Here is this week's omnibus of #westernwriter inspirations posted each day at twitter, where you can follow me @rdscheer if your attention is not already overloaded. As usual, click the pic to enlarge.
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| Santa Barbara Mission, California, 1876 |
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| Rio Grande, near Pole Creek, Hinsdale County, Colorado, 1874 |
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| No. 8. Roundhouse at Armstrong, Kansas, 1873 |
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| Camp Halleck, Nevada, 1872; photographer, Timothy H. O’Sullivan |
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| Barracks, Fort Wingate, New Mexico, 1873; photo by Timothy H. O’Sullivan |
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| Camp of Iron Sack, head chief of the Kiowa-Apaches, Indian Territory, 1873 |
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| Deadwood, Dakota Territory, 1876 |
Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
"No. 8 Roundhouse," courtesy of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library
Coming up: Spencer Tracy, The Sea of Grass (1947)
I tell you, the people who did Red Dead Redemption must have paid attention to photos like these. Some of these images are dead on with the game.
ReplyDeleteI've seen the promo vid online. It looked like someone had done some research.
DeleteLovely b&w photos. I should know the name of the edifice the trains come out of from Thomas the Train. Roundhouse?
ReplyDeletePatti, I believe you are right.
DeleteI liked the Roundhouse at Armstrong, Kansas, picture. The engines look as if they're about to race. Such old photographs — another world altogether.
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