Native American & Western Photograph Collection

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 19
Description: Photograph nineteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Holding Down a Town Lot, Guthrie, April 22, 1889" and shows two settlers watching over their lots in what will be the town of Guthrie, OK. The gentleman in the foreground smoking the pipe is identified as P. Pearson (Peter Pearson), behind him is Dr. Acker; both men were friends of the photographer from Arkansas City, KS.
Date: 1889-04-22
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 22
Description: Photograph twenty-two of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views [ca. 1889] by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "A Frontier Home" and shows three settlers and a steer in front of a primitive frontier dwelling.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 20
Description: Photograph twenty 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 Voted for the First Mayor of Guthrie" and shows Guthrie residents formed in two long lines; several men men standing in a wagon can be seen waving to the crowd.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

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