Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2001.861.0018Description
Old black and white photo of "Shriners Parade at Rawlins Wyoming." Numerous men in costumes walking down Fifth Street. Old Courthouse in background, saddle shop in foreground. Appears to be fall or winter. Photo is mounted on stiff gray-green cardboard and is in good condition. "The Ferris Studio, Rawlins, Wyo." printed on cardboard picture base.
Update 2009: Black and white print on gray matboard with a darker gray decorative border surrounding print on mat, 8 x 10 by the Ferris Studio of a Shriner's parade of men in various costumes. Men in front of parade are wearing dark pants and long coats. One has a dark Derby hat and one is wearing women's fancy hat with flowers on the brim. In the third row the man on the outside of row is wearing a Knights Templar fez and several other men all wearing women's hats. A man in the center frow has a white woman's dress over his pants and jacket, and a dark flat type brimmed woman's hat on his head. His right leg appears wrapped in a bandage. There is a man in a nightgown? with an apron over it, and a stocking cap on his head. At the end of the procession is a glass? and chicken wire enclosed booth with what appears to be someone seated in it, men and boys are walking to the side of it. A large tank with men seated on the top of it are at the end of the ling. The Carbon County Courthouse is in back of the photo with its three chimneys and widow walk showing on roof. The Mattas Saddlery is in right foreground. The window of the saddle shop has "saddles" painted in window. There is a white wooden house between it and the courthouse. The men are marching up the dirt road in front of these buildings.
Sign on top of building has a cowboy on a horse roping a steer. Sign says" Wholesale manufacturers of the Mattus Saddle Warren Road." Other words unreadable.
Written in ink immediately beneath picture: "Shriners Parade at Rawlins, Wyo". Engraved on front bottom right corner: "The Ferris Studio Rawlins, Wyo".
Black and white print on grey matboard with darker grey decorative border surrounding print on mat.
Condition is good. Written in pen on front.Collection
Photograph Collection