On the morning of 3 April 1882, thousands gathered to view the body of Jesse James, less than twenty-four hours after he was shot dead in St. Joseph, Missouri.
His open coffin was packed with large blocks of ice to preserve his body as mourners, reporters and photographers filed silently past. Those melting blocks of ice made it possible for one of the most famous photographs of the Old West to be taken.
More than 140 years later, the photograph still marks the moment Jesse James passed from notorious outlaw into an Anglo-American legend.
His open coffin was packed with large blocks of ice to preserve his body as mourners, reporters and photographers filed silently past. Those melting blocks of ice made it possible for one of the most famous photographs of the Old West to be taken.
More than 140 years later, the photograph still marks the moment Jesse James passed from notorious outlaw into an Anglo-American legend.
On the morning of 3 April 1882, thousands gathered to view the body of Jesse James, less than twenty-four hours after he was shot dead in St. Joseph, Missouri.
His open coffin was packed with large blocks of ice to preserve his body as mourners, reporters and photographers filed silently past. Those melting blocks of ice made it possible for one of the most famous photographs of the Old West to be taken.
More than 140 years later, the photograph still marks the moment Jesse James passed from notorious outlaw into an Anglo-American legend.
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