Edmund and Susan Cobb On Set
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1914
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (16.5 × 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1989 G.O. Bonds
Terms
Object numberPA1990.013.406
DescriptionEdmund Cobb and Henry Morris pose with another actor actors on set with the Rio Grande Motion Picture Company outdoors in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They wear heavy makeup and are dressed in Western, cowboy costumes. They sit on a porch and act out an argument with the actors pointing fingers at each other. Edmund was the eldest of Eddie Ross Cobb and William Cobb's four children. They owned a local photography shop, Cobb Studio, spanning the turn of the nineteenth century in New Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Edmund became an early Hollywood silent film star and stunt devil.
Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing color distortion and loss.
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