London : Nisbet, [1881?] 432 p., 4 leaves of plates : ill. : 20 cm.
The Giant of the North, published around 1881, is a tale about an Eskimo man who serves as a guide to a group of Englishmen as they search for the North Pole
Title from indexer. Collection of photographs related to the duel between Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, and the running out of town of Soapy Smith's gang. Many of the photographs appear to be from Case & Draper. Caption reads: The tragedy...
Title from airplane's markings. The rear of the biplane reads "Gorst Air Transport Inc. of Seattle", and a caption at the lower-left corner reads: "[Passenger] Air Ferry [Seattle] - Bremerton [Gorst] Air Transport, Inc." (Characters on the left...
In Winter and Pond Company's photograph album THE TRAIL OF '98 Full album caption: "Miners' meeting at Sheep Camp, 1898. Trial of the camp thieves. Justice, swift and sure, was meted out to the few lawless characters who filtered in."
S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd. [1900?], 320 pages An adventure tale, set in Alaska, with a buried treasure; "Red Mountain," referred to in the title, is named for a red ore, "Cinnabar," from which miners can extract mercury
Accession Number: 96-26 Descriptive Narrative: Paper cut-out in the shape of a paulownia leaf, printed in gold, black and green. Background printed on each side is a photographic reproduction of a leaf in gold and black. In the center is a...
Descriptive Narrative: Walrus ivory carvings representing "Mutt & Jeff", early comic strip characters each with an inlaid ivory nose. a: Mutt; b: Jeff
Dimensions: H: 7.10 x 3.50 cm