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‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society Ledger 1880-1889 1880 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - english-handwritten Pages 186. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1880. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1111006278397

‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society Ledger 1878-1889 1878 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - english-handwritten Pages 81. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1878. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society Ledger 1878-1889 1878‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - english-handwritten Pages 81. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1878. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 29 Numbers 1-4‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 2003. Paperback. Very Good. 4 softcover journal issues. Light shelfwear to covers. Mailing label on rear. Contents clean and tight. 82 73 77 77 pages. Index b&w illus. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12008

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 25 Numbers 1-4‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1999. Paperback. Very Good. 4 softcover journal issues. Light shelfwear to covers. Mailing label on rear. Contents clean and tight. 83 75 69 74 pages. Index b&w illus. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12004

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 27 Numbers 1-3‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 3 softcover journal issues. Light shelfwear to covers. 1 issue has smudging to covers. Mailing label on rear. Contents clean and tight. 82 81 80 pages. Index b&w illus. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12006

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Quarterly Volume 24 Numbers 1-4‎

‎Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society 1998. Paperback. Very Good. 4 softcover journal issues. Light shelfwear to covers. 1 issue has creasing to cover another has staining. Mailing label on rear. Contents clean and tight. 75 80 70 69 pages. Index b&w illus. Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 12003

‎Western Pennsylvania Research & Historical Society‎

‎The High Points: Chronicle of the Negro in Pittsburgh in the Time that is Commemorated in this Bicentennial Celebration 1758-1958. cover title‎

‎Pittsburgh 1958. Paperback. Very Good. Single sheet folded to form a narrow eight-page booklet. 22cm. <br/><br/> paperback books‎

Bookseller reference : 75538

‎Western Photographica‎

‎ANNOTATED VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING TWO SEPARATE FAMILY AUTOMOBILE TRIPS TO THE AMERICAN WEST DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION‎

‎Various locations in Texas New Mexico Arizona California Louisiana Arkansas Missouri and Mexico 1939. 128 photographs from 3 x 4 1/2 inches to 5 x 7 inches in mounting corners. Oblong folio album. Contemporary brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind on front board string-tied. Minor shelf wear. Photographs in generally nice condition. Very good. A wide-ranging annotated vernacular photograph album recording the travel experiences of a family during the late 1930s. The unnamed photographer has an eye for landscape and was adept at composing images of western vistas. A handful of the images picture a woman named Margaret posing in various settings. From internal evidence the travelers likely resided in Iowa or Missouri. The first trip occurred in early 1937 beginning in Missouri on January 10 "Sleet storm south of Navada Mo." proceeding through Texas "Texas rolling prairies range cattle" New Mexico "Indian village Laguna N.M." and other subjects Arizona "Rocky Hill east of Kingman Arizona" and other scenes in Yuma and elsewhere and California where most of the trip took place. The travelers pose at the California state line before heading to San Bernardino Los Angeles Hollywood Santa Monica Glendale Pasadena Eagle Rock San Pedro San Francisco Richmond Scotia San Luis Obispo San Juan Carlsbad and Alpine. They pick oranges in San Bernardino visit Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood see Japanese Gardens and feed birds in Santa Monica stop by the Huntington Library check out the Avila Adobe in Los Angeles the oldest standing residence in L.A. snap pictures of the San Miguel Mission and the Ohioan wrecked on the rocks at San Francisco and also Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge. They then head to Scotia where they take several pictures of the Pacific Lumber Company lumber piles and logging camp. The three larger images each 5 x 7 inches are different views off California's Pacific coast. The first trip comprises most of the album numbering about ninety images. A printed record of the total mileage and the locations of cabins the group slept in is affixed to the inside rear cover and seems to relate to the first trip even though photographs from the second trip are pasted in around it; the trip totaled 7368 miles and required over 270 gallons of gas. The second trip taken in January 1939 is memorialized in thirty-eight photographs most of them taken in Texas. These include pictures of the University of Texas campus Wayside Park in Austin Brackenridge Park in San Antonio landmarks in McAllen Weslaco Houston and LaFeria where the travelers visit their friends the Meyers family. There are also a couple of shots in Reynoso Mexico including a bullfighting ring. The trip also records several sites in New Orleans Metairie Cemetery a race track and the Little Theatre Court Yard and Baton Rouge Capitol grounds and building and Huey Long's grave. On the way home there is one picture from Missouri showing the Mark Twain Monument in Hannibal and one from Arkansas picturing a "Nigger Shack." An interesting collection of western images from committed travelers seeing the American West during the waning years of the Great Depression. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM55548

