Mitchell & DeGroff (fl. 1889) [Photograph taken at Guthrie, Oklahoma]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04671 Author/Creator: Mitchell & DeGroff (fl. 1889) Place Written: Guthrie, Oklahoma Type: Photograph Date: 1889 April 21 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 21.4 cm. Order a Copy
Stamped with the mark of the Cunningham Collection, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Includes the inscription: "U.S. Marshals and Deputys on 2nd St in front of the Govt. Acre, the day before the opening. U.S. Land Office to the Left, the only building in Guthrie at that time."
Seller's description indicates that Henry Thomas, U.S. Deputy Marshal of Indian Territory 1886-1891, is a subject of the photograph.
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