive all over design with 2 men rowing (rescue?) materials. mining equipment and even a bakery at the Red Bluff Store. rowboat with woman looking at far-away steamer in bottom middle, Est. $200-400 HWAC# 123719 locomotive on lower right and portrait of Daniel D. Page, founder of the bank on lower left . Light red “Duplicate” underprint in middle. Left Lot# 2137 San Francisco, California 1855, clearly marks this as their California branch. The well-known banking 1868 Two Rare San Francisco Checks: firm was founded by Daniel D. Page and his son-in-law, Henry D. Bacon Parrot & Co and Page, Bacon (Nicaragua with their main office in St. Louis and branch offices in Sacramento Steam Ship Company) 1) 1855. Page, Bacon and San Francisco. They had early transactions with a number of check with printed Nicaragua Steam Ship foreign banks such as the one on this exchange note. On February Company. C. K Garrison Nice steam ship 17, 1855, word reached San Francisco of the failure of Page, Bacon vignette. To self for coin. $50.00. Page, Bacon & Company, the prestigious banking firm headquartered in St. Louis. had started in St. Louis with Daniel Page and Their San Francisco branch managed to remain open until February his son-in-law Henry Page as partners. The California operation added 22, 1855, when it was finally forced to close its doors. A financial panic David Chambers, Henry Haight, and with Daniel’s son Francis Page in and general run on all banks in California ensued and a number of charge of the Sacramento operation. The San Francisco branch, with banks closed their doors for good including Adams & Co. Page & Bacon Henry Haight, as manager, was the most prominent bank in the state survived the liquidity crisis Est. $400-800 HWAC# 123731 with over two million dollars in deposits. They closed their doors in 1855! Garrison was a steamboat captain, shipping agent, shipbuilder, Lot# 2134 San Francisco, California 1854 capitalist, and the fifth Mayor of San Francisco (1853–1854). 2) Parrot Rare and Early Page, Bacon & Co. Duplicate & Company. 1868, Signed by executors of the J. L. Folsom estate. To Lo of Exchange with Steamer Vignette Steamer & Smiley for $287.04. Folsom was a quartermaster with the Stevenson is like those that sailed from New York to San regiment. He acquired much property in San Francisco including the Francisco pre-Panama route. # 6841 made out Leidesdorff properties. Est. $140-250 HWAC# 123712 to Sam Jennings, a California Assemblyman, of $200. Also a three story Page, Bacon vignette on left. Red ‘Duplicate’ underprint. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 123739 View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 95

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2138 San Francisco, California Lot# 2143 Shasta County, California c1917 c1870’s Broadside R. J. Kohler’s Greenhorn Mine/ Shasta County, California/ Reduction and Refining Works Co., Composite level Map/ Showing Geology/ San Francisco & Damon’s Landing Feb. 18 1929/ D.A. Hall./ Composite Established in 1874 at Damon’s Landing, level Map/ Showing Geology/ Feb. 18 on the San Leandro Creek, at an 1929/ D.A. Hall. Maps Group of six from outlay of about one hundred thousand Greenhorn Mountain Copper Mine: 1) Map dollars. The broadside advertises the of the Greenhorn Mountain Copper Mine Shasta County California. incorporation of the company capitalized Compiled by E.H. Scott 517 Crocker Bldg. S.F. “Original map made at $5,000,000; 50,000 shares at $100 per. by scott - 1917 brought to date by Hanford” written in pencil under The company proclaims new processes title block . Measures 42” x 30”, multi-colored, repaired by tape, for rebellious ores with works capable upper right corner missing, poor condition. 2) Map of the Greenhorn of smelting 50 tons of ore daily and Mountain Copper Mine Shasta County California. Compiled by E.H. roasting and refining 15 tons daily. Scott 517 Crocker Bldg. S.F. No date listed. “#4 Scottis map (duplicate) The brochure continues to give details 4 underground-greenhorn (no date)” written in pencil on reverse. of the machinery and facilities and notes that Measures 42” x 30”, multi-colored, repaired by tape, lower right corner there is still available in the company’s San Francisco office 3000 missing, poor condition. 3) Greenhorn Mine/ Assay Plat Showing shares now at $20 per share. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126746 Sulphide Ore Development/ on 31/2, 4, 41/2, & 5 Levels. Compiled by Albert Hanford,/ 24 California St., San Francisco, California./ Lot# 2139 San Francisco, California 1896 August, 1942. Measures 42” x 30”, repaired by tape, upper R/L Extra Rare Pelton Water Wheel Company corners missing, some tears and foxing, fair condition. 