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Sign entering Tombstone, Arizona

Artwork Tombstone
ArtistDorothea Lange (American, 1895–1965)
TitleSign entering Tombstone, Arizona
DateMay 1937
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.8 × 24.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.6 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineHenry Holmes Smith Archive, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number79.200.XX.8.18
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A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two medium-complected people riding on a donkey in front of a large sign. The wooden supports of the sign are inserted into large piles of rocks. A vast landscape with mountains is visible beyond the sign. The sign reads: “Welcome to Tombstone | AND BOOTHILL GRAVEYARD. | BURIED HERE, ARE THE REMAINS OF | TOM McLOWERY - FRANK McLOWERY AND BILLIE CLANTON | KILLED IN EARP-CLANTON BATTLE SEPT. 26TH 1881 | DAN DOWD, RED SAMPLE, TEX HOWARD, BILL DeLANEY AND DAN KELLY | HANGED LEGALLY BY J.E. WARD, SHERIFF, FOR THE BISBEE MASSACRE, MAR. 8TH 1884 | JOHN HEATH LYNCHED BY BISBEE MOB. FEB. 22ND 1884 | M.R. PEEL MURDERED IN CHARLESTON MARCH 8TH, 1882. | BILLY GROUNDS, “DUTCH” ANNIE, INDIAN BILL, PAT LYNCH, BILLY KINSMAN, BLACK JACK, BRADY BROTHERS, MIKE NOONAN, CHINA MARY, JOHN HICKS.”

A horizontal black-and-white photograph depicts two medium-complected people riding on a donkey in front of a large sign. The wooden supports of the sign are inserted into large piles of rocks. A vast landscape with mountains is visible beyond the sign. The sign reads: “Welcome to Tombstone | AND BOOTHILL GRAVEYARD. | BURIED HERE, ARE THE REMAINS OF | TOM McLOWERY - FRANK McLOWERY AND BILLIE CLANTON | KILLED IN EARP-CLANTON BATTLE SEPT. 26TH 1881 | DAN DOWD, RED SAMPLE, TEX HOWARD, BILL DeLANEY AND DAN KELLY | HANGED LEGALLY BY J.E. WARD, SHERIFF, FOR THE BISBEE MASSACRE, MAR. 8TH 1884 | JOHN HEATH LYNCHED BY BISBEE MOB. FEB. 22ND 1884 | M.R. PEEL MURDERED IN CHARLESTON MARCH 8TH, 1882. | BILLY GROUNDS, “DUTCH” ANNIE, INDIAN BILL, PAT LYNCH, BILLY KINSMAN, BLACK JACK, BRADY BROTHERS, MIKE NOONAN, CHINA MARY, JOHN HICKS.”

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