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Auction archive: Lot number 404

William Tatem Collings, Buckskin Charley Photography Collection

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n. a.
Price realised:
US$470
Auction archive: Lot number 404

William Tatem Collings, Buckskin Charley Photography Collection

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$470
Beschreibung:

Includes: 6 cabinet cards, one of W.T. Collings with an Indian friend in front of mounted skull of Julius the Man Killer, a horse Collings tamed in a publicity venture that made his name in the Wild West Show circuit. On verso is manuscript note: Uncle Will Collings and the mounted head of the wild horse that he conquered at Omaha. The Indian man was one who helped him take care of the horse after it had been conquered. Two views from Elite Studio in Omaha, one with Prof. W.T. Collings, the other not labeled but taken at the same time; both of Collings in thigh-length boots, buckskin jacket, holding a long whip. Two images of an African American farmer, one plowing, one on ox-drawn cart, with photographer's identification J.B. Cofield, Hawkinsville, Ga. One with red stain lower left. Plus one with man on small horse-drawn cart with large wheels. Backmark of B.J. Marsh, Norton, KS. Also image on 5 x 7 in. card of W.T. Collings Ranch, South West of Beaver City, Neb. Sam Carman, Photog. Also later 3.5 x 5.5 in. image of hunting camp, with tent and tarp, saddles and other gear on hitch out front, towel drying on tree. 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo of bison, likely on Collings ranch. 2 x 2.75 in. image of Collings in later years. 8 x 10 in. image of Collings in an office, with mounted antlers on the walls; pelts on the floor (one wolf, another appears to be a small cat, such as a lynx); guns on a rack; swords, arrows and powder horn on the wall. and 6 x 8 in. image of Collings, his wife, and their dog in the snow, horse-drawn buggy in background. There is one 9.25 x 11 in. campaign poster, with Collings' image and Vote for W.T. Collings / Republican Candidate for / Sheriff / Furnas County, Nebraska. On card with kick-stand back. Plus a campaing leaflet, 3.5 x 9 in. with information about Collings, that concludes: If faithful and efficient service in public office count for anything in Furnas county, Mr. Collings should be re-elected by an overwhelming majority. Also two similarly-sized leaflets for Collings Ranch, Dealer in Horses, Mules, Cattle and Buffalo. There are two certificates for Collings, one certifying that he was a Life Member of the National Red Cross (6 x 9 in.), the other from the Governor of Nebraska, Charles W. Bryan (10 x 14 in.), appointing Collings Special Deputy Law Enforcement Officer (no pay), dated 10 Sept. 1924 (sounds like an "emeritus" appointment upon retirement). One other item is a 6-page typed eulogy for Dr. Charles S. Braddock, Jr., apparently a relative, since his mother was Anne Collings, and presumably written and delivered by W.T., Haddonfield, NJ, Feb. 1920. Plus a newspaper obituary of Collings himself in the Times Tribune of Beaver City, Furnas County, NE, 29 Sept. 1935. br Collings (b. 1860) was a native of Haddonfield, NJ, who started the 1,400 acre Collings Horse Ranch near Beaver City, Furnas County, NE in the 1880s. By 1890, he began shipping horses to New Jersey for annual auctions. In the fall of 1892, Collings' public career as a master of horse flesh commenced, in the words of the Beaver City Times, when he became determined to publicly tame a powerful imported stallion known far and wide as Julius the man killer. The horse purportedly killed four men. Collings purchased the stallion and entered a 24-foot ring with him in the Colliseum Building in Omaha, NE on October 17, 1892, risking his reputation and life in an attempt to prove his personal theory on how to tame a horse. After submitting the unapproachable brute to all the indignities that pleased his humor as master of the situation, Collings gained national recognition for this encounter with the man killer (Beaver City Times: 1894). Following his newly-found fame and upon selling his next shipment of horses to the New Jersey markets in 1893, Collings started his own Wild West Show in New Jersey, appearing as Buckskin Charley. Collings later served as Sheriff of Furnas County, Nebraska. He was also credited with bringing back the America

