circa 1900, silver gelatin image, 3.5 x 3.5" on 5 x 5" coated ivory- colored cardstock. Bean stands at the left one hand in a pocket the other holding a cigar, along with two associates on the porch of his establishment in advertising his services as a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace and "Law West of the Pecos." Visible at the extreme left is a portion of another sign ...Y LILLY advertising his saloon The "Jersey Lilly" named in honor of the actress Lilly Langtry, whom he idealized. Roy Bean (1827-1903) had a colorful military and frontier career, culminating in his opening of his saloon near San Antonio, in a town that came to be called Vinegaroon, Texas. Bean renamed it Langtry, and from the "Jersey Lilly" meted out his version of frontier justice. Provenance: The Mike Butler Collection of Western Photography Condition: Mount with minor soiling, image fine.
circa 1900, silver gelatin image, 3.5 x 3.5" on 5 x 5" coated ivory- colored cardstock. Bean stands at the left one hand in a pocket the other holding a cigar, along with two associates on the porch of his establishment in advertising his services as a Notary Public, Justice of the Peace and "Law West of the Pecos." Visible at the extreme left is a portion of another sign ...Y LILLY advertising his saloon The "Jersey Lilly" named in honor of the actress Lilly Langtry, whom he idealized. Roy Bean (1827-1903) had a colorful military and frontier career, culminating in his opening of his saloon near San Antonio, in a town that came to be called Vinegaroon, Texas. Bean renamed it Langtry, and from the "Jersey Lilly" meted out his version of frontier justice. Provenance: The Mike Butler Collection of Western Photography Condition: Mount with minor soiling, image fine.
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