IOWA STAE UNIVERSITY CADETS 1881 Group of 5 photos of Iowa Agricultural School cadets ( now Iowa State University) 1) CDV photo seated view of a cadet in uniform, rev ink idd "JF Finch, Wyoming, Jones Co, Iowa" 2) CDV standing view w sword, of cadet, 3) The same cadet, w cavalry saber. 6 x 4" photo (margins trimmed) 4) CDV chestview photo of a cadet, 5) Outdoor view of the cadets at drill, w artillery & muskets. Photos # 4 & 5 bear a Des Moines photographer imprint. All cadets have caps w "IAC" wreath . All photos vg.circa 1880. The lot
Manufacturer: Various  

IOWA AMISH COUPLE 1890s A nice Photo of an elderly Amish couple, the pleasant, smiling woman w bonnet, the man w simple colthes & beard, both w black dress adopted by the Amish. Fine 9 x 5" waistview, w Simmons, Waterloo, Iowa photographer imprint. Vg.circa 1890s.
Manufacturer: Simmons, Waterloo, Iowa  

THE PANAMA CANAL The US Army Navy Journal was published for the US Regulars. February 20, 1869 issue w front page news of the plan to build a ship canal across the Panama Isthmus, w a map of the proposed canal, & details, also 14pp news of the Army & Navy promotions, postings, and back page illustrated advertisements for Regulation US Army forage caps & kepis, also naval headgear. Ink stain on bottom margin, vg overall.
Manufacturer: Army Navy Journal  

VINTAGE WEST POINT PHOTOS Group of West Point USMA photos from Benjamin B Hyer, Class of 1893. 1) Graduation photo w USMA cadet kepi, overcoat, . 6 x 4"., 2) Cadet Hyer w rifle, wearing USMA shako, w fellow cadet, in front of tent. Rev ink inscr "Yearling camp 1890" 3) Group Photo Class of 1893 w arrow id for Hyer, rev ink id, 4) Class on parade, 5) Cavalry company at gunnery practice, loading field guns, 6) Cavalry cadets w filed guns, 7) Family Home, rev w caption, Werton, NJ. Photos 2-7 are 8 x 10'. All vg. Photos & 2 have Pach, NY imprint. Hyer was a cavalry officer, in charge of the Apache POWs Fort Sill, Oklahoma, General Chaffee's ADC, Boxer Rebellion, & US Buffalo Soldier offcicer, Pancho Villa Expedition. The 7 photos
Manufacturer: Pach, NY  

PAIR OF EARLY AMERICAN FRATERNAL SWORDS Pair of early swords 1) Knight's Templars sword, blade etched w scrollwork and owner name "Charles G King , Olivet Commandery KT". (Lynn Massachusettts), maker M.C.Lilley, Columbus, Ohio. 28" blade is dark, rusty. Black wood 2-piece grip w applied cross, brass crossguard w cast rooster, 12 stars, cast knights head pommel w traces of silver finish. 35" overall. No scabbard. 2) Knights of Pythias fraternal sword w Knight Templar illus & symbols, owner name etched "Henry L Leighton". Brass crossguard w cast eagles, mkd "UR"and "FCB", nightshead pommel, scabbard w relief cast Biblical Sampson, mfg WA Raymond, NY. Both swords circa 1880-90s. The pair
Circa: Various
Manufacturer: Various  

INDIAN WARS WEST POINT CADET REGISTERS A rare group of 5 US Military Academy Cadet Registers West Point, listing the cadets by class, rank and conduct.Lot incl 1) 1881 USMA Register, 39pp, sc, w cover ink idd "Philip Price, Capt of Engineers" Price was 1869 USMA graduate, and West Point Instructor. 2) 1888 USMA Register, ink idd to Price also, 40pp, 3) 1895 USMA Register, 37pp, ink sgd in back by US cavalry officer, JM Carson, Jr, 4) 1878 USMA Register, 42pp, 5) 1879 USMA Register, 43pp. Cover trimmed. All complete, covers worn, loose, chipped. The group of 5 registers
Circa: 1880s
Manufacturer: USMA  

RUN OF 1870 US ARMY INDIAN WARS ORDERS Group of original US Army general orders, a complete set for 1870, w 136 ptd orders, everything from Army promotions, Indian Frontier, Western posts, also paymaster orders (latter are each ink sgd by General JH Eaton) orders include Mourning Order General George Thomas, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, re-instated to Congressional Representation, officer killed by Indians in Wyoming, etc. A complete, bound set, w leather spine, each order 8 x 5", some w ink notations, w index. Spine is stamped id to "JW Nicholls". Handsomely bound in leather w gilt embossed lettering.
Manufacturer: NA  

