Tombstone

O. K. Corral

The gunfight never really happened here, it wa actually on the other side of the block, on Freemont St. in a vacant lot next to C. S. Fly's photography studio.

Stage Presence

After ponies, the Iron Horse, and the Conestoga wagon, the satgecoach was one of the most ubiqutous forms of travel across the West.

Aces High

A game of five card draw appears to have been interrupted right at the showdown stage downstairs at the Birdcage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona.

Reflections of the Wild, Wild West

Interior of one of the bedrooms downstairs at the Birdcage Theatre in Tombstome, Arizona.

Interior with Gravy Boats

Since most of the vittles consumed in the Wild West consisted mainly of Hard-Tack and Salt Pork, It was all made palatable by generous helpings of gravy, which acted both as a visual disguise, and a taste-killer.

Some Slogans are Timeless

Not much to say here, except that politics hasn't changed much in the interregnum.

Gatefolds of 78...1878.

Reflections at the Bird Cage Theater

The New York Times reported in 1882 that "the Bird Cage Theatre is the wildest, wickedest night spot between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast".

Last bets in Five Card Stud

getting down to the end of a hand of five card stud.`

Stage Coach at the O. K. Corral

Who knew that cowboys wore sunglasses?

Boudoir Hall Tree

The Peacemaker

The Colt Single Action Army, also known as the Single Action Army, SAA, Model P, Peacemaker, M1873, lays menacingly on a couch in one of the downstairs bedrooms in the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona.

Boudoir at the Bird Cage

The Bird Cage Theatre operated continuously, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, for eight years, from 1881 to 1889.

Fatima - 1881

This oil painting of Fatima, later known as "Little Egypt" has hung in the front parlor of the Bird Cage since 1882.

Dean Dougherty

Dean Dougherty, storied proprietor of the Bird Cage Theater, Tombstone, Arizona.

Wave of the Past

A more advanced typesetting machine in the offices of the Tombstome Epitaph, in Tombstone, Arizona.

Stagecoach to Tuscon

A modern day replica of the famed stagecoaches of Wells, Fargo, Butterfields, Kinnear’s Express and others that stopped in Tombstone and points west.

Shadows On the Wall

A Washington hand press sits in the offices of the famed Tombstone Epitaph in Tombstone, Ariizona.

Tombstone Tough

Portrait of Dean Dougherty, Proprietor of the Bird Cage Theater, Tombstone, Arizona

The Bird cage Theater

Interior shot of the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona, which has become a unique musem of the Wild, Wild, West

Downstairs Card Room

The Downstairs card room at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona.

Private Cardroom

A Private cardroom downstairs at the Bird Cage Theater in Tombstone, Arizona.