Tutored by the notorious Lola Montez, young Lotta Crabtree began her career at age eight, in 1855, dancing for gold miners in Grass Valley, California. She added a banjo and found greater success when she moved to San Francisco and on to New York City’s Broadway. The darling of the mining camps flaunted convention—here seen smoking a cigar!—much as Madonna and Miley Cyrus would do more than a century later.
– Courtesy Library of Congress –
The most famous member of the James-Younger Gang, the outlaw leader Jesse James was murdered in 1882, and this cabinet card of him was made that year.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin collection –
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Belle Starr of the Indian Territory was another lady attracted to outlaws. She consorted with some, including Cole Younger, and married others, Jim Reed and Sam Starr. This cabinet card of her on her horse dates to 1886, three years before she was mysteriously murdered.
– Courtesy Robert G. McCubbin Collection –
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