Jack Crawford Signed Cabinet Card with Captain Jack Crawford and Gertie Granville Cabinet Card. Author: Houseworth, Thomas & Co Title: Capt. Jack Crawford Signed Cabinet Card with Captain Jack Crawford and Gertie Granville Cabinet Card Publication: San Francisco: Houseworth & Co. Jack Crawford Signed Cabinet Card with Captain Jack Crawford and Gertie Granville Cabinet Card, Houseworth & Co. 2 cabinet cards both from the studios of Thomas Houseworth with blind embossed Houseworth stamps in lower right and printed mounts with Houseworth backstamps. Likely taken at the same session as Crawford’s outfit appears to be the same. The Crawford card is toned and mildly soiled, Apparent writing erased at top of photo mostly in margin. Possibly attempt of Crawford to sign the card. He does sign the card at bottom of photo and on mount, “JW Crawford “Capt. Jack and then again on verso, Yours Truly J. Card is creased two inches from bottom–more noticeable on verso. Card with Crawford and Granville is very clean with very light soiling on front and slightly heavier soiling on verso. His exploits during the Indian Wars created a persona that Crawford exploited throughout his life and was one of the most popular “western performers” in the late 19th century. Gertie Granville began performing with Barnum’s circus in 1870 moving on to Madame Rentz’s Female Minstrel show. Gertie also had a solo cabinet card printed from this same sitting at Houseworth Gallery. Granville and Crawford likely met on the “Wild West” circuit. Granville died in 1888. We date these cards to circa 1880. Thomas Houseworth was born in New York City and first partnered in San Francisco with George S. He was an early publisher and retailer of stereo and landscape scenes of California and Nevada. He had his studio at No. Signed Captain Jack Crawford cards are uncommon on the market. Subject: Photography, Western Americana. Stellar Books & Ephemera is an on-line antiquarian dealer offering a wide variety of unique, unusual and rare artifacts of American History ranging from letters, manuscripts, archives and diaries to 19th century photography and 20th century letterpress. We specialize in the ephemeral and occasionally offer finer books which strike our fancy. If we stock it, you know it’s unique. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.