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NEW HAMPSHIRE PHOTO ALBUM
a great group of 21 New Hampshire family photos in a leather bound photo album, w ornate brass fittings- 50 CDV capacity, contains 21 circa 1870s CDVs and tintypes of men, women, kids, many w East Jaffrey New Hampshire photo imprints, a few Keene & Peterboro, New Hampshire, also Fitchburg, Lowell, Massachusetts photographer imprints. . Most CDVs are vg, the album is rough w many torn pages. One East Jaffrey CDV is pencil idd, "Miss Ellen Mower".
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ORDNANCE CHESTS
a pair of 19th century US Army Ordnance chests from Bannerman's Island. : 1 ) approx 26 x 12 x 10", w iron handles on each end, 2 red wax seals (badly worn but one still bears partial lettering for "Frankfort Arsenal US". Stencilling partially legible " Batty F 3rd Field Artillery Fort Myer Va", circa 1890s-1910. Battery F was the first battery to fire a round at Gettysburg. 2 ) approx 20 x 11 x 6". w wood lug handles, unmarked, no seals, posssibly Civil War or before. both w square nail construction, no lid, wood intact, w age cracks, stains, uncleaned. The pair
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14248A
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1870S MINIATURE NEWSPAPERS GROUP
a fantastic group of 11 original miniature newspapers, includes 1 ) "The American", Dillers Bottom, Ohio, Dec 1879, 2 ) "The Reporter", Syracuse, NY, March 1880, 3) "NY Tribune", March 12, 1874, 4 ) "Hartford Era", Hartford, CT, April, 1879, 5) The "Weekly Item", Clarington, Ohio, April 1880, 6 ) "The Echo, Bush, New York, Jan, 1880, 7 ) "Guiding Star", Farmersville, Pennsylvania, Aug 1879, 8 ) Ridgeway Saturday Night", Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada March 1880, 9 ) "Amateur Chronicle" , Great Falls, New Hampshire, Aug 9, 1879, 10 ) "North Berwick Times, Berwick, Maine, Dec, 1879, and 11 ) "The Little Lunatic", Farmington, Maine, Aug, 1880 , all issues 4-8pp, ptd, avg-vg; 8 issues are approx 5 x 7", rest 9 x 11". The group
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15315
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SABER BAYONET
a rugged saber bayonet, appprox 24" long with an 18.5" yaghtahan blade, the ricasso is stamped "S & J". The rifle ring inner diameter is approx 3/4". The grips are black checkered leather. The curved "J" shape guard has numbers or regimental stampings. Fair overall, metal is fairly clean, grips are worn. No scabbard. This could date from 1860s to 1890s, possibly English issue but maker S & K was a Solingen, Germany maker. No scabbard.
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15489
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GALENA WARE POT
an old original galena ware crock- wide mouth, with ornage glaze, green spots. This is an early one, I got it at Minerla Point, wsiconsin, in 1992. , pot glaze wear & use wear on rim, repaired crack on one side & 1/2 of the bottom. aprox 8 x 5".
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15498
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EARLY PUNT GUN
a massive early percussion shotgun w oversize triggerguard to allow room for mitten- wearing hunter. Bore is approx 20mm (13/16"), barrel is 46", 63" overall. The gun is unmarked except for underside of barrel- stamped "I Marson", and bears the English "viewing" & "final" gunmakers proofs. The oversize triggerguard and buttplate are uncleaned brass. The Tower musket styke stock retains one brass lock bolt fitting, stock is attached by flat pins w oval keepers. Ramord rail is old resoldered, w 1 brass, one iron rr loop. The gun shows much use, age, w rough, cleaned lock. Marson may be an early Birmingham England maker. weighs approx 12 lbs. THIS GUN IS AN ANTIQUE ONLY AND IS NOT SAFE TO SHOOT
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15521
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OKLAHOMA TERRITORY NEWSPAPERS
a rare pair of original Oklahoma Territory newspapers; 1 ) The Norman Oklahoma "Territorial Topic", January 22, 1897 issue, w 6pp news of the Territory, settler's claim land office notices, illus ads, Oklahoma Indian news, O.T. vs I.T. debate, locals arrested in bar-room brawl, another train robbery near Guthrie, notes the Doolin Gang is also operating in the area. Age yellowing, brittle. 2 ) Moore, Cleveland County "The Record", April 10, 1903, original issue w 6pp Okla & local news, AT & SF & Frisco RR ads, illus adevertising. brittle, edge tears. Complete. The pair
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BF BURCHE WESTERN EXPEDITION WAGONMASTER
a great Western Frontier item! Bf Burche was the Chief wagonmaster for the Frederick West Lander Continental Survey Expedition. An original US Army supply receipt, issued at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, May 24th, 1860, listing items issued to Fort Bridger & Captain Gibbons, Camp Floyd, (Utah), and to the 2nd Dragoons at Fort Kearny w a long list of everything from "Buffalo Overshoes" & 20 bales of Sack Coats, to 12 Barrels of Whisky, signed by BF Burche, as agent for Irwin & White. 8 x 11" ptd/ink, blue paper, w "Fort Leavenworth, K.T" letterhead, & Vg. A very rare Western signature.
