Native American & Western Photograph Collection

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 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 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 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 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 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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