Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
"The Last Sad Rites of Calamity Jane, the Female Scout, Deadwood, S.D." |
Date |
1903 |
Description |
Group gathered around casket above open grave. Funeral for Calamity Jane, date on back of photograph is August 3, 1903. Some identities: Mrs. Bill Lynn (bottom left); from second to far left: Jim Russell with white collar; O.U. Price with hat; Sam Schwarzwald; Rev. Clark with dark beard; Waring Rose (?) partially visible; Al Burnham; John T. Heffron using hat to shade face; George Hopkins with bald head; __ Lardner with mustache holding hat; Lee Baxter with long narrow beard; George Hoskins above Baxter wearing hat; George Leeman holding hat and looking around Jim Allen who has big white beard; Henry Korneman behind Allen; __ Hall (?) visible behind hat brim of Kate Reynolds; Amy Hill upper right corner. As per information based on two separate identify lists--the back of the photo and ARC.2002.238.1. There are contradictions, so these names may not be entirely correct. Additional information was gathered in 2010: To the right of the photograph, two little girls are seen as simply blurred images. The second (left) little girl is Ruth Yeager (married name) who eventually became the mother of Bill Yeager. The little girl to the right is Ruth's sister, Mayme Hunter (married name) who became the 2nd wife of George Hunter. At the time of the photo, Mayme was 8 or 9 years old. The pallbearers were George Hopkins, Curly Simmons, L.R. Baxter, George Hoosier, William Hanley, and George Leeman according to the notes on the back of the photograph. |
Place |
South Dakota/Lawrence County/Deadwood/10 Mount Moriah Drive |
Collection |
Adams Museum Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
0072.417.001 |
Print size |
5x7 |
People |
Russell, Jim Price, O.U. Schwarzwald, Sam Clark, Reverend Burnham, Albert Heffron, John T. Hopkins, George Baxter, Lee Hoskins, George Leeman, George Allen, Jim Reynolds, Kate Lynn, Mrs. Bill Korneman, Henry Korneman, John Yeager, Ruth Hunter, Mayme (Zoeckler) Yeager, Bill Hunter, George R. Calamity Jane Canary, Martha Jane Price, Orville U. |
Search Terms |
1900s Calamity Jane Cemeteries Deadwood Death Funerals Graves Men Mount Moriah Cemetery Women |