ARIZONA

115.    SOLD Arizona. 35 linen post cards from the WW II era that are Arizona Greeting cards.  Slogans such as “Greetings from Arizona” and Greetings from: Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Holbrook, Indian Country, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Phoenix, Tucson, Williams, etc. Very colorful, with scenes from the specific places around and in the large letters. $90.

116.     SOLD Arizona. Bisbee. Pioneer Soda Works, T. F. Metz, Bisbee, Arizona aqua crown top soda in a four-piece mold, circa 1905-1910 from the height of the Bisbee copper boom. Mint and uncleaned. Minor dirt inside.  8” tall, 2.25” diameter.  The term “Pioneer” soda works generally refers to the first company to have a soda works in the town. Scarce to rare. $55.

117.    Arizona. Oatman.  Captivity of the Oatman Girls.  Being an Interesting Narrative of Life Among the Apache and Mojave Indians.  R. B. Stratton, Chicago, 1857.  Howes 1068, 3rd printing of the original 1857 San Francisco versions which had a slightly different title.  Published by Lorenzo Oatman, 1857, California.  Howes failed to note this the second edition, 231pp.  Hinton, in his handbook to Arizona, 1878, states that it is “one of the most historic places in Arizona.  Here, an immigrant family, the Royse Oatman family from Texas, met their fate when they had been savagely attacked by the Apaches.  They killed both parents and four children and carried off two girls.  Another son, Lorenzo (publisher) was left for dead.”  His sister, Olive, was released after “four years of horrible captivity.”  Mowry, in his late 1864 work on Arizona and Sonora, makes no mention of the Oatman family.  J. Ross Browne, just a few years later (1868) in his work Apache Country, devotes a 12 page chapter to the tragedy.  Browne states that Poston (who traveled with Mowry) “gathered up the bones and buried them in the wagon.”  This book contains numerous edits in pencil,
probably in preparation for a 3rd edition, thus it may be argued that it was on of the Stratton’s books.  It is weakly inscribed on the front fly leaf “Presented by a friend to Lezzie”.  Glued to the fly leaf is a printed statement that “of the original 5,000 copies printed, only three remain.”  Dark green borders, gold gilt lettering.  Spine is well worn with tears along extremities.  Some water damage to edge, foxing of first plate of Olive Oatman and the blank fly cover to the Olive Oatman plate is missing.  In 1996, sold at auction for $2,750+12%.  $2500

118.  SOLD     Arizona. Phoenix. Arizona Bottling Works, Phoenix, Arizona in round slug plate; aqua crown top soda bottle. Circa 1910. “This bottle must be refilled” at the base. Large “A” on the bottom. Mint, clean. Very tiny surface check o shoulder. 8” tall, 2.25” diameter.  $25

119.   SOLD    Arizona, Tucson. Crystal Bottling Works, Tucson, Ariz., Geo. Martin, Return this bottle.  Embossing is in a round slug plate on a two-piece mold aqua crown top soda bottle in mint condition. Dates to about 1910-1915. $40.

120.    Arizona Territory.  Arizona: Its Resources and Prospects, 1865 Pamphlet-book.  10 X 12” folded map included.  In 1865, the New York Tribune had asked the Hon. Richard C. McCormick, Secretary of the Arizona Territory, to describe Arizona for New York readers.  He offered a county-by-county description of the mineral resources and potential for settlement.  D. Van Nostrand publisher.  Front cover detached.  Chips to lower right corner.  The map alone is worth the price.  Fine, soft cover, 22pp.  $475

121.    Arizona. Yavapai. Arizona Territory Trade token. The Antlers, Prescott, A.T., Good for 12 ½ cents in trade. Round brass, 23mm. Vf-if. Trade tokens from Arizona that have the territorial notation of A.T. are extremely rare.  Prescott is a mining camp in Arizona known for gold in the nearby mountains. It was founded in 1864 and had a fort associated with it. The Antlers was a saloon, and this token was good for one bit, or a drink at the bar. Circa 1905.  $650.

122.    Arizona. Yavapai. Mayer’s Junction (Big Bug Creek).  Arizona Onyx Co.  This is an 1892 prospectus for the Arizona Onyx Company.  The write-up outlines the history of onyx quarries, the use of onyx for interior and exterior decorations and the decrease in supply for Mexico and Latin America.  The company believes they have acquired the onyx bonanza property 28 miles south of Prescott at Mayer’s Station near Big Bug Creek.  There are several testimonials to the deposit.  Map of property included.  Binding appears to have been repaired to reattach front and back cover.  There is no listing for this company in the Mines Handbooks or Poole (1898).  Fine condition.  23pp.  $250

123.    Arizona. Yuma. Ellsworth.  Navajo Mines Corp of AZ.  Incorporated in AZ, this company held the Golden Mound, Gold Eagle and Safe Deposit Placer collectively known as the Desert Mines located near Vicksburg, AZ.  In 1927, these properties were bought by the newly formed Copperconda Mines Co of AZ.  The 1916 prospectus contains photographs and maps. Slight staining along left edge.  Fine condition.  16pp.  $50