‎Western Photographica. California‎

‎My First Trip to California Oct. 26 1906 - Nov. 6 1907" As Told by the Camera manuscript title‎

‎Various locations in California 1908. Very good. 110 silver gelatin photographs on forty-nine leaves. Most images 4 x 5 inches a few 3 x 4 inches. Oblong octavo album. Original black cloth. Wear and soiling to spine light wear to corners. First and last leaf loose. Several photos loose a few creased. Most images captioned in ink on the photo. Images generally clean and crisp. Handsome vernacular photograph album documenting time spent in California at the turn of the century. The author is identified only as "D.M.H." though we presume the author was a young woman because many of the human subjects are female friends. The album opens with two photos of a train wreck on the South Pacific Railway near Sacramento before moving on to more mundane images of friends and the local sights. Locations include Rubio Canyon in Altadena; Mt. Lowe and its incline railway; and numerous locations around Los Angeles such as a "pigeon ranch" the ostrich farm Elysian Park and scenes taken on Figueroa Street where the author was staying. There are also images of friends in an orange grove in Altadena bathing at Long Beach and several scenes of Catalina Island. The images of the young women are often lively or artfully posed with a romantic Edwardian sensibility -- it is clear the subjects are enjoying themselves. Almost all the images are captioned providing location and often the date and names of the people involved. The final photo though not labeled as such is presumed to be a self-portrait of the author. A charming album from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1253

‎Western Philosophical Association.‎

‎Proceedings of the annual meeting. Volume v.1-2 1901-02 1902 Leather Bound‎

‎2020. Leather Bound. New. SPECIAL DISCOUNTED PRICE DURING COVID PANDEMIC. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1902. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume v.1-2 1901-02 Pages 52. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS.FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. Volume v.1-2 1901-02 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : LB1111017495836

‎Western Philosophical Association.‎

‎Proceedings of the annual meeting. Volume v.1-2 1901-02 1902 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Vol: - Volume v.1-2 1901-02 Pages 52. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1902. This book is printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume v.1-2 1901-02 hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1111017495836

‎Western Photographs‎

‎SEVEN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT STUDIOS IN DENVER SAN FRANCISCO AND VIRGINIA CITY‎

‎1880. Seven photographs: from Virginia City Denver and San Francisco of men and women. The bottom margins and the verso identify the studio. Very Good. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 27947

