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DOC HOLLIDAY WITH THE EARP BROTHERS
CHECK OUT OUR WILLIAM BONNEY, TOM O'FOLLIARD TINTYPE
ONE OF OUR LATEST PHOTOGRAPH IS VERY INTERESTING. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE WYATT EARP AND HIS GANG BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. IT HAS M & W EARP SCRATCHED IN THE BACK OF THIS FULL PLATE TINTYPE AND THE HE THOUGHT IT WAS WYATT EARP. AFTER WE RECEIVED THE TINTYPE IT WAS NOTICED THAT WHEN THE BACK WAS HELD IN AN ANGLE TO A LIGHT YOU CAN SEE DOC HOLLIDAY AND SOME U.S. AGENTS WRITTEN IN PENCIL. WE FLIPPED THE TINTYPE AND COMPARED THE IMAGE TO A KNOWN DOC HOLLIDAY IMAGE AND HE MATCHED UP. WE BELIEVE THAT THE GENT WITH THE BEARD IS JAMES EARP AND THE MAN LAYING DOWN IN THE CENTER MIGHT BE MORGAN EARP . HE HAS MORGANS NOSE AND A HINT OF A MUSTACHE. THE W . EARP PROBABLY STANDS FOR WARREN EARP. ALL OF THESE MEN WERE IN TOMBSTONE AT THE SAME TIME IN 1879 AND UP TO THE SHOOTOUT IN 1881 . DOCS FACE HAS SOME SCRATCHED IN ADDITIONS FROM SOMEONE IN THE PAST. A BEARD IS SCRATCHED IN AS IS A LITTLE HAIR AND AN EXTRA CIGAR OUT HIS MOUTH. IT IS DEFINATLY HIM AS CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY WITH THE WELL KNOWN DRAWING OF HIM. HE HAD TUBERCULOSIS AND WAS THIN AN GAUNT LOOKING. HE DIED IN 1887 FROM THE DISEASE . WE HAVE INCLUDED CLOSEUPS OF THE OTHER MEN. CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO LEARN ABOUT DOC HOLLIDAY.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_HollidayOUR PHOTO WITH KNOWN IMAGE
OUR TINTYPE REVERSED
OUR JAMES EARP WITH KNOWN IMAGE
JAMES HAD EYEBROWS THAT ARCHED HIGHER ABOVE THE OUTER PART OF HIS EYES WHICH CAN BE SEEN CLEARLY IN OUR TIN.
CLOSEUP OF KNOWN JAMES EARP FACE
KNOWN MORGAN EARP IMAGE
POSSIBLY MORGAN EARP WITH THE LARGE NOSE
CLOSEUP OF HOLLIDAY - DANGEROUS LOOKING BUT ALSO THIN AND GAUNT FROM TB THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CLAIM HIS LIFE.
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