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Book Title by Subject:	Picture Frames
Agriculture Art/Architecture Biography Boulder County Colorado Colorado Cities Encyclopedias Far West Flora/Fauna/Natural History Fiction Mining Miscellaneous Native Americans New Mexico Plains Railroads Religion Rocky Mountains Songs/Music United States West	Boulder County Collectibles: Pre-1900 1900-1950 1950-2008
	Collectibles of the West Pre-1900 1900-1950 1950-1980
	Collectibles Beyond the West
	Boulder County Maps
	Colorado Maps (1880-1903)
	Maps of National Forests
	Periodicals 1870-1903
	Periodicals 1917-1992

 

A Sampling of Book Titles sorted by subject

Agriculture

A1 Trails Plowed Under by Charles M. Russell. Copyright 1927.
From Cow to Cow Country by Leon V. Almirall. Copyright 1956.
Good Medicine by Charles M. Russell. 2 volumes. Copyright 1929, 1930.

 

Art/Architecture

Artists and Illustrators of the Old West 1850-1900 by Robert Taft. Copyright 1953.
Artists of the American West by Doris Ostrander Dawday. (3 volumes). Copyright 1974.
Drawings of Bruce Buck by Bruce Buck. Copyright 1983.
Gordonstown A New Design for America by Stuart Gordon. Copyright 1980. Autographed.
Persistent Vision Art of the Reservation Days by Richard Conn. Copyright 1986.
Sculptor in Buckskin by Alexander Phimister Proctor. Copyright 1971.
Simple Statements. Drawings by Jackie McFarland and D.B. Williamson. Copyright 1977. Autographed.
The Art and Activities of John Dare (Jack) Howland by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1973. Autographed limited edition from 350 signed copies.

 

Biography

Another Verdict for Oliver Lee by W.H. Hutchinson. Copyright 1965. Autographed.
Around the World at Eighty by Blanche Dvorak Caspar. Undated.
Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton. Copyright 1898.
Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth B. Custer. 2 copies. Copyright 1885 and 1913.
Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont. No author. No copyright date.
The Doctor by Ralph Connor. Copyright 1906.
Fitz-James O’Brien by Francis Wolle: A Literary bohemian of the Eighteen-Fifties. Copyright 1944.
Four Years in the Rockies or the Adventures of Isaac P. Rose by James B. Marsh. Reprint 1973.
Glory Colorado by William E. Davis. Copyright 1965. 2 copies.
Inevitable Americans by John Greenway. Copyright 1964.
Journal of a Soldier under Kearney and Doniphan by George Rutledge Gibson. Copyright 1934.
Journals of Zebulon Montgomery Pike edited by Donald Jackson. Copyright 1966.
Kit Carson’s Own Story of His Life edited by Blanche C. Grant and autographed by her. Copyright 1926.
Life of an Ordinary Woman by Anne Ellis. Copyright 1929.
Life of Kit Carson by Charles Burdett. Copyright 1902.
Lost in the Canyon The Story of Sam Willet’s Adventures on the Great Colorado of the West by Alfred R. Calhoun. Copyright 1888.
Lydia E. Pinkham: Being a Sketch of Her Life and Times by Elbert Hubbard. Copyright 1915.
March of the Dragoons 1835 Ford Diary by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1957. Autographed.
Morning by Gene Amole. 1983.
My Life Story by Philip Ray Carter. 1986.
Pioneers of the Rocky Mountains and the West by Charles A. McMurry. Copyright 1904.
Poker Alice by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1951. Autographed copy is 490 of 500 numbered and signed copies.
Red Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson. Copyright 1910.
Rocky Mountain Dick by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1953.
Saga of a Forest Ranger by Len Shoemaker. 2 copies, both autographed.
Seth of Colorado by James Otis. Copyright 1912.
Shirttail to Hang To (the Story of Cal Farley and His Boys Ranch) by Beth Day. Copyright 1959. Autographed.
Tomboy Bride: Autobiography by Harriet Fish Backus.
Univ. of Colorado Studies, Stefan George: A Study of His Early Work. Copyright 1959.
The Use of the National Forests by Gifford Pinchot. Copyright 1907.
Woman Tenderfoot by Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson. Copyright 1900.
Zeph: A Posthumous Story by Helen Jackson. Copyright 1885.

 

Boulder County

Boulder City/County Directories: 1911,1916,1918,1921,1926,1928,1930,1932,1936,1935,1943,1956,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1964,1965,1966,1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975,1976,1978,1979,1980,1981,1984,1985-86,1987

Longmont City Directory: 1975 ,1976,1977,1978,1984-85

Coloradan (University of Colorado Yearbook}: 1905, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1984.

Early Boulder Series: Ladies of the Night, Fire Protection, Miscellany , Miscellany Number Two, Education-Public Schools by Sanford Gladden. 1974.

