On Friday, April 8, 1892, Ben Jones and Bill Walker rode down out of the Bighorn Mountains. They had been trapping for weeks. Ben Jones was a cook in cowboy […]
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Nitrate Negatives: Now That’s Explosive Content!
What are nitrate negatives?
Why are nitrate negatives handled with care in archival facilities?
Treasures from Our West: “Winchester Herald” covers with baseball bat and mitt
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2019 Winchester Herald covers with baseball bat and mitt A Winchester bat? A Winchester mitt? With baseball season well underway, how curious […]
Treasures from Our West: Winchester Calendar, 1894
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2019 Winchester Calendar, 1894 In 1887, Union Metallic Cartridge Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, introduced an advertising calendar to market its line of […]
Treasures from Our West: Wild Bill Hickok Revolver
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2019 Wild Bill Hickok’s Revolver James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok’s (1837–1874) pair of ivory-handled revolvers were as legendary as he was. Three […]
Treasures from Our West: Native Feather Bustle
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Summer 2019 Native Feather Bustle There’s no shortage of bustles at the Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum Powwow, the longest-running annual […]