‎Western Photographica‎

‎Twenty-one Kodak No. 4 Photographs of the West Including California‎

‎California Salt Lake City Oregon and Canada 1892. Very good. Twenty-one albumen photographs each approximately 4 x 5 inches. Mounted on Kodak cards edges gilt; captioned in manuscript on verso. Light wear and scattered soiling to photographs. Mounts lightly worn some peeling but still intact. Group of vacation photographs taken on a Kodak No. 4 camera during October 1892 traveling through northern California Oregon Salt Lake City and the Canadian Rockies. Clearly amateur in nature they are early snapshots of an enthusiastic traveler in the West determined to capture memorable details such as the surf of the Pacific or the way a train curves around a mountain. Each is captioned in ink on verso in a legible hand. Four images depict Mormon sites in Salt Lake City; six are taken in Canada mostly in Banff; a single photo of a train is labeled Oregon; and the remaining ten document time spent in the Bay Area. A charming group. They are captioned as follows: - "Archway entrance to a Mormon Street Salt Lake City" - "Tomb of Brigham Young Salt Lake City" - "Mormon Temple" - "Mormon Tabernacle seating capacity 10000" - "Train Shasta Route Oregon" - "Taken in Engine curving around the Mountain" - "Taken in Engine curve Rockies Canada" another view of the previous shot - "Frank L. Packard & Eva L. Packard on wedding trip taken at Devil's Lake Canadian Nat. Park Oct. 92" a young couple in a horse and buggy - "View of Bow River from Dining Room Canadian Pacific Hotel at Banff Oct 92" - "Mounted Police Oct 92" - "Dry docks Victoria" - "Drive Park in Monterey Calif" - "Eva Packard under palm near Hotel Del Monte Monterey Calif Oct 1892" - "Seal Rocks & surf Pacific at San Francisco" - "Double compounding engine Central Pacific on ferry boat from San Francisco to Oakland Oct 1892" - "Mare Island navy yard Frisco Bay 92" - "Ferry boat San Francisco to Oakland" - "Tide Pacific" - "Arizona Garden at Hotel Del Monte Calif Oct 92" - "Docks San Francisco with Mare Island Navy Yards in distance" - "Driveway Live Oaks Monterey Calif. Oct 92 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 797

‎Western Photographica. South Dakota‎

‎Vernacular Photo Album of Northeastern South Dakota Depicting Life on the Rural Prairies‎

‎Various locations in South Dakota 1904. About very good. Twenty-seven silver gelatin photographs and six postcards on eighteen leaves; photos 4 x 5 inches. Small album. Original black cloth manuscript label on cover. Light wear and soiling. Some images lightly faded; most captioned in ink. Postcards a bit worn and soiled. A short but interesting album of photographs documenting life on the rural South Dakota prairie in 1904. A later caption reveals a bit of the backstory for the album: "Edward Merritt and ranch in S.D. when he and Rev. E.C. Smith had a week's vacation 1904. Carson's Ranch" and the first images in the album are of Carson's Ranch located about eight miles from Bradley South Dakota. Photos include shots of the house the family outbuildings and agricultural work. One photo shows two wagons back to back on an open prairie one of them stuck in a rut. Two mules stand patiently attached to the wagon in the foreground and the caption reads "Wagon with 80 bu wheat in the mire in the prairie on way from Carson's Ranch to Garden City S.D. Mr. Carson is in the wagon." During the week on holiday the author traveled around the northeaster corner of the state in the area between Aberdeen and Watertown. Named places include Waubay Bradley Garden City and Bristol. Several images show the parsonage at Montrose and we presume this is the home of the accompanying Rev. E.C. Smith as Montrose is near Sioux Falls farther south. Several images taken on the prairie show the group out in a buggy. In the first the buggy is slightly askew with horses disconnected and passengers standing around. The caption reads "Rev. L.L. Layne and wife & Edward Merritt after the accident crossing a bridge near Waubay S.D." The next photo shows the group laughing and eating pies "eating dinner on the prairie between Waubay and Enemy Swim Lake." The next two photos are blurry alas but both relate to local Native Americans. One shows a hole in the ground labeled "Dug out where 'Iron Star' Indian lived near Waubay S.D." and the second shows a cabin with a horse out front captioned: "Residence Indian ponies and canoe of Blue Dog Indian Enemy Swim Lake Sisseton Tribe Sioux Indians S.D." Though not an extensive album we nonetheless find it fascinating for its glimpse into life in rural South Dakota at the turn of the century. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 1259

‎Western Photographica‎

‎COLLECTION OF SEVENTY-NINE FINE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS DOCUMENTING A WESTERN AMERICAN RAILROAD "TRAVELING PARTY" THROUGH OREGON CALIFORNIA AND COLORADO IN THE LATE-19th CENTURY‎