Coloradan (University of Colorado Yearbook}: 1905, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1932, 1933, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970,  1971, 1972,  1973, 1974, 1980, 1984.

From Grassland to Glacier, and Ecology of Boulder County, Colorado by Cornelia Fleischer Mutel. Copyright 1976.
Frontier Boulder by Richard Fetter. Copyright 1983.
Glory Colorado by William E. Davis. Copyright 1965. 2 copies.
Hiking Trails of the Boulder Mountain Area by Vici DeHaan. Copyright 1979.
Iliad (Centaurus High School Yearbook) 1974, 1993, 1996.
Improvement of Boulder, Colorado by Frederick Law Olmstead. Copyright 1910.
Lance (Fairview High School Yearbook): 1961, 1963.

Odaroloc (Boulder High School Yearbook): 1911, 1915, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1930, 1937, 1942, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982.

Hotels of Boulder County from 1860 by Sanford Gladden. 1970.
Remembered Yesterdays by Eben G. Fine. Copyright 1957. Autographed.
The Runner’s Guide to Boulder County by Vici DeHaan. Copyright 1982.
76 Historic Homes of Boulder by Jane Barker. 1976.
A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Bird. 1960.
As A Town Grows: the schools of Boulder, Colorado in the pageant of the years 1860-1959 by F. O. Repplier. 1959.
The Boulder Story: Historical Portrait of a Colorado Town by Maurice Frink. 1965.
Tales of Boulder For Young Folks: Animal Tales From Boulder Newspapers by Sanford Gladden. 1974.
Zoology of Colorado by T. A. Cockerell. 1927.

 

Colorado

50 West Central Colorado Hiking Trails by Don and Roberta Lowe. Copyright 1976.
80 Northern Colorado Hiking Trails by Don and Roberta Lowe. Copyright 1973.
Colorado and Its People by LeRoy Hafen. Copyright 1948. 4 volumes.
Colorado and Other Poems… by Milford E. Shields. Copyright 1943.
Colorado As an Agricultural State by William E. Pabor. Copyright 1882.
Colorado Front Range Ski Tours by Tom and Sanse Sudduth. Copyright 1975.
Colorado in Color and Song verse by J.W. Wright and Frank H. Mayer. Copyright 1899.
Colorado State Directory: 1950, 1951.
Colorado Tales and Legends of the Earlier Days in Verse by T.O. Bigney. Copyright 1875.
Colorado Yearbook: 1930, 1956-1958.
Guidebook to Colorado by Eugene Parsons. Copyright 1911.
Guidebook to Colorado by Eugene Parsons. Copyright 1911. One of two autographed.
Here They Dug the Gold by George F. Willison. Copyright 1946.
High Country Cooking in Colorado. Copyright 1981.
High Country Names by Louisa Ward Arps. Copyright 1966.
History of Colorado by James H. Baker and LeRoy Hafen. Copyright 1927.
Salute To Yesterday by Gene Fowler. Copyright 1937.
Wigwam The Oldest Fishing Club in the State by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1969.

 

Colorado Cities

About Centennial by James A. Michener. Copyright 1974. Only 3200 copies were made.
Adventures of a Telluride Native by Evelyn Gustafson Eggebroten. Copyright 1999.
Central City Opera House Association. Limited Edition (edition #783 of 1321).
Colorado Springs A Guide Book by George Irving Finlay. Copyright 1906.
Colorado Springs by George Rex Buckman. Copyright 1892.
Gunnison Colorado’s Bonanza Co. by John K. Hallowell. Copyright 1883.
Mesa Verde by Christopher La Farge. Copyright 1945.
Pikes Peak Vision: The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945. 1989.
Valley of the Cranes, Exploring Colorado’s San Luis Valley by Robert Rozinski, Wendy Shattil, Virginia McConnell Simmons. Copyright 1988.
Wagon Wheels to Denver by Marian McIntyre McDonough. Copyright 1960.
Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek by Harry J. Newton. Copyright 1928.

 

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (28 volumes). Copyright 1910
Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography by Dan L. Thrapp. 3 volumes. Copyright 1988.
The World Book Organized Knowledge (11 volumes). Copyright 1917, 1918, 1919.

 

Far West

California of the South by Walter Lindley. Copyright 1888.
Far West and the Rockies Historical Series by LeRoy Hafen. Copyright 1958.
Fate of a Fairy or Twenty Seven Years in the Far West by Ellen E. Jack. Copyright 1910.
Glimpses of California and the Missions by Helen Hunt Jackson. Copyright 1907.
Guidebook of the Western United States by Willis T. Lee. Copyright 1916.
Miracle at Square Top Mountain by Robert Franklin Leslie. Copyright 1979.
Over the Range to the Golden Gate by Stanley Wood. Copyright 1889.
Bare Essentials by Sylvia Tascher. Copyright 1986.

