COLORADO
Items which have sold or are otherwise no longer available have been moved to the Sold Items Archive
RFG-563. Alma. Boston & Colorado Smelting Co., Alma, CO 3-Oct 1874
This assay receipt is for wagonloads of ore sent to the Boston Colorado Smelting Company. All of the ore was high grade silver ranging form 78 to125 ounces per ton. The receipt is signed by M.R. Wolcott. There are two holes punched at left and a chip at lower right. Otherwise Fine. $175.
RFG-565. Boulder. Boulder Agency - Boston Colorado Smelting Co., Boulder, CO 28-Jul 1882
Nos. 943 & 944 Assay receipts for sacks of gold ore from Sunshine, Colorado, Boulder County (now a ghost town). Fine to Very Fine. $150.
RFG-566. Central City. Rocky Mountain National Bank Certificate of Deposit, Central City, CO 16-Oct 1869
No. 3919 Certificate of deposit payable to Thomas Kelley for $100.00 and signed by T.H. Potter. There is a vignette of three sailors and an anchor to the left. It is endorsed and stamped on front with date payable at 6% interest, and cancelled with blue “PAID” stamp. This piece is illustrated and listed in Castenholz. Printer is Western Bank Note Company. There are two holes and small tear in center, also small tape repairs to reverse and along bottom edge. Otherwise, the condition is Very Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $125.
RFG-567. Rocky Mountain National Bank Certificate of Deposit, Central City, CO 6-Nov 1873
No. 11430 Certificate of deposit payable to John Thomas White for $300.00 and signed by T.H. Potter. There is a vignette of three sailors and an anchor at the left. It is endorsed and stamped on back with date payable at 6% interest, cancelled with blue PAID stamp, and has two holes and small tear in center. RNQ, listed in Castenholz, rare. Documents with RNQ imprints from the west are exceptionally rare. Printed by Western Bank Note Company. Very Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $200.
RFG-568-1. Rocky Mountain National Bank Certificate of Deposit, Central City, CO 7-May 1874
No. 11873 Certificate of deposit payable to William Whittich for $125.00 and signed by T.H. Potter on the obverse and endorsed by Whittich. The same vignette as above, of three sailors and an anchor to the left. It is also endorsed and stamped on back with date payable at 6% interest, and cancelled with blue PAID stamp. RNQ, listed in Castenholz, rare. Documents with RNQ imprints from the west are exceptionally rare. Printed by Western Bank Note Company. There are two holes and small tear in center. Otherwise, the condition is Very Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $200.
RFG-568-2. Rocky Mountain National Bank Certificate of Deposit, Central City, CO 20-Nov 1875
No. 32278 Check payable to A.W. Stone, Esq. for $75.00 and signed by T.H. Potter. There is a vignette of two bears attacking Indian on horse at right and it is endorsed Stone and Geo. S. Thomas and stamped on back by multiple banks. It is cancelled with purple Kountze Brothers PAID stamp. RNF. This piece is not listed in Castenholz. Printed by Western Bank Note Company. There is one hole punch, a tear in center and ink stains at top, otherwise Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $200.
RFG-569. Cripple Creek. Souvenir from Cripple Creek, CO c 1905
This is a souvenir of the Cripple Creek District. Denver: Merchants Publishing. Co. Distributed by W.D. Armstrong, Cripple Creek. Original light blue wraps with title in gilt at upper left, contains forty pages with many photographs and illustrations throughout the catalog. The right facing page contains photographs of mines, railroads, town views and scenery. The left facing page contains textual descriptions of the photographs. This is a classic promotional booklet. It is undated but appears to date to the approximate 1900 period, though it could just as easily be 1899 or 1901. Rare. Very Fine. $450.
RFG-571. Cripple Creek and Victorville Gold Mining Co. Commemorative Medallion Collection, CO 1998-2007
Specially set and very rare, consisting of eleven medallions. Ten are small ½ oz. medallions surrounding one large center medallion, encased in a blue Plexiglas plaque. The large central medallion commemorates the One Millionth Ounce Pour, April 2000. The surrounding smaller head frame medallions represent various mining locations as follows: Cresson, 1998; Independence, 1999; Theresa, 2000; American Eagles, 2001; Ajax, 2002; Portland I, 2003; Portland II, 2004; Deadwood, 2005; Vindicator, 2006; and Anchoria Leland, 2007. Each features a vignette of the appropriate mine. Blue Plexiglas plaque with gold lettering, measures 9” x 10 ½” in original presentation box, and is accompanied by an original 24 Karat Gold Certificate of Authenticity and individual envelopes picturing the medallions. Produced by Anglogold, which is a Colorado corporation. Mint. No photograph. $6,250.
