Edmund F. Cobb and Slim Freeman in Costume
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Sitter
Edmund Fessenden Cobb
(1892 Albuquerque, New Mexico - 1974 Woodland Hills, California)
Dateca. 1914
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions6 × 7 7/8 in. (15.2 × 20 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1989 G.O. Bonds
Object numberPA1990.013.405.B
DescriptionA studio portrait of Edmund F. Cobb (right) and Slim Freeman (left) in costume for parts in a Rio Grande Motion Picture Company film. They pose in the Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico in front of a painted backdrop that rolls down from the ceiling and onto the floor where they stand atop. They are dressed like cowboys with hats, bandanas, bowties, and leather boots with spurs. Edmund holds a lasso in one hand which is wrapped around Slim's legs and pulled tight. Slim's torso, wrists, and arms are also tied together with rope.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.
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