 

Flora/Fauna/Natural History

1001 Questions Answered About Earth Science by Richard M. Pearl. Copyright 1962.
Amherst Garden by Edna Davis Romig. Copyright 1938. Autographed copy.
Birds of Denver and Mountain Parks by Robert Niedrach. Copyright 1939.
Hunting and Fishing by Mountain and Stream by G.O.Shields. Copyright 1883.
Miracle at Square Top Mountain by Robert Franklin Leslie. Copyright 1979.
Nature Notes of the Pikes Peak Region by Lloyd Shaw. Copyright 1916.
Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park by Ruth E. Ashton Nelson. Copyright 1933.
Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories: Embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah by F.V. Hayden. Copyright 1873.
Southwestern Expedition of Zebulon M. Pike, Milo Milton Quaife Editor. Copyright 1925.
Story of a Thousand-Year Pine by Enos Mills. Copyright 1909 and 1914.
The Burro Book by S.M. McCandless. Copyright 1900.
The Use of the National Forests by Gifford Pinchot. Copyright 1907.
Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains by George F. Ruxton. Copyright 1932.
Winter Guide to Central Rocky Mountain Shrubs, edited by William T. McKean. Second Edition 1976.

 

Fiction

Character Sketches of Romantic Fiction and the Drama, Volumes 1-4 by E. Cobhan Brewer. Copyright 1896.
The Doctor by Ralph Connor. Copyright 1906.
Driftwood by Wilson Rockwell. Copyright 1940.
Foal of Heaven by Mari Sandoz. Copyright 1993.
Labyrinth by Diane Stevens. Copyright 1976.
Lariat II edited by Alan Swallow. Copyright 1959.
Nelly’s Silver Mine A Story of Colorado Life by Helen Hunt Jackson. Copyright 1878.
Red Mountain by David Lavender. Copyright 1963
The Black Ram of Dinwoody Creek by Nolie Mumey. Copyright 1951. Autographed copy.
Salute To Yesterday by Gene Fowler. Copyright 1937.
The Willow-Bender by Helen Rich. Copyright 1950.
Indians/Native Americans 33 Years Among Our Wild Indians by Col. Richard Irving Dodge. Copyright 1959. Autographed.
Among the Pueblo Indians by Carl Eickemeyer. Copyright 1895.
Cliff Dwellers by Charles N. Bliss. Copyright 1922. Autographed.
Native American Art in the Denver Art Museum by Richard Conn. Copyright 1979.
Prehistoric Villages, Castles, and Towers of Southwestern Colorado by J. Walter Fewkes. Copyright 1919.
Rekindling Camp Fires by L.F. Crawford. Copyright 1926.
Voices from Wounded Knee, 1973. Copyright 1974.

 

Mining

Coal War by Upton Sinclair. Copyright 1976.
Forty Years Prospecting and Mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota by Frank Hebert. Copyright 1921.
Yellow Gold of Cripple Creek (2 copies) by Harry J. Newton. Copyright 1928.

 

Miscellaneous

Authentic Mother Goose Fairy Tales and Nursery Thymes. 1960.
Collectible Porcelain Insulators by Gerald Brown. Autographed copy. Copyright 1971.
Creeks That Run Through Town: poems and stories by Gary Erb. Copyright 1985.
Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information by Benjamin Vincent. (Info through midsummer 1910, 25th edition)
Informed Vision: Essays on Learning and Human Nature. Boulder author. By David Hawkins. 1974.
Pioneer Superstitions by Ferne Shelton. Copyright 1969.
Selective Service Regulations. Copyright 1918.
Seven Spiritual Causes of Ill Health by Rev. Hannah Kroeger. Copyright 1988.

 

Native Americans

33 Years Among Our Wild Indians by Col. Richard Irving Dodge. Copyright 1959. Autographed.
Among the Pueblo Indians by Carl Eickemeyer. Copyright 1895.
Cliff Dwellers by Charles N. Bliss. Copyright 1922. Autographed.
Native American Art in the Denver Art Museum by Richard Conn. Copyright 1979.
Prehistoric Villages, Castles, and Towers of Southwestern Colorado by J. Walter Fewkes. Copyright 1919.
Rekindling Camp Fires by L.F. Crawford. Copyright 1926.
Voices from Wounded Knee, 1973. Copyright 1974.

 

New Mexico

Lorenzo in Taos by Mabel Dodge Luhan. Copyright 1932.
Santa Fe’s Partner by Thomas A. Janvier. Copyright 1907.
Second William Penn Treaty with Indians on the Santa Fe Trail 1860-1866 by William H. Ryus. Copyright 1913.
Winter in Taos by Mabel Dodge Lujan. Copyright 1935.

