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The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West

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  2026-11-20 09:00:00 2026-11-20 09:00:00 America/New_York Fleischer's Auctions Fleischer's Auctions : The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West https://bid.fleischersauctions.com/auctions/fleischers-auctions/the-jim-crain-collection-texas-california-the-old-west-23552
The lifetime collection of author and photo historian, Jim Crain (1939-2025). The catalog is exclusively devoted to antique photography with an emphasis on the Old West, California, Texas, and Native Americana from 1840-1900.
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Lot 592

[WYOMING] (14) Stereoviews of Wyoming by (7) Photographers

Estimate: $500 - $750
Starting Bid
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 A grouping of 14 stereoviews of scenes around Wyoming, ca. 1860-96. On orange, yellow, green and brown mounts and taken by at least seven (7) different photographers and studios, including Charles R. Savage, William H. Jackson, Charles Weitfle and John B. Silvis, the official photographer for the U.P.R.R.

 

The photos in this lot are as follows: 

 

1. Reeds Rock. N.p. Period ink inscription to mount verso identifying location. 

 

2. General View of Green River. Series, "Union Pacific Railroad." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. Imprint to mount recto and verso. Period ink inscription to mount verso. Period ink crossing out portion of title to mount recto. 

 

3. Rock Cut, Green River. Series, "Union Pacific Railroad." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

4. Church Buttes, U.P.R.R., 145 miles from Salt Lake City. Series, "Stereoscopic Gems of Utah Scenery." Salt Lake City: C.W. Carter. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

5. 3301. Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater. Denver: W.H. Jackson. Title from negative. Imprint to mount recto. Faint period pencil inscription to mount verso. 

 

6. No. 472. U.P.R.R. Station, Sherman Wy. Central City, Colorado: Chas. Weitfle. Title from negative. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

7. 471. Teakettle Rock, Green River, Utah. Central City, Colorado: Chas. Weitfle. Title from negative. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

8. Pale Creek Bridge. Traveling: J.B. Silvis. Imprint and period ink inscription identifying location to mount verso. 

 

9. No 470. "The Giant's Club" Green River. Central City, Colorado: Chas. Weitfle. Title from negative. Period ink inscription identifying date and location to mount recto. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

10. Centennial Rocks, near Red Buttes, U.P.R.R. Series, "Views of the Great West: Utah Series." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

11. Sherman Station, highest Railroad Station in the World. Series, "Union Pacific R.R." Salt Lake City: C.R. Savage. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

12. No. Dale Creek Bridge, near Sherman. Series, "Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad." Omaha: Wm. H. Jackson. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

13. 290. Red Sand Stone Rocks, Laramie Plains. Series "Views of the Rocky Mountains and Vicinity." Chicago: J. Carbutt. Imprint to mount recto. Period pencil inscription to mount verso. 

 

14. Twin Rocks, Green River. [170]. Series, "Union Pacific Railroad Views." Salt Lake City: Savage & Ottinger. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]

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Jim Crain Collection.