A Jesse James carte de visite and Frank James cabinet card

Lot 312

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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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Nov 25, 2025

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Lot Description

[AMERICAN OUTLAWS] A Jesse James carte de visite and Frank James cabinet card. Albumen prints, retouched, both on publisher's card mounts. 1882–1883. Larger photograph 4 x 6 1/2 inches (10 x 16) cm. Light spotting and dust soiling to Jesse James photo, a minor loss to the card mount at middle right, publisher's stamp on verso, along with later annotations in pen and pencil. Some spotting and dust soiling to Frank James photo, card is worn, minor loss to head of print, creases to bottom corners of the card mount, photographer's stamp above James' shoulder, copyright stamp at foot of print, verso is spotted with some thumb-soiling, later pencil annotation. An interesting pair of photographs of the famed outlaws Frank and Jesse James. The photograph of Jesse James is from the year of his death (1882) and recalls his well-known postmortem image, but this one, as written on the verso, shows him "in death made to appear alive." Jesse James' death was a national sensation. Numerous photographers were permitted to capture the image of his corpse leaning against a wall in his ice casket. These photographs were mailed across the United States, with many being sent to illustrators who retouched the image to make James' eyes appear open. The image of Frank James is from 1883, the year of his murder trial in Gallatin, Missouri. He was tried for the murder of Frank McMillan, a passenger on a train that was robbed near Winston, Missouri on July 15th, 1881. James was acquitted. He spent the last thirty years of his life working a variety of jobs: as a shoe salesman, punching tickets at a theater in St. Louis, and a telegraph operator for AT&T. The final years of his life were spent at home on the James Farm.

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