Horseman in a Canyon, Wyoming Territory, 1880-1889

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Artifact Overview

George and Thomas Dalgleish owned a photography studio in the Wyoming Territory in the 1880s. The brothers traveled the territory documenting the region's people, towns and activities. The notation on the back of the photograph refers to this man as "Billy the Kid," a hunter and trapper. A friend of the photographer, he was not the infamous outlaw who died in a shootout in 1881.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1880-1889

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

30.803.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of George Dalgleish.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 4.875 in
Width: 6.625 in

Inscriptions

caption on bottom of photograph: [----?] handwritten on back of photograph: Hold up Hollow / Ten Sleep Canon [?] / Wyoming Territore [?] / Billy the Kid
Horseman in a Canyon, Wyoming Territory, 1880-1889