FALL 2024: California, the West, and Other Americana: With selections from the Estate of Ron Lerch.

24 September - 8 October 2024

Michel-Jean Cazabon

Maraval Dike, from "Views of Trinidad", 1851

Lithograph

12 x 15 inches

Sold
[Gold Rush]

Dramatic Gold Rush Letter with Vivid Descriptions of Murder, Gambling, Profanity and Other Hazards, 1850

Manuscript pages (6)

Pages each 9 1/2 x 8 inches
Approximately 1630 words.
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Martin Mason Hazeltine

178 Miners at the Sierra Buttes Mine, 1860s

Albumen print

7 x 9 inches; mount 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
With manuscript caption mount recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Martin Mason Hazeltine, 178 Miners at the Sierra Buttes Mine, 1860s

Sold

$ 2,750.00
[Graves and Co.]

Unrecorded Circular Advertising "Advantage or Marked Back Playing Cards", 1860s

Letterpress circular

8 x 10 inches
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Unknown

Early Folk Art Depiction of the Barracks and a Game of Lawn Tennis on Angel Island, 1870s(?)

Mixed media on paper affixed to board

4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches; mount 7 1/2 x 12 inches
With manuscript caption and decorative border.
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[C.C. Darling]

Journal of a Stage Driver Who Operated a Line Between Downieville, Sierra City, and Truckee, CA, 1875

Pocket diary; manuscript pages (approx. 100)
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[Meyer's Hotel]

Daybook of a Short-Lived, Gold-Rush Hotel in El Dorado County, CA, 1871-78

Manuscript pages (approx. 200)

11 1/2 x 5 inches
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Henry Allen, the "Emigrant Convict"

Unrecorded Eight-Page Compendium of "Thieves Slang" Written by a Reformed Career Criminal, c. 1873

8 manuscript pages on 4 sheets

Sheets each 12 x 8 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Henry Allen, the "Emigrant Convict", Unrecorded Eight-Page Compendium of "Thieves Slang" Written by a Reformed Career Criminal, c. 1873

Sold

$ 3,000.00
J.W. Leftwich

Advertising Cabinet Card Showing a Marble Bouquet Produced by Boyce and Vesper of Sacramento, c. 1877

Albumen print

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and "Boyce and Vosper" stamp mount verso.
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Samuel A. Wolfe

Vignette Showing the Good Templar's Home for Orphans in Vallejo, CA, c. 1870

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
With photographer's credit and subjects' identification mount recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Samuel A. Wolfe, Vignette Showing the Good Templar's Home for Orphans in Vallejo, CA, c. 1870

Sold

$ 400.00
[Henry D. Cogswell]

Archive of Photographs, Drawings, Manuscripts and Printed Matter Related to an Eccentric Californian Philanthropist, 1870s-90s

Albumen prints (10); ink drawings (2); manuscript and typescript pages (approx. 47); and engravings (12)

Various sizes

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Henry D. Cogswell], Archive of Photographs, Drawings, Manuscripts and Printed Matter Related to an Eccentric Californian Philanthropist, 1870s-90s

Sold

$ 3,600.00
Thomas Houseworth

Cabinet Card Portrait of Californio General and Statesman Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
With Houseworth's credit and subject's identification mount recto.
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Juan B. Wandesforde, attrib.

Late 19th-Century Landscape Painting of the Calaveras Canyon Before it was Dammed by the Spring Valley Water Company, 1880s

Oil on canvas

18 x 24 inches
With affixed paper label verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Juan B. Wandesforde, attrib., Late 19th-Century Landscape Painting of the Calaveras Canyon Before it was Dammed by the Spring Valley Water Company, 1880s

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$ 4,000.00
W.A. Clinch

Cabinet Card View of Malakoff Diggins, Nevada County, CA, 1870s

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
With photographer's credit recto and notations, in pencil, verso.
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C.C. Pierce

Bird's Eye View of Redondo Beach, CA, 1880s

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
With Pierce's credit mount verso and lengthy printed caption mount recto.
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Uknown

Group Portrait of a Female Drill Club in Oroville, CA, 1880s

Albumen print

7 x 9 inches overall
With location's identification, in pencil, mount verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Uknown, Group Portrait of a Female Drill Club in Oroville, CA, 1880s

Sold

$ 500.00
[Costa Rica]

Twelve 19th-Century Views of Daily Life Costa Rica, 1880s

Albumen prints (12); one hand-colored

Most 7 1/4 x 9 inches; one smaller
Mounted double-sided to six sheets, with manuscript captions on sheets

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Costa Rica], Twelve 19th-Century Views of Daily Life Costa Rica, 1880s

Sold

$ 1,800.00
[Hornitos Saloon]

Group Portrait of '49 Gold Rushers Including Black Pioneer Moses Rogers, c. 1889

Albumen print

5 x 8 1/2 inches
With subjects' identifications, in pencil, mount verso.
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Hosea Q. Morton

Portrait of Longtime Notable Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Resident Edward B. Ayler, 1880s

Albumen print

4 x 2 1/2 inches
With photographer's backmark and subject's ID, in pencil, verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Hosea Q. Morton, Portrait of Longtime Notable Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Resident Edward B. Ayler, 1880s

Sold

$ 1,500.00
Charles Eisenmann

Cabinet Card Portrait of George Karlavagn, the Tattooed Man, 1880s

Albumen print

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and subject's identification, in pencil, mount verso.
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[Pete McCarro's Restaurant]

Dynamic Storefront View of an El Paso Restaurant and its Multicultural Patrons, 1880s

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; mount 7 x 9
With manuscript notations, in pencil, on mount verso and recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Pete McCarro's Restaurant], Dynamic Storefront View of an El Paso Restaurant and its Multicultural Patrons, 1880s

Sold

$ 1,500.00
Garden City Foto Co.

