ca. 1868-70, [tintype portrait of a demure cowboy wearing a hat, knife, revolver and boots with spurs]
via the Southern Methodist Central University Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection
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ca. 1868-70, [tintype portrait of a demure cowboy wearing a hat, knife, revolver and boots with spurs]
via the Southern Methodist Central University Library, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection
ca. 1861-65, [tintype portrait of a well-armed Union soldier with three Remington revolvers, two Bowie knives, and a Springfield rifle musket]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
ca. 1890-1910, [cabinet card, portrait of a young boy standing on a fur skin rug holding a toy rifle], Elmer Chickering
via J. Cosmas Vintage Photography, Albumen and Silver Prints Collection
ca. 1880, [tintype portrait of two hunters with a dog, one with a rifle]
via I Photo Central
ca. 1847, [daguerreotype portrait of a well-armed frontiersman with a Sheffield Bowie knife, bar hammer pepperbox, and a .69 caliber smoothbore musket]
ca. 1880’s, “The Hold-Up”, [tintype portrait of two men pointing weapons at a seated gentleman]
ca. 1861-65, [tintype portrait of A. J. Blue, a heavily armed Union cavalry soldier with three Remington revolvers in his belt]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
ca. 1861-65, [Portrait of three Union soldiers and two others; two hold hands, one points a revolver at another’s head]
via the Library of Congress, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
ca. 1885-1895, [two cabinet cards of a trick shooter with a 1873 Winchester rifle at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show], Perkinson
ca. 1870’s, [tintype portrait of a young boy with a rifle], P. F. Goben’s New Photograph Gallery
via the Southern Methodist University Libraries, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photography Collection
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This blog is a collection of photographs and ephemera focused mainly within the curious and often misunderstood realm of 19th century America. I have a soft spot for all things silly, antiquated, macabre, and grotesque. The content is from a variety of collections; public, academic, and private. In addition, there's an occasional emphasis on Ulysses S Grant and the Civil War, as well.
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