4) Greenhorn Billhead with Marvelous Drawing of the Mine/ Shasta County, California/ Composite level Map/ Showing Geology/ Feb. 18 1929/ D.A. Hall. “Ack. Ans. File Refer Reconstruction Pelton Wheel February 23, 1896. Sold to W. H. Finance Corporation Rec’d Jan 30 1935 Self-Liquidation Division” Reed of the Caroline Mine. 24 buckets for the 6’ wheel. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 126757 stamped on reverse. Measures 42” x 30”, repaired by tape, upper corners missing, poor condition. 5) Greenhorn Mine/ Shasta County, California/ Composite level Map/ Showing Geology/ Feb. 18 1929/ Lot# 2140 San Francisco, California 1877 Wells D.A. Hall. “orig.Hall - Howland map” written on reverse. Measures 47” Fargo & Co. Annual Statement of Precious x 28”, multi-colored, with foldlines and some water spots, otherwise Metals, 1877 In 40 years, we have never seen good condition. 6) Assay Map/ Greenhorn Copper Mine/ Shasta Co., this before! This four page annual report dated Calif/ No. 2 Level. No date or surveyor listed. Measures 401/2” x 29”, December 31, 1877 (San Francisco) shows some tears along edges, otherwise fair-good condition. Discovered in the gold and silver produced in the west and 1901, the mine was worked from 1910-16, when it was acquired by then carried by Wells Fargo Express. It covers Greenhorn Mountain Copper Co., and in January 1919 was taken over production from ten western states (including Dakota), Mexico, and by the Atascadero Copper Co., both defunct. Group included 14 claims, British Columbia. It notes in the statement the yield of the Comstock 280 acres of agricultural land, and a total of 540 acres. Patented on mines is 45% gold. Of the whole bullion products of Nevada, 37% is Greenhorn mountain in the French Gulch district, Shasta County, near gold. The report also shows Wells Fargo shipments of ore from 1870 French Gulch (Mines Handbook, 1931). Est. $300-500 HWAC# 61246 to 1876. In the previous year Dakota had not been included in this annual. The values are broken out into four categories: Gold Dust Lot# 2144 Sierra County, California 1879 and Bullion by Express, Gold Dust and Bullion by other conveyances, Ruby Drift Gravel Mine - Sierra County, Silver and Dore by Express, and Ores and Base Bullion by Freight.. Gold California - Report December!, 1879 - by totaled over $46M, Silver over $47M and Lead over $5M. Exports are Henry C. Perkins The Ruby is one of the also discussed. Authored by JNO J. Valentine, General Superintendent. most famous of the tertiary mines in Sierra Measures approximately 8.50” x 11”. Est. $400-800 HWAC# 126736 County. 24pp. Rear civer detached, but present. Inserted descriptive leaflet, “This property is Lot# 2141 San Francisco, California located on the well known Blue Lead, in Sierra County, California. It is 1874-75 Shasta Gold Deposits at the immediately North of the Bald Mountain claim, which was opened in San Francisco Mint Lot of 6. Includes the year 1872, and has since yielded from the workings of say 3,000 two sets of documents that represent feet of channel, $1,510,809.33, gross, and dividends, being at the rate deposits of Shasta gold dust at the San of $500 gross, and $220 net for each linear channel worked.. ..the Francisco Mint. Two Memorandum of Blue Lead passes through the Ruby Ground for its entire length. By Gold Bullion, 1874 and 1875, deposits fall of 1849 the miners working Hangtown Creek had discovered a by Kruse & Euler. Plus a cover and stratum of ancient river gravel laying exposed on both sides of Spanish letter from Kruse & Euler, tied to each Hill which separates Hangtown and Weber creeks. They observed a memorandum, sent to Frank Litsch distinctive blue color to these gravels which they soon discovered paid in Shasta. Fred Holabird Collection Est. well, especially where the Blue Lead rested on bedrock. Much more $300-500 HWAC# 113629 information of Blue Leads and the area are included.” Est. $400-600 HWAC# 123747 Lot# 2142 San Juan Capistrano, Orange Lot# 2145 Smartsville, California c1870 County, California 1900s Photograph Panel of Flume near Smartsville, Yuba County - a H.A. Stewart’s Mining Claim A very rare panel Houseworth Stereoview The water flume of antique mining photos of H.A. Stewart’s would have been to provide water for elevated mining claim in Lucas Cañon with original gravels. Smartsville is near Timbuctoo and just writing describing the process and gold spoils on the front and back. south of the Yuba River. During the California Circa 1900-1910, held between acrylic. Dimensions of the panel are 27 Gold Rush, Smartsville was a small pioneer town where hydraulic— x 8-3/8 inches. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 122326 or placer—mining was extensively practiced. The first building established in the city was a hotel built by James Smart, a local hotel proprietor, in 1856. Est. $400-600 HWAC# 123694 96 December 2020

