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[Group portrait of Home Guard of Topeka, Kansas]

W. F. Farrow

Object Details

  • 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

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