RFG-573. Cripple Creek. Western Federation of Miners Fantasy Railroad Pass, Cripple Creek, CO c 1907
Railroad Pass No.79, good on all lines. “To Conductors: The Bearer of this pass is a member of Mining Congress. His money is counterfeit, therefore do not take it. Pass him up.” Signed John Waters, General Manager. This piece probably just preceded the labor wars and illustrates the competition between the Western Federation of Miners and The Mining Congress. Extremely Rare. Extremely Fine. $350.
RFG-574. Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Co., Cripple Creek, CO 8-Dec 1908
No. 15550 Assay receipt. See description above. $50.
RFG-576. Denver. Colorado Railroad Silver Bearer's Pass, 1890
Photo Courtesy of Stack’s, Lot 3307, John J. Ford, Jr. Collection Part XX & XXI, October 2007 Sale
Rio Grande Railroad, Colorado Midland Railroad, Union Pacific Railroad Bearer's Pass. Very nicely toned 82.4 x 49.6 mm silver weighing 118.5 gns. Engraved and beautifully ornamented with a mountain scene picturing a train emerging from a tunnel across from Toltec Gorge (which is named) in the upper left. It reads: “T.P.A. CONVENTION DENVER COLORADO 1890 (Traveler's Protective Association)” and has authorizations in lower right. The center is divided diagonally. It is signed Bedd and Colorado Gold and Silver Manufacturing Company, Denver. “PURE COLORADO SILVER” faintly inscribed.
According to Stack's “there are a few other ornate rail passes known from the late 19th c. but the number is small and each is very rare.” For another 1890 T.P.A. bearer pass see lot #373 in our Holabird-Americana December 13, 2003 auction. Stack's Catalog references the early history of the Travelers Protective Association as described on the group's website (www.tpahq.org). That description is as follows:
“In January 1882 at a Chicago hotel a small group of traveling men chanced to meet and discuss the problems that confronted the salesman. The importance of these problems, and the necessity for cooperation in solving them, caused these men to invite a number of other salesmen to a meeting at the Lima House, Lima, Ohio, on February 12, 1882. At that meeting, which was attended by twenty-four traveling salesmen, a temporary organization known as “The Traveling Men's Club” was formed. The next meeting of this group was held at Bellefontaine, Ohio on June 24, 1882, at which time a permanent organization was effected, with their Constitution and Bylaws adopted and officers elected with objectives set forth. This was to be known as “The Travelers Protective Association of the United States.” Their objectives were to provide for its members special concessions from hotels, railroads, and other transportation agencies and to trace grievances reported by the members. Membership dues were set at $1.00 a year, and increased to $2.00 three years later. No other benefits were provided.”
“The organization grew steadily and was fairly successful in attaining its objectives, but the expenses were far greater than income. At the Annual Meeting each year a deficit was reported, and usually paid by voluntary contributions from the active members. At the Annual Meeting in Atlantic City in 1889, the deficit was of such amount that the members realized another year would see the end of this group, for even the most dedicated members could not continue to make up this deficit each year.”
“It was decided, however, to meet at Denver, Colorado in 1890. Prior to this meeting a group of men in St. Louis, headed by George S. McGrew, known as “The Travelers Club of the City of St. Louis,” decided to try to keep the organization alive by taking out a new charter, adding accident insurance to its objectives, and increasing the dues. Articles of Association were filed in the Circuit Court of St. Louis on May 30, 1890, and this group attended the Denver Convention with a confident belief that they would be privileged to take a leading part in giving life to a new organization, built upon the foundation of the old.”
“The St. Louis group offered to take over the deficit of approximately $2,200.00 in return for moving the headquarters from Chicago to St. Louis, and acceptance of the proposed plan of granting insurance benefits to its members. The offer was accepted by the Convention, and on June 3, 1890 it was decided to use the charter obtained by the Missouri members and reorganize as a fraternal benefit association under the name of “The Commercial Travelers Benefit Association of the United States.”
