LC control no. | n 85155693 |
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Personal name heading | Smith, Erwin E. (Erwin Evans), 1886-1947 |
Birth date | 1886-08-22 |
Death date | 1947-09-04 |
Place of birth | Honey Grove (Tex.) |
Field of activity | Photography |
Profession or occupation | Photographers Cowboy photographer |
Found in | Bush, T.L. A cowboy cookbook, c1985: t.p. (Erwin E. Smith) p. 4 of cover (cowboy photographer whose works are in the Erwin E. Smith Collection of Range Life Photographs, Library of Congress) NUC pre-56 (Smith, Erwin Evans, 1886-1947) Wikipedia, July 18, 2019 (Erwin Evans Smith (August 22, 1886 - September 4, 1947) was an American photographer who used the medium to document the waning years of open-range cowboy life in the American West. Smith was born in Honey Grove, Texas. In July 1947, Smith was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which claimed his life two months later at the age of sixty-one.) |