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Prettyman, William S., fl. 1889-1894 [Two one-story frame store buildings with gathering in front]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05475.07 Author/Creator: Prettyman, William S., fl. 1889-1894 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1889-1892 Pagination: 1 photograph : sepia Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 21.5 cm Order a Copy

Two one-story frame store buildings with a group of people, several horse-drawn wagons and an ox-drawn cart in front. Inscription on verso identifies the buildings: "1. Mr. Capt. J. B. Hester's Store. 2. Drugs & Medicines. Dr. T. J. Bord's Officers Mrs. T. J. Bord, Czarina Fulson. Mr. Thomas Inge unkel [sic] for Capt. Hester. Look in Vol. V, 1927. Chronicles of Okla. p. 5 Maps of Boggy Depot." Ink notation "Mrs. Nellie Somerville Inge, 1958, 4501 N. Gorgia [sic]."

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