DAY 2 Friday, Dec18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2146 Succor Flat, California 1871 Mains Lot# 2152 Washington, California 1963 & Shippy Stereoview - Scenes in California - Exceptionally Rare “Historical Notes of Blue Gravel Mine at Sucker Flat 1871. Yuba the Early Washington, Nevada County, County. This stereoview shows the Blue Lead California Mining District” By Robert J. Grace (lowest, richest of the 7 gravel units as defined & Grace J. Slyter. Original 1963 edition. 163 by Whitney. It was taken after a major robbery pages with one map. First note is form 1849. “A at the Blue Point Mining Company. Marked on reverse as Maine & company from Indiana arrived at this point and Shippy (Marysville). “The Blue Point and Blue Gravel Mines, two of the decided to remain...” Twelve photographs. A must-have reference book richest hydraulic mines in California, which along with a number of for Nevada County enthusiasts. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 123678 other claims worked the gold bearing placers laid under these hills by the Pliocene Yuba River. The water for the hydraulicking came Nevada Lot# 2153 Weaverville, California 1854, 1879 City and Grass Valley in the Excelsior and Tarr Ditches. The slurry was Weaverville 1879 Contract Payment Note to carried out in long sluice tunnels carved at great expense through hard Dr. Henry DeGroot and an 1854 Indenture basaltic rock. By 1877 a reported $13 million in gold had been mined.” for Mining Claim 1) Contract payment note to [excelsiorproject.com/ Est. $500-1500 HWAC# 123699 Dr. Henry DeGroot - Datelined Weaverville Dec. 5, 1879 for the sum of $2000 in the event of a Lot# 2147 Sutter’s Mill, California 1857 sale of the Brown’s Creek Ditch property owned Hutching’s Magazine 1857 -The Discovery by W.S Lowder. Dr. Henry DeGroot was an early of Gold at Sutter’s Mill - EXTRA RARE By assayer in California and Nevada and chronicled the discovery and Hutchings & Rosenfield, Volume 2, Number 5 of early history of the Comstock in 20 parts first published in the Mining Hutchings’ California Magazine for November & Scientific Press 1876-77. DeGroots’s early maps of the Comstock 1857. p. 193-240. Woodcut illustrations. 9½x6, and his pamphlet on mining techniques are highly collectable. Brown’s original tan printed wrappers. Contains Sutter’s own account of the Creek Ditch takes water from Brown’s Creek, and is 6 miles long, 5’ first discovery of gold in California, and James Marshall’s account on top, 2’ on bottom, 2’ deep, with a 6’ grade per mile, carrying up to of the same, etc. This edition of Hutchings’ Magazine also contains 500 miner’s inches. DeGroot published a Report on the Dutton Creek Chapter V. of J. D. Borthwick’s book, “Three Years in California” mines: Brown’s Creek ditch, water franchises, etc. in 1879. Printed by published in the same year by William Blackwood and Sons, Bacon & Co. 2) 1854 indenture for $175 for mining claim off of the Edinburgh and London. Some chipping and tears at edges, damp stain Trintiy River. Between John Hudson and Franklin Grounds. Boundaries throughout; else very good. One of the more collectible issues. Rare. of the claim are laid out. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126734 Est. $300-500 HWAC# 123576 Lot# 2154 Yosemite, California Five Historic Lot# 2148 Timbuctoo, California c1864 Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley Views One Lawrence & Houseworth Stereoview of stereoview by Thomas Houseworth, One J. J. Hydraulic Mining near Timbuctoo, Yuba Reilly, one C. L. Pond and two John F. Soule. All County CHOICE stereoview with sharp corners choice! Est. $150-300 HWAC# 123703 and striking contrast. Title “Hydraulic Mining - The Tailings.”3c green Washington IR stamp adhered on back. Est. $260-400 HWAC# 123706 Lot# 2155 Yuba County, California 1879 History of Yuba County, California with Lot# 2149 Timbuctoo, California c1865 Illustrations 159 pages. Thompson & West. Thomas Houseworth Stereoview - Hydraulic Great history reference. Cover is coming Mining #795– Hydraulic