“A pro forma decree of incorporation was issued on June 7, 1890 by the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis and duly recorded; it was also filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Missouri and a charter issued, June 11,1890. Not wishing to lose the identity of the original organization, members petitioned the Court to amend the charter to change the corporate name to “The Travelers Protective Association of America,” and this was granted effective July 23, 1890. The name has remained the same, and in addition the organization has been well known by its initials, as the T.P.A. of A.“ [Ref: Stack's Catalog] From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $17,500.
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RFG-578. Denver. Clark, Gruber & Co. Letter, Denver, CO, 14-Nov 1860
Note to Waddell (Prior to Russell/Clark, Gruber & Co.) Russell, Majors and Waddell were the proprietors of the famous Pony Express. William H. Russell, one of the three was the principal owner of the 1860 Denver banking firm of Turner and Hobbs, considered “The first real banking organization in Denver.”
The firm of Clark & Gruber opened July 20, 1860, after obtaining coin presses and dies in Boston. That year they issued $10 and $20 gold coins. This is a note for $100 payable to William B. Waddell (of the Pony Express Firm, Russell, Majors & Waddell) by John R. Martin. John Martin worked for the pioneer apothecary, W. Graham, and was listed in the 1866 Directory. Graham had the first drug store in Denver, and apparently Martin went to work for him in 1860 upon his arrival in Denver. Martin is not listed in the 1859 Denver Directory. There is an endorsement on the reverse by Waddell. Whether Waddell was involved as a silent investor with William H. Russell in the Turner & Hobbs bank is unknown.
Regardless, this note may have been paid in gold coin struck by Clark, Gruber & Co. This is certainly one of the earliest known Denver banking documents in private hands, and has everything going for it: It is signed by an original owner of the Pony Express, and it was issued in Denver at the beginning of the Colorado Gold Rush. Generally Very Fine. $3,500.
RFG-579. Clark, Gruber & Co., Leavenworth, CO/KA 12-Feb 1861
This document was issued from Clark Gruber's Leavenworth Bank. They held a note issued by R. Bradford & Co. for which they were unable to collect funds. This document is a protest note in an attempt to collect a debt and was officially recorded at the courthouse. It is one of the few printed documents from Clark Gruber & Co. during their initial coining period, and should make little difference to the collector whether issued at Leavenworth or Denver. No photograph. $10,000.
Colorado National Bank
The Colorado National Bank was born of the Kountze brothers banking system, which started in Denver in 1862 by Luthur Kountze. His brother Charles came to help in 1864. Luthur established a bank on Wall Street in New York that became a major player in the finance of western banks throughout the last half of the nineteenth century. In 1866, the brothers organized the Colorado National Bank. Their competition then was the First National Bank, run by George Clark of Clark, Gruber & Co. Another competitor was Warren Hussey & Co., known to miners because of their Montana banking interests. [Ref: Hall; History of Colorado; 1889 p397]
RFG-580. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 16-Apr 1867
No. 3016 Deposit receipt payable to Joseph P. Machebeuf. For $50.00 and signed by Kountze. There is an applied revenue stamp at left and vignette of Denver with Rockies in center. It is endorsed and cancelled with blue PAID stamp and three holes, otherwise Very Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-581. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 18-Apr 1867
No. 3020 Deposit receipt payable to Danil O'Donnell. For $50.00 and signed by Kountze. An applied revenue stamp is at left and a vignette of Denver with Rockies in center. It has been endorsed and cancelled with blue PAID stamp and three holes, otherwise Very Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-583. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 20-May 1867
No. 3097 Deposit receipt payable to W.H. Green Esq. For $125.00 and signed by Kountze. An applied revenue stamp is to the left and a vignette of Denver with Rockies is in the center. It has been endorsed and cancelled with red PAID stamp and three holes, otherwise Very Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-584. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 21-May 1867
No. 3099 Deposit receipt payable to R.H. Geary for $100.00 and signed by Kountze. There is an applied revenue stamp at left and a vignette of Denver with Rockies in center. It has been endorsed and cancelled with blue PAID stamp, two holes and small tear in center, otherwise Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-585. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 6-Jun 1867
No. 3146 Deposit receipt payable to R.H. Geary, Esq. for $100.00 and signed by illegible name. Vignette is c 1865 view of Denver (engraving) when it was a fledgling gold rush community. There is an applied revenue stamp at the left and a vignette of Denver with Rockies in the center. Endorsed, and is cancelled with blue PAID stamp, two holes and small tear in center, otherwise Very Good. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-586. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 7-Jun 1867
No. 3148 Deposit receipt payable to Thomas Hamilton for $87.00 and signed by Kountze. There is a vignette of Denver with Rockiy Mts. in the center. It has been endorsed and cancelled with red PAID stamp and two small holes, otherwise Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $75.
