IRWIN, William Edward "Ed" (1871-1935). An archive of 7 photographs of hunting scenes in Indian Territory, Oklahoma, and Texas Hill Country. ca 1880s–1890s.
Outdoor group portrait of 7 hunters posed in front of a tent and their neatly hung kills. Chickasha and Duncan, Indian Territory: Irwin & Mankins, n.d. 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. albumen cabinet photograph on cardboard mount. Photographer's imprint to recto. -- Outdoor group portrait of 6 hunters posed next to their hung kills. Chickasha, Indian Territory: Irwin, n.d. 8 x 5 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardboard mount. Photographer's imprint to recto. -- Hunting Party in the Choctaw Nation. [Chickasha, Indian Territory]: [Irwin], n.d. 8 x 6 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount. Titled in pencil. The same group of hunters next to an upturned Arbuckle Roasted Coffee crate poses with their fresh kills and weapons including an 1873 carbine, hammerless shotguns, and 1892 or 1894 saddle ring carbine. --Outdoor portrait of Ed Irwin holding an 1873 Winchester sitting on downed trees. 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. silver gelatin boudoir on cardboard mount. -- Views in West Texas (Hunting Camp). 8 x 5 in. silver gelatin on cardstock mount (a few ink spots; spotting to mount). Three hunters and their dog sit outside a small tent with their kills laid in the foreground. Mautz, p. 216. -- Scene in A hunting Camp near Junction City Tex - 1899. Junction City, TX; Ed. Irwin, 1899. 7 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. silver gelatin. photograph. -- Scene in a Hunting Camp along the Llano Riv. Near Junction City, TX: Ed. Irwin, 1899. 7 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. silver gelatin photograph. -- Together, 7 photographs, condition generally good.
[With:] Home of Uncle Pink Irwin. Settled in 1876. Lampasas Co., Texas: Ed. Irwin, n.d. 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. real photo postcard. Nine figures stand outside a home next to 8 strung-up deer. William Pinkney “Pink” Irwin died in Lampasas County in 1924. Mautz p. 216. Lots 119 & 129.
The Irwins were photographers who lived in Indian Territory in the 1870s and again in the 1890s. During the 1880s they lived in the Texas Hill Country near Lampasas before moving to Silver City, New Mexico in 1899.