ARCTIC EXPLORER ADOLPHUS W GREELY General AW Greely was a Civil War veteran officer who commanded the Greely Arctic Exploration Expedition in the 1880s and became Chief of the US Weather Service, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and founder of the National Geographic Society. General Greely's personal calling card, 3 x 1.5", ptd inscription "Major General A.W. Greely United States Army (Retired) 1914 G Street". Small crease in one corner, overall Vg.
Manufacturer: NA  

WESLEY MERRITT US CAVALRY SIGNED DISCHARGE General Wesley Merritt US Cavalry commander, Civil War, Big Horn & Yellowstone Expeditions. Army discharge, for Artilleryman, issued at West Point, 1885, & sgd by Merritt as Col, 5th Cav. 8 x 8" ptd/ink, on vellum. Trimmed on lower margin, VG overall Civil War commander signed antique item
Circa: 1884
Manufacturer: NA  

NEZ PIERCE WARS OFFICER- SIGNED PHOTO signed photo of General Marcus Miller, frontier officer who fought the Utes. chestview w ink id as General of US Volunteers, 1898. Marcus Miller won brevets for Malvern Hill & served w distinction as Cavalry officer, Winchester, Va to Appomattox. A noted Indian Frontiers commander he won laurels for the Modoc Wars Lava Bed Fight & Nez Perce War. by 6 x 4 " cabinet photo, in uniform, ink sgd on rev Brig Gen. Marcus P Miller US Vols" & dated June 1898. Photo by Taber, San Francisco. exc. Comes w bi
Manufacturer: Taber, San Francisco  

DETROIT MICHIGAN 1844 DETROIT BARRACKS Captain AS Hooe was a distinguished Mexican War regular officer, who lost an arm at Resaca, Mexico, 1846 & died soon after. US Army Invoice for Camp & Garrison supplies worn out in service at Detroit Barracks, 1844. 8 x11" ink 1p, sgd by Captain AS Hooe, 5th Infantry. A scarce signature.
Circa: 1844
Manufacturer: NA  

FORT HANCOCK NEW JERSEY US COAST ARTILLERY a nice US Army Discharge for Corporal Calvin Epps, US Coast Artillery, w enlistment info- born Siloam Springs, Kansas, discharged at Fort Hancock, NJ, Feb 7, 1914, sgd by Lt Col Morris K Barroll and other officers, reverse w lists him as '1st class gunner". 8 x 11" w eagle logo.Military Record lists him as '1st class gunner". 8 x 11" w eagle logo.
Manufacturer: NA  

INDIAN WAR US ARMY OFFICER PHOTOS Nice group of 7 circa 1890 cabinet photos of United States Army officers, each a 6 x 4" chestview, each with applied label on front w ink id, all photos by Pach Brothers, New York. 1) Lt Edwin B Babbitt, (USMA 1880, US Ordnance), 2) Lt John CW Brooks, weearing a marksman's medal, (MA 1881, Artillery, 3) Lt Montgomery m macon, (MA 1870, Artillery), 4) Lt Frank L Dodd's, (MA 1875, Infantry). 5) Lt Joseph F Kuhn, (MA 1881, Engineers), 6) Lt Sedgwick Pratt, (MA 1880, Ordnance Dept), 7) Lt Hamilton Rowan. (MA 1876, Infantry & Artillery). All vg, the group
Manufacturer: Pach Brothers, New York  

HISTORIC RUN OF 1869 US ARMY ORDERS Group of original US Army general orders, Dept of the East, HQ New York City, for 1869, w approx 120 ptd orders & circulars, many are multipage courtmartials for regular army soldiers & officers incl Ordnance Major Buffington for challenging a fellow officer to a duel, calling him a coward & liar fopr searching arsenal workers tool chests, also CMs at Forts McHenry, Delaware, Hamiltion, Carlisle Barracks etc. Some soldiers convicted of desertion are sentenced to be branded on the hip! One order is ink sgd by General Thomas Vincent. Acomplete, bound set, w leather spine, each order 8 x 5", some w ink notations, w index. Spine worn, cover loose.
Manufacturer: NA  

VINTAGE US ARMY & NAVY COLOR LITHOGRAPHS A handsome partial bound run of fine 16 x 13" bright color lithos "The US Army and Navy", shows soldiers & officers in campaign, field & dress uniforms, and the US Navy, seamen & ships. Publ by Werner Co. Akron, Ohio, 1899, - This partial run includes 21 lithos, from the War of 1812, Seminole Wars, Civil War, Indian Wars Snake River campaign, to 1899 US Army & Navy in the Field and at Sea, Spanish American war ships include the Battleship USS Iowa. Covers loose, lithographs vg. The lot
Circa: 1899
Manufacturer: Werner Co. Akron, Ohio