This is a rare photograph of the young Earp Brothers pre-Civil War deployment and was on display from the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum collection and John Gilchrease collection. This photograph features the Earp brothers in their prime somewhere around enlistment/ deployment in the Civil War. Before the Civil War, the Earp brothers Newton, James, and Virgil grew up in a farming family in the Midwest, moving frequently with their parents, Nicholas and Virginia Earp. The family lived in Iowa and Illinois, where the boys helped with farm work and developed the rugged self-reliance that would define their later lives. As the war broke out, Newton and James enlisted early, with Virgil joining at age 19 in 1862, serving in the Union Army. Wyatt, still a child during the war, stayed home and later tried to enlist as a teen but was stopped by his father. After the war, the brothers went their separate ways Newton became a farmer and later a lawman in California; James worked in saloons and briefly served as a lawman; and Virgil launched a long career in law enforcement across the West. Eventually, their paths converged in places like Wichita, Dodge City, and most famously, Tombstone, Arizona, where they stood together during the conflict that led to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881. Their wartime discipline and sense of duty carried into their postwar roles as peacekeepers in the volatile frontier towns of the American West. From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum and the John Gilchrease collection. This is a John Gilchrease museum edition. The condition of this photograph of young Earp brothers is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this framed photograph is 10 5/8" x 8 3/4". The collective weight of this photograph is 12oz. JG14