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Booth No. 9

Description: Photograph of a group of people and tents. Handwritten description: Booth No. 9, Sept 1893, Arkansas City, Kansas. Kansas towns like Arkansas City were the staging area prior to the 1893 Land Run into the Cherokee Strip. The reference to "booth" is likely related to the nine booths that were erected, five on the Kansas border and four on the border of Oklahoma, where people were to register and receive certificates. These certificates were to be shown before legal entry could be made to the … more
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Kickapoo Indians

Description: Photograph of a Kickapoo home, May 1893.
Date: May 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Kickapoo Indians

Description: Photograph of Kickapoo Indian Grave Yard No. 1, March 1893.
Date: March 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Erie Merchant

Description: Photograph of Erie Merchant, later Mrs. Will Tuttle, wearing an Indian war bonnet, which was sent to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, IL. The bonnet was not returned from the Fair.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Scribner, C. L.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0171.0335]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Early Days Oklahoma, Poteau."
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Land Run Strippers

Description: Street scene in unknown town. Handwritten description: Strippers on Thursday before opening 1893 (Sept). Strippers refers to settlers who gathered on the Oklahoma-Kansas border prior to the land run into the Cherokee Strip. The town is likely in Kansas.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Surveying Crew in the Cherokee Strip, July 1893

Description: Surveying crew. Photo taken in July 1893 near the current location of Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. Left to right: Carl Craig, teamster; T. Alexander, assistant surveyor; J.W. Duncan, U.S. special agent; W.D. Wisdom, clerk; Tom Brewer, chain & axe man; Clyde Thompson, chain & axe man, and Watie Bell, chain & axe man.
Date: 1893-07~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Arkansas City Depot

Description: Handwritten description: Depot Sept 16, '93 at 9 o'clock a.m. Ark City, Kansas. It is likely "depot" refers to the railroad depot.
Date: 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893

Description: Photograph of the Land Run of the Cherokee Strip that opened settlement to the Cherokee Outlet on September 16, 1893. This photograph is titled "The Race," and was taken from atop scaffolding by an associate of photographer William S. Prettyman who was based in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Rachel Asquith

Description: Portrait of Rachel Asquith, sister of George Asquith, Perry, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Shanafelt, W.F.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Sarah Harland with Faye Kelly

Description: Studio photograph of Sarah Harland with her granddaughter Faye Kelly.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Willis, S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

In Line at the U.S. Land Office in Perry

Description: Men in line to file land claims at the U.S. land office in Perry, Oklahoma on September 28th 1893 at 9 o'clock in the morning.
Date: September 28, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cavalry Drill at Pond Creek in Grant County

Description: Photograph of a cavalry drill at Pond Creek in Grant County around the time of the Land Opeining on September 19, 1893.
Date: September 19, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Enid, Oklahoma Territory

Description: Photograph of a large group standing in front of the law office of Havens, Orner, and Watson and Cherokee Pharmacy, Drugs, Paints, and Sundries, the first and best drug store in town, Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: September 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Main Street

Description: Photograph of Main Street, Duncan, Indian Territory.
Date: October 1893
Creator: Irwin, William Edward & Mankins, Jack
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Perry, Oklahoma Territory

Description: Photograph of the East side Square, looking north, Perry, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: November 1893
Creator: Irwin and Mankin
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

U.S. Land Office Force

Description: Photograph of members of the U.S. Land Office Force at the opening of the Cherokee Strip, Perry, Oklahoma Territory. L to R: front row: UNIDENTIFIED, Melone, King, Hudson, Louis Davis.
Date: 1893~
Creator: W.A. Flowers Capitol City Gallery
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Second Graduating Class of Bloomfield Academy

Description: Photograph of the second graduating class of Bloomfield Academy, c. 1893. The man is Professor Elihu B. Hinshaw, superintendent of the academy. The seated woman is Cora Chisholm. The woman standing on the right is Alice Hearrell. Chisholm and Hearrell are holding their diplomas. The Bloomfield Academy was established in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1852. It was located approximately three miles south of Achille, Oklahoma.
Date: 1893~
Creator: William Hardy Snell
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"The Race"

Description: Photograph of a colorized version of "The Race." View looking west from the Chilocco Indian School grounds, noon, September 16, 1893. Printed by Curteich, Chicago, IL, December 7, 1909. Note: the text in the upper left corner of the photograph incorrectly identifies the photo as the 1889 Oklahoma land run. This picture is the start of the 1893 Cherokee Outlet land run.
Date: September 16, 1893
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Robert M. Harris

Description: Photograph of Robert M. Harris, c. 1893.
Date: 1893~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Orra Farrar Williams

Description: Photograph of Orra Farrar Williams, c.1893-1896.
Date: 1893~/1896~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Davis Homer

Description: Photograph of Choctaw Davis Homer, center, who translated the Chickasaw Constitution and Laws into Choctaw, c. 1893-1894.
Date: 1893~/1894~
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Lawyers

Description: Photograph of eminent American, English, and Canadian lawyers, c. 1883. Published by Lawyers' International Pub. Co., Kansas City, MO. Copyright by CJ Clark.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Lawyers' International Pub. Co.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Newkirk, OK

Description: Photograph of The Race "There they go!" September 16th, 1893. View looking west from Chilocco Indian School, Newkirk, OK. Photo by William S Prettyman, Arkansas City, KS. Printed later by L. D. Hodge, Arkansas City, KS.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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