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How come C.S. Fly didn’t take Photos of the Tombstone Street Fight?

by | Jun 28, 2018 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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How come C.S. Fly didn’t take photos of the Tombstone street fight? Robert Matters Hilliard, Ohio The Gunfight Behind the O.K. Corral started without warning and lasted 27 seconds. Although C.S. Fly’s studio was next to the empty lot where the shoot-out occurred, the photographer was busy during the aftermath. C.S. was the one who took the dying Billy Clanton’s pistol from his hand. His wife, Mollie—who was actually a better photographer than him—could have gotten a photo, but C.S.


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