Title Hiram McKnight Burton
Call Number X-19667
Summary Studio portrait (sitting) of Hiram McKnight Burton. He wears a cowboy hat and suit.
Date 1860.
Notes Title supplied.
Hand-written note pinned to velvet facing reads: "This picture of Hiram Burton was taken in Denver in 1860. Hat of fine long nap beaver[,] coat fine camels hair cloth. Not a cow-boy suit."
Ambrotype is mounted in latched leather-covered wood case with decorative metal frame and velvet facing.
Case hinges are broken.
Photo Materials 1 photoprint : ambrotype ; visible oval image 7 x 6 cm. (3 x 2 1/2 in.) in case 10 x 8 cm. (4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Condition Condition: backing of ambrotype is cracked.
Copyright Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also Burton, Hiram Knight.
Men 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs.
Ambrotypes.
Imaged.
Photograph cases.
URL
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