86:15900-242
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of a view of cloud cover over a house.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-242/ DAVIS COLL/ 86 DUP/ FOG/ JULY 1906
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86:15900-243
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of an unidentified man standing by a fence post in front of the home of Edward H. Davis in Mesa Grande. A saddled horse is on the left.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-243/ DAVIS COLL/ 86 DUP/ HOUSE/ JULY 1906
According to additional information provided by the community on 10/2011: This is the home of Edward H. Davis (1891-1951) and later the home of Nancy Davis Wilson [granddaughter of Edward H. Davis].
86:15900-244
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of fog over trees, field, and base of a mountain.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-244/ DAVIS COLL/ 86 DUP/ SUNSET & CLOUDS/ JULY 1906
86:15900-245
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of two young men holding down a calf as a third man prepares to brand it with a branding iron.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-245/ DAVIS COLL/ 86 DUP/ BOYS BRANDING CALVES/ JULY 1906
According to additional information provided on 10/2011 by a member of the E.H. Davis Project Scholar Advisory Committee: Davis’ term ‘Boys’ may refer to Indian men who were often the cowboys?
86:15900-246
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w negative of two young women, (L-R) Theda and Marion Davis, posing beside horses. Theda wears a wide-brimmed hat, long-sleeve dress with lace (?) at collar, belt and leather gloves. Marion Davis wears a wide-brimmed hat, kerchief, long-sleeve dress, leather gloves with fringe, and gun holster around her waist.
Notes on negative envelope:
86:15900-246/ DAVIS COLL/ 86 DUP/ THEDA & MARION STANDING/ BESIDE HORSES/ JULY 1906