 

Plains

Pictures from the Plains and Other Poems by Nellie Burget Miller. Copyright 1936. Autographed copy.
Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society 1919-1922, Vol. XV. Copyright 1923.
Covered Wagon Days A journey across the plains in the sixties and pioneer days in the northwest; from the private journals of Albert Jerome Dickson edited by Dickson. Copyright 1929.
Mississippi Valley: Its Physical Geography by J.W. Foster. Copyright 1869.
The Great Plains by Randall Parrish. Copyright 1907.

 

Railroads

Cinders & Smoke by Doris B. Osterwald. Copyright 1965.

 

Religion

Aim For a Star: Poems by Helen Lowrie Marshall.
Close to the Heart: Poems by Helen Lowrie Marshall.
The Gift by Mary Lou Pittman. 1991.
God Helps Those That Help Themselves by Hanna Kroeger. Copyright 1984.
Holy Bible. Copyright 1829.
Holy Bible. Copyright 1860.
Holy Bible. No copyright.
Holy-Days and Holidays compiled by Edward M. Deems. Copyright 1902.
Mormons, or, Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake by Lieut. J.W. Gunnison. Copyright 1852.
Practice of Zen by Chang Chen-Chi. Copyright 1959.
Quier Power: Poems of Faith, Hope, Laugher and Love by Helen Marshall. 1970.

 

Rocky Mountains

Boots and Saddles or Life in Dakota with General Custer by Elizabeth B. Custer. 2 copies. Copyright 1885 and 1913.
Crest of the Continent: A Record of a Summer’s Ramble in the Rocky Mountains and Beyond by Ernest Ingersoll. Copyright 1885.
Highways and Byways of the Rocky Mountains by Clifton Johnson. Copyright 1910.
Men and the Mountain by William Brandon. Copyright 1955.
Mountain Melodies by Cy Warman. Copyrighted by author, no date.
Old Yellowstone Days edited by Paul Schullery. Copyright 1979.
Peak and Prairie by Anna Fuller. Copyright 1894.
Raising the Roof of the Rockies by Gerald Richmond. Copyright 1974.
Rockies by David Lavender. Copyright 1968.
Rocky Mountain Wonderland by Enos Mills (duplicate). Copyright 1915.
Tales of the Gold Rush by Bret Harte. Copyright 1944.
Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains by George F. Ruxton. Copyright 1932.
Winter Guide to Central Rocky Mountain Shrubs, edited by Wm. T. McKean. Second Edition 1976.

 

Songs/Music

Mountain Melodies by Cy Warman. Copyrighted by author, no date.
Music History and Theory by Wm. R. Clendenin. Copyright 1965.
Songs from our Mountains by Nelle vonFumetti and Jane Price. 1976.

 

United States

Brief History of the United States. Barnes Historical Series. 2 copies. Copyright 1885.
How the U.S. Calvary Saved Our National Parks by H. Duane Hampton. 1971.
The Inevitable Americans by John Greenway. Copyright 1964.
The Quest of American Life by George Norlin. Copyright 1945.
Three American Radicals: John Swinton, Charles Steinmetz, and William Dean Howells by Sender Garlin. Copyright 1991.
When the West Was Young by Frederick R. Bechdolt. Copyright 1922.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft. Copyright 1888.

 

West

First Military Escort on the Santa Fe Trail 1829 by Otis E. Young. Copyright 1952.
Half Hour in the Wide West. Copyright 1878.
Lariat II edited by Alan Swallow. Copyright 1959.
Marching with the Army of the West, 1846-1848 by Abraham Robinson Johnston. Copyright 1936.
Overland Trail The Epic Path of the Pioneers to Oregon by Agnes C. Laut. Copyright 1929.
Overland Trip to the Grand Canyon by Major J. W. Powell. Copyright 1974.
Pictorial History of the Wild West by James D. Horan and Paul Sann. Copyright 1954.
Sound the Charge by Richard Weingardt. 1978.
Tales of the Gold Rush by Bret Harte. Copyright 1944.
The American West A Poem by Dick Lamm. Copyright 1985.
When the West Was Young by Frederick R. Bechdolt. Copyright 1922.

 

Picture Frames

Picture frames, including a large oval frame with convex glass.  (30)

 

Boulder County Collectibles

Pre-1900:

Boulder Canon engraving from Picturesque America. 1872.

Ward Miners’ Union No. 42, Constitution, By-Laws, Order of Business and Rules of Order. 36-page small pink booklet. 1896.

Large 1898 sample book for men’s suit fabric. The fabric was removed and the book was used as a scrapbook. Many trade cards have been glued to the pages. McLaughlin’s Coffee, Gold Dust Washing Powder, etc.

Front page of The Ward Miner newspaper, 26 Jan. 1900 about the Ward fire. Probably compiled by Hazel Schmoll, her parents, or a relative. Water damaged. 1898-1900. (Book dismantled and put in 23 sleeves.)