Interior View of the Pasadena-Based Shop of Bamboo Furniture Manufacturer Chuck Jung, 1890s

Albumen print

4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; mount 7 x 10 inches
With photographer's credit recto and verso, and subject's identification in negative.
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[Sun Sun Wo Co.]

Group of Receipts and Notes from a Chinese American Dry Goods Store in Gold Country, 1890s

Manuscript on printed pages (20)

Various sizes, most 3 x 5 inches
With text in English and Chinese characters on both sides
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George Partridge

Portrait of Sam Wing Sing, 1890s

Albumen print

6 /12 x 4 1/4 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and subject's stamped ID and address mount verso.
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Harrington

Photographic Display Showcasing Views of Sonora, CA, 1902

Printing-out-paper print

9 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; mount 11 x 7 1/2 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Harrington, Photographic Display Showcasing Views of Sonora, CA, 1902

Sold

$ 750.00
[Klondike Gold Rush]

Group Portrait of Fortune-Seekers Posed in front of F.A. Jones "Alaska Outfitter" Cash Store in Portland, OR, 1890s

Printing-out-paper print

7 x 9 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Klondike Gold Rush], Group Portrait of Fortune-Seekers Posed in front of F.A. Jones "Alaska Outfitter" Cash Store in Portland, OR, 1890s

Sold

$ 600.00
John Martin Blankenburg

Sitka Dancers at Potlatch in Klukwan, Alaska, 1900

Printing-out-paper print

6 x 8 inches; paper mount 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches
With photographer's credit in negative.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - John Martin Blankenburg, Sitka Dancers at Potlatch in Klukwan, Alaska, 1900

Sold

$ 600.00
[Klondike Gold Rush]

Double-Sided Circular for "Klondike Goods" Sold by Shreve & Barber Co. of San Francisco, 1890s

Letterpress on pink paper

10 x 7 inches
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[Mugshot]

Carte-de-visite of an Identified Chinese-American Man Arrested for Hydraulic Mining, 1887

Albumen print

4 x 2 1/2 inches
With subject's identification in the negative and affixed paper label verso.
Sold
[Marcel Lubet]

Wanted Poster for an Embezzler from New Orleans in Mexico, c. 1900

Letterpress on paper

9 1/2 x 9 inches
With affixed cyanotype portrait.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Marcel Lubet], Wanted Poster for an Embezzler from New Orleans in Mexico, c. 1900

Sold

$ 800.00
[Wheatland Hop Riot]

Wanted Poster for the Falsely-Accused Labor Leaders Richard "Blackie" Ford and Herman D. Suhr, 1913

Letterpress on paper

11 x 7 1/2 inches
Printed by Morrisey Press, Marysville, CA

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Wheatland Hop Riot], Wanted Poster for the Falsely-Accused Labor Leaders Richard "Blackie" Ford and Herman D. Suhr, 1913

Sold

$ 1,600.00
[Folsom Prison]

Mugshot Portrait of R.H. Cook, Burglar of the Western Hotel, 1911

Silver print collaged to board

4 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches overall
With manuscript caption mount recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Folsom Prison], Mugshot Portrait of R.H. Cook, Burglar of the Western Hotel, 1911

Sold

$ 300.00
[Carson City]

Early Bird's Eye View Photo of Nevada's Capitol City, 1870

Printing-out-paper print

4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; mount 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches
With manuscript caption mount recto and period ink notations on print recto. Printed c. 1890.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Carson City], Early Bird's Eye View Photo of Nevada's Capitol City, 1870

Sold

$ 1,000.00
[Con A. Ahern]

Broadside and Handbill for a Nevada State Senate Campaign, c. 1902

Letterpress on colored paper (2)

From 5 1/2 x 9 inches to 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
One printed by William Sotherland, Virgina, NV.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Con A. Ahern], Broadside and Handbill for a Nevada State Senate Campaign, c. 1902

Sold

$ 2,250.00
[Goldfield Monthly Scout]

Rare Circular Reporting Local Events in the Infamous Nevada Gold Rush Town, 1912

Typescript newsletter

9 x 13 inches
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[Fisher Saloon]

Interior Shot of a Legendary Nevada Watering Hole and its Infamous Propriator, 1900s

Silver print

6 x 8 inches
With subjects' and location's identification, in pencil, verso.
Sold
Stephen Photo Studio

Portrait of Burnette Haskell alongside J.J. Callahan When They Were Editors for Colorado's "The Labor Enquirer", 1887

