Photograph of a man and young boys in cowboy costumes holding toy guns: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of William Boyd with three young boys. Boyd is kneeling in front of a car with the driverside door open. One child is standing on the left of him while two are standing on the right of him. Boyd has his arm around the boy standing closest to him on the right. He is wearing a black hat, pants, shirt and boots and has a wild rag around his neck that is secured by a bullhead-shaped scarf slide. The boys are dressed in cowboy costumes that consist of black pants, shirts, hats and boots. Each child is holding a pistol. The child that Boyd has is arm around is pointing his pistol at the camera. A small crowd of people are standing to the far right. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1935-1955
• Photograph by: Unidentified
• Subject of: William Boyd, American, 1895 - 1972
• Subject of: Unidentified Child or Children
• Type: gelatin silver prints
• Type: portraits
• Medium: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Image): 7 7/16 × 9 3/8 in. (18.9 × 23.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: American West
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Television
• Object number: 2014.37.35.23
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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