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ARTIFACT: Great 1900's Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of a young Cowboy standing with one leg up on a stool and wearing 'Woolies' chaps, leather cuffs, and a great gun belt with his Colt .45 prominently displayed. The RPPC has been trimmed but remains...

ARTIFACT: This is an early pair of nickeled iron spurs with long shanks and light brown leather straps. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 -1 910. SIZE: 8-5/8" height and 3-3/4" width (as pictured: length = end of spur to heel strap). CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) of a 'Cowboy'. He sits backwards on a wooden chair, lasso rope hanging from the corner. The boy is wearing many leathers, a six shooter at his side, and a tipped 10 gallon gat and looks to be holding a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great Dean Gold Mine, Mineral Park, Arizona key fob found at Silver King Dump in 196The old tag on back erroneously names the fob as being from the Dean Gold Mine (across the state, near the Ghost Town of Mineral Park), but historical...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1890's cabinet photo of two cowboys, perhaps brothers from Bowie, Texas by photographer Thomas H. Carpenter. VINTAGE: Circa 1890's SIZE: Approximately 6-1/2" x 4-1/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sepia toned cabinet photo, card stock,...

ARTIFACT: This is a Will & Finck of San Francisco skewer puller that was patented on October 30, 187The handle is Stag Horn (the trade name of deer antler) and the puller end is a silvered bronze stag head whose teeth will grasp at a skewer when...

ARTIFACT: This is a celluloid badge for the Lynn, Massachusetts General Electric plant from the 1940 New York World's Fair. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: About 1-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Paper, celluloid and tin. ATTACHMENT: Straight...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce "Lucky Mr. Peanut" pin from the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York. The pin is on its original card. Mr. Peanut, the Planters' Peanuts mascot, was 33 at the time of his World's Fair appearance. The pin shows him standing in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1936 Olympic Games multi-colored pin made in Germany. Held in Berlin before the onset of World War II, the Games of the XI Olympiad were riddled with controversy, from the choice of salute each country gave the host leader (Hitler) to...

ARTIFACT: This is a tiny lapel pin from the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. The pin is in white metal. VINTAGE: Circa 1939. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" in height and 9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: White metal. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1904 World Fair Commission delegate badge. The badge reads WORLD FAIR COMMISSION 1904 and the bar at top reads PENNSYLVANIA. VINTAGE: Circa 1904. SIZE: 3-1/8" height including ribbon and 1-11/16" width at bar. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is an official employee badge from the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in 1893, one year after the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to the "New World". The badge...