Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2008.1008.1.505Description
Black & white print. Snapshot. Mounted on light brown matboard with raised frame around image. Image of three vintage automobiles parked in a staggered line on a dirt street in front of a large stone building. The tops are down on the automobiles & the windshields are folded & angled. A large "C" is attached to the radiator grill of each auto. Three men sit in each vehicle. All the vehicles have right hand (English) drive.
Large building at left has a two-story columned porch & a raised foundation. Clock & "No 609" in pediment above porch. Large multi-story building in background. Sign at roof: "1901 The Ferris" - the zero and the first "R" are missing & have left just a ghost impression behind.
Engraved in lower right mat corner: "The Ferris Studio Rawlins Wyo."
Written on lower mat edge in pencil: "WWD Colburn Man. Rep Jack Nagle Lee Smiley J H Clause Charles Ivy Frank Hadsell Dee Wren Geo Wren 1909"
Written on back: [blue ink] "Left to right W. W. Daley, Colburn Representative, Jack Nagle, Lee Smiley, J. H. Clause, Charlie Ivy, Frank Hadsell, Dee Wren, George Wren, Colburn Cars - 1909" [pencil] "Lambertson" "Page 93, pix 2 64 1/2% 2 1/2 x 5" [pencil on white adhesive label] "Cars & trucks" [light blue ink] "2" [red ink] "X"
Mounted on acidic matboard. Cut down from original size - top edge rough & uneven. Edge & corner damage. Mat back scraped & soiled. Emulsion soiled & scuffed.
One 3 1/2 x 4 7/8" black & white copy print. Close-up cutting of top of Elks building & right side.
Written on back in black ink: "Colburn cars - 1909 W. W. Daley - Colburn representative - Jack Nagle - Lee Smiley - J. H. Clause - Charlie Ivy - Frank Hadsell - Dee Wren - George Wren".Collection
Photograph Collection