RFG-587. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 5-Jul 1867
No. 3225 Deposit receipt payable to W.D. Geddes, Esq. For $150.00 and signed by illegible name. There is an applied revenue stamp at left and a vignette of Denver with mountains in the center. It has been endorsed and is cancelled by a red PAID stamp and two small holes, otherwise Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $100.
RFG-588. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 8-Aug 1867
No. 3295 Deposit receipt payable to Henry Lynch, Esq. For $380.00 and signed by illegible name. An applied revenue stamp is at left and a vignette of Denver with Rockies in center. It has been endorsed and cancelled with red PAID stamp and three holes, otherwise Extremely Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $75.
RFG-589. Colorado National Bank Deposit Receipt, Denver, CO 5-Sep 1867
No. 3364 Deposit receipt payable to Geo. W. Brown for $100.00 and signed by Kountze. An applied revenue stamp is at left and a vignette of Denver with Rocky Mountains is in center. Endorsed by the Colorado National Bank of Denver, with signatures of George Brown, J.E. House and an illegible signature, and cancelled with red PAID stamp and two small holes, otherwise Fine condition. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $75.
RFG-590. Denver. C.E. DeForest, Mining and Mechanical Engineer and Metallurgist. Miner's Assay Office, Denver, CO 9-Oct 1897
Assay receipt No. E4257 with the value of Gold, Silver, and Lead noted. There is a water stain at left. This assay certificate has DeForest's schedule of prices and services on the reverse. These are scarce. Probably high R6 or R7. Very Good. $75.
U.S. Branch Mint, Denver
1873 marked a year of great prospecting in Boulder County. Gold Hill was one of the sites specifically mentioned by Raymond in 1874. Gold Hill is credited as the discovery sight of the element Telluriun.
All of these assay receipts listed here represent the sum total of all the known pieces to the author. The ores represented on many of these sheets constitute truly high grade rock, all of which came from the White Rock Lode at Gold Hill, owned by Lougdon and Willis. In each case the word “Branch” has been crossed out because in 1873 the Federal Government passed the Coinage Act of 1873 granting full Mint status to the Branch Mints.
Denver Mint
This group of Denver Mint Gold Bullion receipts constitutes nearly all of the known copies in private hands over this period. The group came from two different mine archives. A third archive, not present here was for a mine in New Mexico who shipped their bullion to Denver.
These bullion receipts have several different printed formats, depending upon the year, assayer in charge, and preferred style of reporting. Gold bullion receipts signed by specific assayers are actually quite rare, while the assayer's name is generally printed on the certificate; they are usually signed by a clerk. All of the bullion receipts here show the origin as Colorado, in the same manner as the San Francisco and Philadelphia receipts show the source as California. While the mine that was the source of the gold isn't necessarily known, the owners were Jebb & Leonard S. Ballou.
Please note that “AM Gold” means amalgam gold. This gold is the product of placer mining.
RFG-592. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 127 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $600.
RFG-593. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 129 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $650.
RFG-594. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 130 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $650.
RFG-595. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 131 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $650.
RFG-596. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 137 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $750.
RFG-597. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 128 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $650.
RFG-598. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 132 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $650.
RFG-600. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 136 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $750.
RFG-601. United States (Branch) Mint, Denver, CO 19-May 1873
No. 138 Certification of Assay, White Rock Lode, Gold Hill, CT. $750.
RFG-603. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 14-Sep 1876
No. 1050 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) Signed by Jacob Schirmer, Assayer. No photograph. $400.
