[Group portrait of Home Guard of Topeka, Kansas]

W. F. Farrow

Date

ca. 1888-1893
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 6 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.
Mount: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches
Inscriptions

Mount, recto:
u.l. in graphite: Kansas. Topeka \ Home Guard, Civil War? \ 6 1/2 x 8 3/4
Mount, verso:
u.c. typed on label: EARLY KANSAS PHOTOGRAPH \ KANSAS. Photograph of Home Guard of Topeka, \ 6" x 8 3/4", Yopeka, n.d. Taken either near the \ end of the Civil War or shortly afterwards. \ The leader in the foreground, with revolver \ in hand, may be "Wild Bill" Hickok, who was \ active in Kansas in 1866 and thereafter. Note \ the resemblance of the man in left foreground \ to the actor who plays the doctor in the \ Matt Dillon television show. $15.00
u.r. in graphite: Kansas Lawmen.
c. [stamp]: W.F. FARROW, \ 811 KANSAS AVE, \ Topeka, - Kansas. \ VIEW PHOTOGRAPHER.
l.r. in blue pencil: HomeGuard \ of \ Topeka
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1976.19.12
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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