‎Various locations in Oregon California and Colorado 1897. Seventy-nine printing out paper photographic prints each image 6 x 8 inches on 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 inch medium weight sheets all but two captioned in the negative. Minor surface wear to a handful of prints several with minor emulsion chipping to edges some curling to prints. Overall very good or better condition. An extraordinary collection of large handsomely-produced photographic prints documenting the exploits of a group of travelers who set out by train through Oregon California and Colorado in 1897. The photographs which are skillfully composed and indicative of an experienced photographer picture a wide variety of both urban and rural settings along the Pacific Coast and in Colorado showing a mixture of horse-drawn and cable and street cars but nary an automobile and constitute a unique and evocative time capsule for numerous locations in the American West in the final few years of the 19th century. <br> <br> The first image features a large group of women and children posed outside a railroad car with the image captioned "The R&W 97 Transcontinental Party." In fact two of the images reference the party as "R&W" which likely refers to the company or family who participated in the railway excursion. The travelers were apparently well-to-do by their dress and by the variety of notable high-end hotels they visited. The selection of photographs here was likely hand-picked by one of the members of the excursion after the journey was completed. <br> <br> The preponderance of the images document locations in California. These include two different views of Mount Shasta scenes in Yosemite Park sites in Santa Cruz and several images each in and around San Francisco Santa Cruz and Los Angeles. The Yosemite Park pictures show members of the group taking a horse-drawn carriage through a redwood tree and other Yosemite landmarks are captioned "Yosemite from Inspiration Point" "Bridal Veil Falls" "Two Brothers of the Yosemite" "Trail to Glacier Pt." "A fallen Monarch of the Yosemite" the famous downed redwood tree and "Wawona Point." <br> <br> The San Francisco images include Stanford University two images a view of Stanford's Tomb in Menlo Park the driveway to the Crocker residence a striking image of downtown focused on the Spreckels Building the San Francisco City Hall building the "Courtyard of the Palace Hotel" Golden Gate Park a spectacular view across the ocean from Golden Gate Park the entrance to Sutro Park and the esplanade in Sutro Park. <br> <br> Images in Santa Cruz depict the residence of Major Frank McLaughlin known as the Golden Gate Villa an elevated view of the beach at Santa Cruz a scene of several travelers in a horse-drawn carriage captioned "Our four in hand on the cliff drive Santa Cruz Cal." and three striking views of the cliffs including two featuring the "Natural Bridge" Cliff at Santa Cruz. <br> <br> The Los Angeles area is well represented in the photographs which picture the downtown courthouse a downtown street scene showing the Van Nuys Hotel the year it opened a view down Spring Street West Lake Park East Side Park four images including the entrance an orange grove in Riverside picturing one of the travelers Magnolia Avenue in Riverside an "Orange grower's home" in Riverside a pair of horses pulling a streetcar labeled "Riverside & Arlington Ry." before the line was electrified in 1899 and an interesting street scene in downtown Riverside. <br> <br> Other sites in California comprise the Hotel Coronado four pictures including an unusual view of the "Drive to the Entrance" of the hotel Coronado Beach two views the "Ruins of Capistrano" the remnants of the mission church the train depot at Fresno a residence in San Jose the "View from Mt. Hamilton" near San Jose and the road to the hedge maze at the Hotel Del Monte in Monterey. <br> <br> The Colorado pictures include a breathtaking elevated view of a snowy Denver taken from the top of the capitol building. Other Colorado scenes include a view of New Castle from the train Glenwood Springs an image of horse-drawn carriages crossing a bridge over the river in Glenwood Springs and two images capturing the incline tram up the Royal Gorge near Canon City. The collection also includes a handful of images in Portland Oregon. These feature the Portland wharf three separate shots of the Portland Hotel the "Residence of Dr. McKenzie" and a horse- drawn carriage ride on City Park Drive. <br> <br> Eight of the more intriguing images in the collection were taken while aboard the traveling party's moving railroad car and picture the vast landscape of the American West in California Colorado and Nevada. The captions for these read "From Top of Mountain near Scisco" "We pass through Eagle Cañon" "Leaving Leadvill sic behind us" "Some Colorado Scenery" "On the Rio Grande Western" and "Princeton Harvard & Yale" a distant view of the three mountains named for those Ivy League schools in the "Collegiate Peaks" region of the Rocky Mountains. One image likely in Colorado but with location unidentified is captioned "Mountains rising thousands of feet all around." There are even a couple of images taken from the train while passing briefly through Nevada including one of the "Humboldt Desert." <br> <br> In addition to the aforementioned image picturing the women and children of the "R&W 97 Transcontinental Party" there are a handful of images focused on other various members. One is captioned "The R&W 97 Philharmonic Symposium" and features six men standing on a railroad handcar with musical instruments. The words and music to "Sweet Rosy O'Grady" have been written into the photographic negative at center along with a humorous musical quatrain at right referencing one of the traveling party. This latter bit reads "The Director General Russ Couldn't play with us with us He was not allowed to toot So he kept time with His Boot." Additional pictures of the group feature them dining inside an unnamed restaurant posed in front of a giant redwood near Santa Cruz and sitting on chairs in a semi-circle in Sutro Park. The latter photograph is captioned "The Russo Hershian Family will now perform." The collection is rounded out with a striking photograph of a woman in a white dress posing for the camera against a white wall which is captioned "Miss Lethbridge." <br> <br> Though the subjects of the traveling party in these pictures are ultimately unknown to us their journey is emblematic of an entire generation's fascination with the railroad and the American West. In addition these large and impressive prints which capture both the urban development of California Oregon and Colorado along with the majesty of the rural settings in these states document their travels in an unusually rich and deluxe format. <br> <br> A unique and rich collection of western photographs produced in the last few years of the 19th century. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : WRCAM56506

