James, Jesse, Mason Illustration Photo, 1959

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

93.1H.63 James, Jesse, Drawing by Mason, 1959

Name/Title

James, Jesse, Mason Illustration Photo, 1959

Entry/Object ID

1993.1H.63

Description

James, Jesse, Mason Illustration Photo, 1959 b/w. Photo of a pen/ink drawing of Jesse James, perhaps by donor, Charles Mason, who wrote a book "Jesse James Was My Cousin.". Shows head/shoulders of man with dark hair, full dark beard and mustache, dark jacket with striped ascot at neck. Typed on back "To the St. Joseph City Museum I wish to donate this photograph reproduction to the city Museum's Jesse James exhibit if the museum will be so kind as to accept. Charles E. Mason "James Woodson James Born 1847--Died 1882 (killed by Robert Ford, April 3, 1882) at St. Joseph, Mo. *Copyright notice (c) 1959 by Charles E. Mason, 517½ S. 6th St., St. Joseph, Mo. A photographic reproduction of an original portrait in brush and ink drawn in May 1959. This is the front piece for book: 'Jesse James Was My Cousin" by Charles Edward Mason (Author) Original digital scan located on History CD 02.

Made/Created

Artist

Charles E. Mason

Date made

1959

Place

Location

UNKNOWN

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

James, Jesse, Jesse James, James Family

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 31, 2020

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jesse James

Person or Organization

Charles E. Mason