Ethel Grandin, J. Barney Sherry, and Others in "Across the Plains" | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Ethel Grandin, J. Barney Sherry, and Others in "Across the Plains"

Ethel Grandin, J. Barney Sherry, and Others in "Across the Plains" | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
In the left foreground Ethel Grandin is comforted by a U.S. Army cavalry officer. Behind them other officers and a woman standing by a Wells Fargo stagecoach are recuperating from an attack in this scene still from the one-reel silent film "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." J. Barney Sherry appears to be the actor whose gloved hand on the chest of the swooning officer.

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DESCRIPTION
In the left foreground Ethel Grandin is comforted by a U.S. Army cavalry officer. Behind them other officers and a woman standing by a Wells Fargo stagecoach are recuperating from an attack in this scene still from the one-reel silent film "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." J. Barney Sherry appears to be the actor whose gloved hand on the chest of the swooning officer.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:90280
Creation Date: 1912
Creator Name:Bison Motion Pictures
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Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:TF Across the Plains
Original Dimensions:8.5 x 6.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Notes on the back of the print list the actors Ray Meyers (probably Ray Myers was meant), William Clifford, Barnard Sherrie (probably J. Barney Sherry), Howard Davies, and Ethel Grendin (Ethel Grandin) but with the two exceptions above these identifications are difficult to verify.
SUBJECTS
Actors
Actresses
Silent films
Military uniforms
Soldiers
Stagecoaches
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