Auction archive: Lot number 404
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jul 2011
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Includes: 6 cabinet cards, one of W.T. Collings with an Indian friend in front of mounted skull of Julius the Man Killer, a horse Collings tamed in a publicity venture that made his name in the Wild West Show circuit. On verso is manuscript note: Uncle Will Collings and the mounted head of the wild horse that he conquered at Omaha. The Indian man was one who helped him take care of the horse after it had been conquered. Two views from Elite Studio in Omaha, one with Prof. W.T. Collings, the other not labeled but taken at the same time; both of Collings in thigh-length boots, buckskin jacket, holding a long whip. Two images of an African American farmer, one plowing, one on ox-drawn cart, with photographer's identification J.B. Cofield, Hawkinsville, Ga. One with red stain lower left. Plus one with man on small horse-drawn cart with large wheels. Backmark of B.J. Marsh, Norton, KS. Also image on 5 x 7 in. card of W.T. Collings Ranch, South West of Beaver City, Neb. Sam Carman, Photog. Also later 3.5 x 5.5 in. image of hunting camp, with tent and tarp, saddles and other gear on hitch out front, towel drying on tree. 3.5 x 5.5 in. photo of bison, likely on Collings ranch. 2 x 2.75 in. image of Collings in later years. 8 x 10 in. image of Collings in an office, with mounted antlers on the walls; pelts on the floor (one wolf, another appears to be a small cat, such as a lynx); guns on a rack; swords, arrows and powder horn on the wall. and 6 x 8 in. image of Collings, his wife, and their dog in the snow, horse-drawn buggy in background. There is one 9.25 x 11 in. campaign poster, with Collings' image and Vote for W.T. Collings / Republican Candidate for / Sheriff / Furnas County, Nebraska. On card with kick-stand back. Plus a campaing leaflet, 3.5 x 9 in. with information about Collings, that concludes: If faithful and efficient service in public office count for anything in Furnas county, Mr. Collings should be re-elected by an overwhelming majority. Also two similarly-sized leaflets for Collings Ranch, Dealer in Horses, Mules, Cattle and Buffalo. There are two certificates for Collings, one certifying that he was a Life Member of the National Red Cross (6 x 9 in.), the other from the Governor of Nebraska, Charles W. Bryan (10 x 14 in.), appointing Collings Special Deputy Law Enforcement Officer (no pay), dated 10 Sept. 1924 (sounds like an "emeritus" appointment upon retirement). One other item is a 6-page typed eulogy for Dr. Charles S. Braddock, Jr., apparently a relative, since his mother was Anne Collings, and presumably written and delivered by W.T., Haddonfield, NJ, Feb. 1920. Plus a newspaper obituary of Collings himself in the Times Tribune of Beaver City, Furnas County, NE, 29 Sept. 1935. br Collings (b. 1860) was a native of Haddonfield, NJ, who started the 1,400 acre Collings Horse Ranch near Beaver City, Furnas County, NE in the 1880s. By 1890, he began shipping horses to New Jersey for annual auctions. In the fall of 1892, Collings' public career as a master of horse flesh commenced, in the words of the Beaver City Times, when he became determined to publicly tame a powerful imported stallion known far and wide as Julius the man killer. The horse purportedly killed four men. Collings purchased the stallion and entered a 24-foot ring with him in the Colliseum Building in Omaha, NE on October 17, 1892, risking his reputation and life in an attempt to prove his personal theory on how to tame a horse. After submitting the unapproachable brute to all the indignities that pleased his humor as master of the situation, Collings gained national recognition for this encounter with the man killer (Beaver City Times: 1894). Following his newly-found fame and upon selling his next shipment of horses to the New Jersey markets in 1893, Collings started his own Wild West Show in New Jersey, appearing as Buckskin Charley. Collings later served as Sheriff of Furnas County, Nebraska. He was also credited with bringing back the America

Auction archive: Lot number 404
Auction:
Datum:
28 Jul 2011
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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