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William S. Prettyman [Oklahoma Prairie]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05475.01 Author/Creator: William S. Prettyman Place Written: Oklahoma City, Ok. Type: Photograph Date: 1889 March Pagination: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 25.3 cm. Order a Copy

A group of men holding rifles and standing in front of an oxen-driven wagon train. Penciled notation on verso: "E. Hamill, Oklahoma City, March 1889."

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