Robert G. McCubbin Western Photographs

The Robert G. McCubbin Western Photographs is arranged by the lot number assigned to the items by Old West Events when the Robert G. McCubbin Collection was auctioned in January 2019. The lot numbers were maintained to provide easier accessibility and discoverability to the images through the auction catalog. The auction number is the third group of numbers in each photograph’s identification number (example: RC2019.001.005.01).

The auction catalog gives brief descriptions of each lot. The descriptions below were sourced from the catalog:

Lot 5 – Set of fifteen albumen boudoir photographs of the Townsend and Pickett Ranch. Each image measures about 4 1/4 x 7 1/4, mounted to 5 1/8 x 8 3/8 card. “Mitchell and DeGroff’s, Guthrie, Ind. Ter.” imprint on verso.

Lot 11 – Five cabinet cards of cowboys including William S. Hart playing solitaire

Lot 12 – One mounted photo and four cabinet cards of cowboys. RC2019.001.012.01 written on verso “John M. Murphy with Pawnee Bill 1899.” RC2019.001.012.05 signed on verso “Buck Taylor”

Lot 14 – Four cabinet cards of cowboys RC2019.001.014.01 “Slaughter Cowboys” circa 1885, Douglas, Arizona Territory. Subjects identified on verso – James Pursley, Walter Fife, James G. Maxwell, Billy Riggs, J.H. McClure, Judge John Blake

Lot 15 – Four carte de visite images of cowboys

Lot 38 – Cabinet card of buffalo hunter, written on verso “Jan 10th 1878”

Lot 39 – Cabinet card of buffalo hunter

Lot 46 – Cabinet card of John Bruguier, “John Bruguier, Gov. Scout and Interpreter” printed on front

Lot 50 – Cabinet card of Buffalo Soldiers’ camp, “10th Cavalry in Camp / Indian War, 2nd outbreak / Chloride, M.M.” written on verso.

Lot 62 – Two tintypes of scouts

Lot 64 – Photograph of Lucille Mulhall, photo by E.M. Ward

Lot 65 – Photograph of a woman bullwhacker with team and wagons, black hills. Text printed on verso: “Grabill has on display a couple of views showing the lady familiarly known as, “the bullwhackeress” in the operation of cutting an ox in two with a whip. This woman’s name is Knudson or Canuteson. She is married, her husband driving a ten-yoke team of bulls, and they have both been on the road between Pierre and the Black Hills for six or seven years. Hers is a familiar figure in this country, and the crack of her whip a familiar sound. The couple drive their own teams – about fifteen yoke of cattle with five or six wagons – and are reputed to be worth some little money – From the Record, Sturgis, Dakota, Nov. 25, 1887.”

Lot 75 – Cabinet card of Calamity Jane, “Calamity Jane taken by R.L. Kelly Pierre SD/This is a genuine and rare picture of Calamity Jane, Emory Cantey, Jr. Collection. Circa 1901” written on verso

Lot 104 – Cabinet card of Little Raven, “Little Raven / Arapaho Chief” written on front, photographer’s stamp on verso identifies the location as Fort Sill, Indian Territory.

Lot 112 – Cabinet card of Crow Tail, Arikara, “Crow Tail. A minor chief of the Rees.” printed on slip affixed to the verso.

Lot 114 – Photograph of Quapaw man, “Harrison Quapaw of Baxter Springs, Kansas” written on verso

Lot 119 – Photograph of Cherokee Outlet delegates

Lot 122 – Cabinet card of Roan Horse, Comanche