‎Western Photographica‎

‎Photograph Album Containing Nearly 300 Images of Depression-Era Road Trips Through the West and Mexico‎

‎Various Places including Mexico Wyoming Nevada Arizona and California 1938. Very good. 296 photographs in corner mounts on fifty-five leaves. Oblong quarto. Original cloth boards string tied. Cloth worn and frayed at edges. A few leaves loose. Photos generally crisp and neat; about half with manuscript captions on leaves. A travel album of nearly 300 original images of alluring and uncommonly high quality the preponderance of which chronicle a series of road trips made by a group of young men crossing the United States and Mexico by car in 1936 and 1937. The subjects were likely students at Worcester Polytechnical Institute. Approximately 250 of the images depict their trips across North America in the midst of the Depression with locations in the east including Mt. Katahdin in Maine; Washington D.C.; Lookout Mountain Tennessee; Lake Michigan; and Niagara Falls. In the West they drove through Texas and Mexico to Mexico City. They toured the Mexican capital and also stopped in Monterrey where they saw a bullfight. After re-crossing the border at Fort Stockton they traveled through New Mexico Arizona Nevada Wyoming and California with a series of photographs depicting their experiences in Yellowstone and Yosemite. Indeed many of the photos depict their stops in national parks across the West and demonstrate an interest in the major water engineering project being undertaken at that time. The remainder of the images show the aftermath of the 1938 hurricane on Bellows Falls Vermont likely the hometown of the album's compiler and scenes on the campus of WPI. An excellent visual account of Depression-era car travel. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 917

‎Western Photographica‎

‎Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting a Journey from Florida to California and then Colorado‎

