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Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 13
Description: Photograph thirteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers waiting on the State Line April 19th" and shows two lines of men, horses and wagons. The subjects are posing for the picture.
Date: 1889-04-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 21
Description: Photograph twenty-one of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "A Street Scene in Guthrie 10 days after the Opening" and shows a busy street scene in the rapidly developing town of Guthrie, OK. Several large buildings are already completed or under construction.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 18
Description: Photograph eighteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers Claim Shanty, Oklahoma Territory" and shows five settlers (three on horseback), in front of a primitive cabin, staking their claim.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 14
Description: Photograph fourteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers approaching R.R. Bridge which they Crossed" and shows two long processions of wagons converging on a railroad bridge to cross the Salt ForK River. The bridge is in view on the far-right side.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 17
Description: Photograph seventeen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers waiting at the Oklahoma Line April 21st" and shows men, horses and wagons in a field, the day before the first land run in Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1889-04-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 16
Description: Photograph sixteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers Crossing their Horses on the R.R. Bridge" and shows a group men attempting to safely maneuver a wagon and horses off the railroad track after crossing the bridge.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 15
Description: Photograph fifteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Salt Fork River R.R. Bridge on which Boomers Crossed." Wagons can be seen on the far side of bridge, ready to cross the Salt Fork River.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 12
Description: Photograph eleven of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "The way they Nominated the first Mayor of Guthrie, Ok." and shows a large crowd of men gathered to nominate the mayor of Guthrie, OK. A speaker can be seen in the distance (arm in the air) stumping to the onlookers.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 11
Description: Photograph eleven of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "A Typical Boomer Family" and shows four adults and five children in a "boomer" camp in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

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