Gallery : Ephemera

Ephemera is the fancy word for “things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.” Paper items are often called ephemera. This gallery is dedicated to those rare pieces of Bodie history that were never intended to last.

Pay roll of the Employees of the Standard Consolidated Mining Co. - Bodie-4599 -

Pay roll of the Employees of the Standard Consolidated Mining Co. - Bodie-4599 -

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Bodie Bank Check - May 19, 1879 - Check from The Bodie Bank dated May 19, 1879. Signed by "R. Watson"

Bodie Bank Check - May 19, 1879 - Check from The Bodie Bank dated May 19, 1879. Signed by "R. Watson"

 Bodie Bank (2) -

Bodie Bank (2) -

1881 The Bodie Bank check -

1881 The Bodie Bank check -

Bodie Bank receipt - Bodie, CA. 1877 Sell Stock Summit -

Bodie Bank receipt - Bodie, CA. 1877 Sell Stock Summit -

1878 Bodie Bank Check - Measures 3" x 8"

1878 Bodie Bank Check - Measures 3" x 8"

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20104_0369_1 -

Bodie Daily Free Press newspaper - DailyFreePress1 -

Bodie Daily Free Press newspaper - DailyFreePress1 -

Anglo Californian Bank, Ltd. - letter 1899 - BLetter2-envelope -

Anglo Californian Bank, Ltd. - letter 1899 - BLetter2-envelope -

A Trip to Bodie Bluff and the Dead Sea of the West - Badger -

A Trip to Bodie Bluff and the Dead Sea of the West - Badger -

Anglo and London, Paris National Bank check -

Anglo and London, Paris National Bank check -

Aurora and Bodie U.S. Stage Co. - Carson City to Aurora and Bodie ad -

Aurora and Bodie U.S. Stage Co. - Carson City to Aurora and Bodie ad -

15203796320_944d641765_o - 1879 Bodie Bank Certificate of Deposit, No. 796

15203796320_944d641765_o - 1879 Bodie Bank Certificate of Deposit, No. 796

 Map of the Bodie Mines - www.Bodie.com

Map of the Bodie Mines - www.Bodie.com

 u2s-the-joshua-tree-program---u2-in-bodie_16268848600_o -

u2s-the-joshua-tree-program---u2-in-bodie_16268848600_o -

u2s-the-joshua-tree-program---u2-in-bodie_16430275966_o -

u2s-the-joshua-tree-program---u2-in-bodie_16430275966_o -

Bodie Miner newspaper - It Is A Very Bad Hangout -

Bodie Miner newspaper - It Is A Very Bad Hangout -

Bodie Miner newspaper - March 2, 1907 -

Bodie Miner newspaper - March 2, 1907 -

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1878-bodie-bank-check_15390413105_o -

1879-bodie-bank-certificate-of-deposit-no-796_15203796320_o -

1879-bodie-bank-certificate-of-deposit-no-796_15203796320_o -

bodie-chronicle-newspaper_15200502940_o -

bodie-chronicle-newspaper_15200502940_o -

bodie-free-press_15364169866_o -

bodie-free-press_15364169866_o -

dudley-mining-certificate_15200501660_o -

dudley-mining-certificate_15200501660_o -

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map-of-the-bodie-mining-district_15364166646_o -

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firemens-ball---bodie-fire-department_15364168256_o -

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stamp-battery-details_12783899943_o -

stamp-mill-process_12783808455_o -

stamp-mill-process_12783808455_o -

western-union-telegraph-company_15386871792_o -

western-union-telegraph-company_15386871792_o -

beveningminer_12790432495_o -

beveningminer_12790432495_o -

b4599_12790433695_o -

b4599_12790433695_o -

bodiebentonrailwaycommercialcompany_12790533693_o -

bodiebentonrailwaycommercialcompany_12790533693_o -

bodiechronicle_12790435085_o -

bodiechronicle_12790435085_o -

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grand-calico-ball-at-the-miners-union-hall_12790560883_o -

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bodieminesmap_12790875114_o -

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boone-and-wright-ad_12790437255_o -

boone-and-wright-ad_12790437255_o -

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oro-mining-certificate_12790543495_o -

pay-roll-of-the-employees-of-the-standard-consolidated-mining-co_12785144113_o -

pay-roll-of-the-employees-of-the-standard-consolidated-mining-co_12785144113_o -

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sawdust-corner-saloon-receipt_12791110325_o -

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pee-card_12790979904_o -

the-joshua-tree---u2_16270403807_o -

the-joshua-tree---u2_16270403807_o -

1879-tiger-gold--silver-mining-co-stock-certificate_37737731722_o -

1879-tiger-gold--silver-mining-co-stock-certificate_37737731722_o -

1879-tiger-gold--silver-mining-co-stock-certificate_37060746954_o -

1879-tiger-gold--silver-mining-co-stock-certificate_37060746954_o -

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