Print, Photographic

1952.178.0008

1952.178.0008

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1952.178.0008

Description

David Phillips, Public Relations for the UPPR, looking at skull and shoes. Update 2/2008: Black and white print. Snap shot. Image of a young man dressed in a dark suit white shirt and patterned bow tie, hand under chin, contemplating a partial skull and the soles of a pair of shoes lying on white paper on top of glass topped table. Closed blinds in background. Projectile points laid out on fabric underneath table at right. Written on back in blue ink:"David Phillips, U.P. Public Relations and the lower part of the skull of Big Nose George and the lower part of the shoes or boots that were cut off his feet after he was hung. Taken in the Carbon County Museum where they are now on display." Written on the back in pencil: "6" Crescent shaped cracks in emulsion. Lower right corner bent. Emulsion cracked. Accretion on emulsion at center. Several small dents in emulsion. Paper slightly curled.

Collection

Photograph Collection