Old West Collection (#6)

Silver Mining in the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, 1877 (engraving)
PNP246276 Silver Mining in the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, 1877 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Gold prospectors using a long tom sluice at Spanish Flat, California
PNP246270 Gold prospectors using a long tom sluice at Spanish Flat, California, 1852 (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Typical prairie sodhouse, Wichita County, Kansas, c. 1880 (b / w photo)
PNP246249 Typical prairie sodhouse, Wichita County, Kansas, c.1880 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Prairie Schooner (b / w photo)
PNP246220 The Prairie Schooner (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: designed to travel through bad conditions;)

Front cover of Wild Bills Last Trail, a Ned Buntline Dime
PNP245497 Front cover of Wild Bills Last Trail, a Ned Buntline Dime novel featuring Wild Bill Hickok (1837-76) 1896 (litho) by American School

Apache Ambush (oil on canvas)
PNP245327 Apache Ambush (oil on canvas) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Native American Chief of the Cree people of Canada, 1848 (oil on canvas)
PNP245317 Native American Chief of the Cree people of Canada, 1848 (oil on canvas) by Kane, Paul (1810-71); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; Canadian, out of copyright

Texas Cowboy, c. 1890 (oil on canvas)
PNP244895 Texas Cowboy, c.1890 (oil on canvas) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Rattlesnake, 1905 (bronze) (b / w photo)
PNP244883 The Rattlesnake, 1905 (bronze) (b/w photo) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

The Hold Up, c. 1900 (oil on canvas)
PNP244878 The Hold Up, c.1900 (oil on canvas) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Valley National Bank, Phoenix, Arizona; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Cattle Ranch, Colorado, 1899 (photo)
PNP244874 Cattle Ranch, Colorado, 1899 (photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Cowboys at Lunch, 1904 (photo)
PNP244864 Cowboys at Lunch, 1904 (photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

The Haylie Ranch, Crook County, Wyoming, c. 1890 (b / w photo)
PNP244858 The Haylie Ranch, Crook County, Wyoming, c.1890 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Comanche warrior with a shield, lance and bow and arrows, c. 1835 (colour litho)
PNP244097 Comanche warrior with a shield, lance and bow and arrows, c.1835 (colour litho) by Catlin, George (1796-1872); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

A Comanche family outside their teepee, 1841 (colour litho)
PNP243595 A Comanche family outside their teepee, 1841 (colour litho) by Catlin, George (1796-1872); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Oregon Trail (oil on canvas tacked over board)
704514 Oregon Trail (oil on canvas tacked over board) by Bierstadt, Albert (1830-1902); 76.6x111.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

Visit to Another Tribe, 1909 (oil on canvas)
CH328539 Visit to Another Tribe, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Paxson, Edgar Samuel (1852-1915); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

Minnehaha, c. 1904 (photochrom)
5242396 Minnehaha, c.1904 (photochrom) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; (add.info.: Minnehaha is a fictional Native American woman documented in Henry Wadsworth Longfellows)

Cowboy on horseback lassooing a calf (b / w photo)
CHT214798 Cowboy on horseback lassooing a calf (b/w photo) by Huffman, L.A. (1879-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cow-boy traquant un veau; ); eArchives Charmet; American, out of copyright

Texas Rangers armed with revolvers and Winchester rifles, 1890 (b / w photo)
PNP386873 Texas Rangers armed with revolvers and Winchester rifles, 1890 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American

Yukon / Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP352507 Yukon / Klondike Gold Rush in 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wyatt Earp in his twenties, from a tintype taken at Dodge City, Kansas, c
DPL415586 Wyatt Earp in his twenties, from a tintype taken at Dodge City, Kansas, c.1868-78 (b/w photo) by Eagan (fl.1868-88); Denver Public Library

Leadville Saloon, c. 1883-89 (b / w photo)
DPL415479 Leadville Saloon, c.1883-89 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Denver Public Library, Western History Collection; (add.info.: possibly Hymans Saloon, Leadville)

Raguero cutting out a cow from the herd (b / w photo)
BAL67799 Raguero cutting out a cow from the herd (b/w photo) by Coolidge, Dane (1873-1940); Bancroft Library, University of California, CA, USA; American, out of copyright

Pioneer family in the Loup Valley, Nebraska, 1886 (b / w photo)
PNP246219 Pioneer family in the Loup Valley, Nebraska, 1886 (b/w photo) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Attack on the Wagon Train, 1904 (w / c on paper)
PNP246204 Attack on the Wagon Train, 1904 (w/c on paper) by Russell, Charles Marion (1865-1926); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

California News, 1849 (colour litho)
PNP246161 California News, 1849 (colour litho) by Mount, William Sidney (1807-68); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

