Posted 5 years ago
TreasureTex
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This is as written on this antique photo Postcard.
(Top)
"ORIENTAL SALOON, Bisbee, Arizona, 1893
A Faro Game running full blast"
(Written on Bottom)
1. Tony Downs part owner of Oriental Saloon
2. case keeper.
3. A concert hall singer named Doyle.
4. Butch Kid.
5. A "man" wanted by the authorities, who refused to be photographed.
6. Sleepy Dick hop head and porter.
7. Charlie Bassett.
8. The Lookout.
9. The dealer
10. Smiley Lewis hop head and gambler.
About the photographer ;
"Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly (May 2, 1849 – October 12, 1901) was an Old West photographer who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while still at war with the United States. He took many other pictures of life in mining boom town of Tombstone, Arizona and the surrounding region. He recognized the value of his photographs to illustrate periodicals of the day and took his camera to the scenes of important events where he deliberately recorded them and resold pictures to editors nationwide."
