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THB[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Boudoir card of Texas Ranger and El Paso Policeman George Herold, killer of Sam Bass. [El Paso, TX?]: n.p., [ca 1890-1900].
![[WESTERN AMERICANA]. Boudoir card of Texas Ranger and El Paso Policeman George Herold, killer of Sam Bass. [El Paso, TX?]: n.p., [ca 1890-1900].](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/8590/8590732.jpeg?t=1LMYy3)
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LiveJun 25, 2021
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7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. albumen boudoir card with strong tonality on cardstock mount. There is a chip out of the top of the photo above Herold's Sombrero and a slight split over his hip, in addition to extensive handling wear, flaking and chipping on the corners of the card itself. An original period script on the reverse in pencil reads, "January 2, 1900 - George Herold leaves this picture for his sons to remember him by." This rare and unique image is the earliest known portrait photograph of Texas Ranger and El Paso Lawman George Herold.
George Herold is proudly wearing his badge, mounted and dressed in field gear in this wonderful rare outdoor photograph, which is unmarked but probably taken in El Paso, Texas. Herold is officially credited with firing the shot that killed outlaw Sam Bass in Round Rock, Texas on July 19, 1878. He also served as the City Marshal of Laredo, Texas and as an Army Scout in the hunt for renegade Apache Victorio.
George Herold (1840-1917) was a Texas Ranger from 1877 to 1879 serving in Company E under famous Lt. N.O. Reynolds and twice in Company D under Capt. D.W. Roberts and Lt. George Baylor respectively. Herold established himself as the City Marshal of Laredo, Texas in the 1870s. He later served as an El Paso Policeman from 1889-1916 and is considered one of the finest officers to ever walk the streets of the roughest border town in Texas, and perhaps the entire Southwest during that time. He was involved in a notable gunfight and killed a man in 1890. While in El Paso he served under his old friend Clayton “Dick” Ware, who was a Sergeant. Legendary Texas Ranger Captain John R. Hughes personally appointed him "(Special) Texas Ranger" in 1894, while he was serving as an El Paso Policeman concurrently.
Lot includes the following reference texts:
Miller, Rick. Sam Bass and Gang, Austin, Texas. State House Press, 1999.
Lot also includes the following:
A printed copy of the only known photo of George Herold – 1916 El Paso Police (see detail photo 4).
A copy of the current listing on the El Paso, Texas Police historical website, using this photograph and write-up as a courtesy of the owner.
A printed copy of George Herold’s death certificate (see detail photo 5).
Two (2) high quality scans of this image digitally repaired.
A copy of George Herold’s family genealogy, describing him as having “three bullet holes” from gunfights. The website provides the following details:
The marriage certificate for George Herold and Ojinia Garza shows his middle name as Bethwell.
Herold is listed in a book "TEXAS RANGER INDIAN WAR PENSIONS" Abstracted By Robert W. Stephens
He was a Texas Ranger.
HEROLD, George (Ind. Sur. No. 12880) Born May 9, 1840, near Richmond, Virginia, died December 12, 1917, in El Paso, Texas.
Married first Virginia Garcia about 1867 in San Antonio, Texas; she died in 1869 in San Antonio.
Married second Ojinia Garza April 21, 1873, in San Antonio; she was born May 20, 1849, in Laredo, Texas, died September 24, 1939, in Elmendorf, Texas.
Married third Jessie Saenz about 1884; she died in 1910 in El Paso. They were divorced about 1894 in E1 Paso.
Married fourth Mrs. Manuela Larroque Gallardo August 8, 1899, in El Paso.
Pension Application based on service in Company L in 1870, in Captain Dan W. Roberts' Company D of the Frontier Battalion from 1877 to 1878 and in Lieutenant George W. Baylor's Detachment C of the Frontier Battalion in 1879. Herold's death soon after his application was submitted caused it to be abandoned but his widow later received a pension based on his service. Apparently because it did not relate to the Indian Wars, Herold made no mention of his service in Company E of the Frontier Battalion in 1878, when he participated in the gunfight with the Sam Bass gang at Round Rock, Texas.
His early life was eventful; he had served in a Texas artillery unit in the Confederate Army, was later City Marshal in Laredo and participated in the campaign against Victorio as a government scout. He had retired as an E1 Paso police officer shortly prior to making application for a pension, in which he stated that he had the scars of "three bullet holes." - Shipping Info
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