New Finds
This is always a fun section. This is where we feature pieces we have found on our recent trips or purchased from our collector friends. Keep checking back to see what new treasures we have located.
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Eugene F. Sanguinetti - Rare calendar pennant from a long running general merchandise business. Sanguinetti started in business with his partner John Gandolfo in 1887 and then ran it solely from 1899 until his death in 1945.
Mayer Hotel - Key fob from a hotel opened in 1897 and operated by Joe Mayer until his death in 1910. Located in the town of Mayer, southeast of Prescott, the hotel building still stands and was used as a hotel for many years after Joe's death.
Copper Queen Mine - Two souvenir spoons from Bisbee showing the Gardiner Shaft & Spray Shaft of the Copper Queen Mine.
E. A. Tovrea & Co., Inc. - Early tin from the 1910's. Ed Tovrea came to Bisbee from Jerome in 1901 and purchased L. J. Overlock's butcher shop. In 1906 his business was incorporated and by the early 1920's became the Arizona Packing Company.
Cibutto Jewerlry Co. - Opened in 1905, this was a long-lived business which closed in 1993 with the death of it's owner.
Bisbee Board of Trade - Ribbon from the 1908 annual banquet held to promote new business to Bisbee. The motto of the banquet was "Boost Bisbee".
Pioneer Hardware House - 1910 calendar given away by Theo Gebler who ran his hardware business from 1884 to 1914 in the border town of Nogales.
R. S. Stewart & Co. - A match safe from a general merchandise business in the small southeastern Arizona town of Duncan which operated in the early 1900's.
Greaves & Dye - Advertising shoe brush from Winslow business. This partnership was in business from 1905 to 1923 when T. E. Dye passed away.
Mine Rescue Association - 1910's Celluloid pinback from Globe-Miami mining district.
Tempe Milling Co. - Watch fob advertising Hayden Mills Arizona Rose Flour.
Miami Drug Co. - Advertising alarm clock from the 1920's.
The Arizona Canal Co. - Tool tag from the 1880's. This company incorporated in 1882 and was instrumental in distributing water through the Valley of the Sun and making the growth of Phoenix possible.
Cinco De Mayo - Two souvenir tags, from mining ghost towns of Ray & Metcalf, Arizona. These were given away during town events for the Mexican holiday celebrating the 1862 victory at the Battle of Puebla.
Copper Queen Hotel - Hotel key fob from the 1920's. Famous Arizona hotel that was owned by the Copper Queen Mining Company and still operates today.
Washington Trading Co. - 1917 calendar issued by a business in the Southern Arizona mining town of Patagonia. This company started in Washington Camp in 1901 and later opened branches in Nogales & Patagonia. the Patagonia store was open from 1905 to 1937.
Soto Bros. - Nice little plate showing a group of Willcox, Arizona cowboys. P. B. & Mariano Soto took over the mercantile business of Capt. John C. Fall in 1895 and operated stores in Willcox & Pearce until 1906.
City of Douglas Water Department - In October of 1909, the City of Douglas purchased the town's water infrastructure. This is an early inspectors badge.
Coe-Marsh Company - A grocery wholesaler which started business in 1930 and changed their name in 1938.
Free Coinage Saloon - Operated from the late 1890's to the mid 1900's, W. A. King managed this saloon for a short time in 1900-1901.
Ford Hotel - Early territorial hotel fob from a hotel opened in 1895 and converted into businesses in 1953.
Copper Queen Store - Very rare 1891 calendar from the company store of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company. Pre-1900 Arizona calendars are extremely difficult to find.
Bisbee Beer Company - Very rare figural bottle opener from a beer distribution company & agent for Schlitz Beer. Started in 1911 by F. Johnson and operating until prohibition in 1915.
Three new Colorado dose glasses for Karen's collection
Pueblo Gunnison Canon City
J. W. Dorris - 1906 calendar from a Phoenix grocery company. Closing his confectionary store in 1891, J. W. Dorris purchased a half interest in R. W. Draper's grocery business. He continued with the store until its closing in 1918.
Prescott Bottling Works - Established in 1882, John Aitken was the owner of this bottling works from 1908 to 1916. This is a collapsible cup with an advertising cover.
Arizona Brewing Company - Rare mid-1930's label for Apache Ale. The Apache line of beers was the first for this brewery.
Aztec Brewing Company - Located in San Diego, California, this is a business card for a 1930's sales representative working out of Phoenix & Tucson.
California fish & Poultry Market - An early quart oyster jar from a Phoenix business run by the Welnick brothers in the 1910's.
Breen-Lewis Drug Company - This drugstore was in operation from 1920 to 1926. This paper label is applied to an embossed Kahl Drug Company bottle which was the previous owner of this business.
