Titles beginning with B from Daniel / Oliver Gallery (2 items)

A handsome advertisement, measuring 6 x 8 inches, for an evening with Captain Jack Crawford, the adventurer, educator, author, and master storyteller of the Wild West. There is a manuscript date of October 31, 1895. While the advertising text simply indicates the lecture is to take place at "The auditorium," the leaflet was printed by A.F. Fisk, who operated out of Helena, Montana, at the time.

Letterpress on colored paper (2); From 5 1/2 x 9 inches to 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; One printed by William Sotherland, Virgina, NV.
This pair of printed pieces both pertain to Cornelius "Con" Ahern's 1902 run for Republican State Senator representing Storey County, Nevada. A Virginia City pioneer, Con A. Ahern was a prominent figure in Nevada politics in the late 19th and early 20th century, running for governor in 1905. He was also a longtime proprietor of Virginia City's famous Crystal Bar, saloon, and ran the famed "International" hotel.
The first, a broadside, was printed by William Sutherland of Virginia city. it is fairly straightforward. It declares Ahern to be "the people's choice," 'the poor man's friend," and "the favorite of young voters" and a vote for him is a "vote for good government." The second, a handbill is the more dramatic of the two. It proclaims that Ahern, "Denounces as a damnable In-justice that he is pledged to Bill Stewart, and asks his friends to stand by him against such an… Read more