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Lot 200

Western Outlaws
A trio of silver gelatin photographs of Wyatt Earp, Robert Ford, and Thomas Newcomb.
Sale 2112 - Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Oct 24, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 - 700
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$2,032
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Western Outlaws
A trio of silver gelatin photographs of Wyatt Earp, Robert Ford, and Thomas Newcomb.


3 vintage copy silver gelatin prints made from 19th century photographs of the following subjects:

Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), legendary western frontiersman, itinerant saloonkeeper, lawman, gambler, and gunslinger who is best known for his involvement in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. 4 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. silver gelatin print on cardstock mount of Earp after an image taken when he was around 39-years-old. New York: Sy Seidman, n.d. Publisher's ink stamp on verso.

Robert Ford (1861-1892), famed outlaw who killed fellow outlaw Jesse James on 3 April 1882. 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. silver gelatin print on cardstock mount. The image, originally taken by an unknown photographer, shows Ford reportedly posing with the weapon he used to assassinate Jesse James. New York: Culver Pictures, Inc. Publisher's ink stamp on verso.

Thomas Newcomb, outlaw who murdered frontier scout and miner "California Joe" Milner on 29 November 1876 over a quarrel involving "Wild Bill" Hickok's death. Milner served briefly as a chief scout for Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer on General Winfield S. Hancock's expedition in 1867, where he met Hickok. 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin print of Newcomb on horseback, typed caption affixed to lower margin, "Tom Newcomb killed California Joe." Manuscript notation on verso.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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