Mining - Behind detached. Pages are well worn. But if you the Pipes, Timbuctoo area Three monitors don’t have this edition, it will work well in (nozzles) are spraying a think gravel unit. This your library. Very Rare. Est. $500-800 HWAC# would be similar to the gravel cliffs you pass 126852 at Dutch Flat on I-80 sixty miles east of Sacramento. Est. $240-400 HWAC# 123701 Lot# 2156 California 1917 “Hydraulic Mining Debris in the Sierra Nevada Mountains” By Lot# 2150 Timbuctoo, California c1864, c1870 Grove Karl Gilbert. Fold out maps, photographs, Two Stereoviews of Timbuctoo Hydraulic and diagrams throughout. This book has pencil Mining activity 1) Lawerence & Hoseworth. notes in margins throughout from previous Established 1855. Lawrence & Houseworth wonder. No issues. Excellent condition. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 123683 & Co. #798 California series - Timbuctoo Lot# 2157 California 1860’s Two Diggings, Yuba County – 3 cent green IR stamp Choice Views of Long Toms used on reverse. The Federal Tax on photographs in Hydraulic Mining 1) Lawrence was implemented during the Civil War August & Houseworth. Yellow. c1864. 1864 through July 1866. Timbuctoo is located Shows a multi-hundred feet long a few miles NE of Smartsville along the Yuba tom in a deep channel which was River - Yellow stock. 2) Thomas Houseworth & Co. Established 1868. cut into gravel. There is a bridge #801 Placer Mining series - Sluice and Tunnel - Timbuctoo, Yuba County– Orange stock Est. $500-800 HWAC# 123704 in the foreground and one behind. Large boulders are picked from Lot# 2151 Trinity, California 1957 A the box and stacked to the side. Frenchman at the Trinity River Mines in 2)Thomas Houseworth. Orange. 1849, Private Press, RARE By Andre. Number c1869-70. Shows an old cut channel 186 of 300 copies. Original gray wrap. “... to the right of the long tom. It was becoming disillusioned by his experiences in substantially higher up the slope that rugged location, the Frenchman called it than the long tom. This suggests that a deeper, lower trench (where quits.” Originally published in 1913 in France. Est. $100-200 HWAC# the long tom sits) was needed to drain the main mining hydraulic area. 126869 Est. $500-700 HWAC# 123700 If you need Christmas delivery please contact us for special arrangements. View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.com 97

DAY 2 Friday, Dec 18 Mining / Ephemera Lot# 2158 California California Gold Rush Lot# 2163 California Diary of Nelson Camps and Mines - Five Volumes 1) California Kingsley, A California Argonaut of 1849 Gold Camps by Guude. THE BIBLE for research by Teggart, published in 1914 The journal on mining camps in California. 2) California Gold covers the period of 1849 to 1851 and shows Rush Camps. 1998. Book Club of California. Four the troubles and experiences of a ‘Forty-niner.’ page descriptions. Volumes 1-14. (Cover is dark Soft cover, Excellent condition. Est. $100-150 green with ore in an ore cart in gold. Clever.) 3) HWAC# 126858 Recollection of the California Mines by Carson. 1950. Two fold out maps in excellent condition. Lot# 2164 California Five Southern California 4) A Bit of the Mother Lode by Demarest. 1951, Mining Volumes - J. Ross Browne, Mines of 5) Forty-Niners by Hulbert. 1949. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 126932 Julian, Mines of the High Desert etc. 1) Mines of Julian by Ellsburg. san Diego area. 2) Along Lot# 2159 California Gold Rush the rails from Lancaster to Mohave. Lancaster at Commemorative Ceramic Transferware the Mohave Desert. 3) Mines of the High Desert Plates - Rare - Lot of 2 These two unique by Miller. Greenwater area. 4) Explorations in ceramic plates commemorate the California Lower California. Reprint of J. Ross Browne’s Gold Rush. Item one of two is an off-white 3 1868 report. 5) Mining Frontiers of the Far West. inch miniature plate featuring a dark brown Mother Lode area. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126931 transferware design of miners and ships with the title text “California Digging’s”. Around the rim is a raised flower Lot# 2165 California 1905 Gold Dredging pattern and stippled edge. On the underside of the plate is a small in California, 1905, Extra Rare! By state 3/16 inch impression of an x in a circle. Item two of two is a very rare, mineralogist Lewis E. Aubrey. 70 illustrations. rectangular transferware ceramic plate adorned with iridescent pink 120 pages. Four delicate maps and graph foldouts in front and back. glaze around the edge and shades of green glaze on the design. The Excellent condition. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 126847 design itself is of miners panning for gold in a river, surrounded with Lot# 2166 California 1852 Gold Rush Freight/ greenery. There are two holes at the top edge of the plate. A stamp Passenger ship scheduling. Lot of 2. Letter from on the back reads “California S.M. & Co. 48” and depicts two tents in front of a forest. Dimensions are 8-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches. Est. $200-300 the Calif. Packet Office regarding the prompt sailing HWAC# 122322 of ships from Boston to San Francisco for freight / passengers and logistics involved at the time. Also, Lot# 2160 California California Quicksilver the envelope postmarked Boston April 5. To Post Books (3) 1) California Journal of Mines and Master Springfield , ME. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 125497 Geology, Volume 50, Number 1. Includes an article by Carlson & Clark “Mineral resources of Amador County.” 1954. 2) Mining in California. Lot# 2167 California c1868-1870 1927. Starts by talking about Amador County. Houseworth Stereoview of a Classic Multi- Has a fold out statistical chart of production. 3) Ghost Towns of Stage Long Tom The long tom is a small sluice Amador. (And that means mostly mining camps!) Signed by author that uses less water than a regular sluice. It John R. Andrews. Doschville, Irishtown, Summit City, Misery Flat, etc. consists of a sloping trough 12 feet long, 15 to Tear at first page into inscription. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 126854 20 inches wide at the upper end, flaring to 24 Lot# 2161 California California Quicksilver to 30 inches at the lower end. This also shows a miner sampling the box by panning. Notice the hand constructed stone road in the rear Books (3) 1) Quicksilver Resources of with a wagon. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 123692 California, Bulletin 78. California Mining Bureau. 1913. Includes fold out maps and Lot# 2168 California c1864 Lawrence & illustrations. 77 illustrations and 42 plates. Houseworth Stereoview - Washing Down 2) Quicksilver: The Complete History of Santa the Banks This view shows hydraulic mining Clara County’s New Almaden Mine. By Schneider. 1992. 178 pages. c1864. Three monitors, one hidden, are Photographs throughout. 3) California Journal of Mines and Geology. washing the banks to loosed the gravel. Shows Report Volume 42, Number 2. Includes a report on quicksilver. 22 a hand riveted pipe in the foreground. The plates. Est. $150-200 HWAC# 126853 sluice trough was dug in the foreground to send the gravel where it Lot# 2162 California 1896 California State could be inspected. One way to date this is the fact the miners are using a trough and not a long tom. Probably central Mother Lode. Est. Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 9 - 1896 Mine $300-450 HWAC# 123702 Drainage, Pumps, Etc. ”Mine Drainage, Pumps, Etc.” by Hans C. Behr, Mechanical Engineer, Lot# 2169 California Two Nice Placer Mining California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. 9, Photographs (and on postcard) 1) Small San Francisco, August 1896 , J.J. Crawford, State hydraulic cut. Two miners observe the monitor. Mineralogist , published in Sacramento: by A.J. Looks like foothill belt. Gravel n Schist of slate. Johnston, :::::: Superintendent State Printing Photograph is 4 x5”. 2) Large boulder face. 1896 ( HB, 6 x9” HB 206 illustrations,206 pgs. ) Controlling the Includes a leverage device to mofe the boulders Water in Mines, Section1: General Features of Mine Pumping-Plants, which can be seen stacked. 5 x 4”. 3) Postcard. Section II - Pump Systems Operated by Rods Section III -Direct Driven “Placer Mining with a Long Tom in 1852.” Zan Reciprocating Pumps Section IV - Underground Geared and Belted T-384. Rare to have a woman in a hydraulic photograph. Est. $200- Crank Driven Pumps Section VI: Pumps and Other Appliances for 300 HWAC# 123756 Raising Water from Moderate Depths in Mines Section VII: Concluding Remarks on Mine-Drainage Plants, Section VIII - Appendix Est. $120- Lot# 2170 California Mining Volumes: Coal 200 HWAC# 116278 and Petroleum (2) 1) 1892 Report of the State Mineralogist. Coal mines listed in index and by county. Other mines included. 612 pages. One fold out map in excellent condition. 2) Report of the State Mineralogist. 1888. The Petroleum Fields of California. 315 pages. Both editions are nice with minor edge wear. Strong bindings. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 126930 98 December 2020