‎Various locations including the Southwest California Mexico and Colorado 1900. Very good plus. Forty silver gelatin photographs on thirty-eight leaves. Images 3 x 4 inches all but three one per page and captioned. Oblong 12mo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Internally clean most images with good definition and contrast. A charming little photograph album documenting a holiday vacation across the country. The trip begins on a steamer off the Florida Coast with stops at New Orleans Arizona Texas Mexico and on to California. Images in the Southwest include Native American street vendors in Yuma adobe houses in El Paso and the prison and post office in Juarez. In California where the bulk of the images were taken the group visits Los Angeles Ocean Beach the ostrich farm at Pasadena Long Beach Catalina Island Santa Barbara San Francisco and Berkeley. From San Francisco they board a train snapping photos from the railway car. In Colorado they visit Pueblo Cripple Creek Colorado Springs Denver the Cave of Winds and Garden of the Gods -- all the usual tourist stops. The images have good contrast and the compiler has carefully labeled each image in a neat hand elevating this above standard tourist albums. An excellent example of cross-country tourist travel at the turn of the century. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1880

‎Western Photographica. California‎

‎Vernacular Photo Album of Automobile Trips to the Owens Valley and Environs‎

‎Various locations in California 1932. Very good. 219 photographs on fifty leaves most 3 x 5 inches; plus six real photo postcards. Oblong octavo. Original black cloth string-tied. Light wear to covers. Images crisp and clear. Many images with typed captions. A wonderful photo album documenting road trips taken in the Eastern Sierra and western Nevada in the area in and around Owens Valley. The photographer and his friends explored numerous mines and mining towns in the region braving the desert in their car. The album winds from Owen's Lake to the National Soda Products Company and the Estelle Mine to the tiny town of Keeler where they celebrated Easter. They continue on to the mining camps of Panamint City and Ballarat both now ghost towns. There are photographs of the town of Lone Pine the Cerro Gordo Mine Darwin and in Nevada the towns of Lida and Goldfield. They take an extended trek through Big Pine California staying in Glacier Lodge Canyon and spend time in Onion Valley. There is also a lengthy series of photographs taken out at Lone Pine California documenting the Universal Pictures film "Oh Promise Me" with images of the actors and sets and crew. An altogether fascinating album documenting the region of the Eastern Sierra and Owens Valley. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1252

‎Western Photographica. South Dakota‎

‎Vernacular Photo Album of Northeastern South Dakota Depicting Life on the Rural Prairies‎

‎Various locations in South Dakota 1904. About very good. Twenty-seven silver gelatin photographs and six postcards on eighteen leaves; photos 4 x 5 inches. Small album. Original black cloth manuscript label on cover. Light wear and soiling. Some images lightly faded; most captioned in ink. Postcards a bit worn and soiled. A short but interesting album of photographs documenting life on the rural South Dakota prairie in 1904. A later caption reveals a bit of the backstory for the album: "Edward Merritt and ranch in S.D. when he and Rev. E.C. Smith had a week's vacation 1904. Carson's Ranch" and the first images in the album are of Carson's Ranch located about eight miles from Bradley South Dakota. Photos include shots of the house the family outbuildings and agricultural work. One photo shows two wagons back to back on an open prairie one of them stuck in a rut. Two mules stand patiently attached to the wagon in the foreground and the caption reads "Wagon with 80 bu wheat in the mire in the prairie on way from Carson's Ranch to Garden City S.D. Mr. Carson is in the wagon." During the week on holiday the author traveled around the northeaster corner of the state in the area between Aberdeen and Watertown. Named places include Waubay Bradley Garden City and Bristol. Several images show the parsonage at Montrose and we presume this is the home of the accompanying Rev. E.C. Smith as Montrose is near Sioux Falls farther south. Several images taken on the prairie show the group out in a buggy. In the first the buggy is slightly askew with horses disconnected and passengers standing around. The caption reads "Rev. L.L. Layne and wife & Edward Merritt after the accident crossing a bridge near Waubay S.D." The next photo shows the group laughing and eating pies "eating dinner on the prairie between Waubay and Enemy Swim Lake." The next two photos are blurry alas but both relate to local Native Americans. One shows a hole in the ground labeled "Dug out where 'Iron Star' Indian lived near Waubay S.D." and the second shows a cabin with a horse out front captioned: "Residence Indian ponies and canoe of Blue Dog Indian Enemy Swim Lake Sisseton Tribe Sioux Indians S.D." Though not an extensive album we nonetheless find it fascinating for its glimpse into life in rural South Dakota at the turn of the century. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1259

