Irwin & Mankins photograph of Arko, undated.

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Irwin & Mankins photograph of Arko, undated.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181646530

Photograph, mounted on board, of Arko, a Comanche, taken by Irwin & Mankins, a photography studio in Chickasha, O.T., owned by William F. Irwin and a man named Mankins.

1 item (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)

Museum of the Great Plains

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SNAC Resource ID: 6940097

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Irwin & Mankins (Chickasha, Okla.)

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Arko

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Mankins, Mr.

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Irwin, William E., 1871-1935

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William E. Irwin was born in Red Oak, Missouri in 1871. It is believed he learned photography in Indian Territory or Texas in the early 1890s. Irwin operated photography studios first in Chickasha, Indian Territory, and later in Silver City and Bisbee, Arizona, where he operated a studio from 1904 to 1922. In 1922 he opened a studio in Douglas, Arizona, which he operated until his death in 1935. He was a partner with a man named Mankins during part of his time in Chickasha and at various points ...