Original Circa 1895 Cabinet Card Photograph of Calamity Jane, Titled in the Negative "Calamnity [sic] Jane, Gen. Crook's Scout."

(Early Photography) (Western Americana) Original Circa 1895 Cabinet Card Photograph of Calamity Jane, Titled in the Negative "Calamnity [sic] Jane, Gen. Crook's Scout." Chicago: [John B.] Wilson, 389 State St., circa 1895. 3-7/8" x 5-7/16" photograph on a 4-1/4" x 6-1/2" Wilson "Theatrical Celebrities" cardstock mount for what is a beautiful copy of the photograph; mount with minor spotting and age-tanning, with pencil identification to mount recto and verso. The photograph is a full length studio portrait of Calamity Jane (1852-1903) standing and facing slightly right, wearing a fringe leather jacket and pants outfit complete with an ammunition belt and revolver holding the barrel of a repeating rifle that is pointing upward. This photograph appears to have been taken during the same session as two other photographs of Calamity Jane held by the Library of Congress. The first of these is titled in the negative "Calamity Jane, Gen. Crook's scout." The second one is titled in the negative "Calamnity [sic] Jane, Gen. Crook's scout, no. 2." Both are marked "Copyrighted by H. R. Locke, 1895." and were published in Deadwood, SD by Lock & Peterson in 1895. The condition of the cabinet card photograph is 9/10 - EXCELLENT: Mild condition issues barely perceptible to the naked eye. The condition of the Wilson studio cardstock mount is 7/10 - FINE: Mild or moderate condition issues that attract the eye under gallery lighting conditions. RARE # 001206