 When we were at Fort Kerny we saw a man with a box that could take pictures. We watched him for a while. I drove the wagon for him for a while and he paid me back by giving me a picture of me and two kids from the wagon train. We had to sit very still to get our picture taken. ...Gus
My brother Ted fell in a dry well today. It took until lunch to get him out. We tried many different ways. One time we sent a rope down and the tied it around him and we tried to pull him up but it slipped off. Finally Pa made a rope ladder. When he got out a photographer was passing by so we had hime take a picture of Ted and me. ...Joe F. 1847 |
 We found a guy on the prairie all alone. He had lost his wagon train. They left him when he was sleeping. He was pretty crabby about that. Maybe that is why they left him, because he was so crabby. I don't know why they left him but he is doing fine with our wagon train. We took him in to get his picture taken by a photographer that was visiting the fort. The photographer was Solomon Butcher. He makes his living taking pictures. ...Orion
A photographer came to the Fort where we were visiting. I had never seen a camera before. My mother paid him to take a picture of my cousin and me (Jesse). I couldn't believe we could have our image on a piece of paper. It was in black and white and no color. ...Joslyn
It was fun getting our picture taken. I never saw a picture taker before. None of the other girls saw a photograph before. ...Cheyenne, April 17. 1847 |