‎Western Photographica. Yosemite‎

‎A Souvenir of Our First Trip to Yosemite June 16 to 24 1923 manuscript title‎

‎Yosemite 1923. Very good. 41 silver gelatin prints on 16 leaves. Black paper leaves string-tied. Captions in white ink. Closed tear to first leave minor wear else. A charming narrative album detailing a family holiday through Yosemite. Many of the photographs show sweeping scenery together with shots of the travelers themselves including two photos of the children perched on the back of Cakewalk the Donkey. Images are all captioned often providing elevation information. A final image shows two women seated at a folding table outside along with two young girls who appear to be twins and a sleeping man. The two girls are holding newspapers; one eats a sandwich and gazes at the camera. The family car is in the background. The caption reads "In Purussima Creek where the trip was planed sic and 'discussed'. June 3 1923." A lovely little souvenir album of an auto trip to Yosemite. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 903

‎Western Photography. Travel‎

‎A Tour Including Some of the Garden Spots of the Arid West; Affording an Opportunity to See What Has Been Accomplished Through Irrigation. caption title‎

‎Various locations in the West 1909. Very good. Forty-seven leaves containing forty-one photographs 4 x 6 inches supplemented by postcards and a few newspaper clippings. Oblong octavo album. Original leather cover gilt black paper leaves. Spine perished but holding covers worn. Some leaves intentionally trimmed on fore edge. Two photos loose and laid in. Contents clean and fresh. An interesting album documenting a train trip to the Western United States taken by several businessmen from Chicago on a tour to study irrigation investments in Colorado Idaho and Wyoming. The album starts out with panels from the trip brochure pasted onto the first two leaves followed by newspaper clippings documenting the trip as well as a map of the train routes in the west and a sheet of stationery signed by all the members of the party. The trip was organized by Trowbridge & Niver a municipal bond company based in Chicago and one Denver newspaper headline notes "Half-Billion Dollars Represented in Party. Many are already backing projects here and are making trip to investigate." Each photograph is captioned with a typed label documenting stops along the route starting with Fort Morgan Colorado. There are several images of Eldorado Springs including the swimming pool and a large building whose roof says "Moving Pictures" which we presume to be an early movie theatre. There are many group shots of the "Buffalo Party" along the way all looking quite dapper in caps and touring coats out to spend their millions. One image shows the group on a tour by buggy captioned "Our party inspecting irrigated orchards at Palisade Colorado." There are three photographs of Salt Lake City followed by a series in Idaho which includes a charming photo of several women laughing captioned "Shoshone Indians at Pocatello Idaho." There is a series taken along the Snake River in Idaho and Oregon followed by several images taken in Boise. This cataloguer's favorite is a pair of photos taken at the local pool showing the men in their swimsuits: "Buffalonians in the Natatorium Boise." The final four photos depict the group at stops in Wyoming. Throughout the compiler has used postcards to set the scenery for the trip using the photographs to capture the group itself on tour. Altogether a wonderful album documenting a business trip yet assembled like a family vacation album or young woman's scrapbook. The format speaks to the novelty of such a trip even for businessmen in the early years of the 20th century. unknown books‎

Bookseller reference : 1557

‎Western Pine Association‎

‎101 home ideas featuring 10 fine woods of the Western Pine region. 1960 FULL LEATHER BOUND‎

‎2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1960. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : SD1111003334290

‎Western Pine Association‎

‎101 home ideas featuring 10 fine woods of the Western Pine region. 1960 Hardcover‎

‎2019. Hardcover. New. Lang: - English. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1960. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1111003334290

‎Western Pine Association‎

‎Beautiful paneled walls of genuine white pine : Idaho white pine an ideal wood for knotty pine paneling. 1930 FULL LEATHER BOUND‎

‎2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back 1930. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : SD1111006537603