The Independent Gold Hunter, 1849 (colour litho)
PNP246160 The Independent Gold Hunter, 1849 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Stagecoach crossing San Marcos Pass, California, 1880s (b / w photo)
PNP245999 Stagecoach crossing San Marcos Pass, California, 1880s (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Indians attacking a pioneer wagon train (oil on canvas)
PNP246206 Indians attacking a pioneer wagon train (oil on canvas) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

In Without Knocking (oil on canvas)
PNP244889 In Without Knocking (oil on canvas) by Russell, Charles Marion (1865-1926); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Cowboys roping a steer, 1897 (oil on canvas)
PNP244888 Cowboys roping a steer, 1897 (oil on canvas) by Russell, Charles Marion (1865-1926); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

The Cowboy (oil on canvas)
PNP244876 The Cowboy (oil on canvas) by Remington, Frederic (1861-1909); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Bronco Oranges, c. 1900 (colour litho)
PNP244870 Bronco Oranges, c.1900 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: packed by Redlands Foothill Groves, Redlands)

Cowboy Chuck wagon (photo)
PNP244869 Cowboy Chuck wagon (photo) by American School; Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Cowboys eating at the chuck wagon, 1898 (b / w photo)
PNP244866 Cowboys eating at the chuck wagon, 1898 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Longhorn cattle drive from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, c. 1870s (colour litho)
PNP243995 Longhorn cattle drive from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, c.1870s (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Fight to the Finish (w / c on paper)
PNP322075 Fight to the Finish (w/c on paper) by Schreyvogel, Charles (1861-1912); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

Cover of the score sheet for The Trapper, 1857 (litho)
NBY332280 Cover of the score sheet for The Trapper, 1857 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois, USA; (add.info.: written and composed by by F)

Train Passengers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, shooting buffalo for sport in
PNP332187 Train Passengers on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, shooting buffalo for sport in the 1870s (litho) by American School

Custers last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn, 25th June, 1876 (colour litho)
PNP245863 Custers last stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn, 25th June, 1876 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Map of the Alamo area in San Antonio based on Santa Annas original battlefield map
PNP245835 Map of the Alamo area in San Antonio based on Santa Annas original battlefield map, 1836 (colour litho) by Mexican School

Charles Crocker (1822-88) (b / w photo)
PNP246762 Charles Crocker (1822-88) (b/w photo) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: in charge of construction of the Central Pacific Railroad during the 1860s;)

Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad in a private rail car during construction of
PNP246761 Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad in a private rail car during construction of the line, 1868 (b/w photo) by Russell

Chief Sitting Bull (1831-90) on tour with Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917
PNP245631 Chief Sitting Bull (1831-90) on tour with Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) and his Wild West Show (b/w photo) by American Photographer

Wild Bill Hickok (1837-76) (colour woodcut)
PNP245499 Wild Bill Hickok (1837-76) (colour woodcut) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Western Americana; American, out of copyright

The first published picture of Wild Bill Hickok (1837-76) printed in
PNP245490 The first published picture of Wild Bill Hickok (1837-76) printed in Harpers magazine, February 1867 (colour litho) by Waud

Advertisement for Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line, c. 1870 (litho)
PNP246673 Advertisement for Union and Central Pacific Railroad Line, c.1870 (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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Journey back in time to the captivating era of the Old West, where cowboys like Honeycut and his trusty horse White Star roamed the vast plains of Montana. This timeless photograph by Laton Alton Huffman captures their spirit and resilience in August 1904. Step into history with a glimpse of the iconic Golden Spike Ceremony that united America's east and west coasts on May 10th, 1869. The black and white photo transports us to a pivotal moment when railroads connected distant lands, forever changing the landscape. Meet Moses Weinberger, an enterprising man who defied odds as he proudly stood at the entrance of Same Old Moses Saloon in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Operating since 1890, it became the first legal saloon in Oklahoma Territory – a testament to Weinberger's pioneering spirit. Immerse yourself in thrilling entertainment with Buffalo Bill starring in Scouts of the Plains play. This poster serves as a reminder of how larger-than-life figures captivated audiences during those times. Discover legendary outlaws like Doc Holliday, Billy The Kid, and Wyatt Earp through striking black and white photographs from their heyday. These images offer glimpses into their lives filled with danger, adventure, and notoriety. Witness Wild West covered wagons traversing treacherous terrains – symbols of hope for pioneers seeking new beginnings amidst rugged landscapes. These wagons carried dreams across untamed frontiers. Explore portraits capturing individuals who left indelible marks on history: Frank Butler - known for his sharpshooting skills alongside Annie Oakley -and Henry Heck Thomas - renowned lawman instrumental in taming unruly territories. Finally, step inside Morenci's saloon in Arizona Territory circa 1895 to witness a game of Faro unfold before your eyes. Experience firsthand how gambling played an integral role within these vibrant communities. The Old West beckons you with its tales of bravery, lawlessness, and untamed beauty.