 

1900-1950:

Beautiful Boulder, Colorado. 18-page tourist booklet published by the Boulder Commercial Association. Undated, ca. 1905-1920.

A Picturesque Picnic Resort and Scenes Along the Way. Denver, Boulder, and Western Railroad Company. Booklet with ten photographs of Boulder County with caption. In poor condition.  Undated.

University of Colorado calendar. Scenes around campus. 1914. 

BoulderCounty Boys in the Service. Oversize display boards listing all the men who served in World War I. The Honor Roll was on display in the old Boulder County Courthouse.  1928  (3 sets)

BoulderCounty Veterans of World War II. Oversize display boards listing all the men who served in World War II. There are notations next to 23 men who lost their lives in service; five men missing in action.  Ca. 1945.

The Mustang, Vol. 1, No. 1, Devoted to the Horses That Serve the West. 27-page magazine. Printed by Boulder Publishing, Inc. 1939.

Disabled American Veterans of World War small poster. 1939

Program for the 22nd Annual Convention of the Colorado Lions, Sixth District. 12-page booklet with color cover, photos and a map. 1940.
 
Duck (Modoc) LakeProperty, Ward, Colorado. Hazel M. Schmoll, owner. Flyer with photos and map. Undated.

Western Life at Range View Ranch. Hazel M. Schmoll, Director. Cream-colored flyer. Undated.

Hope to See You at Range View Ranch. Hazel M. Schmoll. Light green flyer. Undated.

 

1950-2008:

A framed and matted photograph of the Norlin Library on the University of Colorado campus taken circa mid-1950s.

The Shamrock. Published Bi-Monthly by the Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp. Entire 15-page magazine devoted to Boulder. July-August 1953.

Boulder Daily Doings. Magazine. August 22-28, 1959.

National State Bank of Boulder, 1874-1969, A History. 31-pg booklet 1969

The Revised Code of the City of Boulder, 1965. This governmental publication includes the supplements through 4 Jan. 1977. 

The Charter of the City of Boulder, Colorado.  This governmental publication has a dark green cover and only includes the Charter (pages 1-68), and not the Code (though there is a Table of Contents for the Code.) 1976  (2 copies)

Official Rodeo Program for the BoulderValley Pow Wow. Magazine with photos, articles, a history of the Pow Wow, and advertisements. 1981.

Boulder Lampoon.  Magazines.  Winter 1984 and Winter 1985.

The Boulder Police Department: A History by Jeff Hickey. 151-page history. 1987

West Pearl Neighborhood History and Walking Tour Guide. 13-page booklet. City of Boulder. 1990.

University Hill Neighborhood History and Walking Tour Guide. 10-page booklet. City of Boulder. 1992.

StatePreparatory School Alumni Club Reunion. Booklets with photos, memories, cartoons, etc. Years: 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (100th anniversary edition), 1997, 1998.  (10 booklets)

Boulder Sertoma Club poster of the Declaration of Independence.

 

Collectibles of the West

(not Boulder County)

Pre-1900:

The Rocky Mountains. An engraving by R. Hinshelwood from a painting by W. Whitteredge. An Indian encampment next to a river with mountains in the background.  1871.

Long’s Peak from Este’s [sic] Park. Matted engraving. Undated

Large gathering of people, carriages, and horses with military personnel in formation. Location unknown. Oversize photograph.
Ca. 1890.

 

1900-1950:

San Juan Country.  A oversize promotional booklet filled with photos of the area with a focus on the mining industry. Water damaged.  Ca. 1900.

Spanish-American War of 1898, Company G. poster. Undated poster, the center of which was cut out and the roster of this regiment inserted. Believed to be men from Colfax County, New Mexico.  Possibly ca. 1900.

Tolland, Colo.Postmark on an envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Schmoll, Ward, Colo. Post Office established 1904, discontinued 1944.  11 Aug. 1911.

Cocks-Clark Engraving Co. Calendar. Denver, Colo. 1941.  (2 calendars)

The Central City Play Festival. A Memorial to Colorado Pioneers. A limited edition booklet of the opera house history. 1946. 

Sand Dunes of Colorado. A mounted photograph taken by Myron Snow, a Boulder photographer. Undated. 

A Legend of Arapahoe Peak and the Devil’s Arm Chair by Lou K. Norris. 12-page booklet containing a poem and photos. Undated.

Haanstad’s Camera Shop business card. Denver, Colo. Photo of mountains on one side. Undated. 

A framed and matted sepia tone photograph titled Indian Scout Slau~enez, Navajo Indian Reservation, Gallup, N.M.There is a D. L. Yocom, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, Colo. sticker taped on the dust cover. Framed by Abby’s Frame Shop in Estes Park, Colo. Undated

A framed and matted sepia tone photograph titled Old Wrinkles. Navajo Indian, 104 years old. There is a D. L. Yocom, 1724 Broadway, Boulder, Colo. sticker taped on the dust cover. Framed by Abby’s Frame Shop in Estes Park, Colo. Undated

 

1950-1980:

Cardboard folder with a color photograph of a train on a trestle in the mountains.  Undated.

