[James Buckner ''Buck'' Barry, Texas Ranger]
Rating
Title
[James Buckner 'Buck ' Barry , Texas Ranger]
Creator
Drane, Edward C.
Date
1853
Date (EDTF)
1853
Decade
1850-1859
Part Of
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection
Series
Series 1: Cased Images
Place
Corsicana , Navarro County , Texas
Description
James Buckner 'Buck ' Barry (1821-1906) was a Texas frontiersman who had a dangerous and distinguished career as a Texas Ranger , Indian fighter , scout , sheriff , and rancher . At the time this daguerreotype was made in 1853 , Barry was serving as Navarro County treasurer . Source : Lawrence T . Jones III .
Notes
Verso : Inscribed name , date , location , and photographer . Notes : Daguerreotype in case with rosette motif . Earliest known photographic image of a 'genuine ' Texas Ranger , as opposed to later Rangers whose activities were an adjunct to U.S . Army operations . [Note : Additional images of Barry can be found in Series 2 , Series 3 , and Series 4.]
Related Resources
Texas State Historical Association. 'The Handbook of Texas Online. ' 2005. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/; Finding aid : http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html
Keywords
portraits ; men ; rangers ; U.S . West ; Southwest
Physical Description
1 photograph : sixth plate daguerreotype ; 7 x 8.3 cm
Form/Genre
Daguerreotypes Photographs Portraits
Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2008
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival file : Recto : 300 ppi
Digitization Process
Digitization process: digitally photographed (3118 pixels high x 2688 pixels wide) as 300 ppi, 8-bits per channel, RGB .tif; derivative resized at 3000 pixels high and resaved as 8-bits per channel, RGB .jpg
Physical Location
Series 1 ; Box 1 ; Vault
Call Number
Ag2008.0005
Upload File Name
ag2008_0005_1_01_01_buckner_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag2008_0005_1_01_01_buckner.tif
Digital Collection
Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
SMU Libraries
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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