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6036
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MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER
Colonel Albert Mills won the Medal of Honor at Santiago, Cuba, 1898. while severly wounded in action. US Army Discharge, on parchment, for US Infantryman at West Point, Deptember 24, 1898. 8 x 12" w eagle illus, sgd by Mills as Colonel, US Army. Exc. Comes w HIS Congressional Medal of Honor info.
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8478B
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KNIGHT'S TEMPLARS SWORD
a very handsome and early Knight's Templars fraternal sword w bright finish blade etched w a large figure of a Knight Templar, and owner name etched in blade "Harold Augustus Naugle, Olivet Commandery No 36, KT Lynn Mass". The Maker is MC Lilley, Columbus, Ohio. The silvered brass guard bears a rooster casting and 12 stars on each side. The 2-pc wood grip has an w applied cross The steel scabbard has silvered brass fittings w inlay red enamel cross, 10 rayed star on tip. A really lovely sword, approx 38" overall. Circa 1870s. The Templars of "The Da Vinci Code" became the freemason order that wears these swords.
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14520
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WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE
a rare real photo postcard of The Burial of the dead at Wounded Knee. Photo postcard from an 1891 image showing 7th Cavalry troopers watching the mass burial of Sioux killed at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. an original 1920s card, belonged to Wayne Allen family, part of a noted collection obtained in the 1920s. Exc, w front inscr "Scenes of Battle of Wounded Knee Burial of the Dead at the Battle of Wounded Knee 1891" & reverse w ink id of original owner. Part of an early Western collection ,1920s. Vg.
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14683
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SAC & FOX INDIAN TREATY
an historic pair of Iowa Indian Treaty items: 1 ) Expenditure List for payment to Simon Lequire, "Interpreter to Captain Sumner" also money for messenger, provisions etc. Sgd by Indian Commissioner John Chambers, at Burlington, Iowa Territory, March 31, 1845. Captain Sumner was the future major general; Chambers, Iowa's first Territorial Governor, made this disbursement as part of the terms for the Sac & Fox Treaty of 1842. 16 x 16" ink. Vg. Comes w the original newspaper, the Washington Natl Intelligencer, Nov 6, 1841 w page 2 w full account of the Treaty Council between Keokuk's Band & Chambers. 4pp, complete. The pair
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15468
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DEADWOOD & BLACK HILLS PIONEERS PHOTOS
a great group of 5 albumen photos of the reunion of the Society of the Black Hills Pioneers, June 8, 1891, Custer City, South Dakota, includes 1 ) group titled on front margin "Pioneer Group, Custer City, S.D. June 8, 1891"- some settlers w ribbons 2 ) different view, settlers, similar title, 3 ) The Band, w instruments & settlers, similar title, 4 ) Pioneer men, one with a Sharps Rifle, aboard a stagecoach, w banner "Society Black Hills 1875-1876-1877", some wearing reunion ribbons, untitled, 5 ) similar, distance view same crowd w stagecoach (image creased ). . A great group of images of Pioneer Men & Women, many rough looking Deadwood types. Images legible, spotted, mats rough. The group
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15494
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PILE OF SPANISH ARTILLERY BUTTONS
a great bunch of approx 100 original brass artillery coat buttons captured from the Spanish in 1898- I obtained these from Bannerman's Collection. Handsome 2p--pc brass coat buttons w crossed cannon, piles of cannon balls and crown, also a few Pionerer Corp buttons in lot, the latter w crossed picks & crown, maker Scovill Mfg Co, Waterbury. All vg, uncleaned. The group.
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15511
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HOPI POTTERY
a nice piece of signed Hopi Indian pottery, from the Hopi Mesas, Arizona, approx 4" tall by 5.5" wide, with lovely traditional geometric designs, and sgd by the potter, "Cocllateta". I got this from the potter in the early 1990s. A lovely piece of Native- American pottery.
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