Albumen print

6 1/2 x 4 inches
With photographer's credit mount recto and Haskell's identification, in ink, mount recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Stephen Photo Studio, Portrait of Burnette Haskell alongside J.J. Callahan When They Were Editors for Colorado's "The Labor Enquirer", 1887

Sold

$ 1,600.00
[Foreign Labor Bureau]

Exterior View of the Headquarters for Foreign Labor in Sacramento, CA, 1910s

Silver print

5 x 7 inches; mount 7 x 9 inches
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[Labor Movement]

Group of Ten Posters Related to Sacramento-Area Protests and Causes, c. 1930

Mimeographed-typescripts on paper (10)

Various sizes
Some with mimeographed-woodcut illustrations
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[Sisson Band]

Group Shot of an Orchestra from a theShort-Lived Mining Town of Troy, AZ, 1900s

Printing-out-paper print

6 x 8 inches; mount 8 x 10 inches
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[Floral Studies]

Album of Botanical Specimens from Australia, California, and England, 1900s

Sketch album; watercolor and colored pencil illustrations (57)

Album overall measures 7 x 10 1/2 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Floral Studies], Album of Botanical Specimens from Australia, California, and England, 1900s

Sold

$ 675.00
[Luther Burbank]

Substantial Photographic Archive Documenting the Work of the Famed Botanist and Agricultural Scientist, 1910s-20s

Silver prints (225)

Various sizes; most 6 x 8 inches, some smaller, a few larger
With publisher's credit and specimen identification, in colored pencil, verso
Sold
[Florida]

Pair of Albums Titlled "Gems of Daytona, Fla", 1900s

Photo albums (2); Silver prints (15) and photogravures (23)

Most 3 1/4 x 10 inches, a few smaller
With printed captions in negative.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Florida], Pair of Albums Titlled "Gems of Daytona, Fla", 1900s

Sold

$ 1,800.00
Todd Studio, Los Angeles

Three-Part Panorama of a "Startling Gold Strike" in Mohave County, AZ, 1900s

Silver prints (3)

8 x 27 1/4 inches overall
With hand-drawn notations, in white ink, and affixed paper map.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Todd Studio, Los Angeles, Three-Part Panorama of a "Startling Gold Strike" in Mohave County, AZ, 1900s

Sold

$ 950.00
[Hanchett Residence Park]

Prospectus for a Planned Community in San Jose, CA, c. 1907

15 pp.; paper covers

9 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Hanchett Residence Park], Prospectus for a Planned Community in San Jose, CA, c. 1907

Sold

$ 300.00
[Ford Homes]

Group of Photos Showing Construction Dearborn-Area Planned Neighborhood, 1919-20

Linen-backed silver prints (21)

Each 8 x 10 inches
With inventory number in negative.
Sold
[Rancho Carmelo]

Real Photo Postcards of California's First Dude Ranch, Located Outside of Monterey, 1920s

Silver prints (6)

Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Some with manuscript text verso; one with text recto.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Rancho Carmelo], Real Photo Postcards of California's First Dude Ranch, Located Outside of Monterey, 1920s

Sold

$ 350.00
John C. Gordon

Two Views of the Manila Pool Hall in San Jose, CA, c. 1931

Silver prints (2)

Each 8 x 10 inches
Sold
[Momence Theatre]

Broadside Advertising "Wonders of Nature" in Momence, Illinois, 1920s

Letterpress on paper with photo-illustrations

15 1/2 x 9 inches
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[Andras Babero]

Unrecorded Broadside for Magician Andras Babero, "The Original Budah Bazazo", 1910s

Letterpress on paper with photo-illustrations

17 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
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Soichi Sunami

Jacques Cartier Performing His "Voodoo Dance" Atop a Giant Drum, c. 1927

Silver print

9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
With Sunami's embossed credit recto and credit stamp verso.

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - Soichi Sunami, Jacques Cartier Performing His "Voodoo Dance" Atop a Giant Drum, c. 1927

Sold

$ 2,400.00
[The Inner Circle]

Art-Deco Presentation Album for an Exclusive Club in Los Angeles, 1930s

Presentation booklet with reproductions of designs

11 x 15 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [The Inner Circle], Art-Deco Presentation Album for an Exclusive Club in Los Angeles, 1930s

Sold

$ 1,250.00
[Tehama County]

Travel Brochure with Large Photo Collage, 1928

Printed with photo-illustrations

9 x 4 inches (folded); 18 x 16 inches (unfolded)

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Tehama County], Travel Brochure with Large Photo Collage, 1928

Sold

$ 100.00
[Farmworkers - AFL CIO]

Four Bumperstickers Related to Produce Boycotts in California, 1970s

Printed bumperstickers (unused)

Each approximately 3 x 11 inches

Daniel / Oliver Gallery - [Farmworkers - AFL CIO], Four Bumperstickers Related to Produce Boycotts in California, 1970s

Sold

$ 250.00
Richard Register

Large Design for a Proposed "Integral Neighborhood" in Berkeley, CA, 1978

Lithograph

22 1/2 x 28 inches
Sold

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