Folder with newspaper articles about the collision of two airplanes over the Grand Canyon resulting in the deaths of 128 people. 2 July 1956. 

This Is Colorado. Special Centennial Magazine Section of the Denver Post. 184-page magazine with history, color photos, and advertisements.  21 June 1959. 

Denver and the Historic Prospectors’ Trail. 17 gorgeous pictures from original color photos. 16-page booklet.  Ca. 1960.

Colorado: A Rich Lode of History. 8-page booklet with history and a map showing the state museums. Undated. 

Historic Central City, Colorado advertising pamphlet. Drawings, photos, history, and map. 1963. 

Trek Along The Navajo Trail, 1964-1965 Yearbook. Magazine-type.

Ruins of the GregoryMansion, Blackhawk, Colo. The “Lace House”. Drawing by Wayne Gripton Lyon. 1964

Coloradans for Goldwater bumper sticker.  1964

George Elbert Burr, Etcher of the American West, 1859-1939. Booklet of his artwork printed for the Denver Public Library. 1967

Panoramic Bird’s Eye View of Colorado Springs, Colorado City and Manitou, Colo. 1882. Matted reprint. 1967

Colorado Magazine. March-April 1970. 

Central City and Blackhawk, Colorado, 1873. Matted reprint of a bird’s eye lithograph. 1971.

View of Georgetown, Colorado, 1874. Matted reprint of a bird’s eye lithograph. 1971

Colorful Colorado Invites You! 1876-1976. 50-page booklet with color photos and information. 1976. 

The Time of the Grand Canyon: a Geologic Guide to the Rim Trail advertising pamphlet. Drawings and information. 1977. 

 

Collectibles Beyond the West

Collection of ca. 1910 postcards:

1. Happy New Year  (6)
2. Christmas Santa  (6)
3. Secular Merry Christmas  (13)
4. Religious Merry Christmas  (2)
5. To My Valentine  (10)
6. Secular Easter Greetings  (22)
7. Religious Easter Greetings  (9)
8. Thanksgiving  (10)
9. Patriotic  (2)
10. Japanese scenes  (4)
11. Humor  (4)
12. Miscellaneous birthday, friendship, etc.  (17)
13. Unique: Halloween (4), Black Americana (1), and a mechanical  Christmas scene (1).

Gen. Wm. T. Sherman oversize portrait engraving by Kurz & Allison, Art Studio, Chicago. Water damage and tears. Ca. 1870s.

McLaughlin’s Coffee humorous color pocket calendar. 1887.

The office of L.E. Ward & Co., Boston, Mass. 11x14 photographic print of an original taken 1 April 1897. Stockbrokers wearing top hats posed around a tickertape machine and a stock board. 1897. 

The Knights’ Kalendar, Elizabethan Heroes. A calendar printed in Cambridge, Mass. Includes portraits used in Lodge’s Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, accompanied by a history. 1898

White Sewing Machine Co. Color trade cards ca.1900.  (5 cards)

Sinclair’s Fidelity Hams advertisement. Small stand-up pig holding a ham. 1901. 

Louisiana Purchase Exposition. A Souvenir of the Singer Exhibit. Color lithographs from the St. Louis Exposition. 1904.  (4 different prints)

Ladies Note Book and Calendar.  An advertising calendar from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association with information on childbirth, and female complaints. Many pages have been torn out.  1905.

Small embossed color calendar in the shape of a kitten. Ca.1910.

Woodrow Wilson portrait. Torn and missing pieces. Ca. 1915

Architectural and schematic drawings of railroad buildings, etc.
From Robert F. Schlechter Collection. Purchased at Coronado Scale Models, Phoenix, AZ

1. Engine House & Repair Shops, Phillips, ME. 1923 (2)
2. Passenger Station, Farmington, ME. Undated  (5)
3. Dickey Road Underpass. 1911
4. Coal Shed, Farmington, ME. 1910  (2)
5. Kingfield Depot, Store, Shed & Powder House. 1976 (8)
6. Right-of-way & track map, Portland, ME. 1916
7. McMyler Interstate Rolling Car Dumper. 1923
8. Box Car framing. 1912  (3)

The Daily Record Calendar, 1920. A “daytimer” with financial and personal notes on many of the pages. Each week has a poem done in calligraphy. In the original box.  1920. 

The Scranton Lace Company’s New Outlook for Every Home catalog of window coverings. Scranton, Penn.  1927. 

Alfred E. Smith for President. Poster with tears and folds. Democratic candidate in 1928.

Joe T. Robinson for Vice-President. Poster with tears and folds. The first Arkansan nominated for a national office. Democrat.  1928

Ben Bernie and his Orchestra, Famous Radio Broadcasters. Advertising poster with damage.  Ca. 1930s.

