Petroleum V. Nasby, Mark Twain and Josh Billings

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Title Petroleum V. Nasby, Mark Twain and Josh Billings
Photo Number p0561n01_21_01
Description Black and white photograph of (left to right) Petroleum V. Nasby, Mark Twain, and Josh Billings, taken in Boston in November 1869. Reportedly, publisher George M. Baker contracted with photographer Horatio G. Smith to take this and similar photographs of this trio of famous American humorists.
Creator Smith, Horatio G.
Date 1869-11
Textual Date November 1869
Keywords Billings, Josh, 1818-1885; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910; Nasby, Petroleum V., 1833-1888; Men; Authors; American Humorists; Portraits; Group portraits; Portrait photographs
Subject Men--Photographs; Nasby, Petroleum V., 1833-1888--Photographs; Locke, David Ross, 1833-1888--Photographs; Billings, Josh--Photographs; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Photographs
Additional Information The photographs in the Wallace Earle Stegner Photograph Collection include portraits of Wallace Stegner, his wife Mary Page Stegner, their son Stuart Page Stegner, and one of his good friends, the writer Bernard DeVoto, as well as various photographs from trips he took that include Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany, Italy, and Asia.
Collection Number and Name P0561 Wallace Stegner Photograph Collection
Collection Name Wallace Stegner
Rights
Type Image
Finding Aid http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv35256/
Digitization Specifications Digital image produced on Epson Expression 10000 XL scanner, 24-bit color at 800 ppi. Archival file is uncompressed TIF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6737j2w
Setname uum_map
ID 1574935
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6737j2w
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