![Extra. The Falls City [caption title]. James A. Garfield](/pictures/thumb/McBRB294.JPG?v=1550843903)
Oregon City, Or. 1881. Broadside, 24 x 12 inches. Old folds. Unrecorded broadside newspaper extra announcing the death of President James A. Garfield, dated September 26, 1881. The broadside, edged and columned in black, advertises the establishment of a monument fund for a memorial, together with details of the funeral... More about Extra. The Falls City [caption title
Oregon; Idaho; Colorado: 1891; 1895-1897. Eleven manuscript and typescript letters, all [1-2]pp. Light wear and old folds. Lower left corner of one letter torn away, not affecting text. Brief but fascinating assemblage of eleven letters pertaining to mining investments and operations in Idaho in the 1890s. The letters relate to... More about Small Collection of Twelve Documents Relating to the Mining Enterprises of J.A. Dimick in...
![Salem: The Capital City of Oregon. The Cherry City of the World [cover title]. Oregon](/pictures/thumb/McBRB773_01.JPG?v=1563880548)
[Salem: ca. 1908]. [32]pp. Oblong octavo. Original chromolithographic wrappers, stapled. Contemporary ownership inscription on rear cover, contemporary ink stamp on front cover. Some light wear and soiling, a few leaves loosening. Promotional work published by the Salem Board of Trade, lauding Salem as the “Cherry City of the World.” The..... More about Salem: The Capital City of Oregon. The Cherry City of the World [cover title
Paisley, Or. 1884-1885. Eight letters, [35]pp. Octavo, on folded quarto sheets. Old fold lines, light wear and soiling. A nice little archive of letters written by Angus G. MacAllister to his sweetheart, Agnes MacArdle, describing his life in the tiny south central Oregon town of Paisley. From context, it would... More about Small Archive of Letters Written by Angus G. MacAllister to His Sweetheart in California,...
[Albany, Or. 1880s?]. Broadside, 12.5 x 9 inches. Light wear and minor creasing, a few small chips to edges and small areas of loss near center. Minor foxing. Broadside advertisement for “Water Proof Oil Blacking,” sold by W.J. John of Albany, Oregon, a small town near Corvallis. The broadside lists..... More about A Boom in Harness Oil! Of Interest to Every One Using Harness or Carriages and Buggies [caption...
[Various places in Washington and Oregon. 1923-1937]. 48 photographs, most approximately 5 x 3 inches, plus 9 real photo postcards. Minor wear. Several images captioned on verso. Small collection of photographs depicting lumbering activity in the Pacific Northwest, many featuring images of the trains used to move the trees to... More about Collection of Photographs Featuring Lumbering Activity, Including Transportation of Timber by...
![Shadows [cover title]. Prison Magazines, Oregon](/pictures/thumb/McBRB554_01.JPG?v=1562628870)
[Salem]: 1952-1953. Two issues, July 1952 (17:7) & April 1953 (18:4). 32pp. each. Original printed stiff wrappers, stapled. Minor wear and soiling. Two issues of the monthly magazine published by the Oregon State Penitentiary. First issued in 1936, the magazine is “Published monthly by and for the inmates of the... More about Shadows [cover title