Post by Californian on Jun 25, 2024 20:03:57 GMT -5
C. C. McBride was born Charles Columbus McBride in Monroe, Wisconsin on May 7th, 1857, arrived in South Dakota sometimes in the early 1890’s. He is first documented in partnership with photographer H.R. Locke of Deadwood, operating under the name of H. R. Locke & C. McBride. He later moved to Crawford, Nebraska from which period a series of photographs are known that were taken at Fort Robinson. By the early 1900s he took up farming near Sturgis, South Dakota pursuing his photography business on the side. In the late 1920’s he moved to San Diego, California, seemingly impoverished, making a living selling peanuts from a cart. C.C. McBride died in San Diego on July 31st, 1938.
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ca. 1890 cardstock imprint
1894 at Fort Robinson - Oglalas
ca. 1905 at Pine Ridge - Oglalas
1907 at Fort Meade - Utes
1907 at Fort Meade - Utes
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ca. 1890 cardstock imprint
1894 at Fort Robinson - Oglalas
ca. 1905 at Pine Ridge - Oglalas
1907 at Fort Meade - Utes
1907 at Fort Meade - Utes
