Posted on 05/15/2007 5:25:51 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
In 1876, a group of triumphant Northfielders propped up the dead bodies of some would-be bank robbers, ripped off their shirts and photographed them. They plastered the images on postcards and mailed them everywhere with the question, "Who are these guys?"
Those guys turned out to be members of the infamous James-Younger Gang. And now, the Northfield Historical Society has received a valuable and unexpected gift: A set of glass-plate negatives that appear to be the originals from Ira Sumner, the photographer who shot the now-famous photos.
"I knew there were negatives out there, but I never thought I'd ever see them," said Hayes Scriven, director of the Northfield Historical Society.
Benjamin Nystuen, a Northfield native now living in Colorado Springs, is donating the negatives, which he said he acquired from his father 22 years ago.
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I'd like to do that. After a few years.. I would ride through town, steal the gold, and not get shot on the way out.
Gotta play by history’s rules!!!!
;-)
I used to go to Northfield for this......many years ago. It was a hoot!
My great grandfather and his brother were sheriff and undersheriff in Sherman TX. The James brothers went there periodically to visit their sister. My gggrandfather Henry and his brother Frank never bothered them because there were “good southern boys.”
What a great story....
Nice shootin’ (belated).
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