“Kiss me Rastus – nuthin’ makes Me sick.” Black Americana calendar with a color drawing of a little girl and boy. 1930. 

Home Decorator’s Idea Book. Advertising booklet from the Armstrong Cork Co., Floor Division, Lancaster, Penn. 36-pages of color illustrations. Water-damaged.  1931. 

California Pacific International Exposition Pictorial. 32-page booklet with black and white photos of the San Diego, Calif. Exposition. Colored cover.  1935-1936. 

George Washington poster. Classic pose. Badly damaged.

Franklin D. Roosevelt poster. Black & white photo. Ca. 1940.

Franklin D. Roosevelt poster. Color print depicting his 9 December 1941 radio address to the nation.

God Bless America and Her Allies. From a painting by T. M. Cleland. Women representing the nations, in a circle around the Statue of Liberty. Color poster.  1943.

Try and Stop Me. A collection of anecdotes and stories, mostly humorous. By Bennett Cerf. Oversize paperback. 1944.

National Geographic’s BibleLands and the Cradle of Western Civilization. A map published in 1946.

The Connecticut Mutual Calendar for 1950. A calendar with reproductions of twelve American paintings. 1950.

The Therapy Coloring Book. Mother Kannon on Manners, Morals & Decorum. A humorous adult coloring book. 1962

Lord of the Rings poster by Barbara Remington. Ca. 1969

Montgomery Ward catalog. 1979. 

1861 recruiting announcement from Capt. Wesley Brainerd, Rome, New York. Poster printed in 1991.

The Bicentennial Blues: 200 years of the American Presidency. By Enoch Dillon. 58-page new paperback. 1988. 

Small fine art engravings. Undated.  (5 different engravings)

Pen and ink drawing of dancing vegetables. 10 x 13. Undated. 

Chateau de Saumur poster.  Rolled.  Undated.

Servicemen’s World War Map, Including Map of the United States and Guide to Ribbon Identification. Compliments of Fred Harvey, restaurants, shops, hotels and dining cars.  Undated.

The World Calls You. A flyer encouraging enrollment in the AmericanChristianCollege.  “You are asked to go forth under the protection and with the prestige of the American flag to carry Christ’s message of democracy into industry, engineering, transportation, society, education, religion.”  Undated.

 

Boulder County Maps

1898  Map of the City of Boulder (heavily taped)
1902 USGS Boulder Quadrangle
1904  USGS Boulder Quadrangle (1947 reprint)
1955  Boulder County General Highway Map (2 copies)
1957 USGS Boulder Quadrangle
1957  USGS Ward Quadrangle
1966  Newcomer’s Guide to Boulder, Colorado
1968 The Pioneer Trail Through Historic Boulder
1971 USGS Boulder Quadrangle
1981  City Map of Boulder
Undated Road map of Boulder County (Oversize - 50x63)
Incorporated towns outlined in red. Damaged & faded.

 

Colorado Maps (1880-1993)

1880  White River Indian Reservation map  (undated reprint)
1888  Plat of Water District No. 10  (color laser copy)
1888  Plat of Portion of Water District No. 8 (color laser copy)
1905  USGS Georgetown Quadrangle
1914  13-1S-73W – Nederland (Photocopy)
1958  Colorful Colorado Highway Map. 34.5x45 Color  (Oversize)
1959  Colorado Centennial Relief Map of Rocky Mountain National Park
1961  Travel map of Colorado, Colo. State Highway Dept. (4 copies)
1969  Rusty’s Historical Maps: Boulder-Estes Region
1969  Rusty’s Historical Maps: Narrow Gauge Country
1969  Rusty’s Historical Maps: Clear Creek and Gilpin Counties
1969  Rusty’s Historical Maps: Teller and West El Paso Counties
1969  Rusty’s Historical Maps: Western San Juans
1971  State of Colorado old mines, ghost towns and military forts
1972  State of Colorado base map.  (2 copies. Oversize. Rolled)
1973  Map of Pioneer Trails, Stage Stops, and Areas with a View in the Parker Quadrangle  29x33    Color    U.S.G.S.  (Folded)
1975  USGS Outstanding Natural and Historic Landmarks in the BoulderFort CollinsGreeley Area. 34.5x54.25  Color  (Folded & in packet)
1975  Outstanding Natural and Historic Landmarks in the Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley Area. 34.5x54.25  Color  U.S.G.S. (2 copies. Folded)
1976  Outstanding Natural and Historic Landmarks of the Greater Denver Area.  35.5x55.5    Color    U.S.G.S.   (2 copies. Folded)
1976  Historic Trail Map of the Greater Denver Area, Colorado (Folded & in packet)
1993  Winter Park, Central City, Rollins Pass Trails Illustrated. (Waterproof & tearproof)
Undated  Colorado, The Centennial State
Undated  Map of Greeley, Colorado and Surrounding Area.

