W R Cross / Lower Town Hot Springs South Dakota Photograph 1891 For Sale

Lower Town, Hot Springs, So Dak 1891 W R Cross. Photograph. Albumen photograph measures 8 -1/2\" x 5\" on buff mount with title in manuscript underneath image. A portion of Cross\' hand stamp is visible on verso. Mount measures 10\" x 6 -3/4\". Photo taken circa 1890. This image was taken from the middle of a main road in the \"Lower Town\" of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Photograph is in very good condition with very good contrast, light wear and light soiling affecting content; mount has moderate toning, light soiling, light wear to all edges, and a pinhole on top edge, light pencil marginalia along with glue and paper residue on verso. Many details can be discerned due to the incredible contrast of the photo. Signs that line the street advertise \"Flour & Feed,\" \"Restaurant,\"

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Lower Town, Hot Springs, So Dak 1891

Author: Cross, W. R.

Binding: Photograph

Description: Photograph. Albumen photograph measures 8 -1/2\" x 5\" on buff mount with title in manuscript underneath image. A portion of Cross\' hand stamp is visible on verso. Mount measures 10\" x 6 -3/4\". Photo taken circa 1890. This image was taken from the middle of a main road in the \"Lower Town\" of Hot Springs, South Dakota. Photograph is in very good condition with very good contrast, light wear and light soiling affecting content; mount has moderate toning, light soiling, light wear to all edges, and a pinhole on top edge, light pencil marginalia along with glue and paper residue on verso. Many details can be discerned due to the incredible contrast of the photo. Signs that line the street advertise \"Flour & Feed,\" \"Restaurant,\" \"Hotel,\" , \"Castles Drug Store,\" lawyers and doctor\'s offices and a \"Photo Gallery,\" which could be Cross\' establishment. Men stand outside buildings on either side of the street. In the background is a lone church on hill. Some of the structures look to be constructed of Lakota sandstone which was obtained from quarries outside of town. William Richard Cross (1839-1907) was a photographer of the Nebraska and South Dakota frontier. He acquired a gallery in Hot Springs around 1888, photographing the growing town, Native Americans living at the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and the spectacular scenery of the Black Hills..

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