Tucson Hardware Company - Souvenir china plate showing 1902 street view of New Congress Street and the hardware business where the plate was purchased.
Melczer Brothers Co. - Celluloid covered notepad from a pre-prohibition beer & liquor distributer in Phoenix that advertised Rainier Beer starting in 1903.
Early Tucson Milks - Three rare Tucson milks used by various dairies in the 1910's.
Mining town milks - These milk bottles were used by dairies located at the Eastern Arizona mining towns of Clifton & Morenci.
Early Tucson Milks - These are all so called "mavericks" with no location noted, and are all possibly unique.
J. H. O'Rielly & Co. - Karen's newest addition to her western dose glass collection. This one came from an old friend of ours at the recent New Mexico show. Still looking for the one from Las Vegas, New Mexico.
A superb, enameled souvenir spoon from the mining town of Cripple Creek. These are a favorite of Karen's. Another find from our recent trip to New Mexico.
Wheeler & Perry - Opening in 1885, this grocery business became Wheeler & Perry Company in 1917. This syrup tin dates to the late 1880's to early 1890's.
Albert Steinfeld & Co. - This general merchandise business began in 1902 when Steinfeld purchased L. Zeckendorf & Company. This liquor flask dates from the 1910's.
Albert Steinfeld & Co. - Another advertising piece from this general merchandise business in Tucson.
Copper Queen Mining Co. - Tool tag from the concentrator building where the ore was crushed and processed.
Arizona & New Mexico Railway - 1905 railroad pass used on a line which went from Hachita, New Mexico to Clifton, Arizona & Lordsburg, New Mexico.
Williams House - Built in Prescott, in 1878 by Fred Williams, this hotel was renamed the Congress Hotel in 1896. Henry W. Spaulding in listed as proprietor on the photo. He leased the hotel from March 1891 to 1892.
X Ray Store - A dry goods and clothing store located at 307 E. Washington Street in Phoenix. This business operated sometime around 1910. One of only a few advertising plates listed as Arizona Territory.
New York Store - Opening in 1895, the New York Store was operated under the B. Rosenfeld Mercantile Company name in the 1910's & 1920's.
Del Monte Saloon & Cafe - Operating from 1904 to 1915, Barney Smith & Al Weber purchased the saloon in 1910 & were the proprietors until 1913. This is a matchbox holder.
Ray Chamber of Commerce - 1924 boosters watch fob from the now ghost mining town of Ray, Arizona.
Wallace's Cigar Store - Watch fob from the mining town of Bisbee. Ed B. Wallace ran his store from 1910 to 1922.
Masonic Pin - Arizona Masonic pin showing the three Commandries present in the early 1900's (Phoenix, Prescott & Tucson). Globe & Bisbee would be added soon after.
S. T. Elliot - Watch fob from a clothier store which was located in Kingman, Arizona. Elliot moved to Kingman from Flagstaff where he worked for Babbitt Dry Goods. He ran his Kingman business from 1909 to 1920.
John Prindiville - 1909 calendar plate from a general merchandise business in the now ghost mining town of Pearce. Prindiville moved to Pearce from Tombstone in 1901 and remained in Pearce until his death in 1913.
Landau's Toy & Novelty Shop - Watch fob from the mining town of Miami. No information has surfaced at this time on this business.
Gustav Becker - Arriving in Round Valley in 1876, Becker opened a store along with his brother soon after and later moved it to what is now Springerville. He operated it until his death in 1940 at the age of 83. Ironically, instrumental in his later years in modernizing Arizona's highway system, his death occurred when he was hit by a truck.
The Lady - Operated by P. B. Lady, this combination soda fountain, confectionary & news stand opened in 1901 and was bought out by William Ryan in 1904. It would later become the Ryan Drug Company.
Mansion Hotel - 1908 di-cut calendar from the town of Benson, Arizona. Benson was the junction for the Southern Pacific Railroad south to the mines around Tombstone and Bisbee. The Mansion provided modern rooms, a cafe, adjoining post office and saloon.
United Verde Copper Co. - Enameled mine safety award pin & card given to John Sells for 1 year injury free. The Owls were associated with this mining company in Jerome in the 1920's. John Sells was a well-known prospector and mining man operating primarily out of the Tonopah - Goldfield area of Nevada as well as Arizona and Mexico.
Arizona Southern Railway Co. - Originally a narrow-gauge line, this mining railroad ran from Redrock south to the mines at Silver Bell. By 1911, due to falling copper prices, the mines and smelter were operating very sporadically, and the railroad had discontinued daily service making this a rare yearly pass.
Congress Gold Co. - Another mining railroad operation servicing the mines of the Congress mining district. It ran from Congress to Congress Junction connecting to the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway.
