James Cunningham, who appears in an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, photograph copied 1939

Item Overview

Title

James Cunningham, who appears in an account of the 1853 Butler Train to Oregon, photograph copied 1939

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

[copied 1939]

Date

1939

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Half-length portrait photograph of James Cunignham.
George Miller West travelled with the Butler (wagon) Train, (organized by the Butler family, members of the Disciples of Christ Church) from Monmouth, Illinois to Polk County, Oregon in 1853. West made the journey to mine in Oregon and California. He wrote a memoir relating incidents of crossing the plains to Oregon and his experiences in the goldfields of southern Oregon and northern California. The memoir was prepared in the form of a 49-page typescript by his son, H. H. West, who distributed the memoir to several libraries and archives, along with copied photographs of members of the Butler Train and one or two mining associates. The photographs were collected by H. H. West from about 1935 to 1942.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 203. Butler Train 1853. James M. Cunningham, Original in hands of Mrs. Lizzie Cunnningham, 825 North G street, Monmouth, Ill. 1939

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
black-and-white photographs
copy prints

Names

Cunningham, James

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pioneers--Oregon