(via 19th April 2023 - all things amazing —)
the fragrance of his life is with us always
Ocotillos blooming near Tombstone, Arizona, April 2017.
(via Tombstone: 1940 | Shorpy)
May 1940. “Shells of old buildings on the main street of Tombstone, Arizona. The near ghost town quality, as well as the reminders of more glamorous and exciting days, attract many tourists.” Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Tombstone, Arizona: Grand Hotel Business Card.
business card, 4.5" x 2.75", from the Grand Hotel in Tombstone, circa 1881.
The largest and best conducted hotel in the territory
(via The 1880-1881 Signature Book of the Pima County Bank: A | Lot #44097 | Heritage Auctions)
This massive volume contains on alphabetically-ordered pages the signatures of hundreds of Tombstone citizens during the era of the O.K. Corral gunfight. Customers of the bank were asked to sign the book to provide a comparison signature when needed. Certain familiar names seem to leap from the pages: Wyatt and Virgil Earp, Kate Holliday (only known signature of “Big Nose Kate”), Ike and N. H. Clanton, Tom and W. R. McLaury, J. H. Behan, J. G. Meagher, J. Hume, Fred J. Dodge, and at least four Campbells. W. R. McLaury signs with “Fort Worth” after his name. He had come up from Texas to pursue a vendetta against the Earps after the O.K. Corral shootings…