 

Maps of National Forests

1919 USGS Rocky Mountain National Park. 1951 reprint.  (3 copies)
1941  Routt National Forest
1947  White River National Forest
1951  Uncompahgre National Forest
1953  Pike National Forest (3 copies)
1955  Map of Grand Mesa Lake Area
1958  Routt National Forest
1959  White River National Forest
1961  San Juan National Forest
1961  USGS Rocky Mountain National Park (Oversize. Flat.) 
1961  USGS Rocky Mountain National Park (Oversize. Rolled.)
Undated San Isabel National Forest

 

Periodicals 1870-1903

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Includes a 19-page article on “Our Barbarian Brethren”, the North American Indian, with engravings. It had been mailed to A. A. Brookfield (Boulder pioneer), in the Ward District, Colorado.  May 1870.

The Household. Dedicated to the interests of the American housewife. Issues of a monthly newspaper, in poor condition. Published in Brattleboro, VT.  Dec. 1888. Mar., Apr., May, June 1889.  (5 issues)

Sunshine For Little Children.  An illustrated monthly magazine published in Philadelphia, Penn. Ca.1890. 
 
The Great Divide. A monthly magazine published in Denver, Colo. Includes illustrations, photographs, histories, fiction, poetry, and many references to Indians. Issues all bound together with ribbon.
1892 (Dec.) 1893 (Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Nov., Dec.), and 1894 (Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May). (15 bound together)

The Youth’s Companion. An illustrated weekly magazine published in Boston, Mass. All 52 editions from 1902.  (52 magazines)

Sunset Magazine.  Single magazine issue: June 1903.

 

Periodicals 1917-1992

Newspapers:

1. Ward Miner 1900 (4)
2. Boulder Daily Camera (Including 1909 semi-centennial edition, and 1910 Industrial edition.)  1909-1945.
3. Boulder Daily Camera. Special Open House Sections, includes local history. Commemorating new building. 13 Sept. 1963. (3)
4. Boulder Daily Camera. 100th Anniversary of the newspaper includes local history. 17 March 1991. (3 )
5. Boulder Daily Herald 1909.
6. Boulder Tribune 1913.
7. The Boulder Star 1933.
8. Rocky Mountain News 1896-1941.
9. The Denver Times 1899-1906.
10. The Denver Post 1909-1945.
11. The Denver Post’s Weekly Magazine section. 1933-1949 (many issues)
12. The Denver Post’s Empire magazine section.1958-1959  (49)
13. Colorado Springs Gazette. 1896.
14. The Gilpin Observer.  1901.
15. Weekly Register-Call (Central City) 1898-1932.
16. WyomingState Tribune. December 1942 & May 1945.
17. The Daily Express.  June 1944.
18. The Stars and Stripes. June 1944.
19. The Sterling Advocate. May 1945.
20. The Greeley Daily Tribune. May 1945.
21. The Daily Sentinel. (Grand Junction)  May 1945.
22. The Philadelphia Inquirer. August 1945.
23. The Dallas Morning News. September 1945.
24. The Christian Science Monitor. September 1945.
25. Los Angeles Times. March 1953.

Magazines:

1. The Saturday Evening Post. A weekly magazine published in Philadelphia, PA. Painting of a man with a cold on the cover. 10 March 1917.
2. The Saturday Evening Post. A weekly magazine published in Philadelphia, PA. Painting of a school girl and boy under an umbrella. 4 October 1930.
3. Denver Daily Record Stockman. Annual stock show editions. 1935-1959 (13 issues)
4. Colorado Municipalities. A small (12-16 pg.) magazine published monthly at Boulder, Colo. By the Colorado Municipal League. All issues dated between Jan. 1942 and Aug. 1943.  (7 issues)
5. Life. A magazine published weekly by Time Inc. in Chicago, IL. Joseph Stalin on the cover of an issue devoted to the U.S.S.R. 29 March 1943.
6. Life. A magazine published weekly by Time Inc. in Chicago, IL. Actress Jeanne Crain on the cover. 17 October 1949.
7. Life. A magazine published weekly by Time Inc. in Chicago, IL. Actress Norma de Landa on the cover. 9 January 1950.
8. Look. A magazine published every other week in Des Moines, IA. Cover illustration is President Roosevelt. Bing Crosby selling Chesterfield cigarettes on back. 3 October 1944. 
9. The American Legion. Monthly magazine published in New York, NY. Sept.-Nov. 1951. Feb. 1952. (5 magazines)
10. Rocky Mountain West: Colorado. 15 various issues between 1968-1972.
11. The Plain Dealer. Cleveland’s newspaper celebrating 150 years. Special edition in an illustrated envelope.  1992.  (2 packets)

 

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