For your consideration are various pieces of Wolcott General Merchandise ephemera, including a photograph Wolcott related by C.S. Fly from Tombstone, Arizona circa 1885-1905. Frank was born in New York to Nelson and Alvina Wolcott. Shortly after his birth, the family relocated to Batavia, Kane County, Illinois. He relocated to Los Angeles sometime before 1880, and then to Tombstone, Arizona, a mining town in the midst of a silver mining boom in 1882. He established and maintained Wolcott General Merchandise while raising a family in Tombstone. Frank died in 1917 and is buried in Tombstone Cemetery. According to one source, he may have been shot by his son in a horrific accident. The first piece in this lot is an original cabinet card photo of the interior of the Wolcott General Merchandise store in Tombstone, Arizona in the 1880s. The photo shows six people in the shop, likely members of the Wolcott family. Various goods can be seen in the store and items line the counter top display cases. The second piece in this lot is an original photo taken by C.S. Fly in his Tombstone, Arizona studio. Camillus “Buck” Sidney Fly (1849-1901), more commonly known simply as “CS Fly,” is most noted for his many photographs during Tombstone, Arizona's wild and wooly days. C. S. Fly was also a witness to the Gunfight at the O. K. Corral as his studio was next door. Fly captured many of the famous faces of the Old West and Indian Country including Wyatt and his brothers Virgil, Morgan and James, Doc Holliday, the McLaury brothers and Billy Clanton in their coffins after the Gunfight at the O. K. Corral, Apache Scouts, and Geronimo. 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 recorded them and resold pictures to editors nationwide. This photo shows a young Newton Wolcott and a Mrs. Knight posing for a photo in Fly's studio. Newton is crawling over Mrs. Knights shoulders as she smiles and looks towards the camera. The bottom of the photo is marked reading, "Fly / Tombstone, Ariz.". It is marked on the back in pencil reading, "Newton Wolcott / Mrs. Knight". The third and fourth pieces of ephemera are mercantile ledgers containing various recorded items that have sold within the shop. The items include berries, baled alfalfa, soda crackers, corn & tomatoes and more. The final piece is a check written to F. N. Wolcott in 1905 to the amount of ten dollars. The pieces show good condition overall with slight wear present from its age and use over the years, but no major signs of damage is noted. The photos measure from 7 3/8" L x 5 1/4" W to 4 1/4" L x 6 1/2" W, while the ledgers measure 11 1/8" L x 8 1/2" W. The check measures 3" L x 8 3/8" W. The pieces have a collective weight of 4 ounces. Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. TTD47 D183 D82 S52 P250