Postcard of Silas Garber
Artist: unknown
Object Date: n/d
Full Collection: Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection
Object Type: Photographs
Credit Line: PHO-4-W689-301. Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections and Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.
Context:
Unknown maker. Unused postcard. Front image on the left is subtitled: Dwelling-house dug-out of Silas Garber, Webster County, NEB. Birth place of Webster County Nebraska. Where the election was held organizing the county and establishing the county seat. Front image on the right is subtitled: Captain Silas Garber first probate judge and twice governor of Nebraska.
Garber inspired Cather's character Captain Daniel Forrester in A Lost Lady.
Garber inspired Cather's character Captain Daniel Forrester in A Lost Lady.
Inscriptions:
Postcard - no message or recipient Fronts says: Dwelling-house dug-out of Silas Garber, Webster County, NEB. Birth place of Webster County Nebraska. Where the election was held organizing the county and establishing the county seat. Also says: Captain Silas Garber first probate judge and twice governor of Nebraska.