Lot 213

RARE CS Fly Frank Stilwell 1856-1882 Cabinet Card

Estimate: $7,500 - $9,500

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Featured in this lot is this rare C.S. Fly cabinet card of Frank Stilwell born in 1856 and died in 1882; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. This is a cabinet card that shows a portrait of Frank Stilwell taken in Tombstone in 1880. The cabinet card is from the C.S. Fly gallery and reads as follows on the front and back: Fly's Gallery, Tombstone, A.T. - Colored Work and instantaneous Photographs - a specialty Instructions given at reasonable rates. - C.S. Fly Proprietor, 312 Fremont St., Tombstone, A. T. This cabinet card is from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona and comes complete with a museum tag that reads as follows: Frank Stilwell - C.S. Fly Photo - Taken in Tombstone in 1880 he was a member of the "Cow Boy" faction and involved with the murder of Morgan Earp - as a result he ended up in the Tucson train yard riddled with bullets compliments of Wyatt and Doc Holliday. Frank C. Stilwell (1856 – March 20, 1882) was an outlaw Cowboy who killed at least two men in Cochise County during 1877–82. Both killings were considered to have been self-defense. For four months he was a deputy sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona Territory for Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan. Stilwell owned interests in several mines and various businesses, including a saloon, a wholesale liquor business, a stage line, and at his death livery stables in Charleston and Bisbee. He was also a partner in a Bisbee-area saloon with ex-Texas Ranger Pete Spence. The condition of this C.S. Fly cabinet card is good and well preserve with no obvious signs of damage and shows a good overall condition. The measurements of this cabinet card is 6 1/2" x 4 1/4". P282

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