RFG-604. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 14-Oct 1876
No. 1157 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-605. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 25-Jun 1877
No. 335 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) Signed by H. Silver, Assayer. $450.
RFG-606. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 4-Oct 1877
No. 836 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-607. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 27-Jun 1878
No. 323 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-608. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 23-Jul 1878
No.411 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-610. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 6-Aug 1878
No. 460 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-611. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 6-Sep 1878
No. 594 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-612. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 18-Sep 1878
No. 644 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-613. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 25-Sep 1878
No. 664 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-614. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 21-Oct 1878
No.757 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) No photograph. $350.
RFG-615. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 25-Oct 1878
No. 767 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-616. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 13-Aug 1879
No. 159 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-617. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at the Mint of the United States at Denver, Colo. 13-Sep 1879
No. 260 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited (Am Gold) $350.
RFG-618. Denver. Von Schulz & Low, Chemists and Assayers, Denver, CO 30-Nov 1910
No.85 Assayers invoice to the Goldfield Consolidated Mines at Goldfield, Nevada. $50.
RFG-619. Durango. San Juan Smelter Cabinet Card, Durango, CO c 1890-1893
San Juan Smelter No. 278 F.S. Balster, Photographer, Durango, Col. Printed on back F.S. Balster, Scenic Photographer of the San Juan Country, Durango, Colo. Handwritten name J.T. Young in pencil. This is a particularly mint condition view with very sharp focus, fine detail and good contrast. This operation was the principal smelter for many of the San Juan mines. Extremely Rare. Almost Uncirculated. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $1,100.
RFG-620. Fort Lyon. Sutler's Scrip, CO Territory c 1865
Rare unissued Sutler's Scrip, good for One Dollar in Merchandise. Printed on bond paper, lithographed in red and blue ink without imprint. The condition of this piece is the finest of the three examples in the Ford Sale. The piece is Very Fine with very faint creasing. Fort Lyon went through four different names in about a decade. Originally the site of Government Indian Trader Charlie Bent’s trading post, the fort’s first name was Bent’s Fort. Bent had earned a reputatuion as a notorious killer, so the Government quickly changed the name of the Fort. The Fort’s name was changed to Fort Fauntleroy, then Fort Wise, and finally Fort Lyon to commemorate and honor the first officer killed in the Civil War. This is choice early western military scrip from a remote Indian Trading Post. John C. Fremont and Kit Carson both stopped here while Bent was proprietor. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $9,500.
RFG-623. Idaho Springs. Health Wealth and Recreation Book, Idaho Springs, CO 1902
Book about city recreations and sights, and mining info with illustrations throughout. Text is printed in purple, illustrations in blue. Front and rear covers are detached but present. Scarce. $275.
RFG-624. Leadville. Colorado Cabinet Card, c 1879-1880
This is a view of Fryer Hill, as noted on the reverse. Signed by G.D. Wakely, Photographer. Wakely was an actor, turned Photographer, one of the first in Colorado. He went to Leadville in 1879, but it isn't known when he operated by himself, as indicated on the photograph. Based on the small size of the dumps in this photograph, it was probably taken shortly after Wakely's arrival in 1879. Extremely Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $1,250.
RFG-626. Leadville. Colorado Cabinet Card, c 1879-1880
A view of Harrison Avenue is written on reverse. The street is full of wagons and people and includes Crockery and Glassware, Wholesale Liquors, George E. Holt Books & Stationary, Boston Clothing House, and other businesses. Numerous blurred images are at the center, the result of moving wagons and horses while the photograph was being taken. The handwriting on the back of this photograph is the same as that signed by Wakely, thus it is probably an unsigned Wakely photograph. Very Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $1,250.
RFG-627. Leadville. Colorado Cabinet Card, c 1879-1880
View of “E of Har. Ave. from E. of Hill”, as written on the reverse in pencil. This photo is another Wakeley view showing a view of a well in the foreground and a group of log cabins constructed in a freshly cut forest. This area of Leadville appears to be somewhat downhill of the main business district. Extremely Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $1,250.
RFG-628. Leadville. Colorado Stereo View, c 1890
Photographed and published by Kilburn Bros. Littletown, NH. Photograph date probably predates 1890, the publishing date. This is a photograph of a street scene of Harrison Avenue. Very Fine. From the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection. $950.